ms53_wagon Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Picked this puppy up from Chch, flew down and drove it back up to AKL via the Naki. Drove mint all the way which was a good test for it. 1.8L Z18 motor on LPG, manual. looked like a true piece when i picked it up, been sprayed the Canterbury colours but had faded light red/pink plus had one brown door. Got it back from the painters last week and have just started putting it back together cleaning the crap out of it. next mish is lowering it, currently sits on the bumps up front (torsion bars) so i wanna know if nissan ute drop spindles would fit??? also need to sus out the leafs in the back. anyway heres some shots what it initially looked like: sweet interior: new shots after paint: will update shots as i sort it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms53_wagon Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 im a bit slow in progress but its coming along. at the moment im trying to organise lowering the rear. have taken out the bump stops and will be trying to sort out modifying them..... As can be seen they are kinda starting to split = no good. will be trying to find out if anyone can re-mount new rubber onto them? also was planning on looking into getting the metal bracket "lowered" to gain me an extra inch or so - something like the red line in photo, and get new holes drilled so i can bolt it to the chassis again? . have also picked up some new steel rims - sand blasted and painted them black, also got me some whitewall tyres coming up from napier so will be looking forward to their arrival and installation! then might try get some chrome wheel bands to top it off.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms53_wagon Posted July 31, 2009 Author Share Posted July 31, 2009 Got me some new bump stops fabricated - thanks to blair aka "NVMYVL" - cheers bro -------- legend new bumps = more room to lower - yess. Next stop, reset leaves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms53_wagon Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 Got me some whitewall tyres! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms53_wagon Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 got some wheel bands, rims looks mint now! . still in much need of rear lowerage, just gotta find a couple days free so i can pull out the leafs and drop them down to snell springs. they reakon about $150 and 1 days turn around, so hopefully they stick to that? the muppets who put the whitewall tyres on the rims ripped the bead and fukt one of my tyres! soo pissed cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms53_wagon Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 with a set of racks. haha had the lpg system overhauld and runs way smoother and cheeper now! still small leak at the tank so back to the LPG guys early next week. dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms53_wagon Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 Slight update, pulled the leaf springs - off to snells - new leaf added plus an inch lower. fitted back in without any dramas - yeows! rides much better now even with being lower, its got bout 20-30mm before the bumps. also added a sweet "nissan, 50th anniversary" badge to the front haha took the rear seats apart as they still smelled like cats, washed the covers and sowed up the rips put back on. soo much better, gotta do the same to the front seats now. also - anyone know Japanese? fuse cover: that's all i got for now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms53_wagon Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 carpentry update. Shag pad added in the van for weekend mishes. scored some sweet flooring timber off the old man, so made the most of it. will roll round with no mattress and chuck one in if we go away. wanna keep that mint timber visible underneath shot, plenty of storage, plus it hides the mussive lpg tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms53_wagon Posted October 8, 2009 Author Share Posted October 8, 2009 also have one more strip down the side to finish, just have to wrestle the table saw out of the shed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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