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Offline Marishka

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Re: what have you been up to
« Reply #30 on: May 31, 2012, 07:52:53 PM »
buying another 24/80 this week , its getting a V8, auto, 9 inch, black paintjob and wide chrome wheels, n custom interior with 2 lifesize sculls with glowing red eyes that come on when the doors are opened. for on the rear parcel shelf.








 making the skulls myself with the mould i bought off ebay.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/250898930442
 
that way can leave the other 2 white ones standard n in original condition.
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« Reply #31 on: June 01, 2012, 07:33:37 PM »
lol ..way to go mty.... on the subject of skulls..have just finished redoing the dash n door trims, maybe u should think about doing the 24/80 interior in the same sorta material mty......  8)
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Re: what have you been up to
« Reply #32 on: June 01, 2012, 07:35:04 PM »
an front speakers, a set of pommy wharfedales...  ;)
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« Reply #33 on: June 01, 2012, 07:36:47 PM »
and a set of jensens for the rear....  ;D  ;D  ;)
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Re: what have you been up to
« Reply #34 on: June 03, 2012, 12:24:36 AM »
Went to a place to day up near Avoca, not realy a wrecking yard, than a farm of cars. Cars from the 40's to the 90's. And yes there were some Bedfords. One that stood out to me was a short wheel base windowless that had what looked like origanal paint and other than rust in the back doors and some surface rust was the ideal starting point for a project. Another one with a GTS dash. I went with a freind so we could get some bits for a HR van. I came out with a complete and running Escort windowless van, I don't know why? I'm sitting here now thinking of the Beddy's. Anyway he has what you may need, and he was telling me of a disc brake conversion for the comercial stud patern LWB, that retains the origanal wheels, the disc's are from a transit (yes the old ugly ones). He said the stud patern is the same, is this true??
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Re: what have you been up to
« Reply #35 on: June 03, 2012, 03:00:25 AM »
Quote from: rossie on June 03, 2012, 12:24:36 AM
he was telling me of a disc brake conversion for the commercial stud pattern LWB, that retains the original wheels, the disc's are from a transit (yes the old ugly ones). He said the stud pattern is the same, is this true??

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Does he have a converted LWB front end? Does he want to sell it? I have been trying to find out about the conversion for a fair while. I have even gone as far as buying a couple of Transits to see if I can get suitable discs but each one has had the wrong offset putting the wheel too far in or out. The stud pattern is the same and the Transit rims are much better because the have a safety lip which stops the tyre rolling off the rim when flat.
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« Reply #36 on: June 04, 2012, 06:59:54 AM »
He has a couple of transits there, he said there were 3 differant bearings sizes but nothing about the offset. he said with the right bearing, they bolt on to your stub axle, you put the right on the left and left on the right due to the fact of the rack being on the wrong side of the crossmember. I got his number, if needed
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Re: what have you been up to
« Reply #37 on: June 04, 2012, 09:50:17 AM »
Quote from: rossie on June 04, 2012, 06:59:54 AM
He has a couple of transits there, he said there were 3 differant bearings sizes but nothing about the offset. he said with the right bearing, they bolt on to your stub axle, you put the right on the left and left on the right due to the fact of the rack being on the wrong side of the crossmember. I got his number, if needed

That would mean that the brakes will be working in reverse mode.
Is there any reason that would cause a problem?
 I can't think of one, unless maybe the cylinders are are cast at a slight angle for some reason.
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« Reply #38 on: June 04, 2012, 01:54:31 PM »
Quote from: Jeff on June 04, 2012, 09:50:17 AM

That would mean that the brakes will be working in reverse mode.
Is there any reason that would cause a problem?
 I can't think of one, unless maybe the cylinders are are cast at a slight angle for some reason.

It doesn't matter which way your calipers are mounted as the piston movement is 90 degrees to the disk. The brakes have to be able to work when you are going in reverse (which can be very fast).
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Re: what have you been up to
« Reply #39 on: July 05, 2012, 08:29:15 PM »
bought this
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=300735674745&nma=true&rt=nc&si=JfGvGTS%252FJl41nnaO%252F%252FlrhIBEtso%253D&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

the start of my 4x4 bedford van  project, just need to locate the chassis and a good shell now
not sure if to go SWB or LWB though.

the motor, 5 speed n transfer case came with a free 7x4 trailer 2 ,:) lol.
 how cool was that?
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