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Are they metric, or imperial? My kingdom for an imperial set.

I bought the Kingchrome 2-handles set, and they work well. Hurts my soul though every time I put a metric nutsert into an early Holden.

Cheers,
Harv

You do a lot of miles to attend tracks Spanners. Love watching the HAMBsters, cars I can understand and very little off-the-shelf.

The wagon has done 6 years since being fresh built. It did a lot of stop/start Sydney driving, freeway miles, trailer towing. A lot of “spirited” driving. It’s had a ...

Q: You see this arm here? [Points inside the wagon] Open the top and inside are your defense mechanism controls. Smokescreen. Oil slick. Rear bulletproof screen. And left and right front wing machine guns. Now, this one I'm particularly keen on. You see the gear lever here. Now, if you take the top ...

Well crap, that didn't end well.

Went out to the Day of the Drags yesterday with the wagon. Weather was great, and a good-sized crowd. Lined up for the first pass, and a strong (perhaps overenthusiastic :oops: :lol: ) burnout. Made the run, and noted some smoke behind the car. Strange. Rather slow ...

In the Shed wrote: Wed Aug 19, 2026 6:53 pm

Blacky wrote: Wed Aug 19, 2026 5:17 pm simples.....

What no relays???

… and at least three diodes

According to the Master Oldfarts Dogologue, all six letters of H O L D E N on the boot and bonnet have different parts numbers. Boot 7416673 - 7416678, bonnet 7412316 - 7412321.

Cheers,
Harv

Agree with Blacky on the crank bracing.

If you are going to be giving this a routine hiding, consider a forged billet crank from Galloway. Not cheap, and needs the red motor balancer and flywheel.

Beware the shaved head… it may not play well either the supercharger. What compression are you ...

Brett027 wrote: Sat Aug 01, 2026 9:13 pm Thanks for the offer Harv. I will borrow them if I may, when you get back.

No problem. PM me a name and address, and I'll post them next Friday or Saturday. Post them back when you are done.

Cheers,
Harv

I've got these ones:

a) Austaloy 3A4-1 (also Litchfield E1883) control arm remover/installer EH-HR.
b) Litchfield E1894 (=3A11) lower control arm spacer HD-HK.
c) Austaloy 3A12 (=Litchfield E1895) upper control arm spacer HD-HR.

Happy to loan them to you (or measure them for you) if it helps ...

Bugger... I had to read it twice to make sure it was the P76 V8, and not the Range Rover V8.

I suspect I know of a ready supply of Norman manifolds to suit the Rangie V8. No adaptors, bolt on. That would be different in an FB/EK

Cheers,
Harv

It's a bit trickier than that. If the flow is turbulent (likely in an exhaust), then you don't square the numbers (2.25 2 /2 2 = 25%). The answer is somewhere between (2.25 2.5 /2 2.5 = 34%) and (2.25 2.7 /2 2.7 = 37%). If the exhaust is long, the flow low and the bore large, the flow becomes more ...

For sale: Genuine FB/EK bonnet budgie (bonnet bodgie, bonnet bogan). Factory correct fitment for both FB and EK models. May have suffered damage in recent weeks, but repairable (recommend polishing marks to knee out with bourbon).


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(apologies in advance man... I couldn't resist ...

went down hard, smashed my jaw on the tyre when it hit the ground, jarred me thumb because it was still through the centre bore of the rim, hyperextended my left shoulder and bruised the collarbone and broke my knee into 4 bits when it hit the concrete

Damn, that sounds like the outcome of a ...

Many thanks.

Cheers,
Harv