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Much better


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Could buy those headlights that have the indicator built in ? Even the Lucas style ones when it was purple/red oxide look WAY better than the trailer accessories ones that are on it now

Need to get the chromies back on it too

i bought some parker/indicator lights off ebay they're a tiny bullet type light with both clear and orange in the one light

i'd love to put chromies back on it but have you seen the price of them these days there is a set not to far from me for sale but as with most second hand ones these days they have some rust worst part they have new tyres that aren't a size that would be suitable for me and i think the new tyres is what he's mainly basing his price on, i want to see how the steering goes also as the deeper the dish the heavier the steering also i need good highway gearing and 13s may not be highway friendly

Can you get 235s on the rear? Nankang 235/60 13 are pretty tall at 27.1” or around 686mm. I did that in my head but I think it’s right. I got them for $125 each through gledge’s mate.


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

Ready to go - some assembly required


Gave the innards a squirt of cavity wax - it’s this colour


And the outside is this colour



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Got a bit done today- not a good idea pumping half a gallon of cavity wax into it then trying to run all the wires through it - what a bloody mess





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My 6x4 has steel conduit 1/2”. Another thing to rust.


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Blacky wrote: Sat Sep 06, 2025 12:34 am Ready to go - some assembly required


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it's a model kit

Errol62 wrote: Fri Sep 05, 2025 11:35 pm Can you get 235s on the rear? Nankang 235/60 13 are pretty tall at 27.1” or around 686mm. I did that in my head but I think it’s right. I got them for $125 each through gledge’s mate.


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not sure of diff center yet but 3.36 at best as only short bolts but it has 185x75x14s on it now and it was just under 4000 revs at 110 so to use 13s with 235x60s i'd have to find a 2.78 and possibly still to short

Not really mick. 185/75 14 is 24.9” tall, whereas 235/60 13” is 24.2”. 3.08:1 in my ute with those tyres 3000rpm@110kmh. 2000rpm@50kmh in second. Sounds great at those two speeds.


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MMMM, I have to do mine as well !

Question to anybody, Any idea where you can get the perforated tread or decking from ?

Lazy right now so havent researched it yet.

Good job Blacky, overhead crane certainly makes it easy.

Greg

Looks great Blacky compared to what it was.

EK283 wrote: Sun Sep 07, 2025 8:18 am MMMM, I have to do mine as well !

Question to anybody, Any idea where you can get the perforated tread or decking from ?

Supercheap ramps are perforated plate, though there is not much, if any, margin on the 480kg load rating:
https://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/sca ... 5E&start=3

I bought a pair for the trailer I had. Put one end up 1-brick high, and put the front wheels of the FB on them as a test. Bent the ramps. Brother-in-law reinforced them so you could load a D9 cat on them

Cheers,
Harv

More progress- done wheel bearings with Moreys - this stuff makes gorilla snot seem like kerosene- it’s THICK

Got most of the wiring done and all the underneath stuff barring the brake lines sorted.



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