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Wow is that true Peter. I was looking at those Wolf Creek CV's. Just as well I had decided to just rebuild my Z31 CV's instead. Just an update - Just called "Unidrive" and they don't do any custom, after market or rebuilds. So I am now trying Hardyspicer. I was advised against rebuilding the Z31 CV's as replacing the ball bearings is not enough. As the casing needs to also be honed out. Then you lose strength and then the bearings need to be over size etc etc. So I am going to try and locate some new ones from somewhere.

Ahhhh that wouldn't be a V8 engine would it. I though you might be doing yours already Lurch.

Aussie Zed I could be interested in the two door glass you have provided they seriously have no scratch's. Where are you located in the S.E.. Thanks

Good news Kyle. Just keep plugging away.

Well I am about to send off my order in the next few weeks to "Speedhut" for 7 guages at over $1,000- to be mounted in my Zed. I love the GPS speedometers (Records qtr mile times, top speeds in a run and more) plus the Tacho's with shift lights etc. These will help transform the car into the 20th century and give me clear accurate readings of other stuff. So I am going the whole hog. Can't wait and I am sure the wife will be thrilled. Not!

Looking good Dave. I think the reduced lock to lock reduction on the Zed from 2.75 to 2.25 may not effect a number of Zeds with wide wheels. I have 9" rims so when I go lock to lock the inner tyre/rim actually hits the inner wheel hub/body. So it is probably doing me a favour if someone else was driving the car and tried to go lock to lock. With a bit of luck it will just stop short of hitting now. Man I can't wait to get this in. I will pick up my tie rods week.

+ one for me. He's a Zed Legend. Thanks Dimitri.

Yep it is on for sure. Gordon is happy to open his house up to the Zed family again. Thanks Gordo. He loves it. Anyway can we lock in the date to be same as last year Suturday 4th December. Let's see if we can get another 30 odd Zeds up there again. As usual will be a BBQ / Raffle etc. Kids welcome. Great family day. Lurch can you update the "Subject" with the date? Thanks

Yep I will be there for sure. Hopefully with a few new mods to the car. Let's see if we can get 30 Zeds up there again. Lurch can we lock in the dates 17-20th Feb 2011. Thursday to Sunday. 2 full days up there. Can we modify the "Subject" with dates? Thanks

Patience Lurchos! I can make those dates. So put me down for the over nighter. Should be a good trip as usual.

I would but I will be in Central Australia. Next time Lurch.

Ahhhh Kyle, well even I would have considered buying this car if it was an auto and a 2+2. But like I always say don't let these builds go on for too long. I will keep my fingers crossed you sort out your matters and keep the car. It's a beast and anybody considering building would have to seriously look at your car if they were after a modified car. Cheers

Ahhhhh Rev what a shame to see it go. Someone is going to get lucky. I don't see how you can put all your love and attention to detail into a car and let it go soon after it's finish. Each to there own. Good luck with the sale. Hopefully a local enthusiast will buy it. Come on all you talkers who want a Zed. Now you have no excuse. I can tell you this car will go for less money than it cost to build if you included every hour of Rev and his son's time put in to the build at a basic hourly rate. Cheers

Never was a big fan of the shape of the rear guard on those. A mate of mine had one going years back. But that car looks really nice. The guy has done a top job. Good find Gav.

Yeah my phylosophy has always been to keep the car road reg and nice and drivable for the road. That way you will get a lot of use out of it. Making a car soley for the track restricts it's possible use by 90% or more. Even CH plates is restrictive. So I have kept mine on full reg.

Yeah no worries. The warm or dryer weather should be on it's way soon so I am sure a few drive days will be on the cards. I presume your car is registered to drive on the road. Yes my car is a constant work in progress. Have slowed down in the last few years. Wanted to shift my cash priorities. But still have a few things on the go. In the process of working on power steering as we speak and I am pretty keen on these USa "Speed Hut" guages at the moment. So they are my projects at the moment. Cheers

Hey Yianni your car sounds nice. Good to hear another 383 2+2 is going around. I missed your car at Sandown the other week. You must have just left before I got there in the arvo on Sunday. I will be keen to check out the car at a meet some day. Cheers

Here's the smooth look on a Zed rear end. I moulded a fibreglass rear bumper to the body trying to hold the traditional shape, then smoothed over some holes and filled in the rear light surrounds to get rid of the silver bits that harbor the grime.

Ha Ha Ha I think Lurch might have to amend his post.

Is the cross member still available? PM me if it is with a cost and pick up address. Cheers

Quick update of the Bank Account. O/Balance $479.86 Bank Fees (2.00) Donations $50.00 - Deposit thankyou Cash WDL for Lurch's BBQ 7/8/10 ($100.00) Balance as at 27/7/10 is $427.86

Well I went down to Kilsyth and got me a steering knuckle per photo below. (2 link). Thanks for the heads up Dave. Luckily I took the hack saw as that made the extraction time only 10 minutes even for a lay person like myself. And the hacksaw blade broke on about the last stroke. Ha. I checked my mods to my steering and will wait to get the Celica inners as I might require something shorter still. Now getting back to installing the rack. It would appear the Subi rack is around 46mm in dia compared to the Zed one at around 35mm. So since I have a V8 installed I can't afford to increase the height of the steering rack because it will hit my balancer. So when Rob chops into my Cross member to seat the Subi rack we need to drop the rack by 11mm to ensure the overall height does not increase for the rack. Of course this will effect the bumpsteer but will be easily fixed to suit when installed. All I have to do is add 11mm to my spacers for the steering arm to keep the angle the same. Now all I have to do is try and source an electric power steering pump. Trying to avoid a mechanical one. Dave is going belt driven. Now on this Subject Dave did you have any recommendations for power steering pressures to suit the Subi rack? Hope I haven't hijacked the thread but I guess all info helps the listeners!

Well Lurch you have been busy. Glad to hear you are straight in to it and keeping the beast on the road. Always feels better knowing you have made the odd improvement here and there.

Gus if you don't have much cash and don't want to be forking out money for maint then a Zed is not the car for you. Get one and you will always have your hand in your pocket to fix or modify something. Maybe get a modern car with fuel injection as a daily run about and work on a Zed for a 2nd car a few years down the track. Not what you want to hear but some of the best advise you will ever get.

Hi Katokid Rob from Robco rang me to let me know what you were up to. Since I had a Subi rack sitting at home waiting to get installed into my Zed I thought I would also drop it off to Rob to do the same modification. So when he does yours he is going to do mine. I would be pretty keen to meet up for a chat on how you are going to do the rest. I will PM you. I have done some home work but been waiting for some motivation to see the job through. This might just be it. Speak soon.