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Talk smack about the Super Hunter here... do I change the colour?

Cheers Will try them on Wednesday when I'm back home.

Will do, I tried Stocks, and was on the phone for 45min and still couldnt get the info I needed, painful

Im keen on another Hanmeet, last year was my first, and enjoyed it.. hell mission up and back in the hunter if its on the road by then

zero updates, and currently has zero wof.. Need to replace both front shock inserts, but thats where Im stuck... no one has been helpful in sourcing anything that will fit, or even provide something that could be adapted to fit. or atleast the info I need to pick the best option.. Im 99% sure that a 80/90s 318 BMW E30 front insert will drop straight into the leg.. the only difference being the size of the bearing shoulder and thread size. BUT, I cannot confirm due to incompetent parts monkeys not being able to give me accurate measurements.. If I can source a pair of E30 shocks I can crack into getting this on the road again for a couple of drives before winter. Ive also got something else cooking in the engine bay, but require another airfilter box for that to be completed, will be pretty sweet for what it is. also still trying to nut out how to do the twin choke cable for the carbs

mine has no residue, but i can smell it.. joys of old junk

the hunter needs to have the rocker breather plumbed to the intake when ive made a filter set up. its currently just venting next to the firewall, its manky as on a long drive.. even with windows down your still getting fumigated. its not huffing like a 202 but its enough to be a pain

Long time no share... no gains made

So a while ago( back in April) @M Night Shamalayan chucked up a for sale post for this delightful 72 Hunter.. turns out its a Super, with high back reclining seats and lots of chrome trim. I had a 69 Hunter as my first car, which I promptly rolled into a ditch 3 months later.. Ive wanted another pretty much ever since.. dont ask why cos I have no idea So as soon as I saw this post I jumped at it, with the car being in Wellington, Me living in Auckland, and potentially moving to Invercargill, I asked Luke if he could "hold on to it for a few weeks".. "sure" he said... well shit, I bought a house down south and we had a move in date... It just happened to happen the week before Hanmeet.. so the plan was made to do a mega mission of driving my ute and trailer down, fly back, drive my falcon and trailer down, then flying to Wellington, catch a bus, a train then walk up to his place to pick up a car ive never seen in person and then drive it to the ferry within 1hour... made it without breaking down, must be a record for me in a Hunter.. Got into picton and drove to Blenheim to take it for a wof... I was parked up at some park adjusting the front wheel bearings at 4am, as you do. go through the VTNZ check with a few things... headlight low beam was blown.. balls... cant find anything off the shelf... so I carried on to Hanmer... car drove bloody well.. EVERY time I stopped there was some Barry coming up to me with a story about a Hunter, was getting a bit much when I was filling up with fuel to look out the window and some random sitting behind the wheel pining over their youth... Got to Hanmer, met some OS GC's, good weekend... then the big mission of driving to Invercargill via Wanaka to check out another project.. Car ran so good, but blew a flange gasket which pumped fumes into the cabin.. that sucked.. Got into Wanaka and found it sprung a leak of the slippery stuff...fuck it, carry on son! Made it to Invers and in total she had lost 500ml of the Iraqi gold. List of shit to do for a wof: Headlight - find one from somewhere Rebuild the calipers - large brake inbalance and the remote booster has been removed Apparently there needs some steering box adjustment, although they dont have any adjuster..may have to play round with shims etc... Shit I want to do: Fit the escort rostyles Fit twin carbs Definitely replace all 4 shocks that are FAAAAARKED! when you go around corners the mudflaps drag on the ground, check pics for body roll travel, its lots Weld on a seat adjuster lever so the drivers seat can recline again Paint - maybe? Hope to get it wof'd asap and go for a hoon legally.. So massive thanks to @M Night Shamalayan and his mrs for putting up with the car for so long..

could be keen for the Otautau meet...

Cheers.. I'm going to change the front springs anyway which will probably lift it about 10mm from its current height.. It was parked in a slight dip which tipped it forward.. It handles pretty good as it is, would lots better with new shocks.

great photo

Southern Grilles and Gasoline is on today...big turn out..

Big thanks to @crustywhip for the bosskit, finally got to scale down the bus sized steering wheel... its pretty manky but will do for now. im loving the stance it has at the moment, still need to put filters on the carbs and put a resister on the coil terminal for the tacho feed as the needle jumps erratically.

plan to sell the 450, its way too fast for how I like to ride.. so if anyone in interested give me an offer.. also going to sell the 85, just had a new piston thrown in..hasnt even been run in yet.

Sooooooo I may have had a brain fart and bought a 96 RM250 with a damaged clutch hub and gearbox issues.. And finding reasonably priced parts is impossible... Im banking on replacing all the bearings inside the engine, seals, gaskets, o rings, piston and rings if theyr out of spec.. Its definitely one angry sounding mofo.. Not sure if ill keep it and rebuild it or just flick it as a project... depends if I can get hold of another clutch sleeve hub for a good price, and not have to replace any gears in it..

the kit I got worked out to way cheaper than just sourcing the bolts. ill run it as it for now and make 50mm blocks later. need to get hold of some early ford front springs for the front first.

Ordered 2" blocks, got 1.5"blocks... ffs Chucked 2 spare wheels in the boot..

For shits n giggles.. Original springs are 370mm, cut springs are 250mm. Cut springs are most likely not hunter springs anyway. On the lookout for some escort/Capri or Sierra springs to fit in it.. Front shocks are so pooh it's not funny.

Trimmed up the spare dash fascia with some vinyl.. mounted and wired the gauges. Got the twin port oil fitting in for the oil temp and pressure gauges.. Waiting on a reducer for the water temp, should arrive tomorrow Then only need 1 terminal to wire the tachometer. Good timing as it needs to run to be able to move it to storage hopefully if I can find something local.

anyone know where to find a twin choke cable "dual control"??

havent heard of it, so hadnt planned on it

Any of you good folk (otago/southland) ride dirt bikes? Need to get out on some cool rides, better to have a decent group to go with. Went up to Shepherds Creek Hut the other day. Good fun