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Citric acid is great for cleaning up parts - until you forget to take them out. Pot metal rocker cover decorative nuts.... into the bin!


If you’ve really got your heart set on using those nuts, let me know. I think I’ve got a set here you are welcome to. They are packed under the house, so ...

PyramidCoral wrote: Tue Jul 01, 2025 7:47 am I should add that when I am sitting in the 100kmh range, I do back off the pedal from time to time

I didn't know you could do that in an early Holden

Cheers,
Harv

I find with the FB that it does not like a full radiator. It will puke until it is about 5mm above the core, then stays steady at that level.

Cheers,
Harv

Give David Andrews a call at Vintage Racing Develipments:

https://www.vintageracingdevelopments.com/


He knows a hell of a lot about grey motor distributors, and is great to work with.

Cheers,
Harv

In the Shed wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 2:39 pm Harv needs one of them cable tie stickers for his new shed

I could put that sticker right next to this one:


Cheers,
Harv (not to be trusted with welding rods).

Blacky wrote: Sat Jun 14, 2025 9:14 pm When is a seagull not a seagull ???

That’s a black-backed gull (aka assault seagull in military fatigues)

Cheers,
Harv

Errol62 wrote: Sun Jun 08, 2025 9:27 pm There are a couple of half decent beers there.

The Silver Bullets on the left?

Cheers,
Harv

Blacky wrote: Fri Jun 06, 2025 11:11 pm That’s a good choice sneezy , those diffs can take a lot of punishment and with those upgrades it will be even better

Good for about 400hp of hard abuse, a lot more power f driven sensibly.

Cheers,
Harv

Errol62 wrote: Fri Jun 06, 2025 2:23 pm V12 Rolls Royce Merlin 1648cui from a Spitfire.

Dave Pagano’s hydroplane Agressor runs the tank version (RR Meteor) of that engine. Before I die, I want a full-noise ride in it

Cheers,
Harv

Spent a lot of caravan holidays at the Kiama blowhole as a kid. Nice part of the world.

The national park run is infamous for “spirited driving”. Number One Son made several land speed record attempts there in the FB when he was on his P-plates.

Cheers,
Harv

This is the front bench seat that came with my wagon many years ago. Has been stored dry, but needs reupholstering. A good cheap starting point if you are retrimming.

I need this gone before the shed is finished, otherwise it ends up going to the tip somtime around October.

It's located in ...

Thanks Clay,
I rechecked the no on the spring and it is definitely 7412466. An odd one it seems??

Stephen


7412466 is a front spring for FB-EH, and HD kingpin.

The trick with the Master Old Farts Dogologue is that the main text only shows the part number which was current when the Dogologue ...

These pictures probably show what I did better. I used the “lower of the two” lower tailgate holes it fits when closed with room to spare, albeit with an eye end rather than a ball end.


Cheers,
Harv

I replaced the original tailgate latches with gas struts on my EK wagon as I only had one working latch, and the little clicky locks were painful to use routinely. I did some measuring using this as a guide:

Strut_Length_Selection.pdf

I took that to one of the local truck spare parts places ...

No joy trying to get the converter and box in despite several efforts. Could be a converter pad depth issue, me not putting the converter home, flexplate needing to be dished not flat, or crank sticks out too far… or a mix of the above. Have a plan of attack, and correct reference distances, but ...