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Had very good dealings with Scott @ RO Jones, now on St Asaph st

I had the same problem once Bartman, Diaphragm needed replacing where the pressure switch is, only a pin hole bit it pissed me right off. Less than $20 and 5mins to fix..

235/30r20 is the size tyre you'd need to run to get it all to clear, any larger and it causes greif as you've discovered!

Always loved those rear shots of the Gloria!

Shoulda got the Chevette driving lol

^ Needs more fishplating...

Hey Clint, For Cert, would you require the carpet/underlay to be in the vehicle or not - or is this something you would have to remove the seats to lift it up and check things yourself? To see doubling plates for driveshaft loop and gearbox mounts for instance?

Try Blaine @ Fast Blast. Down marshlands road. Very cheap, very quick. Tell him Chris sent you. 0272742207

http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=1057051779 Found it

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Coupes I've found like to do boot floors. Firewall/inner guard/Floorpan seams. Under Heater matrix's on the early ones, Followed by the floor pans. Theres the channels under the front guards too that are prone to rusting out

Did you see theres a Piazza down south wrecking on trademe too, good to lend its brakes and diff for you...

Early Hilux, XP Falcon from memory also run stud/stud fitment. A decent parts supplier should be able to sort you out some replacements if you give them the full closed measurement and full extension

Interesting seeing some of the steps, and you explaining whats going on - from someone that has close to 0 panel beating experience lol!

I'll pm you and I think he's best to talk to Paul the rover guy about it. For that sort've money anyway..

I owned one for a couple months. However I happen to have the contact for the (president?) of the Rover owners club here.. What state is it in?

Yea he's a wealth of knowledge thats for Sure. Been getting a big help as of late from Blaine Blythe too!

So, time for an update. Canterbury Champs has been and gone, managed a respectable 8th equal from 29 cars. Reliability was the key there, although I wasn't without my own dramas. Have chewed through a clutch, broken a input shaft flange off the gearbox - snapped the dowel holding the throwout bearing, then the braided line and made one hell of a mess. Missed one meeting due to parts availability but managed some extra racing last weekend. Good to get some laps in - however I was battling a miss-fire all night which meant the car speed was down. - To be fair the car still had the same spark plugs, leads and coil pack from when I pulled it from the road car 3 years ago! I've also been struggling with the linkages on the shifter. Finally managed to track down a used Ford Prefect 100e shifter already modified to suit (this involves turning the gearbox on its side - which the Walford bellhousing has the capacity for this anyway. Instantly worked better, but I have had some problems with the throwout bearing from the prior disaster.. (O rings were destroyed, fittings were damaged) Missed one meeting due to parts availability but managed some extra racing last weekend. Good to get some laps in - however I was battling a miss-fire all night which meant the car speed was down. - To be fair the car still had the same spark plugs, leads and coil pack from when I pulled it from the road car 3 years ago! Anyway ; I had bought quite some time ago a MSD lead kit from Craig @ Pro Parts - so set to making them up - took me maybe 1.5 hours to do, however they're certainly a much nicer finish and fit! - As seen, I've modified the position of the lever so it sits forward and well to the left of the steering wheel. V-d out the join where I welded it, then also sleeved it. I've since drilled the base so it picks up more points on the gearbox, and welded some gaps that were causing gear oil leaks.. Thanks to Tim, Blaine, Matt & Troy helping on the car when they can - all hands make it easier getting the car on the track each race and far less stressful!

So in preparation for the changes to come, I removed the Inlet, CIS etc.. What surprised me however was the amount of Vacuum lines the car had, and then the amount that were broken, T'd off or rooted, certainly wouldn't have been helping when I was trying to get it running.. Rob has drawn a manifold up, and when time allows we'll do the first trial fit.. Amazing how much roomier it looks now! Discuss; http://oldschool.co....ith-added-moss/

So, I hacked the guards up as I wasn't happy with the fit.. Used my original TF left front guard and that is fitting really quite nicely indeed now. Chevette guard on the drivers side, also the side that bore the brunt of the impact took me awhile longer however.. Properly bolted on this time, rather than just sitting on like last time. Bolted the halfs in place then welded slowly.. Discussion: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=15434

Shit thats brilliant. Can we see your interpretation on the road in the wet?

How much soda do you tend to put in per litres? Just a little 6v/12v charger I presume? do tell more, quite interesting indeed!

That looks especially good indeed! Great choice on the colour and the black outs look smart. Please tell me you're not using those RE020's, the one we can see was made in 1993... They'll be somewhat rather hard/dangerous

Elongate the holes, how far back does the hatch need to run?

Nicely done mate, be proud as punch to drive it from the garage after all the hard graft!