Leone

I have registered and paid.... forgot to put a reference but name on form and bank are the same...

Also put my preferred car but that might not be an option... see earlier comment about taking the daily lol.

See yall there.

yep thats the guy i messaged, be nice to add to the history, just one peice missing, and he might have the answer...

10 hours ago, NickJ said:

Correct, belonged to the Sheehan family in Wanaka for many years, their kids both went to the winter Olympics for skiing, no doubt that car played a big part in taking them up the hill.

I used to live on the same road, their dog would wander up to our place to sleep on the couch, Mark would come up looking for the dog and also park on the couch, often talking about surfing on the west coast, that car has lived a life of adventure, don't stop!

 

Found a Mark Sheehan on FB, whose profile which looks exactly like the type of person you descibe above.... so sent a message  

fingers crossed haha

quick restart of the laptop and suddendly pics are good to go.

Geezzz.... its been a while since I updated this, continuing to fix rust in a 6 monthly cycle, the visor got stolen off the car sitting in my front yard in CHC so have replaced that, found some wheels off an old rally car with flipped centres, had them repaired and painted, got some lowering springs and wound down the tortion bars, managed to make the cover pic of a FB haha -  based on the pic below - must have been talking about wrecks  . The motor has been pretty tired for some time and i have been ummming and ahhhing about a rebuild vs some kind of late model replacement as conversion is pretty straight forward, I would love to diesel convert it but no real options that will work...easily.

Wish i had cleaned the wheels.....

voted yes... might be in a new car tho, few months to ID the issue and get it back on the road.

Also could i surgest getting people to pay the cost way ahead of the time, then if people pull out last minute it doesnt affect everyone else.. (sorry for my last minute pull out on the NI trip just been) 

Ill endevour to come along,  i guess i need to send the car back to the workshop.

I see your needing to track down brake and cluthc masters... if you dont go new, there is a guy with a few of these (or other mazda utes of similar vintage) stored behind a shed in rangoria..if you get stuck LMK, and ill track a phone number down for ya.

Im possible to be traveeling but if not im keen to help out.

Im not so familiar with these, but can hold a torch or pump the breaks or something  

For color surgestions, Cream, deep brown... or painted to look old... below is what i dream of... probally real expensive but dam!

This is a wrap... but you get the idea

18 hours ago, yoeddynz said:

I never knew this. I wonder if he's got any spare 1800 front wheel drive boxes? 

Hi @yoeddynz messaged him for ya, if he has one ill get his details and forward them thru.

1 hour ago, yoeddynz said:

Calling @Leone Can you please come to the front counter. There's someone here I think you need to meet.

Hell yea!

Welcome aboard @charliemi16 love the Ej22 leone... living the dream!

If you ever need leone parts, there is a guy hoarding these (at least the model before anyways) in the hills behind Riwaka 

The sign for the passenger isnt very freindly tho is it....

Seen this Yday heading back from Frankton, thought to myself... man... when was the last time i seen an 86 in the wild.

another vote for no flares... plus a 2nd one from the misso

2 hours ago, Mop Head said:

Some haven't ridden long distances on Small Bikes and it shows. The fellas organising this trip have aced it more than once now - and as someone whos also organised long trips, people saying hey lets do this and this and this and this is annoying. Whilst it might be fun to do extra stuff, wrangling a group of excitable men on small bikes is a mission in itself without people disappearing to see random stuff along the way. 

Just get an NBC110 and go do some mountain skids with cool people. Turn up with a bike, book some accommodation - they'll have the rest sorted. 

nothing in the SI on Trademe, any other recomendations for a bare minimum bike on a budget?

3 hours ago, Mof said:

Are you even riding? 

I don't consider it worth the extra hour or more and estimated 60+km to an already 9 hour 345km ride

Trust me, I looked into it 

Altho i dont have suitable transport (yet...something might pop up with the right price point that would do 75KMs/hr), i wouldnt rule a trip out and if i was going on a big roady (similar to this or nats) then id like to hit as many cool spots/things as possible.

loganburn is worth it for the bus.

might take the subewe thru

1 hour ago, RUNAMUCK said:

Just clear over the guide coat.

/job done......

im a fan

41 minutes ago, shizzl said:

Why waste clear?

mmmm shiny guide coat

Very tidy install!

18 hours ago, lownslow said:

I have a blow thru turbo A15 setup in mine. Goes really well for what it is. Will be going efi some stage though. I think the single point injection setup above would be the best way to doing it on a budget. Ive seen an old falcons single point injection unit used too.

any pics etc on the setup?

40 grit, 2 cans of high fill primer, and 3 cans of matt black and its mint.