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  1. Haha yeah see how we go. At this stage I want to go with the original red, but I'm keen to do period decals of some sort like you say. Or maybe the advan scheme. Haha I've been waiting about 3 months to get it in his doors. Was initially supposed to be a month ago but they've been flat out!
  2. Have run through a bit of a list now and got an idea on where to go to from here. We will be starting with getting the vehicle mechanically sorted so stay tuned for updates shortly. Tai
  3. Had this thing dropped of to Choppers Body Shop this morning. Time to make a list...
  4. Not much has happened since last post. Have just been checking over bits and pieces and discovering more that needs doing or corners that have been cut, making things more difficult but that's ok. Currently working out a plan on how to move things forward with the build, with the budget that I have as I need it ready for my wedding at the end of the year as I got engaged a few months ago, I want to be able to drive the groomsmen in and drop some skids haha. Anyway I've recently sold the Recaro that I brought last year, and also selling the other ones if anyone is interested (will do a good deal for OS). In reality the seats are still to wide, there will be clearance issues with the tunnel and also the seat belt mount so really I can only get away with 500-510 width max but I think I may have found something that suits. Also I've been on standby for a space to free up at Choppers Auto body shop for the last 3 months and finally he's given me the thumbs up to bring it in next week. The exhaust will be getting done, and a few other fabrication jobs depending on what I can afford so that's pretty exciting. He will also be getting compliance on board to go over the vehicle and point us in the right direction of getting it road worthy. Here's a shameless instagram pic, I spent a few minutes putting the bonnet back on so at least it's got some cover on the transporter. Tai.
  5. Fuck me that heavy fab work is hard case. What size rods/amperage were you using on that bucket(?) Repair?
  6. Thanks Amy! Will definitely keep it in mind. Your rx3 is super tidy and would look mint!
  7. Cheers for the offer Richard! I've let my mate know, he's pretty interested in the wagon and maybe the charger but will let you know. I'll also keep them in mind for mine.
  8. Hey guys, Might need to move this to a different category if it's wrong but anyway I'm chasing some wedding cars for 2 separate wedding later this year. Wedding 1: The first wedding is for my good mate. The date is for the Saturday the 26th of September. Looking for at least 2 cars, possibly 4 but it comes down to availability and costs to work with their budget. He is ideally after Australian Muscle, early Holdens in particular (e.g. kingswoods, premiers etc) but beggars can't be choosers so also the likes of old falcons, valiants or even American muscle. The venue is located in Clevedon, south east Auckland. would be approx 3 hours work, picking the groomsmen and bridesmaids up from different locations (close to venue) and driving to the venue. Possibly even waiting around for the ceremony to take pictures afterwards. Wedding 2: This is for my own wedding. The date is the 12th of December. Located in Mangawhai, about 3 hours as well. I'm only after 1 car, a tidy rotary, needs to be 4 doors to fit 4 girls and tidy but also ruckus, This will be paired with my 1300 so have to make sure it's completed this year haha. You will be picking up the bridesmaids from close by and taking them to the venue and maybe hang around for some photos after the ceremony if you like. Obviously you will be paid for your time and services. We will cover fuel and reasonable cash, beers, spirits as required. I know this is well in advance but a lot of planning is being done for both weddings haha. Please let me know if you or someone you know might be keen. Thanks in advance! Tai
  9. My bro is one of the chefs at Fantail and turtle. Mean feeds and great beer on tap!
  10. Just need to work out what pressure and type of oil is running through whatever system you're doing and whether the an lines/fittings are rated for it. Not much help but I'm sure it would be easy enough to Google or call your local hydraulic shop or an part supplier.
  11. Might be an idea to check all the terminals and the relay.
  12. Yeah, more accurate I guess as more increments haha
  13. @1vaknd We have used the flat fibreglass heat gasket (that I got from bbqs and more) around most of the lid edges, we can't do the all the edges as it creates gaps in other areas. It actually seals quite well. Also forgot to mention we got a whole lamb boned and rolled. Bit of salt and pepper, rosemary, thyme and garlic. Cooked in the smoker at around 240°F for about 6 hours then rested for about an hour. Fuelled with kingsford briquettes and gum wood, with Manuka for smoke. The Smokeyness on the outside was nice but a bit overpowering but the inside was cooked mint! Moist as and tasty. I swapped over the weber temp gauge for the left gauge on the pitlord. The original gauge was showing about 10-15°F lower than the right, however with the weber gauge it was showing about 20°F above the right. Will look at investing in a proper internal probe, temp gauge.
  14. Ok so we gave the girl it's first cook today. What a way to start, 7kg brisket the bro sorted out, the thing is a bloody unit. First we swapped out the left gauge for one off the weber to see what discrepancies there were with the budget ones I got from bunnings. We got the firebox going first of all with mostly kingsford Apple wood coals. Got the firebox up to about 700° and the cooking chamber right gauge was showing about 200 and the left weber gauge about 240 so I think the internal temp is really around 220ish, really need to get more accurate probes to get an accurate reading. This is what we ended up with. We had it on the smoker for about 7.5 hours, had a lot of problems trying to maintain heat. We ended up resorting to feeding it pohutakawa, manuka and gum wood to keep it up(we have no shortage of wood as the olds do firewood/tree felling). The brisket was removed after being wrapped for the last few hours with an internal temp of around 200-209 and let it rest for about 45minutes before serving. Slightly over cooked and not the ideal smoke ring but was still delicious and nice and moist. Pretty stoked to be honest, we still need to work out easier ways to maintain the temps, may look at grinding the opening between the firebox and cooking chamber to help draw more heat. Will see how it goes anyway. Cheers
  15. Yeah bro we kind of had a run of this today. Trying out different techniques to get it right.
  16. Cheers man! We had another play around with the temps on this today. modified the firebox and removed the coal basket locator so we could push it right against the side by the cooking chamber. Half filled it with the Kingsford heat beads and a few bits of Manuka which worked a treat. Firebox was around 700 Fahrenheit and the cooking chamber got up to around 220 on the gauges. The heat gun was showing around 210-230 external heat across the chamber and we checked the grill plates later and they were showing approx 270. Realistically I think the internal/smoke heat might be around 230-250 which is perfect, might be worth in getting some other probes or upgrading the temp gauges down the track. Will be doing it's first proper cook tomorrow.
  17. Merry xmas people. Got the old man to come down with his truck and bring the pit up to theirs as we were heading up for Christmas, and present it to my brother there. Threw on a bit more paint as it got a little scratched up in transit and gave it a clean out on the inside. My brother was pretty Fucking stoked and all my family were pretty impressed with it so was pretty happy with that. I gave him a hand throughout the day and we got it roaring to burn it out. We created a fire in both the firebox and the cooking chamber as well. Got the firebox up to about 650 Fahrenheit for a bit and the cooking chamber up to about 400 for about 3 hours. Cleaned it out again then sprayed canola oil throughout and got it going via the firebox for another 3hours to season it with a drip tray and primarily Manuka to season it. It seals up pretty well once the exhaust starts extracting but it takes a little while to get it going. We also struggled to get the cooking chamber above 200 Fahrenheit when we seasoned it so we need to learn how to get it going hotter. Will try different brickettes and heat beads as we primarily just used wood when we seasoned it. Pretty stoked nonetheless. Will get some meat on it tomorrow hopefully and see what we can come up with. Cheers
  18. So got the last bits sorted today. Cut some steel and made some grilles. Had to stuff around with the firebox grille to get it functional as the setup was different to the cooking chamber. Also because the rails I fitted to the cooking chamber weren't square I had problems getting the lower one to look right. Everything is kind of shortly but it is functional and looks pretty awesome. I've actually finished this and got it all together but we shall wait til xmas to get some better photos. Hopefully my brother is as stoked as I am with it haha.
  19. Cheers guys. Yeah will be sparking it up on Wednesday and season it for the bro so hopefully it will cure the paint at the the same time and burn out any oils and toxins inside.
  20. Couldn't stop there, went into overdrive and cleaned it with some simple green degreaser then a few go's with the wax and grease remover. Then finally got this in one colour, just used the rustoleum high temp paint from bunnings. It had a picture of a bbq on it so it must be legit. Looking pretty swish, almost like a brought one haha. I only had a few cans of paint and it didn't go very far so only got about 2.5 coats on it. It will be interesting to see if it lasts or not. All that remains is fitting the wood and making the grills. This will be tomorrow's job if all goes well. Chur
  21. Sorted out the front bench. Cut up some 25x3 box and some 25x3 angle and welded up a frame (forgot to take a pic with the angle fitted). Drilled some holes and tested fitted with the mounts in place. Then placed the macrocarpa on top to have a skeeze.
  22. Been going hard at work leading up to xmas but also managed to squeeze in more time on this. Made a stopper for the Fire box door. Sits pretty nicely now. Also drilled some holes and mocked up the gauges. Wanted to put them higher but there would be clearance issues with the top rack. I also welded in a little rack thing for the firebox grill to sit on and cleaned up the damper but forgot to take a pic.
  23. Cheers bro, stoked as with it haha. Yeah bro, put some removable baffles in for the reverse flow setup. Will wait and see how effective it is, if need be can change out for a different sized opening and run thicker steel plates for different temps. And yeah that's a great idea. I actually picked up some fibreglass heat seal strips from bbq and more the other day to help with the doors.
  24. And the creme de la creme. Had a mate at one stop cutting shop sus this out. Did an awesome job and it adds that finishing touch. So happy with how it's looking now. Had also welded up the remaining holes and bent the firebox lid so it sits a bit better and tried to sand back the paint on the inside of the firebox. All that's left now is to sort the front bench, drill some mounts for the thermometers/temp gauges and paint! Home stretch! Chur
  25. Made some rails out of 25x5 angle to sit the grills on. Also put some steel at the front to straighten it out and reinforce it.
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