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[yel327]

Hi Tom,

The seats are a marketplace find and came with torana rails. They are autotechnica seats.

The backrest is a little narrow for me. but other than that they do the job.

To be honest, I'll probably just bite the bullet and go a hoppers kit.

Realistically though, I need to get ahead again and get a bit of money saved before doing much else with it.

I want to get the handbrake cables done though so I can at least drive it here and there.

The only other issue is that I'm not sure if it's running hot or not. I purchased a 304 sender and once warm its off the gauge, change to a 6 cylinder UC sender and its off the gauge once warm too.

So not really sure if it's actually running hot or not.

Do you have a 0V wire from the battery to the body?

[Shiney005]

Don't worry about the missing engine number. It is how you bought it and that is that. They will issue you with a new one. It makes it easy to convince them that it is a 78/79 block.

[Sicklh]

Hawk you going to killer cars tomorrow?

[hawk]

Yel, the 0 volt wire is there.

EDK, mernda is about an hour from me, so probably not at this stage. especially when I'm not sure if the car is running hot.

Shiney, I'll look into what needs to happen.

[hawk]

Well, I've done a little more driving in it and took it for a longer drive today. temp stayed steady, so it seems like a typical holden. If it sits idle too long it gets hot.

either that or the gauge has settled and is working correctly now.

Still leaning towards selling it as that would give me a 12 month headstart on buying a house.

I guess it depends on how the next few months go.

It's currently on laid up insurance and I'm considering switching to 3rd party so at least I'm covered if the worst happens. With 3rd party if I hit someone they generally won't even look at my car. Just makes me really nervous if something was to happen and the car isn't engineered.

[Shiney005]

I doubt the premiums would be much more expensive. Maybe even cheaper??

[hawk]

Well, I had this listed for sale forward few months without any genuine interest. I figured 25k was pretty fair considering a lot on the market for 15k still need a lot of work done to them.

Anyway, the add has been pulled now, and it looks like I'm stuck with it, haha.

I've driven it a fair bit recently on some slightly longer trips ( an hour round trip) without much issue. Probably a bit stupid without the temperature gauge and oil pressure sender not working but oh well.

Few little things need to be done still like Handbrake cables, a couple of small leaks etc.

Engineering can wait until I can afford it.

The only thing I've spent on it recently is fuel, rego and insurance.

I did pick up a set of 14's today as well for really cheap so they may end up on it at some stage.

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[old-jim]

Hi Steve

Be aware that if you fit 14inch rims, your speedo will probably read low.

When i went to 15 inch, I had to change both the drive gear in the extension housing and the speedo cable gear.

 

Jim

[hawk]

Thanks, it turns out the seller was wrong, they're ford pattern. It was worth the gamble at $100.

As for the speedo, it's already out by 10 to 15