davidian

@torton after trawling the shit out of forums, Ive found references to MK1 originally being imperial (mine is '68 - first year), then the Mk2s went metric, so not the same apparently.
I've had a thread guage onit and it was close/same as a 1.25 so Id say not UNC...

any ideas what size and thread nut these run?

Tried M12 - too small, M14 - too big, 1/2'' UNF - too small, 9/16 UNF too big... Steelmasters don't have anything that fits (first time ever).

Any ideas before I take the grinder out would be highly appreciated.

Star panelbeaters, Landsford cres Avondale, all the way

busy holidays

floors before/after 

sump cut and shut in progress, rear gearbox mount made for application

great stuff mate, jealous. Never knew so many Ziguli wagons are lurking around here.
If you ever sell some giz a yel

Righthand side front quarter and floor rust done, new steel welded in. Had a go at fixing the rust out of the rear door which was bad enough

this is where we're at for the moment, bit shopping list from Palmside, lots of cut off grinder wheels, rust converter and welding wire

Nice to see a fellow 68 mk1 van.
Can you check over your pix mate - would love to see more than the one on top.

Is the rust bad and is the rego dead? Does yours have the weird old type control arms on the front?

new front end getting ready for new struts and springs

doing some exploratory work i found some shoddy past repairs up in the guards that needs urgent attention so im currently unstitching the panels to cut out the rot

cool as wagon allright dude.

If you ever get rid of the steel rims giz a bell will ya

everyone’s got one or five of those ‘i shoulda kept that’ aye

i wonder if a booster is needed for disk conversion? its gor drums all round at the mo. it is a fairly early one being 68

already got 'em  

I don't hate that

On 25/03/2018 at 09:03, yoeddynz said:

 

Wow. What a score. I hope I'm not the only one here who thinks this...

Please don't paint that! It looks so sweet.

I'd happily chuff/chugg about in that all day long winding up the rozz. "Yes sir..its fully legal! " Gonna follow this one with interest

yeah that's what I'm thinking. The rear left door will have to have rust repaired quite a bit but I'm taking photos as I go so I can restore all the signage by hand. The patina will likely stay, at least for quite sometime.

The wife says it will need to make us money back, so if you see me selling burgers out the back come and buy one