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Very nice.

Is the nanna blanket on the front seat needed (heater core shagged, or front seat torn)?

Any plans for a period correct bogan resto (Caprice front clip, 350/350, Armourlites, Kenwood sticker on back window)?

Cheers,
Harv

Copper head gaskets arrived today from Gasket Solutions (same mob that makes the improved cooling gaskets for the normal head).


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Harv

The body panels moving around is a badge of honour. It means you are using the ute as intended - many miles, some with a load in it.

Guard trailing edge to body bolts? The ones up inside the cabin, that mysteriously eat sockets down into the sill.

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Harv

Rusting out, and becoming very very sloppy with the key-turney-insidey bit. Mine's a lucky dip as to which way it wants to turn.

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Harv

Wonder if he can play a banjo?

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Harv

FireKraka wrote: ↑Wed Jul 17, 2024 1:32 pm Hi AVM;
This is what I did from a VZ dunny door not every bodies taste but I like them.
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I reckon the shape of the VZ ones looks OK. I don't like the fuel door though - love the shape of the original cap, even if it protrudes.

Everyone's taste is different.

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Harv

I’ve got a trutrac in the wagon, one in the young blokes VL, and another one going into the daughter’s VL tomorrow. All BW78s, all 31 spline. They get the snot beat out of them, and have not missed a beat. Like any slippery diff they can break traction mid corner in the wet, but it is manageable pro...

Ouch. Sounds like every time I pull something apart... what should be a simple task ends up like There's a Hole in the Bucket, Dear Liza.

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Harv

Here was a quick visualization of a star I modeled in SketchUp and rendered in vizcom. 3 of these sequences together Knight Rider style might have looked cool about 10 years ago. That clear star looks neat. Mr Hasselhof would be proud... but not as proud as this one (the HEK Rider): https://www.you...

Three guard "slashes" on an EK.
Special badge.
Front mudflaps (too low).
Curb crawlers (too low).
Accessory guard mirrors.
Front fender wind splits.
Aerial (usually only one side).
GTS guard flutes (Western Sydney bogan-grade upgrade).

Cheers,
Harv

I put gas struts on the wagon tailgate... bit lighter than yours, but easy bolt-up. The gas strut mob asked me to weigh the tailgate, so I used a fishing scale. They then set the pressure on the struts to suit the weight. It was pretty close - the tailgate stays wherever I put it, but doesn't try to...

Finding that missing bit in the sump as glitter is bad enough, finding it whole would have been worse.

I lost a gudgeon pin clip once in a Mini engine. It went down between the bore and piston. Incredible carnage for a few milliseconds.

Cheers,
Harv

Just thinking.... The fuel cap in an FB/EK is vented. The rear of the taillight is open to the cabin, and the otherside is close to taillight terminal spitzandsparken and hot bulb. Presume you run a non-vented cap, and run a separate breather hose (off a filler neck nipple) somewhere else, mebbe wit...

The spare gaskets are slowly going out the door as various people want them. All good. One question that has been asked is how big a bore will these gaskets support. I was talking to the manufacturer about another project, and finally remembered to ask. The feedback from the gasket manufacturer is t...

Apologies - did not know that bit of the story.

Cheers,
Harv