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got that wrong. was $64 christchurch to turangi., works out at about 4.5l per 100k. over 50mpg....

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Drove the morrie for a couple of years without seat belts. Never had any. Factory. Wanted to get pulled up. Never happened. ... Ling post.

.18 was what I was taught as a maximum. Long time ago...

64$ chch to paraparaumu. Cheap. 3.5 diff and 5speed.

wow. what a week. 3000kms round trip. averaged 40 mpg. pinto, 5 speed and 3.5 diff. was just off idle most of the time. got this...

no worries, shotgun seat is yours.

just fitted this. because racecar. first decent run tomorrow, off to picton, then nats. see you suckers there!

cheers guys, wof failed on driveshaft rubber split, hand brake adjustment and tramp rod bushes. did that today and a wheel aglinment. and fitted my autosport seat because race car. off to the nats tomorrow, getting the 2 pm sailing. time for a beer...

Also mabye compresed air to pop it out? if the tank is out, put the filler over an exhaust of a running car for about 10 minutes. will degass it so no boom. If empty. ling post...

Speaking of fuel tanks, a mate's friend had used a handfull of Gravel to cleanup the inside of his tank. then the clever clod decided to suck out the gravel with the wife's vacuum cleaner. Boom! Sparks in the motor ignited the fumes and spread the cleaner across the entire yard. spam post....

Used to work in a radiator shop. Ground ginger is the tits.

Fixed rust. Fixed seat belts. And lots of other stuff. Trying to wof and wheel alignment tomorrow. Not booked in anywhere. Drives nice.looks tatty. Has patina. Running out of time... 9 days of ownership so far.

brought this last week, got it home on friday . last on the road in 2006.... 1600 gt motor out, will get a full rebuild later. gt box that will get a full rebuild, next to a sierra 5speed i got from pickapart. 2 litre cortina pinto motor i got from trademe a while ago. uses same engine mounts, just had to flip the radiator mounts. got it running on the sunday, good mate shannon helped me heaps. cheers mate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=picasacid it goes as of today!!!! replaced or modified or fixed so far... convert 1600 kent to 2000 pinto convert 4 speed to 5speed. flip radiator mounts and fit cortina outlets. repair saggy drivers seat. remove and regrease front wheel bearings. replace swaybar bushes. fix rust in the roof. remove fuel tank and flush crap out. make new gaskets for fuel tank. replace rear wheel bearings. replace rear slave cylinders. wire up starter and alternator. bleed brakes. replace diff oil and check the rest. straighten rear bumper. modify driveshaft. sierra front with capri rear still got a few bits to do, hoping to take this to nats. have had it 8 days so far. this will be a 10 day build. then drive christchurch to coromandel. no pressure... https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/47314-governorsams-1971-1600-gt-capri-of-patina/#comment-1477554

had a look, mine are way different. got a couple of 6l6g, 6j5, crc-6l6, and a jrc6h6.

Came with an old rca radiogram I brought years ago. From the Solomon Islands. Ex usa army type person had it. Might be too old?

I'll have a look in the shed tomorrow. Got a box of tubes still in their packets. Couple of dozen of them. Should probably just send them to you.

Earth the wire on the sender unit on the tank. With the key on, gauge should read full. Disconnect and should read empty.

pillars back in, no glass cut for the doors. only need a small quarterlite cut, the main window still fits just lower..

for sale... http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=840419241&ed=true

hiace and 2wd hilux should fit too.

Anyone got a hunter driveshaft? Karl? Swap for monies so I can fix cortina. Will be at pub at said time. Cheers.

got a spare engine and loom, computer bits if needed. brought as a job lot, not needed anymore.