two_days_late Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Haven't done it yet, waiting for the painting to finish then I can mount it up and figure out exactly how much to shorten it by. Will get pics up when I get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Looking really good mate well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two_days_late Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 Cheers bro, it's getting there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Hey did you sell the yellow shell I guy I chat with bought one just like it not long ago? Your getting closer now looking really good I really want to panel and paint mine but It has to wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two_days_late Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 Hey bro, yep a mate of mine in Welly has the yellow shell now. I think it's gonna be in storage for quite some time until he starts on it though. Looks like you've done a lot on yours too man, very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Do you mean Luke? Thanks but the hours I have put in are very large 12 weeks off work and 2 donor cars helped a lot. Are you going to the Nationals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two_days_late Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 Na man, another guy aye. Yours has definitely come along way in 12 weeks! Looks great, It's taken me years to get to where mine is now I won't be at nats this year, the car won't be on the road before then unfortunately. Should be ready for next year though, would be cool to check yours out and get a few on the track together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Mk2 VS Mk1 battles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two_days_late Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 Sounds good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Dont think mine will make the track day at this stage. Loads of help from my mates is getting it closer but less than a month to go and no engine in yet. So today we will see how far we can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two_days_late Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Fair enough man, everything seems to take 10 times longer than planned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneo Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Nice order wish I had some spare funds at the moment lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfordy Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Nice list of bits there mate. How do you find Burtons to deal with? I understand we don't pay their VAT, just GST when landed - is that correct? Either way, some of those prices are still pretty good even with the exchange rate (especially that alloy radiator) You use PAYPAL or credit card? Thanks Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two_days_late Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 Haha yea pricey but should be worth it! Burton are pretty good to deal with, been emailing about a few bits and pieces and they are pretty helpful. Didn't pay VAT, and the shipping works out to slightly higher than the VAT amount. Assuming I will get stung at customs but will see how than pans out. Estimated 3-5 days delivery after dispatch so hopefully it shows up next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaN Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 I spent some time on the phone with customs once working out the details of a large order and found the devil is certainly in the details, might pay to ring them and have a chat, see what the rules, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 They can send stuff bloody fast when its small orders, main thing I found held them up when doing large orders was they didn't actually have half the stuff in stock and gave no mention of it until I made an inquiry two weeks after it should have arrived and didn't seem keen to send stuff individually. The motor far off getting dropped in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two_days_late Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 Ah right cool, I got it shipped to work and the company name so not sure if that will make it better/worse getting through customs. I might email and follow up tomorrow if they still haven't sent me a tracking number. Might as well get onto them! Motor isn't far away from being dropped in now. Car will finish being undersealed in the next couple of weeks and then its coming back from the panel beaters and next job is dropping in the engine. Cross member and mounts are all sorted, just need to do a few touch up bits of paint on the motor, fit the new pulley kit, and possibly get the timing cover polished then its all good to drop in. After that I'll be ordering the carbs and fuel pump from weber specs in Auckland, and sorting out what to coat the extractors with. Apart from that I have all the big bits sorted now. Getting there slowly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two_days_late Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 Hadn't heard anything from Burton for a week so gave them a call... apparently they didn't have the manifold gasket in stock so that was holding up the whole order... Have to wait until Tuesday for the guy I spoke to on the phone to talk to the guy that put the order through and just remove the gasket from the order.... fun times! Sounds like exactly the same thing you had haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Yup exactly the same thing that happened to me, what a pain! And I bet zero indication was given untill you made the phonecall it wasn't going to arrive in the 3days they advertise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two_days_late Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Yea hadn't received anything. Had also emailed them after 3 days asking if there was a tracking number but that email was ignored. Lucky I'm not in a huge rush for the stuff or I can imagine I would be pissed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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