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I love your guys Valiants you get over there, just a bit more tougher than the watered down Aussie versions....Thats one hell of a car mate. Fantastic.

Currently my home shed is a fricking mess. Ive got a Suzuki dirtbike 1/2 assembled, my bolt box got knocked over and the kids have strewn them everywhere. Its embarrassing, but the other half has me fixing retaining walls. I finished them 4 hours ago. Tomorrow night Im cleaning up. Enough is...

One word. WOW!!! The fab work here is absolutely amazing. Wish we were allowed to grind our welds smooth over here......

Ive scoured the interwebs and had little success. Anyone got any for inspiration???

The bends are actually to form the rear quarters of the body. The radius of the old bends just weren't right. We have basically finished the firewall end of the cowl which has formed flat bar "ends" MIG welded directly to the body with 2 25x25mm box extending right across the cowl. Where the...

Heading around tomorrow night. Discovered today that the tubing bends I had done for the top of the body are too "tight". After talking to my exhaust building mate he had a rat(excuse the pun) around and found a former 2" larger in the bend. Grabbed a chunk of pipe today while round there to...

This seriously rules. You stateside guys got iron finding soooo easy...

Staunch....

OT but Im the son, and Im 36!!! Dads 58. Choice truck too. Wish I could afford a Big Block, even a V8 would be nice!!! But a small 6 is gonna work in mine.

Spot on with those guard filler panels. Looks awesome!!!!!! Also the red oxide, yes Yes YES!!!!

Welcome from one Kiwi to another.. This is a great forum.

Can you elaborate more on that frickin crazy multiple turbo thing????Jaysus...

2.21.9 a litre NZ for 91. Diesel in my other truck 1.59.9 a litre. Explains my use of a 6 eh???

This car is off the hook. Subscribed!!!!!!

Unusual choice of a J5, but looks tops. Over here J1s and JOs are the Beddie of choice

Amen to that. Im doing mine to help get over my debilitating mental illness that hammers the guts out of me. Oh and awesome truck, love it.....

No pics this time, lanced the tack welds off the cowl and removed it ready to make up the bracing inside the cowl. We did a quick "string line" imaginary mock and found our cowl is all on the pi$$, needs to be lifted up about 25mm in the front and about 60mm in the back or else the body is going...

The k members and kinks in the steering shaft are MANDATORY to get the rod on the road in New Zealand, and a bit more clarity to why things have been done this way. bigger pics of X Members Fabricated k members made from 75x50x3 box. The drive shaft loop is 150x6mm tube elongated by our good...

I actually post up some pics for once, and then dont get any comments. Haha irony....

Took my daughters ipod around. Heres a few snaps.....In order the fabricated K members, steering shaft incorporating the all important deflection angles in case of frontal collision (required by law to get this thing on the road in New Zealand) right side engine mount, left side engine mount...