Thread: Progress on the bus . . .
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05-27-2014 10:43 PM #11
It's coming out and coming home.
Booked it in this morning for a cof at VTNZ Kopu at 9:00 am Thurs 5th June.
We'll be picking it up Wednesday arvo, so will turn up with a jerry-can of fresh petrol.
I reckon it may need it after sitting for eight months.
If there are any problems Frank Bruyston of Thames Towing has offered me the use of his workshop.
(He's a member of the NZ Morris Minor Club, has a '57 Morrie with a 350 in it. Good bloke. Sometimes it's not what you know, but who . . .)
Then it's coming home for a couple of days while I do a familiarisation course on it.
I've only driven it once, thanks to bureaucratic bungling and tradies mucking me about, and that was almost two years ago.
After that . . . in to the paint shop!johnboy
Mountain man. (Retired.)
Some mistakes are too much fun to be made only once.
I don't know everything about anything, and I don't know anything about lots of things.
'47 Ford sedan. 350 -- 350, Jaguar irs + ifs.
'49 Morris Minor. Datsun 1500cc, 5sp manual, Marina front axle, Nissan rear axle.
'51 Ford school bus. Chev 400 ci Vortec 5 sp manual + Gearvendors 2sp, 2000 Chev lwb dually chassis and axles.
'64 A.C. Cobra replica. Ford 429, C6 auto, Torana ifs, Jaguar irs.
I saw last night on fb about John. The world sure lost a great one. I'm going to miss his humor, advice, and perspective from another portion of the world. Rest in Peace Johnboy.
John Norton aka johnboy