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Kel 我能行
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stracho Full Licence
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Welcome to the forum is that the van from albury owned by littlehales very nice van
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Kel 我能行
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Stracho
Yes you are correct
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Scouse moderator
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Kel 我能行
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 10:39 am Post subject: |
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Thank you Scott,
I will do this for the next set of photos when the van is finish it's next step.
I hope to enhance the work that has been previously done to the van step by step.
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Triumph Man valued contributor
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Kel 我能行
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Trev
Yes I agree, this is on the list of things to do. As are the back lights.
I have been looking at photos of other cars to see if anything catches me, but alas, nothing has yet.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Since this photo was taken, a front spoiler has been installed and I was thinking of installing the parkers and blinkers into the spoiler.
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Kel 我能行
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:18 am Post subject: |
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Good morning everyone,
Could someone advise if there is a legal requirement for the position of the blinkers / indicators and parking lights on the front of the morrie?
I would like to know the minimum height off the road and the distance from the side of the car into the blinkers / indicators and parking lights
I am in NSW.
I would like to embed the blinkers / indicators and parking lights into the front spoiler.
I would appreciate any help. Thanking you in advance.
Kel
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melburgorbust Full Licence
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:27 am Post subject: |
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not sure on teh legalities, but my thinking would be, as the car didnt legally have to have them at all, as long as you still have the trafficators working then the indicators are a bonus, and should be able to go wherever (within reason)
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Oracle I've got trainer wheels
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:52 am Post subject: |
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Try front indicators min 400mm - max 2000mm with 40 degree view front 80 degree side and parkers (pre 1991 - no height regulations ?) but normally 350mm minimum.
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bryan_au I'm new - be gentle
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:58 am Post subject: |
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Hi Kel,
Not sure that its the state you'll have to worry about. I've been hassled for indicators on motorcycles in Vic and it was the ADR's they refered to here.
Have a trawl through the list. It was pretty specific on motorcycles ie height from the ground, distance between etc etc.
http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/motor/design/adr_online.aspx
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Triumph Man valued contributor
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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melburgorbust wrote: | not sure on teh legalities, but my thinking would be, as the car didnt legally have to have them at all, as long as you still have the trafficators working then the indicators are a bonus, and should be able to go wherever (within reason) |
Because of the modified running gear, the blinkers have to be brought up to spec.
As Oracle said the side view is the important one, if they are only visable from the front then you have to have a small blinker in the gaurd as most moderns have.
If you put the parkers in the headlight, then you only need a small yellow blinker out near the corner of your spoiler.
If you don't want to move the parker you can have a white lense with parker & blinker in a double filiment globe, white front blinkers are legal in NSW.
Those gaurd blinkers of modern cars would look good in the front spoiler, bend up a piece of flat steel to the shape of you spioler then go to the wreckers & go over all the cars, try & pick a common model so they are easy to get later.
Trev
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Kel 我能行
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you Oracle, Melburgorbust, Brian and Trev.
This has been very helpful I will post some pictures to see what everyone thinks, before proceeding too far.
Regards
Kel
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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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You might also get picked up on the headlight height.
The lowlight headlights are below the minimum height requirements. It's not a problem on a standard car (lowlight) but yours might be.
Hopefully it will go through un-noticed.
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Kel 我能行
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DON58VAN Full Licence
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:59 am Post subject: |
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Fantastic work Kel
Looking really good.
And i am very interested in the external mirrors. I am sure a lot of other van owners are too. Lack of rearward vision is a serious downside.
Cheers
Don
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Kel 我能行
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Don
The mirrors are size mirror 160 mm x 100 mm and from the door frame to the outer part of the mirror it is approximately 260 mm.
The van back, sticks out approxmately 90-100 mm past the door frame, so with the mirrors sticking out another 100 mm I can nearly see cars behind me if they are up close.
I bent the metal arms to an approximate shape and then I formed metal sheet around that to try and hide the 10mm arms. The shape is not the best, but its the best that I have come up with so far.
If you look at my small triangular shaped window, there is no chrome piece in the front lower corner like normal morries. So to overcome this, I cast two aluminium brackets which are screwed to the door. The metal arms are then screwed into this casting.
Hope this helps
Regards
Kel
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DON58VAN Full Licence
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the info Kel
Yours is a much better solution than the truck-type mirrors that some use. The truck ones do the job, but they look terrible IMVHO.
Related to this discussion -- I reckon that a reversing camera is essential for these vans.
Cheers
Don
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Kel 我能行
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DON58VAN Full Licence
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | But the ability to see behind whilst moving forward was the idea. |
Agreed. The two (mirrors and camera) serve different purposes, both very important.
Do you have any vibration problems with the mirrors?
Don
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Kel 我能行
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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Don
Yes and that is one of the problems sticking them out so far.
Of course the morrie suspension doesn't help nor the pot holed roads but that is part of the fun.
Regards
Kel
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