Everything is Orange
Submitted: Tuesday, Mar 23, 2004 at 20:20
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Willem
I decided today to do the 24 month oil change on my oil bath type aircleaner. The oil didn't look too dirty but there were a few insects floating around at the bottom. I turfed the oil out in my preferred spot and washed the filter out with petrol . The aircleaner body was looking rather worse for wear and after 26 years was showing some flaking paint and rust spots. So I removed the whole body, wirebrushed it with the electric grinder and gave it an undercoat and three coats of
Orange paint. Now it is pretty flash, eh? Next...might take the rocker cover off and paint it Silver. The under bonnet will end up looking better than the outside :-)
Reply By: Member - StevenL - Tuesday, Mar 23, 2004 at 22:15
Tuesday, Mar 23, 2004 at 22:15
My God, there is more material here than the habadashery dept at Harris Scafe!
Willem. My dad is the same as you. If what you have will do the job then why change it. His 75 series has nearly 400,000km and is going strong pulling a 2.2t van around Oz at present. They are somewhere between Alice and Darwin. It is heavily customised - all from the shed.
Orange with Silver highlights. You like to stand out in a crowd I presume!
Des Lexic suggested an Anti-Theft device. Who the hell would want to steal that! And how would they go answering to you if you ever found out who they were!
You'd look good in a Troopy. I hear that Troopie has one that he can't sell !!!
Steven
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Follow Up By: Willem - Tuesday, Mar 23, 2004 at 22:37
Tuesday, Mar 23, 2004 at 22:37
My old truck has 451327 on the clock plus 5% error on account it runs 750x16's instead of 700's...so around 479,000 klicks. I bought it at 350,000 for $2.5K and rebuilt the engine at 380000(it cost $900...hahaha). Apart from a leaking rear outputshaft oil seal(has leaked since I got the truck) the old thing motors along sweetly. A bit bouncy in the rough stuff but will go anywhere. I stand out in a crowd already....:-)))
I am most likely going to buy another Nissan. At least the wheel nuts will be interchangeable.
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Follow Up By: Rosco - Bris. - Tuesday, Mar 23, 2004 at 23:13
Tuesday, Mar 23, 2004 at 23:13
An ya get 6 ... not a poncy little bunch of 5 undersized jobs.
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Follow Up By: John - Tuesday, Mar 23, 2004 at 23:49
Tuesday, Mar 23, 2004 at 23:49
See Willem somebody else thinks that you would look good in a Troopy also, it's the perfect truck for you.
Just make sure you paint it orange also, no need to change the winning formula that much.
It would be difficult to imagine you in anything alse but a orange truck.
Kind Regards
John
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Follow Up By: Willem - Wednesday, Mar 24, 2004 at 00:04
Wednesday, Mar 24, 2004 at 00:04
Nah John......Have had two Toyotas, one good, one RS and three Nissans, all good.....want something with coil
suspension and don't have enough of the readies for a LC 80 or 100 but judging from a recent happening with a 100 they are pretty sus as well......
Cheers,
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Follow Up By: Member - Des Lexik(SA) - Wednesday, Mar 24, 2004 at 09:42
Wednesday, Mar 24, 2004 at 09:42
Just had a very enlightening vision. Willie driving down the road in his orange truck, sponsered by Orange of course (who ever the hell they are) wearing saffron robes, polished "beanie", chanting a karma, swinging his insense burner and begging for alms.
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Follow Up By: Willem - Wednesday, Mar 24, 2004 at 15:12
Wednesday, Mar 24, 2004 at 15:12
Sounds cool Alpaca....it might end up like that...though I am not too keen on insense......."Alms for the poor...Alms for the poor" Might even gather enough alms for a newby :-)))
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