Camel

Hi New Zealand. So went to this in the weekend with Liam Was some cool cars for Australia, even had some in non primary colours and without foose wheels The weather was a little average but it was still a sweet day, the show was based at phillip island race track and they opened the track for some cruise laps. I didn't break any records except for maybe most sparks but was choice as to drive the track in my barge and get some pics. The highlight was definitely the gassers having a blat and generally being loud and obnoxious. Anyway, Check it out.

Attention to detail was lacking that day JOKES

This thing looks better in the flesh I reckon, just needs some 'droz

it's lacking some valiant parts though

They are in the rear as well, one sensor for each corner. The isolation switch should be located in one of the side compartments in the boot. If you have an owners manual it will show in there. I would highly recommmend not touching the rods and sourcing a height controller as if you don't know what your looking at you may botch modifying them.

easiest way is to adjust/shorten the rods on the height sensors in each corner. Just make sure that you use the isolate button for the air ride system, it should be located in the boot I think. Can get height controllers for these as spencer mentioned which is better in my opinion as its easy to revert to stock

Awesome!!! Flipside to increased room though is decreased garage space...

Looking good bro, you guna attempt that roof liner solo or got someone to give you a hand? Keep up the good work, will be good to see this beast again at bathurst, please roll racks with haybail and drum on roof

This thing is meke as Fels. Import flare kit would be awesome but will not improve handling/RPMs more slam and lock then more track days gets my vote

Such a handsome young man you are!!! Love pic updates with you in them Also glad to see you dropping unnecessary components like extra cams and phuel injection for cubes and pushrods!!!

Good work bro. Your street cred will go through the roof post engine conversion

If you unplug the valve body loom and go for a drive you should be able to start in L and manually shift up through the gears as this is using the hydraulic side as opposed to the electronic side of the valve body. If it is still won't shift manually into second with the valve body unplugged then you have an internal issue as opposed to an electronic/sensor issue

It sounds like it could possibly be a faulty speed sensor but that would bring up the OD light fault flash for sure. Have you disconnected the solenoid plug on the box and performed a manual shift test? This would be the next step for sure to confirm the valve body is working accordingly

and by flathead you mean supercharged flathead ay

bro that sux. You can have mine?! 460 oclock? I know Manus keen

suuuuuuuuper late response but yes to bulk 460 purchase, shows how often I frequent the forum haha What size are those rims and tyres bro??????

when is 2014 nats??

C4s are all good bro. When its out drop the pan and take the servo housings off, that is always a really good indication of the condition of the box. If there is no sludge or filings in there then adjust the bands up and you should be sweet for cruising etc. If you want to do b-owts etc then id definitely look at getting it rebuilt by a reputable shop, they can be built to handle up to 400+ hp without too much trouble

What you doing with that 4M you scored with the parts car? DIBS???!!!

So long time no update. Things have been progressing at a medium/really slow rate. I stripped the trans down and was no good so scored a late 60s C4 (much more common and has the same bellhousing to trans bolt pattern) forked out the cash and got it rebuilt. Also picked up a reduction starter for it which is extremely loud. Got the engine in the hole and running and took it for a creep round the block but the factory 2 barrell carb was leaking so have not driven it since. I have a rebuild kit from the states that I will throw at it when I get to it. Have also been getting parts in from the states on a pretty consistent basis. Trim rings Spider bullets drag link balljoint alternator carpets carb kit dizzy leads fuel pump trans pan with drain plug trans cooler seat belts etc I also forked out for a set of brand new bf goodrich wide whites (225/70/15 with 2 3/4 whitewall) and picked up a set of 15 x 6 kelsey late 60s rims which Spencer kindly painted bright red for me. The mounting plates for the spider bullets required quite a bit of work (grinding) to fit the rims and am slightly concerned that these may stress fracture as the spider is not very light... the alternative however is new rims which would be a bit gay, will see how I go. Also found that the exhaust bracket had been bolted through the floor pan and had mangled a bit hole in it so made up a super sturdy new bracket and patched the hole in the floor. I also replaced the rear brake hose as was perished and replaced the steel line to the rear brakes as it had decent surface rust. After looking at getting some foam to do a temporary job on the front bench seat I decided I would just get both seats completely re upholstered so pulled them out and they are away getting done at the moment. Once they were out had a bit of a dig around and found some rust around one of the body mounts so cut the floor out to assess the damage. Doesn't look too bad except for the fact that it has eaten through into the sill as you can see in the below pic. To properly repair that would mean body off the chassis as it would need the floor pan brace removed so for the moment it will get a heavy dose of POR15 and wurth cavity wax until I have a shed sorted with enough room to tackle that task. Oh and the aussie-tastic ranga roof is gone too, I stripped that back to bare metal and spence bombed it with white. It needs another coat but will do for the moment until his car is back together and we have a bit more space. We will also give it a fresh coat of satin black as the bling wheels and roof make the black look even worse than it is, which is no easy feat. Still so much that needs doing though!! Im hoping to replace the left rear floor pan this week and have dropped the fuel tank out as it has some dodgy patches and is starting to leak so will get an alloy replacement made and painted black for stealth. Hopefully faster progress and a few more updates shortly.

That colour will look real good with stuff all over it to break it up. I think it will look heaps as good once black vinyl roof is installed

Thinking of popping back for a quick trip soonish so will have to come visit and get the low down from Rhona on your misbehaving haha. PM me your email anyway so I stop spamming your project thread

next time i'm back we can go for a roll to my old stomping ground (Ponsonby Bowling Club)

What worked best for me was lean/pose on sweet old toyota whip outside the bowls club as they are leaving and complement them on their walking frames and fresh perm. Probably helped they were a few sherrys down by then/sherry goggles...

Im a huge fanboy of that green. It went well on my old MS53 with both black and white roof stz. Cream or light BROWN interior would look schmick and have all the purple perm hair gals down at the local home swooning when cruise past... Also, Sheepers wrote I did forget "buy cardigan" but only as i ASSumed it would be factory get-up when going for a creep in this thing/leaving the house. And Im good mate how bout yourself?? Hows the arthritis these days? must be playing up with the cold and the amount of weight your carrying around?