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by pinkiep
Mon Mar 10, 2014 2:42 am
Forum: Member Rides
Topic: resto
Replies: 11
Views: 8943

Re: resto

This is the best one.
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Calipers ground back so the wheels don't rub, finally ready for the Warrant of Fitness check.
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80 Kilos of cement and a full gear storage box strapped over the rear diff trying to lower it for the wheel alignment.
by pinkiep
Mon Mar 10, 2014 2:28 am
Forum: Member Trips
Topic: DELICAJOURNEY, please read first post
Replies: 87
Views: 73385

Re: DELICAJOURNEY, please read first post

kamil wrote:We bought "new" car in Tasmania for more difficult tracks.
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fantastic truck!!! is it a landcruiser?
by pinkiep
Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:32 am
Forum: Member Introductions
Topic: New here from Czech republic
Replies: 11
Views: 6773

Re: New here from Czech republic

edgar wrote:It is a living before repairing looked like this.
that is a sweet van !
by pinkiep
Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:26 am
Forum: Member Introductions
Topic: new member new zealand
Replies: 9
Views: 3885

Re: new member new zealand

Hey thats awsome pinkie. I honestly thought the lwb models were a myth.Does yours have duel sliders? Nice work on cleaning up the front end but i noticed you dont have the front bash plates and wind scoop on any more. Does your van run hot? Have you removed all of your ac coz you dont have a conden...
by pinkiep
Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:07 am
Forum: Member Rides
Topic: resto
Replies: 11
Views: 8943

Re: resto

you were right got some wheels off a late 80s Mitsi L200 Sportpac ute. getting tyres for them on Saturday commercial 8-ply looking pretty sweet for a clown car they were all badly messed up with weather and shit paint so I buffed them back to metal, did thick blue zinc coat, then white zinc, then bl...
by pinkiep
Mon Feb 03, 2014 5:29 pm
Forum: Member Rides
Topic: L400 3.8L Mivec 5spd Sportronic w/Paddle shift
Replies: 40
Views: 20902

Re: L400 3.8L Mivec 5spd Sportronic w/Paddle shift

that is a mean looking van , love the LWB.
by pinkiep
Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:42 am
Forum: Member Rides
Topic: resto
Replies: 11
Views: 8943

Re: resto

Look for wheels from the old Datsun/Nissan and Toyota 2wd Pickups which did use 14" 6 bolt rims. What does your registration office say about wheel adaptors. A bolt on spacer with secondary studs might be allowed in your area and that will give you the gap required to use your mazda rims with ...
by pinkiep
Fri Jan 31, 2014 2:25 am
Forum: Member Rides
Topic: resto
Replies: 11
Views: 8943

Re: resto

everything is in exc pt the towbar and bullbars. all stock but the tyres are 30 x 9.5 A/T on 15 inch rims. This model van was rated light commercial and specced for 14 inch x 195 6-ply tyres to give the 850kg load rating. All the driveline except the motor is now from a same-year Starwagon 2.5Turbo ...
by pinkiep
Sun Jan 26, 2014 11:15 am
Forum: Member Rides
Topic: resto
Replies: 11
Views: 8943

Re: resto

Haha Yeah :-) i had to make little concrete pads on the driveway to support the axle stands as the drive slopes massively . Swapping out the gearbox was a mission.
by pinkiep
Sun Jan 26, 2014 5:19 am
Forum: Member Rides
Topic: resto
Replies: 11
Views: 8943

Re: resto

front end looming menacingly as does the maw of the beast as your body is taken
by pinkiep
Sun Jan 26, 2014 5:18 am
Forum: Member Rides
Topic: resto
Replies: 11
Views: 8943

Re: resto

front end done. mostly.
by pinkiep
Sun Jan 26, 2014 5:14 am
Forum: Member Rides
Topic: resto
Replies: 11
Views: 8943

Re: resto

before or rather during
by pinkiep
Sun Jan 26, 2014 5:08 am
Forum: Member Rides
Topic: resto
Replies: 11
Views: 8943

Re: resto

back end
by pinkiep
Sun Jan 26, 2014 4:29 am
Forum: Member Rides
Topic: resto
Replies: 11
Views: 8943

resto

Tonight I "finished" the rebuild I have been doing since May 2013. Took it for a drive.

Looking pretty happy on it.
by pinkiep
Wed Jan 08, 2014 2:46 pm
Forum: Member Introductions
Topic: new member new zealand
Replies: 9
Views: 3885

Re: new member new zealand

Shaun Van Ramen wrote:Ahh, but where is the novelty of having RHD and driving on the left hand side of the road. Unless yours is a LHD????

Enjoy and welcome.
Nah RHD , I prefer the No-drama and pretending to be able to overtake..

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