Squares G20 pest van

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Lift and muds ftw 

 

[Truenotch]

@square, are you Queenstown based? I swear I saw this at VTNZ the other day.

Keen as to check out the G20 one day. I owned one in the USA for a couple of months and miss it so much. They're great rigs. There's a few oldschoolers in town now, so we should probably all catch up for a brew somewhere.... 

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Yeah it was at VTNZ here, you might have seen the inspector being baffled at how to open the back door, he didn't try pushing the button and pulling the handle. Special 

[cletus]

I like how you dont muck around. 

Some rhd conversions have pretty rugged workmanship hiding in firewalls and wiper panels...

 

Are you a diesel mechanic? 

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Yeah there's some interesting work in there. The steering and column box mounting look well done, but the screen surround is just nasty. I'm assuming the roof extension went on in the states then the rhd swap was done here but who knows, I dunno if eagle or wsv were doing them back then ( about 93 )

This is the only rhd older one I've seen.

I fix whirybirds for a day job but do have an almost robotic habit of putting diesel turbo engines into everything. 

Edit , just thinking about that list :

- 82 C10 > 1KZT ( plated 666c10, just went through a big rebuild and was in a magazine )

- 60 series cruiser > 15B coaster engine with turbo, a mate here has it now 

- 90 surf > 1KZT a mates car that needed an engine after he got it wet then I hydroed it trying to get the water out 

- 2012 FJ Cruiser > 1KD my last daily, I blew the gas engine so bought a prado engine, day and a half to fit engine, 6 weeks to wire it, never got trans ECU sorted, never again 

- 1990 hilux > 1KZT, lockdown swap, I was going to make the ute electric but during lockdown got hold of a cheap granvia from someone fleeing the country and slung it in 

- 76 C10 > 24 valve turbo common rail 5.9 cummins, current brick, very fun to drive, 500 kg engine but  510 HP, 1400 NM 

 

 

[cletus]

I remember your bagged c10 from a long time ago, i also quite liked that hilux , was a bit tempted when you had it for sale , i have half heartedly thought about selling my c1500, and modifying a hilux in a similar fashion 

[Chris.QCR]

Nice work on the Van as always Blair. Looking forward to seeing it all decked out.

You had the Pontiac Wagon and 52 ? Chevy too as well ? I always loved your 666C10 truck

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3 hours ago, cletus said:

I remember your bagged c10 from a long time ago, i also quite liked that hilux , was a bit tempted when you had it for sale , i have half heartedly thought about selling my c1500, and modifying a hilux in a similar fashion 

Ive still got that hilux, cant believe it hasnt sold, it goes so good and burns nothing. Its got that 340LE supra / cherokee trans which the granvia had for some reason. Tough as. 

Yeah the Old c10 was good, I drove the shit out of it and taught myself to weld building the back end but once it was done I didnt like the engine ( wanted a 6 cylinder ), hated the shaved doors and it had a 3 link in back which handled not well, I think thats still in it 

 

3 hours ago, Chris.QCR said:

Nice work on the Van as always Blair. Looking forward to seeing it all decked out.

You had the Pontiac Wagon and 52 ? Chevy too as well ? I always loved your 666C10 truck

Hey mate long time no see. Yeah I had the 60 pontiac catalina, I did that while the panel work on the 38 was being done, I just bagged it and put discs in, Kelvin up north has it now, its in good hands and looks way cooler with reverse cragars and laced roof. 

 

And yeah the 53 2 door sedan, the one that got away, I built it from stock and drove it the length of the country twice, should never have sold it 

 

Old mate came a picked up the 6.2 out of the van today, he clocked the trailer game 

[tomble]

I love the idea of your offset gauge! I've got some rims I'm not certain will fit on my car, that's way smarter than just blindly slapping some new tires on them

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Cheers yeah I'm pretty chuffed with that, I've built ply.wheels before to mock up fenders, but this thing is basic as and works a treat, I cut a couple of steps on the side bit for different width tyres as well 

[lownslow]

These things are underrated here. I did the same thing as you and bought one (GMC Vandura) when I did a trip around Canada and the US. Never thought much of them until I owned one. Shame they're so expensive outside of the States.

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Cool, was the vandura a 4x4 one ? I had a look at a 76 Pathfinder last year, built 4x4 from new but not exiting looking underneath, big rigid front leaves and Dana 60s. 

[ThePog]

Looks fucking great, I am a big fan.

I used one of these along with a safari starter relay, it was super easy to set up.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/4314766524

 

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Cheers man

 

Yeah I saw those things, do they have to be triggered or will just run the set time when they get the ign signal ?

The solenoid is in already so that would be straightforward enough 

[Otodat]

Van is looking great, landrover run a timer/relay. Pretty simple setup, no doubt could find cheaper, this is just the first one that comes up on search.

I saw this listing you may be interested in: Glow Plug Timer Relay suitable for Discovery 1 Defender Range Rover Classic https://www.trademe.co.nz/4311509936

[ThePog]

1 hour ago, square said:

Cheers man

 

Yeah I saw those things, do they have to be triggered or will just run the set time when they get the ign signal ?

The solenoid is in already so that would be straightforward enough 

When the ignition clicks on it sets the glow timer going for a programmed amount of time, then switches off. If the starter engages it stops that program if it hasnt ended and does another programmed on off on off thing to help things while the engine is starting. That is programmable as well.

Its pretty simple to wire up irl.

[yoeddynz]

This van is looking so sweet!

I think you need to raise the back up, not lower the front.. 

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Haha cheers yeah I may do that, main use of this thing is to take the jetboat camping, Ive got a heap of leftover airbag stuff so might put some in back over then leaves to lift the back when towing 

[RXFORD]

Bit of a shit end to a good weekend, but fuckin hell that could have been gnarly so good thing those ears of yours work well. 

[VitesseEFI]

47 minutes ago, RXFORD said:

Bit of a shit end to a good weekend

Indeed. Was all looking so good! 
Does the missing spacer(s) mean that the bolts are bottomed in the crank, so not clamping everything together as should be?