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Started sorting out the wiring last night - I love this part of the build , its like its coming back to life when things start to work again after years of neglect



Got the dash in and the wiring for the stereo in the glovebox finished off - fitted my Moon gearknob , thanks to Austmod who donated it

geez someone actually gave you a part Blacky? was the parts shed out of kustom bits?

i though you might have put the bright work on the rear to finish it off... are you going to put a cover on the back of the ute at all?

looking good mate, bet you cant wait for the plates... going for anything fancy there?

cheers
NoMAD

kool, i'll see if i can beet you to the finish line with one of the utes i just bought or show how it's done in 31 days

ratbox wrote:kool, i'll see if i can beet you to the finish line with one of the utes i just bought or show how it's done in 31 days

To the same standard as-well?

NoMAD wrote:i though you might have put the bright work on the rear to finish it off... are you going to put a cover on the back of the ute at all?

looking good mate, bet you cant wait for the plates... going for anything fancy there?

The bumpers are still at the chrome platers , I will not be running a tonneau for now , dont want to drill holes for the press studs, and the original setup looks pox IMHO.
I am going to try and get the original plates reissued , if that cant happen then the CROOZING plates will go on it.

Trev wrote:

ratbox wrote:kool, i'll see if i can beet you to the finish line with one of the utes i just bought or show how it's done in 31 days

To the same standard as-well?

no he has a head start bet it would get just as much attention though

no i'm not doing it, don't even know if i'm keeping them yet, atleast 1 will be for sale

Spent 2 hours last night stripping down the headlight switch , cleaning all the parts and repairing the dimmer rheostat , got the rest of the wiring finished off , now everything works as it should.
Bloody 12 volts give me 11000 to play with , its heaps easier than this fiddly stuff

Need fuel lines , vacuum lines and a tailshaft and shes drivable

just don't touch the wrong thing with 11000 volts

at this rate you'll have it finished and near worn out by the nationals

Looking very neat Blacky..........job very well done.

Been away working for the last 3 weeks got back friday night and went to the chrome platers on Saturday morning to pick up some goodies


Me mate Drew from Northside Motor Trimming came over last night and fitted the headliner and drank all my Bourbon ( except for the bits I drank )

of course - every job requires the use of a hammer

I got the door handles and scratch plates fitted , and got my door trims out of storage - they aren't nearly as good as I thought they were

Couple more bits done , got the rear bumpers on ...

and the floor mats in , bloody accelerator pedal nearly had me ready to reach for the matches and a gallon of petrol

Headliner is in screens are supposed to be getting done on Wednesday

Got some soapy pillows of goodness and cleaned up some old chromies that I had lying around - these will do until the skogs/herberts are ready to roll

Looking good Blacky, don't forget to follow the "soapy pillows of goodness" with some "benevolent tyre blacking goodness" , Trev .

All those tyres are knackered Trev , they are off to tyre heaven

Gettin there Blacky.

I take great pleasure in announcing the birth of a Banff Blue FB ute - at 8:15 pm on Saturday April 10 she fired into life for the first time since 1987

Ute is fine , but my head hurts

I have the same drama as discussed on the forum the other day though - the front carb seems to be doing bugger all and the back one is doing all the work - you put your hand over the front carb and it keeps running pretty much as it was but if you put your hand over the back one it just about pulls your hand down the carb suggestions ????