Nominal

23 minutes ago, flyingbrick said:

This is relevant- I tried using silicone vacuum hose on my vacuum pump.. was baffled at how little vacuum it could actually take.

Are you saying it sucks?

/spam

Did I see this heading north on SH1 / Hunterville area this arvo?

I'm out - going to the mountain tomorrow

/Horopito if the weather turns bad.

20 hours ago, kyteler said:

When does it get the shuffle for your 51 Ford woody? @Nominal

I'll have you know I've been working on this project for 20 years, and I'm not about to slow down now!

Been dinking away on this from time to time.

Bought a home made folder on TM, should be better than angle iron and a hammer. Welded it onto this trolley for mobility. It uses air rams to clamp the top.

Cleaned up the bare metal (again) on the firewall and inner guards.

and splattered some primer on it. Mainly to stop the rust that collects over time. There is still welding need for the inner guards but I'll just clean that off and re-prime as needed.

Quite a bit of time has gone into fixing this after Hanmer, the grille needed to come out to be glued back together which meant removing the slam panel. I stripped and repainted that while it was out. A couple of clip-on nuts (what's the right term) dropped out of the inner guard panel, included one that holds the bonnet bumper stop. Getting these back in meant removing the guard, which in turn needs the front bumper removed. Kinda wished I hadn't used such a sticky sealer on it last time it was apart. Good to see it's in nice shape behind the guard though. 'Just' needs putting back together now.

Rover V8 FTW surely?

On 13/09/2018 at 09:43, zar said:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1764206886

Kiwi classic

3 minutes ago, shavenYak said:

Yes please that would be lovely! I can't remember where you work? 

Up above Press Hall.

I can being one/both of these tomorrow if you want?

They are a bit crap though.

1 hour ago, Firetruck said:

Would buy it for the sole purpose of slamming

Into a wall?

I''l buy it for $300 as-is.

20 minutes ago, BlownCorona said:

im 99% sure the car is around 105mm, i purposly changed to 14" rims and tires to suit being a legal ride height to minimise issues, but will check tomorrow. it does probably need an alignment but hoping to do it after cert when i can drive it into town a bit more stress free

You can get it certed lower than 100mm. Make sure you get the wheel size you want to run on the cert plate to minimise later issues. You can get more than one size on the plate.

Sounds like you'll need to have the alignment done for cert, but you can get it done after the initial check.

https://www.lvvta.org.nz/documents/infosheets/LVVTA_Info_04-2012_Suspension_Camber_Angle_Guide.pdf

Does the cert involve lowering or any suspension changes?

9 minutes ago, EpochNZ said:

Who is this?  Oldschool sticker FTW

 

Hanmer 2016

Managed to get some Toyo 155's for my Minor from a MM parts man who imported them. Wider tires can look pretty balloony on narrow rims.

(Saw a mouse running across the garage floor when I went to check the sizing - now I have two problems)

1 hour ago, nickrock said:

Pretty sure thats a ww2 scamell

Highly likely.

Only saw this (and some salami) in blackball last week.