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Yeah 28/32 would be more than enough on a 1256 me reckons.

Yeah that's looking sweet! I too would get a posh person to weld those up if at all in doubt- like ya say ..everyone will see them as soon as you open the bonnet. Man you could make some sweet looking filters to suit them. Like one piece long K&N style. Buy some filter material and make alloy plates to sandwich it. Or just be a boss and stick an individual chrome Ramflo on each ITB. It is an escort after all so needs Ramflo technology....

I had looked into doing a similar crossover type of inlet and I had found that due to the shape of the inlet ports along with position of the bolts that hold the inlet flanges to the head it was not going to be a feasible task. I was however looking at it in simple fabrication terms, using tig welded alloy and what ever else I had easily at disposal. Possibly could be done with magical use of laminates etc because.. well....fuck- just look how sexy that above picture is!!!!

Was good fun. Nice to catch up with a few of ya that I bumped into. My scores for the day were.. A tidy pair of recaros fishnets for viva wagon. A couple of Datsun books and a washer bottle for imp. Cheers Chris. A vice grip welding plier. A drill bit for poisoning pines. And the last thing and possibly best score (free)... This random fella. If only to have annoyed and embarrassed my mate as we walked about. Glad the sun came out after a bloody cold start.

Thats the old thread I started ages ago. Its just been our good old work horse since then Your English is better than my French!

Hiya Stephane - Lovely looking van you have there. Very tidy! I had no luck finding electrical diagrams so yeah I'd like to see what @4AGEMAD has that might be of use. We'll be doing a small bit of restoration work on our van soon. We have just met a local fella who is also restoring one just like ours so we now have a van buddy

Fuck God damn its cold here today. Hope it clears up for tomorrow.

Just think of all the saab bits that you will find.....

I'll be out there on Saturday. Hopefully the rain will be gone and it'll be sunshine on all the glorious benches of tat. Looking forward to catching up - where is the display at?

Always fancied a 2 door gt version. Lowered on turbos with a rotary or v6 etc. Something absurd.

Spotted a 900 turbo 16 2 door hooning round a corner on a nice road whilst out riding bikes. It was a manual too and in black. Was very lush. I swooned.

Oh hey. Glad you're still persevering with this wee car. A long (oily) road... I have this lot. Workshop manual was my dad's. It's not complete and it's full of old Barry scribbles but might be of use. Pm me your address and I'll post them to ya.

Regarding chassis and bodywork repairs. Vinz In Nelson are really nice and friendly to deal with. Deon (who's made into classics and vintage cars) who works there and does the compliance on all cars has seen through heaps of my entry rectification work and repairs on both old and new cars and bases his opinion on how tidy and well completed the repairs are along with photos I take of process. Not on whether I have a welding ticket or not. VTNZ on Pascoe street in Nelson are good too. Same goes- if you're known locally to do good work and they have clear photos of the process then they are fine. VTNZ in Blenheim seem like a really nice bunch too- easy to chat to and get advice. So I figure from this that it really does depend so much on attitudes alone in many of these places. I can only imagine the amount of plonkers they have to deal with on a daily basis...maybe some of the old barrys who work at these places are just stressed and need to retire.

Photos of doors, hut and action shots please.

Yeah will be fun too. I'm gonna dress up in full army gear and pretend to be in Nam.

Buy shit we don't need.

Sweeeet. It'll only be travelling over one property and hes one of a few who suggested a helicopter If you're brother has contacts and is keen to name drop any I should ring then please ask! No rush. Small matter of selling house truck, build mezzanine in shed, building new house first etc....

Or welding under a dash etc. When I'm welding something new, like different thicknesses or material or weld join type and everything is going well I write the settings etc down in a book I have near the welder. I'm still learning and it helps to gain an idea and memory for what works and what doesn't.

In the mean time when you get time you can just practice alt welding and be ready for the next project! Oh and get used to not using a foot pedal. Being able to alloy weld without having your foot on something opens up loads more jobs you can do and cuts down time too.

Hey @Roders here's the discussion thread for the housetruck. You asked ... " Is certification required when modifying a truck like this? Ltsa gave me an obscure answer to this question and vtnz said depending on the number of births, (not babies but beds) seat belts are required for the number of births. Surely there is more to this than that? " If you build onto the deck or what ever happens to be bolted to the chassis as a load, then no certification is needed. Its just a load. I was told by vtnz in Blenheim when we built a previous house truck that we could make the house out of balsa wood and cardboard or what ever...its just a load. Wouldn't be strong but... So long as the truck remains within the size constraints for heavy vehicles and any windows fitted are either toughened glass or have lexan (not perspex) covering the outside of them (shutters will do as well) then its all good. However- if you cut into the cab to create access into the house then things get more complicated. Firstly -You need a body cert for the modification to the cab. Then you'll need certified seatbelts and seat mountings in the back. You'll also need to cover the inside of any non- toughened glass window with lexan. My advice- dont go there unless you have to. Just leave the cab alone. You'll only need seatbelts for the amount of seats in the cab. Dont drive with people in the back. Obviously this is easy if its just two of you. If there's more then yeah... certified seat belts, and seat mountings, in the back will be needed. Its easy and I have done quite a few installs in vans, buses, trucks now. Just follow the rules. But it does get expensive! alex

Just keep practicing. Make sure any and all oxide is off the areas you want to weld. Even alloy that's been cleaned off and then left to sit for a good time will re- oxide enough to need a clean again. Get a stainless wire brush and keep it for alloy only. When you've made a few tacks or welds and it's really hot give the area a good scrub with the brush. Really helps clean it up. If the wild is not critical and you're just practising and you get a little crap on the tungsten then just keep going. It burns off and will be fine. Seems to be only the case with alloy this as its not the same case with steel or stainless?Better than constantly stopping to swap it out. Oh and a really good helmet. Wow what a difference it made for me to see things more clearly. I spent the money and got one of these. If I look after it then itll last a very long time. Money well spent I thought. https://m.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/Equipment/welding-gear/Pages/product.aspx?product=K3034-3(LincolnElectric)

Yeah our neighbour around the corner has masses of fields (huge huge farm) and we could have the stuff sat ready to be lifted in an area only probably 1km or less from the drop off. No power lines of big trees to worry about. Couldnt be easier. Things like sheets of plywood and roofing iron would be the best thing to get lifted. Carrying plywood up a steep slope would get boring really quick me thinks.

I think the quad can only tow 250kg...on the flat. The track is pretty bloody steep. Lengths of the decking we have is about 5 or 6m. If done right with a helicopter or can be very cheap and easy. Another local over the big hill from us paid a pilot $500 cash for about 10min airtime pick up and drop off. Pilot was on his way home from another job. It saved him weeks of carting stuff. Everyone won. Plus helicopters!!!! I mean like.. Just wow.

yeah actually thats sort of the thing I was thinking. A simple dolly with a long tow bar. Hannah could walk behind and steer dolly. Then can be swapped for short bar and used as a normal small quad trailer. make it tipping for carting gravel etc. Hell- anything will be better then carrying stuff. weve recently built two more wood sheds. the top one was a day of 1000 meters of climbing overall carrying timber and iron up. Great for keeping shape but tiring! Have decided that shifting the materials for the cabin build will involve helicopter!!!

Quick update to say that this old beasty is still going strong and earning every cent of its $300-400 price Its never ran completely right fueling wise but everything seemed in order in the two times I stripped the carb. It would just simply lean out if I tried to give it too much throttle. The needle height was correct too. In the end I thought bugger it- I'll get a carb kit just in case I've missed something. $30 later and wow!!!! I wish I had fitted a kit ages ago. Sooooo much better. The only thing I can guess at was that a previous owner has fitted a kit with the wrong needle taper. Anyway.. now its a rocket ship. Apparently they are geared for 80kph? Well yeah it would easily pull up to that but damned if I'd want to be on it at that speed. However its way better at climbing up to the ridge. Damn its a handy thing. Loving it. Lawn mowing and tree planting on the ridge...easy. Next to do job is build a tiny trailer, about a meter wide. Sort of a trailing dolly type thing as I have a new plan on how to tow up all the decking and other timber for the cabin. Back flips here we come.....