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That there be a fine lookin piece o machinery

diesel?

16 hours ago, 66gt said:

Where have all the trucks ended up?

Think they may have been auctioned.

On 25/03/2018 at 14:02, 66gt said:

Look like all old ex Pan Pac LW 924’s

Richards from tokoroa. Used to maintain a lot of the forestry roads. Ran that gear up until recent retirement/passing.

22 hours ago, Nominal said:

Bit of a fail attempt at a patina finish

Nice car, and nice work talking the better half into "the need" for a 4 door car, yet still retaining your 2 door rides.

nope, wasn't me.

Can't help with a local outfit for you, but Roscoe at automatic transmissions Tauranga (07 5781025) is old school and very good at what he does. Or Chuck Mann in rotorua is legendary with autos too.

seems you have the computer sorted, its the camera you need help with.

Think I'm heading up thurs. Staying opposite public toilets next to surf club. Look for black car with green flames. Pop in and say hi and have ale/bourbon

Why not just dry hire a machine and play.

3 hours ago, HighLUX said:

That thing made swell noises and always had fat truck drivers falling drunk out the door whenever I saw it

Have done several "Big Day Out,s" in this. Ex mt cook landline bus re-powered with a screaming Detroit. Was built by dynes TD haulage workshop at the Mount. Fantastic party bus. Has since been sold to the southern Dynes transport family. Fully recommend doing an excursion if you get the chance. Would trade again.

20 hours ago, Alfashark said:

On 1/21/2018 at 23:31, HighLUX said:

Where did that pic surface?

When I used to work there I found a file drive full of pics of old trucks from the fleet. They used to roll inters powered by petrol chevs on CNG and usually it was a 202 hiding in that cover to spin the bowl

Fill up the gas bottle every 2nd load of mud

 

There were quite a few with vw motors to spin the bowl too, they lasted a bit longer cos air cooled.

21 hours ago, DodgySam said:

Was loading a tank onto a truck today and this was sitting ontop of a bunch of other pallets/cargo.

 

I doubt severly its an original Bugatti as the wheels are 4 stud not knock ons...and who would send an originla Bugatti on the top of a dodgy Sollys transport truck?!

Jeeeez, Wonder what its chances are of making it to its destination. Pretty flash tiedown job

On 1/16/2018 at 17:44, sheepers said:

did a bit more today.

ill oil it tomorrow morning.

 

2018-01-16_04-54-02 by sheepers, on Flickr

 

2018-01-16_04-53-51 by sheepers, on Flickr

I'm liking this bit in particular, the grains/colouring have lined up nicely. Worked with a real os chippie for a while, used to lay real t&g native floors the old way. He taught me that you would pick the best boards for the middle of the hallway and living rooms and use the lesser quality ones to the outside. Kinda like you have done here. Very Nice!

Here's one up at Greens Quarry, outside Tauranga, Looks like they've had a bit of a clean up

https://www.google.co.nz/maps/place/McPhail+Rd,+Welcome+Bay,+Tauranga+3173/@-37.8271796,176.1936038,351m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x6d6dd403e9bf1a55:0x9c22a18e384a5076!8m2!3d-37.8328612!4d176.1759299

was the previous owner attempting a rebuild? 

22 minutes ago, Nominal said:

The other side was more rusty.

Bet the trucky was stoked to pick up this gem

."yea mate, It'll drive on"

Bahahahaha

6 minutes ago, Seedy Al said:

You mean design disaster thread.

A huge amount of Barry Brainstorming went into designing the shape of this car so that the air would naturally flow through the side ventilation flap and out the roof ventilation flap without disrupting said Barry's toupe placement.

Could possibly slot this into the Barry thread too

Its actually just a half chassis bolted on to half a body