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Ahhh those 3 things are easily fixed, but it might change your class.

So Bruce will it be in fore the Xmas BBQ?

Well done Jamo. I also want the wife and kids, when old enough to be able to drive the Zed. Hence the steering conversion. Plus I am getting old and lazy so some power steering should transform the car. I like your subtle changes to ours and look forward to seeing the car one day. You should come out to our Annual Xmas BBQ to have a chat and look at some other Zeds. Keep us advised on your progress. Regards Craig.

Well done ChevZ you were lucky to see the 3K come your way. Persistance pays off. I am looking forward to seeing another V8 Zed on the road. Keep us posted.

Excellent. Thanks for your quick responses.

Awesome news Gordo. I think we might need to start a list of people or is that cars that will be attending. Can everyone who plans on coming to this BBQ please say so on here. We need numbers for catering/ amenities and so we can sort out display areas. Thanks For list of who is going please refer to the first page where Lurchos is updating attendees.

I have beeN to 3 of these events as a spectator and had a great time. So I might be interested. Contact me or chat here to express interest and maybe Auszcar people might make it up Cheers

I dropped my steering shaft off at Rob's this morning for a slight mod to fit into the Subi steering knuckle. I see he has had another heavily modified steering rack with a slightly different Subi rack mounted in there for some slight mods. (anyone care to own up to that one?) That's three he has on the go in one form or another. Anyway we hope mine will be cut and mounted in the next 3 weeks so I can put it on display at the Xmas BBQ before we mount it in the new year. We have sourced a new Harmonic balancer for the front of my V8 down from 7" to a 6.35". This should give me an extra 8mm on the down side to play with (16mm in total). Also since the Subi rack is 12mm larger in diam we will still have to lower it as you have done Dave to ensure the two miss each other. The clearance at the moment is about 3mm. So the lowering of the rack combined with the smaller diam balancer should clear when all bolted together. Only have to work on the pump now. Cheers

Glad everyone had a good time.

Great Dave, Yes I was going to drop down to Rob's today as well. What time were you going down?

Great pics Dave. Looks like a lot of work there. I have printed copies of your pics and hope to get started on mine in the next few weeks. Chop, Chop. I to will make sure everything is filled in and strengthened even if not getting engineered. I also have a clearance problem with my harmonic balancer where you have with your sump. I don't like the idea of lowering the rack for clearance. As doing this only increases the size of spacers required to eliminate the bump steer. But I will probably have to do the same. As I don't want to cut into or shave anything off the balancer. Anyway you've really made some progress. I want to have mine chopped and fitted for display at the Xmas BBQ and ready for fitting around March next year when the car might go back in to hibernation for the winter. Then there is no rushing around, as I want to ensure the car is fine to drive to Thredbo in mid Feb.

G'day Len I am glad to hear you are on the road to recovery. All the best and hopefully we will see you ate the Club BBQ. Cheers

What a great result. Go Lowndsy!

Awesome car Pete. Would love to see that in the flesh eh flash one day.

I think Lgee has hit the nail on the head!

I was referring to Whitie's post and pic.

That photo ofg the tyre on the over sized rim looks shite house. Why the hell would you do that?

My brother Gordon will be up there in his GTR for Deca.

Well with one point on your licence you won't want to be driving my Zed Sulio. It's a cop magnet. So we can go down in a normal car being yours or my work car. I am 70-80% coming down depending on how the operation goes and how many drugs I am on.

Wow what an awesome drive day Lurch. We had a great time. Some fantastic Zeds came along not to mention maybe 4 late model GTR's. One of those GTR's and I had a blast through the hills around Reefton Spur and he said he could only just stay with me through the hill's. His motor was beefed up around 50klw and he only had it a few months. Said he could only just reel me in on the straights when we were going for it. I am pretty happy with that. Maybe I don't need one just yet. What I do need is some power steering though. I better get off my butt and keep the work going. Anyway these guys seem like I nice bunch. Hopefully we can get some momentum going and rope some of them in to coming up to Thredbo. Will see how that goes but will definately be doing another drive day with them. It's nice to be around some drivers more crazy than me. Makes me feel sort of normal. Well almost. First drive in the beast since Tassie in Feb. I almost forgot what a rush it is.

Lurchos and Zed freaks! I am having an operation done on the 20th Oct. Is there any chance of moving this drive weekend to the week before? Then I could bring my Zed along. If not then I will come down as a passenger and or drive the bus down. I am just testing the waters. If no one cares great. If it's no good for others then no problem leave it where it is. Cheers

Hmmmm I might have to send you some pics of my car. How about a big central photo with other shots of the car around it?

All these parts sound great. But correct me if I am wrong, I think you will need a shell to put them all in/on. My tip is that if you get a shell alot of this stuff might come with it. So really I would be starting there rather than some spare windscreen wiper blades or what ever.

Since no reply yet I will have a go at the risk of being corrected by Lurch. Ha In a word "Yes" that flange has a spline on the end. But make sure you do it up very tight with the new one. We used a rattle gun on ours. I know I am stating the obvious there. Pretty easy job I wish they were all like that. Cheers

Geez Scoota you are now moving on to the fine detail. You must be close to completion of your car now!