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Yes I was thinking I should lock in something... took my car for a 150km run on the weekend and nothing British happened so I'm good for this.

Weekend of 20/21 Nov or first weekend in Dec?

On 17/10/2021 at 09:48, kiwi808 said:

We will have the work wagon as a support vehicle.

Where's the adventure in that?

(says he with a British car)

8 hours ago, Transom said:

Plus buy another reel of wire to use with gas and swap polarity on welder 

Ha. I learned that lesson a long time ago.

Bought a second hand MIG and hooked it up. Ran like shit for ages then realised it was reverse polarity for a gasless set up and I was running gas.

The other option is I see Ezi Swap do a baby B size Argo bottle. 1m3 rather than 2m3 in a D.

Higher upfront cost but probably better in the long run.

Gas.

So for various reasons I have two MIG welders at opposite ends of the country. My owner D size Argo bottle is with one of them and the other is set up gasless but it’s a bit shit.

Don't do much with it, but was considering getting one of those mini bottles of CO2/Argon from Toolshed or wherever. Those ones that run a 10mm threaded connector and mini regulator.

Anyone run those or have any feedback on them? Do they leak out or anything seeing how they don’t have a proper valve on them?

Cool, sounds like a bit of interest.

I reckon we meet somewhere central and then find a few good driving roads  and hoon about then end up somewhere for food/drink?

Open to suggestions.

Isn't Zeb down in Dunedin as well?

So I've had an OS car down here for a year now and done very little with it.  Summer is coming.

Any Dunedin/Otago locals interested in a meet up, cruise, whatever?

@danger @azzurro @a.craw4d @xsinclairx @kyteler @nzstato who else lives down this way?

@GuyWithAviators I know of an empty ute heading to Tauranga at Christmas time if you do get them/need freight.

16 hours ago, - i5oogt - said:

A good condition MK5 Cortina S is 15-25k these days. Madness 

Wow.

I bought a very tidy 1983 S in 1999 (?) for $1,000 (~16 year old car) and then sold it a year or so later for $1,200.  20% gain was pretty rad.  Should have just stuck it in a barn for 20 years. 

But then nobody in their right mind would have ever thought a Mk5 Cortina would be an appreciating classic.

Don't worry, I got that email forwarded on to me.  Will have to see what it is.  1969 is an HB so is relevant to my interests.

Viva's are going for silly money at the moment.  I don't mean lots of money, but silly money for a Viva.

4 hours ago, Nominal said:

@vivaspeed

Dunno about the R badge 

That’s a really nice car. I think it was built by Adrian Rimmer (?) in Tauranga about 10 years ago. Has got an MX5 driveline in it. Not sure if B6 or BP.

Spotted today. Not an AU but check out the door.

Right, what they said.  Keep it on topic and take the spam to the spam thread.

This thread should be sharns about turds you've sold which have then blown up.

My opinion only. Feel free to shoot down.

I’ve had multiple RWD 4AGE things including a genuine AE86 (and still have a shed full of 4AGE bits and things and I am a big fan).

They are cool cars but have really attracted Toyota fan tax (like Datsun fan tax etc).

Nowadays I’d probably spend the 20-25k on something more modern and faster.

If you really want an AE86/85 then awesome, save up and buy one, but if you want fast and fun RWD then there might be better options.

#ripdoordent

@BlownCorona there should be plenty of castor adjustment in the standard Viva subframe set up.  The lower arm is on a rubber bush so will happily move back and forth on adjustment (and if the bushes are flogged out it will move back and forth while driving too!) and the top arm is fixed by it's two mounting points.

Just undo the big nuts on the castor arm and wind it out.  Maybe also replace the bushes on the castor arm too.  You can get a Nolathane part for it (Torana).

Looking in some of my reference manuals they recommend 2.5 to 4 degrees.  I'd wind heaps into it for sporty driving.

The upside of using a Viva front end is the whole thing is self contained.  The body/chassis mounting points don't make any difference to any of it, they only hold the body to the suspension.  Of course would pay to make sure the subframe is mounted square to the chassis.

They're all rusty turds now, generally speaking.

Had my eye on a J bedford down south but they wanted silly money.

A tidy TK with decent power plant would be cool though.  Maybe big Cummins for max lols.

I've often thought about a Bedford tow wagon.  It then also realised I want to make it to the track...

Pft

Looks rad. Good job.

Is graffiti a problem in your hood?