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Post by bilgewater on Jan 2, 2017 8:32:35 GMT 1
G'day Fella's!
I just bought a MK1 dual wheeler for 300 bucks and will be looking at getting it running this year. It's either that or my 1960 Falcon. It may not happen over night but it will happen. She's a bit rough around the edges but I'm fairly happy with the state of her.
The worst rust is the head light buckets. It looks like there is a spot welded insert to hold the head light in place and then the bezel to go over the top. Just wondering if these can be bought? It's only the bottom half of each that is rusted out, so I'm thinking I could possibly fab and weld replacement segments, but obviously I would prefer a full replacement.
Looking forward to getting to know the car, I never had any leaning towards a tranny until I saw it for sale.
Anyway, That's me for now.
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Post by FredTransit on Jan 2, 2017 15:49:38 GMT 1
Welcome to the forum! Ralph on here will post parts if he has what you need. The headlamp bowls come up from time to time. The rust on them is pretty standard!
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Post by Ralph on Jan 2, 2017 18:12:37 GMT 1
I have new headlight mounts & I can post to OZ.
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Post by jonochap on Jan 2, 2017 20:13:36 GMT 1
Welcome BW, look forward to the piccies
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Post by irishtransit on Jan 2, 2017 21:17:37 GMT 1
welcome along.
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Post by muttleymk2 on Jan 2, 2017 22:41:01 GMT 1
Welcome aboard fella
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Post by bilgewater on Jan 3, 2017 12:26:02 GMT 1
first attempt at posting pics, I'm not the most computer literate bloke so wish me luck
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Post by FredTransit on Jan 3, 2017 21:45:30 GMT 1
Sorry I can't see it. If you upload, the delete from the upload account, it disappears from where you post it too.
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Post by bruce on Jan 3, 2017 21:54:03 GMT 1
Great buy! nice to see another transit being saved, what motor does it have.
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Post by bruce on Jan 3, 2017 22:00:57 GMT 1
Sorry I can't see it. If you upload, the delete from the upload account, it disappears from where you post it too. You can see it if you scroll down a little
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Post by bilgewater on Jan 4, 2017 11:37:50 GMT 1
Great buy! nice to see another transit being saved, what motor does it have. [br G'day Bruce, it has a ford 250 cross flow. The fella told me it had a reverse gear box, 1st is where reverse is? There's rust in the floors and the head light buckets, but apart from that it's all surface. Should make an awesome little addition to the driveway. I'm not sure whether to leave it rat looking or do the cab. Either way I'm pretty stoked.
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Post by bruce on Jan 4, 2017 19:21:41 GMT 1
Yeah mate,good stuff I also have a twin wheeler I bought in Western Australia that I shipped home to Ireland. Mine has the 250 precross flow with the same three speed box,some pics on my previous posts. Recon you got the deal of the century with yours, could be worth 20 times what you paid here or in UK. This is a great forum with many of the guys happy to share there knowledge and help source parts.
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Post by retiredtruckie on Jan 24, 2017 11:52:37 GMT 1
Welcome to the forum and like Bruce said it's a great place for info on here.
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Post by bilgewater on Feb 2, 2017 12:03:44 GMT 1
Picked up my transit on the weekend, left it at another mates property while I work out what to do with it, not yet certain if I want to take it on or move it on.
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