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Kustombruce valued contributor
Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 603 Location: Canberra, where they put creative spirit in the water
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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Ok now for some more searching, on some LCV's we have found a second stamped body number behind the drivers seat on the riser between the floor and the cabin back.
Good luck
Bruce
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tom 53van Thanks ~ nice to be here
Joined: 18 Apr 2011 Posts: 13 Location: sydney
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Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 12:03 am Post subject: |
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Wow I made it to a second page...wooo.
Don, I just realisde I completly stole your user name and just inserted my name and 53 instead of 58! Im sorry.
I will check that area behind the driver in the morning. Its it possible that in all the horrible attempts at tinkering with this car over the years that somebody has changed a ute into a van? Can that even be done? Im now even more curious to find out more historical info about it now.
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Kustombruce valued contributor
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Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 7:08 am Post subject: |
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Tom the change from Ute to van or visa versa happens a lot, both of my LCV's were opposite to the tags.
The swap is easy just a few bolts to separate the cabin from the back section and a few holding down the back.
Bruce
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Wigman27 4th gear
Joined: 09 Apr 2010 Posts: 75 Location: Lithgow NSW
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Kustombruce valued contributor
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Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 7:35 am Post subject: |
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WigMan27
most likely early 1961, and was based in the numbers it came from Lancaster motors, it is about 30 vehicles away from a Green Ute from Wollongong owned by a guy called Ribs, he was a train driver and the Ute had 4 spike dragways, it is/was a really nice Ute, if I remember it had yellow hose covers in the engine bay.
Bruce
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Wigman27 4th gear
Joined: 09 Apr 2010 Posts: 75 Location: Lithgow NSW
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tom 53van Thanks ~ nice to be here
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libbor Banned for bullying.
Joined: 01 Feb 2009 Posts: 1341 Location: Ghoulbon
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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Gday Tom
I have replaced quite a few of these tie plates, flitch, inner wheel arches and rails and there are a few things you need to be careful of.
1. At the back of the tie plate there are two holes. These are alignment holes which need to lined up with a oval slot and hole in the bulkhead to tie plate panel (the one the exhaust goes through)
Also, its important that the radiator cowl panel is fitted when assembling the engine bay floor as this keeps the flitch in the correct position and gives you the correct angle to mount the tie plate.
There is a hole on the front of the tie plate which has to line up with the hole on the front of the rail.
Then it is a good idea to fit all engine mounting bolts through the tie plate which will keep everything perfectly lined up while you weld it all together.
Then all you need to do is align the bumper mounts which should be central in the hole in your grill with a spacing of 866mm.
do you still need that shocky?
cheers
Libbor
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tom 53van Thanks ~ nice to be here
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 12:37 am Post subject: |
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Cheers for the advice mate will keep that in mind for sure. Yes mate still keen pn that left shockie for sure.Cheers
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tom 53van Thanks ~ nice to be here
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 11:42 am Post subject: |
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Ok, had a reasonable day yesterday.We managed to get the wiper motor bracket welded in place and got the whole engine bay in primer finally.Hoorah! Paint should be in there by the weeks end, fingers crossed that is.
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tom 53van Thanks ~ nice to be here
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