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    cant say there is not a lot of variety at C&C Electric Super car! (factory lambo doors = supercar)
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    TBH i thought this was a sufficintly haggard base vehicle and hacked together looking drivetrain to be fully OS approved: Meet Evan the e-Van. Check out the random wire comning out of the motor including frayed stripped ends just grounding on the motor body and able to short onto the main battery feed on any old bump The Sera beside it was also converted.
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    I thought the coupling was a bit pants myself TBH, and it is very rattly! Trailer is unlikely to ever be very heavy tho, even fully loaded for camping, and its not even that useable for carrying 'general goods' like a load of builders mix or whatever. Might use it this week to pick up a new scooter, maybe
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    fresh resto, so clean also a fresh resto, also so clean attracted ol barrys like nobodies business twin cam, straight six, supercharged. Also came in a straight eight version
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    this was soooo swoony also liked this Ranchero Engine bay: nice colour
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    these are a bit lame after Dorians weet snappage, but i saw some stuff, so i pointed and clicked at some stuff.
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    Chur Bro! I see you are a gentleman of class and taste. Did a wee bit more on this, the interior is pretty much 'done', as in you can now sleep in it without freezing to death, or feeling/sounding like being inside a cake tin. Still a few patches and bits and bobs to sort out, and a few bits i would have like to have done better but that Ados doesnt let go once its on! Also fitted up spare towball to the spare carrier and chucked my bike rack on it. Urh, works fine except its only slightly shorter than the drawbar, so no towing with a wagon hatchback or van :/ . Long term solution to this i think eventually extend the box section the tow hitch is on as the trailer is so short its a real pain to reverse. Short term, chuck em on the roof/get a smaller bike rack. Next jobs, internal electrics/spare tyre mount/plumbing.
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    "ive come to see about trimming your bush and grinding the stump out behind it" I miss my van already
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    Trailer has been stealing most of my car time, but also been waiting on a couple of things. When i went to bleed the rear brakes after taking the shots above, one of the lines that joins the caliper halves together had a leak, i though it was some grit in the threads or the flare being over tightened, but no. Anyway, all back together now with new lines (shoulda got them made up first time around) Also pickup up a Civic Radiator from Zebra when i picked up the trailer to try, and it JUST fits. Dont look at my janky extened pulley! The nose of the waterpump shaft is only 45mm from the radiator and is pretty much bang in the middle of it This is all so i could remove the noisy, hp sapping and unreliable electromagnetic fan. It also has a shroud so might even suck some air though the radiator instead of just mixing the air in the engine bay with an assortment of fingers. I may swap it out for a bigger pusher fan on the other side eventually. Just need a top (and probably a bottom) hose so i can run it for longer than a few minutes, which i need to do when i use this to pull the spare car from its pit on the lawn. Next job is to clean up and refit the towbar to do just that.
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    Got a WoF on this the other day, expires at the end of April 2019! Also started boxing in the draw bar for more storage, which it definitly needs now that I sold my van today ( ) so all the camping stuff from it ended up in this. Errrm, yeah. we might need to travel a bit lighter now I already cut down the sink (mrs wears contacts so its a prereq) just need to fit the 20l water container up and under some how some way (keep coming up with funky ass shit. like every single day). I think it will work ok if i strap it up like a fuel tank filled via the filler with a drain tap on it. So drawbar storage - this is made partly from the bed from the just sold van, which was made from the false floor of the van we had before that and partly from left over 18mm ply from the Blimp trailer me and Euron8 made. See it WILL come in handy one day! Will probably stick some lino on the inside of this just cause. Heavy stuff (like a 12v battery for a stereo, lights and phone charger), jack and such will need to go in the false floor of the van itself, to minimise load on teh tongue, so this really only for light stuff like wetties and whatever. I will fashion a special stick of the appropriate lenght to allow it to sit level as a bench top as well. Closed up the awkward gaps at the sides with the old mud flaps from the van, should also assist with aero as the front is pretty much dead flat otherwise, and ive at least boxed out the massive 'air intake'. The flaps mean its also not fully air tight to help vent the battery a wee bit, but it will only be charged at home on the charger so that shouldnt be to much of an issue I will try to get the spare up underneath once ive figured out the water situation, and put a bike rack where the spare mount is currently on the front i reckon. Just need to go somewhere in it now!
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    Take the block off from underneath... Engine hoist and a good doink with a big soft mallet auta do it. Running for ages on milky oil wont have done the rest of the engine any good either
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    Also hibernating this one out guize. Iimmmm meeeeeellllting
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    Probably after I get it a fancy new car 3 year WoF, lewl WANTED ESCORT LOWERING BLOCKS! + U BOLTS. 2" Minimum. (could probably go about an inch lower without new U-Bolts)
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    Also that. On the van we have a small tarp that ties to the roofies with some extendable poles + guy ropes which is great, but the van is a lot taller and larger inside i was just going to reuse that set up initially, but maybe with a larger tarp to maintain the total covered area but reverse the inside vehicle to awning space ratio. Also, fuck mozzies, so some sort of doors-open-mozzie-proof-sleeping-box-bed-extension may need to be arranged. A bit of ply between the doors resting on a small tab at the door base and the main floor would work for the bed extension, so just need the roof and door opening bit made up + zips and clips.
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    Yeah, i agree (hence the fancy foiled underlayment), but its almost too short to sleep in (even for me!) without the door open anyway I may add a cheap shower cowl thing (just trademe seached this - may actually just buy now) Or maybe even a sliding window (from a ute canopy, van or camper*) onto the front end cause its also a bit dark inside. *I also have an old sunroof i could jam in, hmmm
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    wee bit more progress, made a number plate/reverse light mount with lights I got from AALAWS grandads shed and a random bit of ally sheet also got it registered (2016 Ford Escort Trailer) Lady @ VTNZ wouldnt let me look through the pile of plates she had (BUT WHHHHYYYYYYYY!!!!!) but I guess it says "For My '58" and the numbers are pretty close to those on the 125, so whatevs. Other suggestions welcomed on a SAE. Just need to find time midweek to take it for a WoF. Cut up some ply for the floor - instantly filled up with shit again Also bought some some vinyl and some fancy gold foil underlayment. I should have just got the cheap stuff without foil as the foil came away from its foam backing which the vinyl was glued too and made the roof sag. Rip it out and more glue between the layers i guess. May bang in a roof support of some kind to help the ceiling stay up and also to mount a light to. Still need to install carpet and interior stuff will steal all that from the van as well as the sink and etc. Storage will be an issue as theres not really enough room to raise the bed or stow thing up high so stuff will just be loose until bed time i guess, but there is a lot of room underneath for a fresh water tank and the spare tyre (will also check the vans spare winderupperer for possible swapsies).
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    Yeah. The front floor skin will be a tool store and will also try to jam in a 12v battery for the interior led lighting etc. Bikes and maybe bbq on the draw bar.
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    I made some progress on getting this back on the the ground, and a little closer to it as well. I got the leaves reset 2 inches lower by an onery old codger out in Glen Eden (deepest west Auckland) who cooks them in a diesel fired forge in a corrugated iron shed out the back of his house. Top stuff. about 3 days later i picked them up and i also needed a couple of shackle bushes as they were shagged out. Luckily these take 125 (and Fiat Dino) sized bushes so they are easy to find. I also got the wee handbrake shoes relined and new hard lines made up for the diff as well, and a new diff pinion nut, pinion seal, and axle seals. I was a bit worried about the new pinion nut messing up the bearing preload as it was a different depth and new nylon (the old one i could turn off by hand so i dind trust it was in the right place when i removed it either) but i figured so long as the diff felt right and i didnt exceed 200ft/lb doing it up i wouldnt further crush the crush washer and it would be ok. Fingies crossed i guess! Shiney! Anyway, spent the day connecting stuff up and etc and finally got it back on the ground to see where we ended up Pretty happy with that!
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    Arty - do you mean duallies,or like wheel in the old arches after cutting out the sliding doors? Cause making a tiny seated, unpowered van with an even shorter than stock loadare seems useful only as, well art? But, enlighten me. My mind awaits expansion like unchewed hubba bubba at the end of the last packet in the bottom of the box. Waiting. *** this could be lush? Could be! How very dare you sir!! Well, I dont know if you noticed but it has * Cheviot * Turbo * rims in the ever popular 13 " diameter and 6" width, with the desireable JJ type tyre mounting bead!
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    A bit more progress on this. Got some tyres fitted to the TURBO's Got a jockey wheel, fitted the doors and tore off the old purple and ripped tints Picked up a sweet matching Cruiser at the op shop in Taupo, and retinted the windows Made a bad ass friend Need some proper shank nuts for the rims and some number plate lights and a bit of a wiring tidy up and its good to go to see my friendly WoF man, then Van-cessories
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    TOTP!
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    how did i miss that 510!
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    oh yep, mrs grant too?
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    Yay, Burgers! Am bringing some speakers for chees- and a compressor for brockzilla. Anyone want anything else (see my lock up purge thread)? Tell me know cause I gotta grab it tonight.
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    Went and had a gander at this and put a deposit on it about a month ago, and finally organised myself to go get it yesterday. Formerly owned by ESKIN8R who i think originally chopped it up and put it together and then Zebra Dude, who got it painted and sorted the draw bar etc. //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/26688-zebra-dudes-esky-van-trailer/ (photos are down) I knew i was in the right place! (you will know their works by the trail of bodies) Needed the lights wiring up, + some beers and Ben didnt finish till 6, so by the time it was ready to roll it was pretty late! Ran the gauntlet no troubles at all, and tows well, will go even better with some weight in it. I also managed to convince Ben to through in some schwweeeet rims. In case you are not a wheel aficiondo, they are * 13 x 6JJ * CHEVIOT * TURBO * Anyway today started getting into it, cut down the roofies from the van ( ) hung a gas bottle from a handy attachment and pondered on how to cram a LWB sized vans worth of camping stuff into half an Escort... Solution - Make the small thing bigger with Extentions! Roll * 13 x 6JJ * CHEVIOT * TURBO * to entice only the hottest classiest babes into the stabbin cabin. Need to buy some hardware to mount the doors then start thinking about the interior. Its basically going to be a bedroom for the boy + bathroom and kitchen that I can tow with the 2300, 125 or my daily
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