Krusty rebuild
Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:31 am
Bought a 109 a week ago - LWB station wagon from TradeMe. Still don't know why I did it... Destined to be my beach fishing wagon and for camping with the kids. The kids immediately named it - Krusty
Anyway I thought I'd keep you posted on the rebuild. It's an unusual - South African Import not sure what year it is originally (can anyone tell this from chassis numbers?). Safari roof, short bonnet., Peugot bucket seats in the front, a toyota van bench in the rear, all with seat belts.
It was rebuilt in 1986 with galv chassis, a chevy 250 straight six (like a bigger holden) and a fairey overdrive. Has done about 50k miles since the rebuild but left outside to rot in the last few years. Also has a warn 10000 pound winch on a bullbar made from heavy plate. Diffs are salisburies, I think 4.7 diffs.
All the doors had rust - so did the bonnet. Have sourced one new door and a new bonnet from forward specs, the other doors are repairable and they are all at the panelbeater getting fixed and a lick of paint. The front doors had alloy tops so that's all good. All the window channels were moss farms so new ones going in.
One spring had collapsed so have got a set of parabolics and procomp shocks from marcel at mamaku 4WD. 2 leaf fronts /3 rears. Will upgrade the rears to 4's if they are too light.
Garry at Central motoring is checking everything out - including the faulty starter - thanks to the landy fan that helped me push start it! New plug points filters oils etc and i think it will need the weber carby cleaned up but we'll see. Brakes and steering will get a thorough going over.
Have found some new tyres - some all terrains on trademe - now I need some 16" wide rims with a decent amount of offset. Hopefully i will make it a lot more driveable.
Have got a pintle hook for the rear (to tow my army trailer) and a 12v air compressor I'll wire in hidden away somewhere. It has a second battery wired in under one of the sideways facing bench seats so I'll set up camping lights etc off that and replace the tired old battery as well.
Needs new door seals and a better way of fixing down the bonnet (two rubber straps at the moment - might get a SIII catch)
Aim to have it back on the road in a few weeks, it was still registered and WOFed (god knows how) when I bought it so that should all be plain sailing.
Now all I need is some disc brakes and a power steering conversion
Anyway I thought I'd keep you posted on the rebuild. It's an unusual - South African Import not sure what year it is originally (can anyone tell this from chassis numbers?). Safari roof, short bonnet., Peugot bucket seats in the front, a toyota van bench in the rear, all with seat belts.
It was rebuilt in 1986 with galv chassis, a chevy 250 straight six (like a bigger holden) and a fairey overdrive. Has done about 50k miles since the rebuild but left outside to rot in the last few years. Also has a warn 10000 pound winch on a bullbar made from heavy plate. Diffs are salisburies, I think 4.7 diffs.
All the doors had rust - so did the bonnet. Have sourced one new door and a new bonnet from forward specs, the other doors are repairable and they are all at the panelbeater getting fixed and a lick of paint. The front doors had alloy tops so that's all good. All the window channels were moss farms so new ones going in.
One spring had collapsed so have got a set of parabolics and procomp shocks from marcel at mamaku 4WD. 2 leaf fronts /3 rears. Will upgrade the rears to 4's if they are too light.
Garry at Central motoring is checking everything out - including the faulty starter - thanks to the landy fan that helped me push start it! New plug points filters oils etc and i think it will need the weber carby cleaned up but we'll see. Brakes and steering will get a thorough going over.
Have found some new tyres - some all terrains on trademe - now I need some 16" wide rims with a decent amount of offset. Hopefully i will make it a lot more driveable.
Have got a pintle hook for the rear (to tow my army trailer) and a 12v air compressor I'll wire in hidden away somewhere. It has a second battery wired in under one of the sideways facing bench seats so I'll set up camping lights etc off that and replace the tired old battery as well.
Needs new door seals and a better way of fixing down the bonnet (two rubber straps at the moment - might get a SIII catch)
Aim to have it back on the road in a few weeks, it was still registered and WOFed (god knows how) when I bought it so that should all be plain sailing.
Now all I need is some disc brakes and a power steering conversion
