Valiant

Hi VG. Do you have a lathe? If you do it can be made to notch tube for a small investment.

I have a 25 spline 3.23 ute diff in my valiant. Works well.

NaN

Good call!

What colour you going for there Cletus? Harlequin? Acid rush? Tiger gold?

@bean.101 will know what to do. Have a look over the other end of this thread and see what you think. I'd be tempted to find some local pistons for a different engine that could be substituted.

Good to see you back mate. So many big plans for this car! I had a look at Palmsides website after I spoke to you. ATB centers are $995. Seemed like good value.

Is it park or service imbalance? Front or rear?

How do you plan on solving the 12v/24v issues? Add another 12v alternator? Even charger? It's looking really good, I had my doubts initially.

Why not both? It looks like you need to repair your Inner sill and floor section before you add the pillar and outer sill over the top. Seperate the floor pan from the inner guard at the seam in the left of the picture, overlap and plug weld it. Overlap the flat part of the floor pan. Butt weld as the factory have done down the left edge of the pillar and butt weld the sill at the right hand side. That's how I'd approach it.

173 and trimatic onto your SS Ute. Go! As said above beyond a cert for the mods it's OK.

instead of using a roller to bend it try a cylinder cut in half lengthwise to spread the load. Might help avoid the kink?

@Horse25 Look above, something you might like.

If you're lucky the clamps will break and you'll find the top plate deflects.

The dream! So heavy though! We picked one up at work when Air NZ decided it wasn't something they wanted anymore. It was very hard to move. Sorry to spam up your thread.

It's one of these isn't it Dan.

I think I brought one of those folders, then thew it into the steel skip at work. A nice 1.2m one would be awesome to own.

Budget shelter nearly finished. We had to add 4 more ribs today to get the iron to sit better. Aesthetically its quite poor. Practicality, and budget wise it's very good.

I was just looking at your transmission cross member dilemma. Leave the crossmember where it is and work in reverse back to the body making a new body mount out of 3mm with a nice big reinforcing plate welded to the floor before you start. When it's done cut the forward and back bits of the mount off. Presto, crossmember stays in the right place and doesn't look so industrial. My 2 cents. *Edit* New sheet metal tool pics please especially folder.

Wow have you splashed out on some sheet metal tools Dan? Looking flash mate!

NaN

Steam clean the crap out of it? I could give it a shot when I'm back at work.

Put a hand full of gravel or two in it, a bit of water, and shake it.

Potential bombing spots at Lake Taylor? Edit: @Mof, how do you know?

Good call, let us know how you go.