Heading down to Wanaka tomorrow to pick it up. Have it in Ch Ch for a couple of weeks for a wee tidy up. Then up to Hanmer to drive over some cars 
Has a 351 ford with a hot cam, and a C6 auto box. Tyres are the exact same size as every monster truck in the USA. 66 inches high 43 inches wide mounted on a 25 inch rim 
Let the fun begin So if anyone can get onto a supply of cars for us to drive over let me know 
Fakey wrote:I drove the same one, hope ya got the caddy for a good price, looked rough as last time I saw it?
How old is that last pic? Isn't that before they painted it green for the v ads?
mike77 wrote:Can you get 66" HT tyre's? I was just worried about your economy and tread wear driving about with those chunky tyres on.
They're only about $5000 each I can't believe I bitched about getting a whole set on my little Cruiser for $1800 
, Jase can just see you sitting in the back ( you must have put on a few kilos since I last saw you ) wearing your white suit and stetson, SMOKING a big fat ------ , , 
,SMOKEY wrote::lol:
BOSS HOG,
FITZY.
Nice one Jase.
Fakey wrote:I drove the same one, hope ya got the caddy for a good price, looked rough as last time I saw it?
Will have to get down there for a ride one day 
Had to take the big wheels off to transport it, that was fun 500kgs each you sure don't want the buggers falling over. Got to town with no dramas, so now the big tidy up begins. The interior (is it still called that if the car has no roof??) is buggered and the lower panels all have a bit of red steel in them. Mechanically it seems ok. A few oil leaks here and the but nothing major. We drove it onto the transporter so thats always a good start. Hopefully it will be looking a bit different in a couple of weeks. Will keep you all posted H2OLOVA wrote:... Hopefully it will be looking a bit different in a couple of weeks. Will keep you all posted
MNC wrote:
I'm looking forward to this.
How many cans of silicon spray will you go through to get that wet look on your new rubber
We had fitted some normal size truck tyres to keep it undersize for the trip home. Man it looked gay so today we put the BIG wheels back on. Took about 2 hours and that was using a forklift So definitely need to come up with a different process for that but hopefully practice will make perfect. We started the picture diary once we had it loaded on the truck so will keep them coming as we sort things out. If this is going to be a build thread then i better start making a list of things that need fixing so.............. 
H2OLOVA wrote:...If this is going to be a build thread then i better start making a list of things that need fixing so..............
Sort out interior. Either fix existing seats or fit alternate ones
FIT FJ40 BODY
Tidy up the wiring cause its Spaghetti city at the moment
Fix leak on hydro steer pump
Fit new frost plugs
Replace fuel lines
Change filter and oil in engine
Bleed up brakes
Repaint chassis/rims and body
and no doubt another list thats longer than this of stuff we haven't found yet.
Let the fun begin
22 feet from end to end so its a hard job finding something else that would fit. We'll be sticking with the mighty Caddy for the mean time but it will be getting a makeover in the paint department. A bit of progress over the last couple of days. Power steer pump fixed, frost plugs done. Went to start it today but the fuel pump crapped out 
So hopefully tomorrow we'll be able to run it up to temp and make sure the engines all good. Then the fun will really begin Can't wait to actually drive it Petemcc wrote:time for some more pics I think.... And a start up vid!
I must sound good with a v8 and no need to keep it legal.
