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Is it all good to run 5 instead of 6 cause one snapped? They are in groups of 2.

Is it all good to run 5 bolts instead of 6 on the pressure plate? I spent all day trying to get this fucker out and still no luck I don't want to half arse it but also don't want to have to pull flywheel off and take to an engineer. There was originally 6 bolts in groups of 2.

Yea mate, one needs a tiny bit of straightening so you can have that one as I already have mint boot key just need my ignition redone as my original is twisting a bit. Pm me your address and ill mail it Friday when I'm back at work. Btw I'm pretty sure it was you who sent me up a replacement door hand when my old one broke.

She's a great investment if you like repairing panels.

I have a crapload of prince keys. All of them are prince branded keys. I thought this was pretty cool I have two here that are uncut. Can't be too many of these lying around.

Haha nah just normal female crazy genes. Car was stored at her dads workshop so she had access to it and when I started ignoring her she decided to scratch my shit up. It says prick on the other fender but not as deep as cunt. This was one of the main reasons I wanted to bring it home so it wouldn't get messed with. Cheers man, I have owned the old girl for quite a while now. Can finally make some progress

Yay she's home!! Looking very filthy. First things first get that broken bolt out of the flywheel, go myself a set of screw extractors so going to have a crack at that shortly and replace all the pressure plate bolts with new ones as the one that broke was under barely and strain at all. I have the gearbox all attached to engine so once this is done she can go back in. Want to give it a lick of paint as it looks pretty horey at the moment. The ex mrs has also scratched CUNT on the right front guard so might sand that shit back while I'm at it. Any paint suggestions or leave it rough? Rocker covers are rusting and flaking pretty bad too.

Well after not doing anything for a long time I have finally began working on this again. It's still nicely tucked away but am bringing it home as have a garage. Pulled the engine out today and put all the suspension back in ready for it to be trailered home this week. I attached gearbox back to motor but snapped one pressure plate bolt so am going to have to extract that before going any further with that. I also have triple strombergs and manifold to put on to give it a bit more go. And inspiration Don't know why photos appear upside down and crap.

hey guys where do you get your parts from to setup some triple carbs? i need one of these to go between the other carb. who stocks these parts? just need the yellow bit, the shaft and the part with the nut and bolt on it. probably need a couple of other bits too but wont know till its setup on the car.

I dont know how much you loved your car but I have always gone with dont daily what you dont want to lose. People crash all the time, Auckland sucks so much arse to drive around in peak traffic. Almost every time I go out I have to avoid some numb nut trying to crash into me. Sucks about the car man, hopefully you get paid out more than you expect.

Got my fuel tank back today. Was done last week but never had the time to pick it up. Costed $207 all up which I thought was reasonable as the inside was really rusty and a mess of flakes if you shook it. I dont have a before picture though. Isnt lined but he claimed it was best that way and will last for a very long time just dont leave it sitting for ages with hardly any gas in it. Couple of pictures. Looks a million times better. Look like there was no metal left before. Hopefully can actually run it lower than half a tank and not be breaking down every day, sometimes even multiple times to clean the carb/filters.

Mine is at western radiators getting done at the moment. He said same thing not going to line it just remove all the rust and the petrol and fumes will keep it all good and last for years and years. I will let you know how it goes and post some pics up. Should be back Wednesday Mine was really bad apparently. I use to break down from blockages daily

The top of the spring sits in a big "cup" can't really see what could go wrong. I would need the rubber ones that are a full circle to sit on the top of the spring.

Is anyone able to make me up a spacer for my springs? Hoping not expensive. It's always been a little too low resulting in a lot of scraping and bottoming out. Already trimmed probably 90% off the bump stop too. Was thinking maybe 20mm thick? I will give exact measurements if someone can help out. Was going to jamb some wood in there but that's a bit too rough and want something permanent.

Do they have to be on the car at the moment? Pm'd.

Looks good with those steels. Black with beauty rings never fails. Also regarding you getting charged 225 in labour, I don't know shit About shit but always try do the labour myself. Just wing it man, what's the worse that can happen? Who does white walls for 25 a tire? I was going to go flappers but I think I'm leaning towards the thin stripe.

Yea mate thats the plan. After the boot I'll tackle the doors. 3 look solid but one has something starting to burst to the surface. Yep 3.3L And some rust

Thanks man. Yep still has vauxhall engine, sounds the business and I'm going to order a bigger cam for it. Most likely triple su carbs cause they cheap and zenith carb on here is real tired and from what I hear always crap. Car won't be driven too much so hope joints last much longer than that. I'm going to need some rust work done shortly too. I got bored while waiting for someone to open up the workshop and decided to start stripping back the rust bubbles on boot lid. Not good

Small update, Fuel tank is at Western Radiators, still waiting on a quote for that. Took my clutch and flywheel into Autoclutch today, got a call back less than 2 hours later saying its all sorted and ready. Was almost going to be a rebuild job but he had something off the shelf which fitted together mint. Was only $370 so much less than I budgeted for it so got extra cash to burn! Original clutch was off a tractor apparently. Now have a nice sprung clutch and everything is nice and new. Should be alot nicer to drive. Went round a couple of suspension shops trying to match up some ball joints with no luck so im getting in touch with HBI and going to send the two that are obviously fucked down to them for a rebuild. Turns out cracked one isnt cracked, Alignment specialists in Penrose showed me how they all work and go together and that bit that I thought was a 'crack' just turns out to be where its been reco'd previously and the metal they roll around at the back to hold the joint in is just split open. Makes my job a whole lot easier now since dont have to track down a new one. Didnt manage to get the rear end out on Monday, was too hot so did a little work then just chilled out. Am back at class now so time is limited as im back to doing 6 day weeks, got to keep taking afternoons/mornings off to sort car parts. They dont seem to understand my priorities/ Also if you wish to discuss my build please do so here. Would love to hear what everyone thinks, maybe some advice? Thanks //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/36619-daves-prince-b200/ Nice brand new clutch setup.

Feel free to offer and suggestions or comments, maybe things im doing wrong? Motivated, cant wait to drive it again.

Been doing a bit of work on it lately. Have the fuel tank out and am getting that cleaned out and fixed up on Monday. Ball joints all removed, trying to track down a replacement for a cracked one. Will be rebuilding the others. Gearbox off and clutch is out. Got to send that off to get one made up/replaced. If I get time on monday after I do all that i'll head back out to the warehouse and remove the rear end so I can get the leaf spring mounts swapped over so the leaf is then under the axles. Should lower it about 2.5 inches. Will see if need to play with the leafs after that. Didnt take many photos but heres a couple of random ones. Heres a gearbox, still the original 3spd. Slowly pulling it all out. First time doing it so just kind of winged it. Chassis tag, must try track myself down a G7 engine before they are extinct

Alright, I think silverdale radiators is the only one I know of so will take it here. Will let you know how it goes

Tank is quite baffled quite a bit, can't see shit through it with a torch. Saw on the next that electrosis or however you spell it, would that be worth trying? If I shake the tank tiny rust flakes fall out

What the best way to go about this? And what products to use? If its easy enough I want to do it myself to save $$ tank had quite a bit of rust inside no holes though. I am googling it now but want to hear from experience