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awesome. will have to mock up a design.

Looking so nice Mr Goat! Those fins look oh so sweet.

Slow progress, but productive day. Re-did my shitty bog job and had to get rid of the epoxy paint I put on the repair since it was reacting with the primer I put on top. Chucked a ton of bog back on, sanded, primed, painted. Rough as anything, but the rest of the van's pretty rugged too so no biggie. Prime: paint: Got the windscreen in with Amber's help and an extendable dog leash as the cord. Glazed like a donut: And spent the rest of the night putting everything else back on. Need to buy some new SS screws for the park lights since they were SO rusty I barely managed to get them out. (had to drill the head off one of them) Didn't manage to get to pick a part today, that's tomorrows job. (doing night time stocktake at work)

I thought I'd have a go at re-doing the repair under the windscreen today, since I had ground a hole in it and also I wasn't completely happy with it since it was a patch-over job, not a cut-to-fit patch. Came out OK I guess, had to re do it since I ground through it AGAIN while cleaning it up. So now I'm just waiting for some epoxy paint to dry, then tomorrow I'll be sanding the rest of it down, priming, and spray bombing some matching paint. Then once that's dry, I'll chuck the new windscreen in, find the missing wiper gear at pick a part and put the dash back in. Still waiting for some bushes to arrive, hopefully by tuesday, then it's final wof check and good to go for hawkes boes! might even have some time to put some sounds in there.

teehee that's me pulling in behind on the last photo wrecking your shot. oops

both of the threaded holders for the window wiper spindles are broken. Off to pickapart this weekend I think. Should be a pretty standard part across most models surely? Suspension bushes arriving later this week and windscreen is arriving friday. Anyone wanna come round this weekend and lend a pair of hands for installing the screen? Also got a little too drunk while working on this out in the sun last weekend. Got crazy with the grinder, wanted to see what was under the bog at the front. Ground through one of the repairs while trying to clean up the welds. Ahh well I'll chuck some more bog on. Also managed to drop the instrument cluster while pulling the dash out. Broke off all the locking tabs for the clear cover. Could have been worse though. Live and learn though. 6 diesels is too much.

Update time! Took it in for a WOF just to double check what needed doing. Cracked windscreen, leaf spring shackle bushes, wiper arms (missing) and broken park light (accidentally smashed it with a trolley jack). Been driving it around like the wreckless outlaw that I is. Man it would be nice to get a new diff in there for cruising speeds. Currently over 4000rpm at 100kph. Quick take-offs though! Will be ordering a set of bushes from oz, and a new windscreen this week. I should be able to fix the park light and find some wiper arms. Please let me know if you see any of these wrecking. I need lots of parts!

haha yeah might be a power outlet on the outside of the building there.. Yeah will see if I can bring it Al. I will be working on the carry on sat morning, but if it's ready by afternoon then I will swing past with welder and my drome bike in pieces. what car will you be bringing? it's a pretty massive heavy beast of a mig

Registering interest. Scooty isn't assembled but might just do it at the drome.

My darling brother has agreed to go lie in the mud at pick a part takanini and pull off the suspension cross member I need. Steering rack boots were surprisingly hard to find. $55 each from Suzuki haha! Tracked down some short universal ones through autolign that I'll fit in the weekend. Bwarp, did you have a lead on a cheap windscreen?

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OK! this lives in my shed now! Collected it from Bwarp's lockup on saturday morning. Brake system was still very mushy, bled most of a bottle of fluid through it but couldn't get it to come right. So I thought fuck it and drove it from Porirua to Newlands with very dodgy brakes, in the rain, with no wipers. HAH! Got home OK, and on sunday I had another go at the brakes. Chucked the second set of brake shoes into the passenger side drum, and bled the system again. It took a whole second bottle of fluid but finally two tiny bubbles came out, and brakes were back to normal. Had a look at the front suspension - I think the suspension crossmember will need to be replaced, since the mounting point for the lower arm is pretty bent out of shape. hoping for a super carry to show up at pick a part sometime soon!

good news Seedy - we will now have two wheelchairs! I propose a wheelchair race.

cheers

don't know, what's ore?

71 Toyota landcruiser plate# HQ2407. Bright metallic blue, fuel cell in the back, fibreglass doors. It's my friend's brothers and was stolen from Grey Lynn, Auckland. Didn't start so would have been towed somewhere. Aucklanders please keep your eye out!

yeah if you have a SS80F(four door) then any F8B box will fit. If you go for a late model box then you should also grab the speedo cable since it's a bit different on the gearbox end.

yeah you can use any F8B gearbox, although if you find an SS80 one you may be missing a mounting point (what model is yours?) . Later models are backwards compatible, I have a 90's manual box in my SS80. Altos seem to show up pretty often at pickapart.

yeah same here, will be going to see Head Like a Hole tonight, but might hve time to stop in and say hi

yeah same here hayhayhay I'll just drop mine at yours or kickers place during the week?

yeah mang just a 20, I can take it to joes or something to save time if you want

yeah count me in for one raleigh 20 pls mr heyhole.

Exhaust flange lip is broken off on one side. Exhaust shops would stock these type of flanges right? Tidied up the engine bay. I don't think satin finish white will be that great at staying white. My crossmember is now brunswick green. Was going to drop the engine in today, but first I had a poke around under the chassis rail and found some nasties under a splash shield: someone put pieces of the planet Mars in there? Weird. So chassis repairs - I assume needs to be professionally done, or at least done to a professional standard.. Since I don't really have money at the moment I think this means I'll focus on getting the ute running well for nats instead of this. Will have to take the van to Nelson next year instead. Boo.

First coat of engine bay paint, just to show I haven't been completely neglecting this.