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In the Shed wrote: Mon Feb 16, 2026 10:20 am Joe
Found it . Quality is not good but it works and it’s free. Zap me your address if it is of use.

ahh nice, this will match the rest of the car perfectly *chef's kiss*

I've sent you a PM - Cheers!

Hi Joe

I think I have a spare second hand door handle I just need to find it! I will look tomorrow and advise. With your speedo it might just need lubricating with a couple drops of fine oil, as mine did. It was so tight to turn it broke the cable inner.

Stephen


Hi Stephen, good to hear from ...

Hi all

Chasing a driver’s outer door handle for my ute. Chrome quality is not important, but needs to work well! Getting tired of ‘repairing’ it (the button keeps getting stuck in)

Also: not so urgent, but I’m chasing a speedometer. Mine sounds like it has spun a main bearing… and whips back ...

Hey Greg!

Love the Frod, and good luck for the big cleanup.

Speaking of which… I finally have the donor car for that 327 I’ve had for ten years. I’ll be building the motor then mating it up to a Saginaw, so I’m gathering all parts to make that happen. Would you happen to be moving on any Chevy ...

Hi Joe,
I’ve been running an overflow for ever, Tectalloy concentrate with rainwater or demineralised. No idea what pressure cap.


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
Vanity has always kept me from polluting my engine bays with non factory/late model add-ons.

But then the Ute has an HEI ...

Curious to hear what coolant folks use for their grey motors also


Repco green glycol @50%. Makes a mess and lets me know when I have a leak. The 20L drums are good for storing sump oil.

Bought some aftermarket Suzuki “blue” coolant a few months back to top off The Little One’s Jimny radiator ...

Awesome young Joe, good to see you still have the old girl running and in your possesion.

Not only the radiator but the heater cores also suffer from big PSI, 7 pound recovery cap with a overflow will fix it.

I use green glycol mix which has anti freeze built in as well.

Greg
Haha, “young ...

I was having an issue with losing water coming back from the Nationals one year - we stopped in Esperance at a radiator place and the bloke sold me a new cap as the original 7lb cap was knackered - told me the only real issue with running a higher poundage was the original radiator tanks were not ...

Joe,

The radiator tanks aren't designed for that much pressure, so there's a risk of them failing with repeated 15 psi pressure cycles.
Because Leroy keeps his cool, you'll most likely be OK. I'd still recommend you find another 7 psi cap though.

Rob
Great, thank you.

Yeah it’s an older re ...

Greetings all

So the centre of my 7psi non-recovery radiator cap rusted out, which I discovered on a thrash up to Newcastle the other weekend for some 327 Chev parts... which is another story…

I’ve never ever installed a recovery setup on any early Holden I’ve owned, decided to try it out on Leroy ...

Yes, a necessity for the ute during summer cruising months. You can always renovate later or even in situ if you get the urge.


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
Day one of driving round in full summer sunshine and yeah, wow. I should’ve done this years ago!

Necessity is definitely the ...

I need to make a few trips over the next couple of days in the Ute and the forecast is pretty toasty here in Sydney… so I figured it might be time to install the venetian that Blacky sent me the other month.

I had planned to hit it with rust blaster and repaint, but having just spent two hours on ...

Hi Joe. Just spent a few hours reading through Leroy's journey, as I saw the recent posts and realised I had not followed this build through. What a great story it was. You have a gift with words that made it a real pleasure to read. Lot's of great engine and technical info in there too, and of ...

that's a really high standard of cars - what an amazing car show! I've got a soft spot for that 67 Chevelle ute (some might call it an El Camino)

scrap metal must be up again i know years ago if i had a clean up i'd get paid then it wasn't worth anything for ages
I did have a couple of very heavy, very bent old Morris radiators (don’t ask how I wound up with them…) in there on this run and they alone were worth half the haul. But yeah I ...