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My parent's HG Kingy. Only a 186 though, but I own the car now.

I do recall putting a big scrape down the side on a garden stake (cut the corner on the driveway a bit tight) when a newbie driver.

Surely you could arrange to leave one on a rail siding somewhere?

V6 Tina. Haven't seen one of these for years.

^ Hiace and Hilux are normally the same differential type (G-series) so it should be possible to put one back in - not really sure why it would have been swapped for a holden one with the 202 conversion.  Swapping back to a Toyota diff would require re-cert, and probably driveshaft work (i.e. it'll cost a grand or so).  I expect drilling the axles would technically require cert also. The G-series  come in 6- and 5- stud versions so be careful there too.

Assuming you don't have full floating hubs at the back...

You can probably redrill the axle flange and drum to the new pattern, if there aren't any odd holes there already, kinda like this

http://www.rottenleonard.com/Menu.html

I wouldn't use trailer hubs. 

Spacer/adaptors work, but they do require certification.

Another option is to get new front hubs made with the Holden pattern, although that would be some $$$.

A wagon, of course (and some Minors)

27 minutes ago, SOHC said:

 

 

When you buy a new antenna they make them a bit longer at the factory and the idea was to trim them back till its right for your car and the channels you use the most 

The cheep arse antennas you have to un coil the tops to trim them back but the good ones have a stainless steel rod witch you can cut down with bolt cutters, 

with an old antenna you can get away with soldering on only a few mm of wire to bring it back into tune

 

If you have an SWR meter you could make your own full length 1/4 wave witch would out preform anything you could buy   

 

Yeah, but it's going to be 9' long isn't it? 

I'm not looking for super-max performance, just wagon-to-wagon, and not wrecking the radio itself.

It's amazing how much crud collects in chassis rails of old US cars. I guess there were a lot of dirt roads around in the 'good old days'. I cleaned out the rails of the Mercury a few years ago, then had another session on them recently when I noticed some mouse fluff had appeared. 

I suppose a water blaster will get it out? I used air guns/pipes and a vacuum cleaner mostly.

It depends on what you need in the circuit. The one I added to a car is just connected directly to a +12V feed that is live when the ignition is on.

They can be wired with relays and oil-pressure safety switches if you want that sort of thing.

I assume it is a fairly low-powered pump for a carburetor car?

If you do it anything like me, you might as well just let it run out on the floor as that's where most of it will end up when the house flips out of the container or I knock it over.

You need to do it like this:

1. Open Bleeder

2. Assist pushes pedal down and holds down

3. Close Bleeder

4. Assistant lets pedal up

Repeat until no air comes out, remembering to check reservoir.
Unless you are using a special hose with a valve of some sort on the end to stop the air/fluid from sucking back up

That was me moaning. 

What annoys me people posting 10 listings for exactly the same auction/vehicle, all finishing at the same time, or 20 different vehicles ending at the same time.

I wouldn't mind a single listing at $1 reserve.

Anyway, it's only my opinion, everyone has one etc.

Probably air.

Are the drum adjusters wound up right? If you back them off then the shoes will have a long way to travel to the drums. 

@ThePog Bid Away!

Dibs

/I don't expect them to ship it.

Parking buildings and drive through is OK with a bench seat - just sliiiiide over.

I find the length can be more of an issue in parking buildings - sometimes need to be selective. but a Falcon or Commy wag isn't far off the same size.

If you want to get a few more years out of it before a weldathon then that would work IMHO, especially if it is kept out of the weather most of the time.

Yup, 26. I've asked about that one in ChCh if they will ship it to me

I dunno, I googled some instructions, but I'm not too clear on how to actually adjust the aerial. It seems you need to make them longer, or shorter...

Ordered Saturday. Arrived today, that's pretty fast.

Now I need to get a working CB and aerial again.

You'd be lucky to find a good used one these days I would think?

Can get new from ozzie

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-parts-accessories/parts-other-makes/brakes/auction-1266298580.htm

Turners - I've never been to a damaged vehicle one but would suggest you go along to one or two auctions and see how they run/what prices are like/ before buying.

Get cher Falcon wagon - online auction in a couple of hours.

https://www.turners.co.nz/Damaged-Vehicles/Damaged-Cars-for-Sale/Ford/Falcon/16319002