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dredging up memories from the dark distant past I believe "series" Landrovers had a similar system... perhaps that would be a place to start? along these lines http://www.roverparts.com/product/img/Icn/5471.jpg

I am seriously considering getting back into a ute to be honest... throw canopy on and still have campability plus load carrying capability. Just a matter of procuring one for the right money... did enjoy my L200 sport and would gladly own another. but yeah a ute may just be the ticket although i would dig some of that modern abs/airbag stz unfortunately that sort of modern techery may be well beyond reach atm Legs = not overrated, at least not now that they are being a problem... I miss 'em already luckily all will be well in a couple weeks... had it been a couple of kms faster i would have been in a very bad way will strip the dash out on the weekend and see if it is recoverable (ie recoverable with my limited tools/knowledge... aka big hammer) otherwise will just sell as is/part out or best case scenario find a reasonably ok one in a feild dereg'd and swap some bits over into that... gutted as just had like $600 worth of work done for the wof, new bearings all round, shock eye bushes etc etc in the meantime anyone have free/cheap legal daily/pos floating about?

Copy pasta to complete project thread so yeah, rain = slippery road, slippery road + emergency braking in carry = project update = anyone want a busted carry? or some parts +broken big toe

wow!!! stunning, gimme! that is all... can't believe I hadn't seen this thread before

Which Fuel is it? and isn't the 20th a Tuesday or something? if it is I will be at work which is a bit gayzor... also is my birthday

yeah... the old dust mask wasn't my wisest choice but by the time paint time came I realised (too late) that I probably should have procured a proper mask... oh well the enamel will stop the cigarette smoke ruining my lungs??? lol Uterus... auto sparky? Auckland? PM sending.

^^^^ Cheers dude, Ok, mainly just some pictures of the painting process. Sanding is fairly boring... hence no pics of that bit, however here she is stripped of extraneous bits... actually no, they don't appear in the bucket of photos so heres primer time! driving and painting... talent right there yo! I am as big as the van... The sun shines out it's ass... true story! Was house sitting at the folks... they has garage... no dad honest, no primer overspray on the Miata LOL and a terrible pic of it primed up... ps: I am not responsible for the photography! I am the ROCK GOD of paint lolzor Ok, so then it was MORE masking to get the stripes shot in a creamy/ivory sort of colour... my lovely assistant described it as "French Vanilla" sounded a bit girly to me so Im going with whats on the can... "Arctic White" That'l do for now... there are some pics of it finished, and back together (it is back on the street now) but the photo's are shit and not uploaded yet, my camera returns to me tonight so will grab some proper pics over the next few days... Do still have this electrical problem though... anyone have a tame autosparky in central AKL per chance???

So the van has a few issues... Non functional tail lights, reverse lights, high beam and dash lights... along with the minor issue with it pissing oil out of somewhere... I figured I should start getting some of this stuff sorted... so I went and bought some paint and a compressor lol. Anyway after some fevered sanding/masking/spraying the Microvan is now painted in a mix of Hitachi (makita? I forget) Orange and Arctic white... which is just cream really. looks great, am thinking now I should have gone brown and cream but fuckit, looks good and isn't toooooo bad a job considering is only the second vehicle I have ever painted. Plans are plentiful if non-complicated, maybe some wheels, maybe some lower, definitely repair the issues, maybe new engine, definitely replace some missing bits and drivers seat... Pics of painting process and finished product when I get to my comp... probably tonight.

As you are probably all aware, I purchased the mighty Carry off that Pies character. Took the train from Akl to Wlg to pick up the bad boy then drove it back... Adventures were had as per: Campsite 1... Kimberly reserve, freedom camping area we stumbled upon... awesome Bridge to nowhere: in the middle of a field, replaced the flying fox the fax plantation workers used to use to get across the river, now just a cool looking dilapidated monument to the past, I like it van + Road = Win! river valley by Mangaweka (iirc) Serial Killer road, went like this for ages... ended in a large(ish) round clearing... which we promptly cleared out of! Drove along this tiny, forestry track thing for ages looking for alternate campsite for the riverside (below) decided it wasn't that cool so went back to "Plan A". When that didn't pan out we headed back to riverside (not that riverside!) and it looks to be a mint campsite or at least it seemed so before the river decided to come say hello... 20 minutes from when the pics were snapped the river was up to the back wheels... frantic 4wding (Burnouts in the Waikato River for someone who wanted desert rd bowts) ensued in the little rwd machine. 1000ccs of power saved the day. Suzuki Carry 1, Waikato River 0 after abandoning the river.. stumbled over this stunning free camping area, massive and organised... with a sign that said "rest area" we got well lucky with the sleeping locations. The bugs however were less lucky.

holy tittyfuckingchrist! that is BEAUTIFUL! GIZ!

Seems an awful waste of what seemed a straight car... interior especially... 100x better in the before pics. Hate to bag anyones taste but really... do this to something from the 90's that is all/

fucking awesome man! that is all/ I should really learn how to weld

Cheers guys, had a look at a couple on that honda site... some dude has done a LOT of work on it and it is still bloody high so decided will just keep rolling it as is. Lancer... going fantastic, no smoke if you take it outta gear on downhill runs even sanded the rust off and sprayed it white... looks like new (welll....... newish)

Gonna flag... after doing some more research... too much effort to get nowhere near enough low. 4x4specftw

Cheers dude, will measure them up and advise

Are they the same in the mighty shuttle as in the normal hatchback things? I am thinking it is finally time for more low. want to keep the factory standards just in case though... ideas (that are cheap) other than chopping some civ springs?

hmmmm may have to do some saving and come down for a looksee/fill up the boot. long way from aucks though:(

Shame my welding skills are nonexistant. Something I really should learn how to do

Update: can't be fucked transferring everything plus bigger pics on the site so http://www.themotorcyclereview.com/revi ... te?start=2 Edit: Also just bought this thing, hasn't arrived yet... looks too good for parts so may become another project (for later!)

wicked work boe, looks well choice!

Or just have scooter/small motosickle track day at mt welly go cart track... is bloody good fun!

Stop complaining, CRX's are ace... bloody hillarious good fun, light, nippy and cheap as chips to run. Paint it pink and orange Replace your girl profit?

HOLY FUCKING LITTLE BABY JESUS THIS THING IS (will be) HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here ya go, pic of tank...pimpn! small dent visible top left on edge of chrome bit (which by the way is pretty fucked)

Traffic town is Auckland, how muchy ya reckon, I can probably live with a bit of postage... advise