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LOL try buying it in Oz. I put a B&M quick shifter in the Vedette. Works ok.
Bravo Vedette, watched your whole thread, total work of art. You are very talented. Paul
Welcome back, the more Aussies the better :)
:eek::eek:[ATTACH] Nice chev, (Ford, Pontiac, olds etc) my dad had one. Best one yet, old bloke (80s) came up and actually knew what it was....
Wow :):):):)
I usually scavenge the system and poppers from an OT GM wreck. Never had a problem and cost me nothing, easy to get spares as well. 30-40 year old...
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Love that colour, I may be biased though. :p Looking good.
Good spot, missed them.
Yep we do, like the originals best but. :D
Goddam Kiwi's trying to nick our lamintons :D Looks like a great trip so far, lotsa photos please.
:):) Yep still in service :) also found an older red motor in a Menzies aviation tug.
Lol I reckon I'd hear that from WA.
Found a grey motor the other day in of all things a Qantas tug (pulls baggage carts and planes around) at Perth Airport. Still running well. Dad...
Lol, I try to resist that. Every time I take the instrument panel out I have to stop myself from removing the whole dash and redoing it. I'm...
Its happening........got the front panels off and in to it. Decided if I'm going to change the radiator I might as well make a shroud, new fan...
Strange you should say that, it's already crossed my mind. Lol. :p
But a tasty one :rolleyes: All good when they are joey's but mongrel things when all grown up.
Anyway, to finish my tale of woe and unplanned fix its, I then noticed a few drops of coolant on the garage floor. Yep radiator has a small leak....
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Then I was looking for a spanner (storey of my life) and found this in one of my tool boxes. It's a radiator donut from...
Looked around for something similar size to make one out of and thought nylon would be better than rubber so the wife lost a cutting board :eek:...
[ATTACH] The rubber gear on the bottom was the cause of the slop, I am amazed it worked at all.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] drove the Vedette to work the other night, 10% chance of rain the forecast said. It started raining at midnight and was still...
[ATTACH] Mine got named the "dud mobile" by the missus and kids as soon as I bought it. Not sure why?
If Barris was a meth head I suppose it would be possible.........:eek::D:D:D:D:p
Keep it up Drylake, been following quietly since the start. I enjoy your tin trips, I'm always on the scrounge over here but not much left around. :(
Nope won't run, old school kill switch, security trick.
The green Dodge with the 426 Hemi was a great buy for $22,000. Wanted to take it home but the trouble and strife (wife) would have disowned me...
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