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Blacky wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 12:45 am OK - I gotta ask, what is an Army gearbox? Never heard of one ?? I assume if it was an Italian army gearbox it would have 3 reverse gears and one forward???

My guess, FWIW, is that it is an early box that got the double-row bearing upgrade.

Cheers,
Harv

EK283 wrote: Mon Jan 05, 2026 8:42 am Screaming Chicken ? The pontiac Harv?

Yep, Firebird, aka Screaming Chicken

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Harv

Nice Caprice. I know I shouldn’t, but I like the Screaming Chicken too.

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Harv

Blacky wrote: Wed Dec 31, 2025 12:26 pm … and mill 10mm off the bottom half of the 5 speed bellhousing- none of the bolt holes clash so should be able to bolt this adapter to the gearbox , use stock engine mounts and clutch slave

Clever bugger

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Harv

Turn up the wireless

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Harv

Blacky wrote: Sun Dec 14, 2025 1:07 am Cleaned all the crap out the back of the ute after the Xmas party, the backof it has some battle scars but still presentable- not bad seeing it’s had engines in, done tip runs , carted 484726 bottles of wine back to WA etc [emoji38]

That’s what they are made for

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Harv

I'm not normally a &*#@ fan, but gotta love a Naughty Corty. Agree on the MK1's... they took out the first three years at The Mountain.

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Harv

I need to sell Grace's FB ute. People may be strapped for cash at Christmas time, but others may have some time off work and can play cars.

The build thread is here:
viewtopic.php?t=22653

It's on full NSW rego at the moment. I took it for a drive a few months back, and lost oil pressure ...

This may (or may not) help.

viewtopic.php?t=19241&hilit=clips

Cheers,
Harv

Errol62 wrote: Wed Dec 03, 2025 6:09 pm To top things off, they had lambs fry on the menu. [emoji4]

Have cured several hangovers with lambs fry, bacon and onion gravy.

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Harv

Will the whopper-stoppers go inside a 14" wheel, or do you need to run something larger?

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Harv

No problem.

I used to have the little curved trims that go under the D-pillars, made out of gal sheet like those ones I sent. They butt up to the ones I sent at one end, and the tailgate at the other end. Can't remember if I kept them, or threw them out years ago. All going well, I should be ...

A shed is a bit of a balance. No desire to move, so had to make it fit the block. Still like the idea of some backyard, so only went 1.5 cars wide. I need to get more serious about the amount of stuff I have that I know I will never use. Some time in the new year I need to get rid of a bunch of FB ...

Manic few days.

Shed plumbing/drainage done, concrete still wet and had to board it over to get the FED in. Hoist guys hiab broke down, they were a day late and had to work on top of the plumbers… including the 8” moat they dug.

The VL tow car crapped out yesterday for reasons unknown. Still haven ...

Manic few days.