DoBro Jesus Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 So umm, yeah, this is now mine. Discuss here Partners grandparents have had it the last 20 odd years and it failed it's last wof on a bit of rust in the tailgate area so asked if I wanted it, being that these are fucking rad I obviously said yes! Went down to oamaru and picked it up this weekend, actually runs pretty good too, bit spluttery on startup but once it's going she's good, is a 1.8 g62b so it's pretty gutless. Has rust especially around tailgate hinge area but I grabbed a mint tailgate a few months back so that's half the work done. The old fella has barryfied it nicely, has a big fuck off vacuum gauge on the dash and a oil pressure gauge sticking out of a hole in the dash. Has been painted a beautiful shade of "fence paint green". Plans are to fix rust and get it a wof, lift it a bit, mud tyres (which I've already got along with some sweet 15x8 alloys) not gonna bother trying to tidy it up, it's pretty rough and I kinda like it like that. Eventually kit it out as a camper but lada takes priority over this. Check this flash Shit out, Still works too! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DoBro Jesus Posted October 23, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2017 Then within an hour off having it off the trailer I had the front torsions wound up and test fitted one of the wheeeeeels The grub approves too. 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DoBro Jesus Posted October 24, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 24, 2017 Pumped up the 32s today and they hold air which will be sweet to keep it rolling, they're bald though so I've got a set of 31s to go on. Looking pretty boss though! 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DoBro Jesus Posted February 13, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2019 Lol fuck been well over a year since I updated this, and in saying that nothing has been done up until recently, I’ve got @JustHarry on the case of removing all the rust on it. And then I went and picked up this parts van from gore last week, so yeah 1000km round trip to pick up another rusty piece of shit, but, it’s worth it, it has good doors, an LSD (mines open diff rear) good carpet and linkages as mine are flogged to fuckery, hard to tell if it’s actually in gear. Where mine was completely fucked near the tailgate area, this van is mint so it’s got the perfect rust cut. Also in the back of it, it had a spare driveshaft, what looks to be a sigma gearbox and a decent set of extractors! So yeah I’ll class that as a fucking win! Red van is also rego on hold, but she’s pretty far gone rust-wise. So yeah, will have that back soon and will swap all the good bits over and take for a wof! En route back from gore. Sweet extractors that came with the parts van. Van 1 meet Van 2. How it sits on the 31s that are on it now. 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DoBro Jesus Posted March 3, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2019 Bit more progress on this old chap today, Harry has finished doing the Rust on it so swapped the good doors off the red one onto it. And fitted a tailgate I bought aaaaaages ago to it as well. Also tried swapping instrument clusters over as only the speedo and handbrake light and fuel light work on mine haha, but different plugs so was a no go. Also swapped shifter and linkage assembly from red van as mine were sloppy as fuck, so now she’s noice and toight! So it’s mismatched and ugly now but much more rust free. Won’t be far off going down for a wof! 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoBro Jesus Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 Awww yeah, ahh minor progress. Threw the lush poo brown carpet in this yesterday, makes the interior a far nicer place to be, also ripped out the LSD from parts van ready to put in this but ran out of time. Maybe next weekend... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DoBro Jesus Posted April 30, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2019 There's fuck all work on at the mo so took the day off and put the LSD in. Yay for twin spin. 21 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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