Bearded Baldy

I have done a closed door respray with a 1.5hp 20l supercheap compressor and a $20 spraygun before. Twice actually. Cannot recommend that approach, but doing a quarter panel or door at a time shouldn't be an issue though. Mechanic not painter so don't listen to me. Had more bugs in that one than runs, did it post xmas do many moons ago.

For trailer builds i tell people eye appeal is half the battle in regards to wof. If the welds look good and the steel isn't tinfoil then that is 99% of it. As said above, your design work already beats most of the glorified wheelbarrow builders out there. For the coupling i picked up a great way of doing it from one of the local engineering shops. Their gear gets abused by farmhands etc so needs to be built tough. Use a section of i-beam with the base ground off. So simple it amazes me it isn't 'the way'. Pic to follow.

9inch diffs are outdated and overly heavy imho. Tracking down an xg or xh ute diff would be easier and has bonus of disc brakes (same as e series falcon so parts are available), 3.45 ratio if xr6/8, lsd 4 pinion and 28 spline axles. Tough as. And still ford parts so no blasphsmy involved.

And surely any wheel choice comes down to cragar s/s or some draglites!

How wide are we talking? For future dreaming/scheming

I think it is missing some big shiny hub centers! But definately could do with a drop in the front. Half a coil is approx 1 inch i think it said on the yankee forum.

Well shit. There goes that idea.

Oh so this is a new issue? I read the post wrong, in my defense my morning coffee hadn't sunk in yet. The choke hasn't come on has it? When i bypassed it i just clocked it hard off. Do not see why it would move but you never know. Ooo0000ooo actually. Throw a new fuel filter on it. Memory says the one i took off had a bit of scaly shit in it, with the miles you are doing and the electric pump having good sucky sucky it could be full again?

Yeh that is a weber 32 26 dgav on there. As mentioned a while ago, I would try one of the other distributors, see if any of the part numbers are different. One of the motors i had in the spares pile was a 1.6 or 1.8, i could have cocked up and put the wrong one in when the 2.0 went back together.

Beauty. I remembered there was a change but couldn't remember when. So in theory the Au2 in mangere PaP should be the best option.

Takanini. Sold parts list says center diff head sold which doesn't make sense. Pap Mangere is showing an AU2 falcon which potentially has the right hat. I can't remember off hand when the au series swapped to irs.

https://pickapart.co.nz/eziparts/ViewVehicleImages.asp?MobileVersion=Y&Location=pickapartconz&VehicleID=207147 Should have the watts link hat you need. Also a spare flat flange driveshaft.

Some of mine included. Still doesn't stop the allure of 'what if' lol

You can take that logical and reasonable thought and get out! That is not how things are done around these parts!