Swerve 1973 MWB Soft Top

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24th Jan 2008,

IT'S BACK

Got the 1973 back from teh mechanic today. Let's says it costed a bomb but alot was done.

New brake master cylinder, cleaned out brake lines from crud, new front cylinders, 1 new rear as I had already changed one. Relined handbrake drum, new rear gearbox seal, points and condensor changed, timing and fuel mixture adjusted, compression test, bla blah blah,

Well it drives nicley, handbrake is working and can now get it registered !!!!! So next week I can legally drive it around, will drive it to work a few days just to enjoy it and get some looks !!! from old men probaly

Well got to go as going away for the weekend.

Steve

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THURSDAY 31st January 2008

Today I got the 1973 Showcar registered !!!!!!

It is officially a Datsun Patrol, YEAHHHHHHH

I can now legally drive her around, is insured and all that jazz !

YEAHHHHH

Little excited over here !

Steve

Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:46 pm

Well as said earlier the 73 got registered this week.

So after driving her around all this morning, washed her, took photos and then drove to the freeway to see Rocket off.

Well after getting 2km from home the clutch felt funy during a shift and a crunch. At first I though I just stuffed up as I was wearing thongs (rubber shoes)

Another 500m I knew I had lost the clutch. Lucky I only had a 5km drive home with no clutch and I knew the area. So started in 1st gear at the lights, avoided stopping on any uphill slopes and when needing to change to 2nd stopped on a downhill and started in 2nd.

Well got home and confirmed the clutch slave cylinder had a hernia. Will check the green slave status and swap, also have a new clutch master I may as well install at the same time.

Steve

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Sunday 10th Feb 2008
Well went yacht racing all day today and fried. Face is a little burnt

Well got home and changed the clutch slave cylinder, lucky I had a spare on the Green engine

Ahh well put it in, bleed it, and it works. Went for a drive to PAtroldudes place (40km return) and shes working fine. Takes a good 10min of driving for the engine to warm up and runs like a dog untill warm.

Will drive to the airport in the morning to greet Ian In style I might ad

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Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:29 pm

Well after removing the thermostat insides the overheating issue is resolved.

Took the G60 for a big drive this afternoon 80km and another issue has started. The gearbox is making a loud whine in 2nd gear and having major issues shifting and then it comes good.

We checked the fluid level in teh earbox and all ok. Well start looking at this issue in a few weeks as I busy coming up.

Here is a photo from today's drive.

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Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:17 am

1973 got a haircut today

Next on the list is to remove spotties, demister, electric brakes, radio ?, change mirros and wipers to original. Smoth old bull bar out. Will later on mount original bar onto old bar.

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Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:35 pm

well just finished removing the spotties, electric brakes, air horns, old mirrors and installed my NOS mirrors.

The UHF antenna will go, just not right now.

Steve

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Saturday 26th April 2008
Just been down to our local dirt patch for a bash.

First up it was a pain getting the left hand wheel locked, so had to move the car forward 1 foot forward and try again.

So started off down the trail, first though was gez she is bumpy and carried on. Stopped and took some photos, crossed a creek, up a hill which started getting harder.




At the creek








Had to do a little rock packing but was impressed. Main good factor is the clearance on these babies is unreal. Rear open diff was a issue so you had to rock up ledges.






Whilst packaging heard a rustle and found a small lizard


Just up here started getting to hard for a quick run, doable but just not that interested today




Also didn’t like the crawl speed, way to high.

Anyhow decided enough was enough and tried to turn around. Went forward into a hole and heard like “FIRE” crackling. 1st impression was the exhaust manifold was catching some grass onfire.

Reversed back and popped the bonnet. No fire but oil smoke. I had oil all over the manifold “$HIT” was the only though going through my mind.





Sat there for ages waiting for the temp to go down and ended up driving out but stopping frequently to check.

My diagnosis is the extreme angles caused the oil to come out the oil filler. Possible also the rocker gasket needs changing. Will need to degrease and look for leaks. Oil level was fine ?

Got home with a big sigh of relief.

Steve

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Video's from today

Crossing the first bog hole, hard base in the end



Little climb, hard holding camera out teh window and driving




Oh $hit he says




And more

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Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:09 am

Well drove the 73 up north to place in storage for a while as I have access to a garage. She did the 150 mile trip easily and no dramas. Dropped into Frdy's and washed and waxed her. Then took a million photos just for reference.

There are alot below so download warning !

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Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:52 pm

Well did Stockton Beach in the old girl.

Fullwrite up here, http://www.rmp-o.com/phpbb/viewtopic.ph ... 0&start=30

poser pic's below


















Back in storage