oldrx7 Posted May 14 Posted May 14 Wow - as you say, the paint and bog was hiding some sins, and lol repairs!!! All the best mate, very cool cars and plan for tridens is perfect. 2 Quote
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted May 14 Posted May 14 Shitchyea. I approve wholeheartedly of another XY Mont... Sad about the hidden sins and missing bits, but sounds like you have good plans... 1 Quote
mk2marty Posted May 14 Posted May 14 2 hours ago, oldrx7 said: Wow - as you say, the paint and bog was hiding some sins, and lol repairs!!! All the best mate, very cool cars and plan for tridens is perfect. Cheers! Yeah, like i'm not even mad about the sills - it's genuinely lol that someone went to that much effort to do such a comically shit job. They even welded the tin sheet to the remains of the sills at both ends, proving they at least had access to a metal gluestick. Ah well, there's a small fortune in repair panels currently making their way over the Tasman. 1 hour ago, Lord Gruntfuttock said: Shitchyea. I approve wholeheartedly of another XY Mont... Sad about the hidden sins and missing bits, but sounds like you have good plans... Not gonna lie, i've enjoyed seeing the updates on yours over the years! And yeah, at least I can replace most of what's missing with repro stuff, it's just $$$$$ 4 Quote
azzurro Posted May 14 Posted May 14 Wow, good luck! Shame the bog scuptors didnt spend as much time and effort on the base for thier art work! Wagons are the best, and XY Falcons pretty up there with best wagon. Buddy in highschool had one (white with blue stripe) and we covered many miles and spent many hours surf tripping to Taranaki, Wairarapa and Wellington, always timing the run for the CNG stations along the way! The big old 6 (250?) liked to huff and as tight teenage dirtbag surfers we tried to avoid giving too much of a taste for petrol if we could help it! Bad photo of a photo that im not in ( i was on this trip tho) but yeah, good times 3 Quote
westy Posted May 14 Posted May 14 If it was a white XB wagon (cool but not quite as much as the XY) then it could have easily been my rust repairs from the 90s. I still miss that thing. 1 Quote
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted May 14 Posted May 14 A good mate has a tidy 6 cyl Fairmont wag. I keep trying to get him to triple carb it. Bloody love that setup, and it's a bit different to the 8s you see everywhere 🙂 Quote
mk2marty Posted May 14 Posted May 14 16 hours ago, azzurro said: Wow, good luck! Shame the bog scuptors didnt spend as much time and effort on the base for thier art work! Wagons are the best, and XY Falcons pretty up there with best wagon. Buddy in highschool had one (white with blue stripe) and we covered many miles and spent many hours surf tripping to Taranaki, Wairarapa and Wellington, always timing the run for the CNG stations along the way! The big old 6 (250?) liked to huff and as tight teenage dirtbag surfers we tried to avoid giving too much of a taste for petrol if we could help it! Bad photo of a photo that im not in ( i was on this trip tho) but yeah, good times Man, I love that these were once just cheap surf wagons, but that's exactly what BA wagons are now. Circle of life. 16 hours ago, Lord Gruntfuttock said: A good mate has a tidy 6 cyl Fairmont wag. I keep trying to get him to triple carb it. Bloody love that setup, and it's a bit different to the 8s you see everywhere 🙂 Yeah, the standard 250 is a pain in the arse because of the cast-in inlet manifold. A 2V on triples makes a nice noise though! 2 Quote
Valiant Posted May 15 Posted May 15 Cool that its on gas. Are you going to continue with the LPG? Quote
mk2marty Posted May 18 Posted May 18 On 15/05/2026 at 17:15, Valiant said: Cool that its on gas. Are you going to continue with the LPG? Currently I'm leaning towards no, but that may change once i find out how much it costs to fill up and how often that needs to happen on the (comparatively) small fuel tank lol. Sedans had a 74 litre petrol tank, whereas wagons were a bit under 60 litres. Assuming the Clevo does about 18-20mpg, that gives it a range of about 400kms... The cylinders i pulled out of it are still about half full, so that's also a lot of gas to burn on the BBQ. 3 Quote
Valiant Posted May 18 Posted May 18 1 hour ago, mk2marty said: Currently I'm leaning towards no, but that may change once i find out how much it costs to fill up and how often that needs to happen on the (comparatively) small fuel tank lol. Sedans had a 74 litre petrol tank, whereas wagons were a bit under 60 litres. Assuming the Clevo does about 18-20mpg, that gives it a range of about 400kms... The cylinders i pulled out of it are still about half full, so that's also a lot of gas to burn on the BBQ. Have you got some pics of the gas system that was on the car? Thanks. Quote
JustHarry Posted May 18 Posted May 18 Would be sweet back on lpg. @Valiant starting his vg at Hanmer is a core memory smell haha 2 Quote
Valiant Posted May 18 Posted May 18 Just now, JustHarry said: Would be sweet back on lpg. @Valiant starting his vg at Hanmer is a core memory smell haha Flattered to hear. It does smell good. 1 Quote
mk2marty Posted May 18 Posted May 18 16 hours ago, Valiant said: Have you got some pics of the gas system that was on the car? Thanks. It's just your typical old Impco system, nothing flash. Can't remember exactly what the gas carb is, it's buried in a box somewhere. This is about the only picture I've got, currently: 4 Quote
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