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Shit yes. Good score and good save. Can't wait to see this go back together!

https://www.police.govt.nz/can-you-help-us/stolen-vehicles

Will swap for ironhead. haha

Finally got this finished. All legal. Taken it for a few rips. Super fun. So small and light. Oh so narrow: For sale now. As I enjoy the journey more than the destination. Already neck deep in another build.

Only got big bikes that go at the moment. hah. Need to build my f5/yb100 pest bike up. These multi day missions greatly appeal to me. Will put my name down for next year. Gives me 50 weeks to do nothing, then 2 weeks to build a bike and commit to a ride with zero testing. perfect.

Epic. Thanks dude! Will plan a mish up to collect in the next month and a half!

@Vintage Grumble Woops, had forgotten about that. @anglia4 Its a gs550 engine. That would be awesome if you could hold onto it. I can do a trip up to collect over the chrismas hols if that's not too far away. Otherwise i can figure something out sooner.

Remove the arm and custom pour some poly bushings? I'd say any different arms would need cert (unless its factory off another non AU marina or something and would look stock (would probably need a cert anyway but nobody would notice except Bryan. haha))

Just pulled the trigger on a xcel arc viper 185 from supercheap's 20% off sale. Will report back with a review once i've pumped out some bird poop.

Shit yes! Series 7 is the prettiest of them all! Fingers crossed its an easy fix to get it running sweet.

What/how do people prep cavities when doing patch panels. I.e. say i wanted to do a repair on a sill, and cut out a 100x200 patch. What/how do i treat the inner sill I can get to through the new hole, and what/how do i treat the back of the patch i'm about to weld in?

I've always used the vice for rough and ready folding of patches, though that leaves an average finish. Stretcher/shrinker will be great for recreating slightly curved boot lips etc. Where i've just michael moused that before and welded along the right angle (which makes for a bit of an average repair)

More panel repair questions, What do people find more useful for making rust repair panels, a sheet metal brake, or a shrinker/stretcher?

Want to get a power file, body saw, and a 90 degree die grinder for all of the ease of rust repairs. Want to make it an enjoyable experience, rather than the uphill struggle i usually set myself up for. hah.

You guys seem to rate the xcel arc machines! 10a plug is pretty cool too. Still kinda torn, the simplicity of the BOC that @Nominal suggested is pretty enticing. Seems to only have a 18month warranty though.... Both the xcel and the BOC are over 1k cheaper than the Lincoln electric, and if they lay down welds with comparative ease, then is there a reason to pay more? (though you never regret buying quality tools, you only regret buying poor quality tools haha) Argh, why aren't there only like 3 different welders so its easy to make a decision. haha.