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18 hours ago, Speedy88 said:

More work spots. The council came and moved the fence to widen the road so I got some different angles of some areas.

 

Do you work at Horopito?

Well, most of WLG OS will be at a wedding on 16th, then 30th is BeachHop for me, then I have to go to Nelson for brothers BDay, then it might be too cold?

YMMV.

Cool wagon though!

Don't crash it!

23 March is the only weekend I have free for camping.

How bad can it be - I mean, the doors are still attached........

16 minutes ago, RUNAMUCK said:

His name was Bevan I think?

He's a mate of Johnny Buchanan from memory.

This one innit? @1963 AP5

63

@tortron

9 hours ago, Adoom said:

Hmmmm, I guess I'd have to reinstall the front suspension and steering to the yellow shell and drag it to a wheel alignment place.... Extracting it from the garage will be a mission. Unless there is such a thing as a mobile wheel alignment, or is all the gubbins tethered to some doodah?

They are all computerised these days, need to be on site.

However, I set my suspension (4-link) at home with a tape measure, and the machine said it was dead on (0 degrees thrust angle). I guess my point is that the body can be out a bit so long as the wheels point in the right direction

When you get a wheel alignment done they only measure the wheels, not the body.

When I did the Mercury rear suspension the alignment system checked the thrust angle (i.e is the rear in line with the front) and it was all good.

@JasonK might have some space? Maybe @Bistro and @LoveChild are attending too...?

Anyway, we'll be there from Wednesday to Sunday once again

A fine build and no surprise that it flew through the cert check.

Well done, will be good to see it at the Beach Hop.

Looking good. I reckon you need some of the tall wing nuts to complete the 80's look.

7 minutes ago, RUNAMUCK said:

Before you strip it, Could you pressurise the water jacket with Air?
I realise that where you are the resourses we take for granted here dont exist. (Took us half a day to find a nut once.)

You could have just looked in the mirror...?

/spam sorry.

Suitably scruffy as a working Hilux should be - good work!

7 minutes ago, Transom said:

So is that the way to get a custom front subframe approved  ?

or is there another form for that ? Stock suspension locations and mounts to body and engine just built from tubing not from pressed tin spot welded together 

That would just be normal Cert approach I guess. The custom IRS/IFS is the only thing I know of that always requires TAC approval, unless you are doing something really weird.

I suspect it's more of a visual check - if the design uses typical material sizes and the alignment of the pivot points looks OK for bump steer then it would get approval. 

Anything oddball would get closer attention. Anyway, all that lies in my future

10 minutes ago, scooters said:

Is the design approval a knights of the round table discussion? 

Where by all the LVV guys all get together and decide if they are happy with the idea placed in front of them ? 

 

 

Technical Advisory Committee, but yes.

https://www.lvvta.org.nz/documents/infosheets/LVVTA_Info_01_2016_LVV_Custom_Independent_Front_and_Rear_Suspension_Approval_Application_Guide.pdf

10 minutes ago, cletus said:

I don't think it would make much of a difference myself, but no reason why you couldn't add it if you want

the lower coilover bolt and crush tube holds the 2 plates together, and the part that wants to 'tear off' is at the other end of where an extra weld would be for the added plate.

 

have you done a design approval for the front end? 

Not yet, waiting for my son to do the drawings (a multi-year process  )

It was built by Graham Berry's and patterned on the Locost design with Cortina uprights so I don't expect any major issues (hopefully....)

I've thrashed the car around a dirt track on a dairy paddock and nothing broke, but I'll probably add the extra plates anyway as it's easiest to do it now.

These are my lower control arms for the front suspension on the Morris. They were pro-built but quite a long time ago.

These are upside down, the mount hangs below the arm when on the car.

Will the lower shock mounts need a plate joining each side, like I've professionally drawn on the back one? If so, I'll put them on before getting them ND tested.

1 hour ago, Mourning Cupcake said:

Cracker day for it! Bring a coat.

Is it damp out there?

Just when I was wondering what the plan was. 

34 minutes ago, ajg193 said:

I may be able to make you pistons if you want

Reminds me of this

Although, with a Daihatsu 360, the 'speed' bit may be pushing it.

Looking good - I like your detailed explanations of the fixes.

Maybe @yoeddynz can say something about his new mask?

If it's been for sale for 6 months, it's overpriced.