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Do you have a pair of front runner tyres? I once asked on a forum filled with clever people , " how fast do you need to go before you need front runners? They answer was, youre thinking back to front. Its not how fast do you go before you need them, they help you to go faster. /every bit helps.

I still hear waylon jennings good old boys when i see that airbourne picture.

If you drive that thing down the island, ill buy you a box of PGs to congratulate you.

My old kart has the motor mounted on a hinged plate, with a bolt on the non hinged end. The bolt was tightened down to raise the motor plate, and tension the chain. Also, delete the governor.

You are one million percent correct. A mate has a pair literally returning to the earth at Maheno. (20 mins south of Oamaru) they are rust fucked beyond human comprehension. The bottom of the A pillar was disolved, to the extent that when you opened the door, you could see the chassis outrigger where the cab mounts to the floor. I robbed some bits off it when i picked up that 1200wagon recently, and the chassis rails have now collasped too. As this truck spent most of its life in Alexandra (which is as dry as a fuck without foreplay) its not suffered the cancerous attrition which 99% of 620s were afflicted with.

Aw shucks guys. Thanks.

Some local guys who do a thirsty thursday in @nismo.capri garage. (I dont actually thonk he comes on here any more) the wider group is lousy with small ford tragics.

PNot an update as such, more a musing/potential future upgrade. Upon procuring the engine, id noted the front crank seal had been leaking. I whipped the crank pulley off, and much like the pinion seal on the diff, the seal journal was quite rutted/cut into. A speedy sleeve put this back to new. While i had the crank pulley off, i noticed an interesting shape was present. So i figured while it was off, it would be a travesty not to machine off the power steering pump pulley, (these are attached to the main hub, not the dampered pulleys that drive the water pump/alternator/AC) A nice spigot was machined on, and some holes drilled and tapped to correspond with those nice bosses. This is very hard to photograph in the car. Quite a while ago, the old boy picked up an Eaton M62 supercharger off Ebay. It came off a USDM nissan frontier truck, with the nissan VG33ER. (The larger version of the single can VG30 which were once common here) i basically told him, i was commandeering it. And back when @Vintage Grumblewas a cool kid, he had some SR20det injectors which he kindly gifted to me. So in the unlikely event 5his wreck ever sees the road, it wont be too big of a stretch to turn the wick up.

Post your questions, critisisms, and general scorn here.

Automotive upholstery is expensive. But for a really nice result @Lewishorrell at Tinwald canvas and upholstery does really good work. (They get stuff from all over NZ) I havent read the whole Discussion thread, but given you own a long dormant small ford, and youre in Christchurch you Must be part of the TT group? Those carbs are mighty sexy. Theyd look even sexier atop a belt driven inlet manifold.

Oh man, You could have been a cool kid, and started a discussion thread for my ute. I was just feeling sad that no-one cares enough to start one. I *think* it came from a diesel C32 Laurel. (The ratio is printed on the body tag)

Id made a bet with @Luke that id have this thing drivable in time for an event aaages ago. I lost miserably. Id been sending him pictures of my progress at the time. (Before i had messenger, so by txt at fantastic cost) talking to him the other day, he still had them, and sent a few back to me. I manages to squeeze an Ebay special fan between the custom radiator and the front panel. And i got some pics of the diff too. 620s run an H190 diff, with an aluminium centre housing. However because they were an underpowered light comercial vehicle, they run a 4.6:1 ratio. Great for rally driving, or farm duties. But and absolute fucking nightmare for open road driving. I found a 3.9:1 head somewhere in Hamilton. @mark105 kindly delivered it to camp Rangiwoods for Old school nats 2013. (I might have had the yellow truck that far back) since we were only rolling in a dastun 1200, @Gomaxgo kindly dragged it back down to Christchurch for me in his 6cyl KE70 ' goon. Because reasons, i finished up using the axle out of the one i parted out for the front cut. As i mixed and matched a few bits, (my handbrake cables were fucked) i discovered this axle was ~15-20mm narrower each side. I had the housing blasted by Blain at FastBlast. And @LowTech powder coated the housing back when he had a powedercoating booth. I swapped the pinion flange over. This also required a hefty sleeve be fitted. Both because the seal journal was bady cut/worn, and because the seal journal was considerably bigger on the 3.9 diff. A lick of paint on the head, and it was glued in. Absolutely nobody had a listing for new brake drums. And all of mine were worn out of spec. ROCK AUTO to the rescue. (For all the parts your car will ever need) they were something stupid like $20 each. I gave the backing plates a brush up and paint. And rebuilt the brakes/ew cylinders and shoes. (My bench hasnt been that clear for a looooong ass time) I dont have any pictures, but these diffs use a turbo gay cup and cone arrangement on the axle bearings. You have to set the axle bearing preload by changing shims. (Theres a thrust block in the centre of the side gears that the tip of the axle runs in permanent contact) i fucked these off, and replaced them with deep groove bearings. The deep groove bearing was a few mm narrower than the Cup of the cup and cone. So i had to make a spacer ring as insurance that the bearings could never migrate in and out within that pocket. The other picture i found was of the gearbox X member i made. Its nothing fancy. The material was kindly donated by @Chris.QCR

This is 1 million percent about cool people getting together. Old cars are just a bonus.

@Raizer

The 2zz is what 180-200hp? Thats fucking plenty for such a light car. It will be an absolute pleasure to bash around at that power level. Plus toyota reliability means more time manging, less time fixing stuff that has given up because too much was asked of it. Hypothetically, what are the s13 front stuff worth? I one million percent shouldnt be buying parts for my wagon. But, when things come up......

@Hogibear @Brdflu @Fresh @Lewishorrell @mark105 @EvoBilly @30DegreesRetarded

Tell them youre busy that weekend

None of my old shit runs. Ill either be bumming a ride, or taking a lame modern car

Sounds bromantic!

I love it when a plan comes together!

I hate to break it to you, but i was taking it easy? Now that white datsun i used to own, that car i really used to pedal like i meant it.

You could drive @MaxPower sigma down!

Fuck that, its not a job, its a sentence. Theyre selling the lease. The same person has owned it since the very first one.

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While this meet is an OS.co.ng meet (because new cars are shit) its 100% about the OSGCs too. So if its beyond your means to travel a day and a half each way in your old school whip, (which has been on blocks so long itll probably never see the road again, stop kidding yourself) theres a perfectly good plane station down the road in quakechurch, so dont be shy about piping up, and im sure the local crowd can arrange pick up/ a ride to Hanmer. The people running the camp atm have it on the market too. So this could be the very last one. (Karl and i spent ages sharning up a storm getting to know the present people over a few visits)