CBR Jeff

Spot welded then lead filled. It’s the welds that hold it all together. Jeff

Interesting article in Classic Motorsport magazine on the Peter Brock (USA not AUS) BER Baja Datsun 240z. I’m surprised it still exists. https://classicmotorsports.com/articles/bres-baja-datsun-240z-kisses-asphalt-goodbye/ Jeff

I'm having coffee with Bob from RT in the morning and will probably give a hand organising things on Sunday but know more tomorrow. If I'm coming out ill chase you up. I haven't raced for some time just enjoy social riding, particularly going down hill :-), organising events and officiating. Jeff

Willow this weekend? Jeff

Study the exploded views in the parts manuals in the members only section. It will help work out what goes in what order. Jeff

Yes it is.... :-( Jeff

I replaced the outer rocker panel on both sides on my car. The inner panel or rails were in ok condition (not great but ok) I cleaned them up and fabricated some strengthening panels and added a sill tube to both sides to assist in support and add some side impact protection. From memory I used two sections of 32mm thick wall steel tube for the sill tubes. These run inside the rocker panel from the seatbelt mount in the B pillar to the bottom on the A pillar. Basically a side intrusion bar in the rocker panel. I was not game to take on the challenge of removing the entire rocker section and trying to get it all back together and correct with the equipment I had. I did this work off stands checking alignment along the way. I removed and replaced the floors once the shell was on the rotisserie as it was much easier then. Jeff

Gav Don't be greedy that's 4 wishes (if you count the date and approval as one wish). Jeff

A dropper post is a must Bruce. I am constantly adjusting my seat hight. 29” wheels, slack head angle and long wheel base also go along way to making going down hill enjoyable and most modems sleds climb with little effort. Jeff

To true Dave. I was riding a few weeks ago watching some young kids doing some jumps and talking to their dad. He made a comment about trying the jumps to me. I laughed and said if they crash it’s 6 weeks on the couch playing PlayStation. If we crash it’s 6 months or longer of pain and anguish. Enduro has gone crazy over the last few years. Our local club races are caped at 200 entries as that’s all the timing chips that we have. Every race is sold out. But in saying that MTB in general is on a big wave at the moment. Just try to purchase a bike and you will soon find out how popular it is. It’s almost impossible to get a bike at the moment with delivery dates blowing out to 6 plus months. Jeff

Sounds like a great adventure Bruce. I'm enjoying a beer now after a swim. I felt like a lemming going down hill today as I was riding with my son. He is a very accomplished rider having competed nationally over many years at DH and 4X. I took the role of a pace car on a few occasions. I gave up after 7 lift rides and almost 50K of riding. At 2:30 legs were good but the arms and shoulders were spent. I was worried about having enough strength to keep going and didn't feel like testing it. Hoping to get back up in a couple of weeks. Jeff

Gravity fuelled day at Thredbo. This place is so much fun. Jeff

It’s the car I just finished Youhan Jeff

As you can see it was several shades of brown including rust brown. was not a fan of the brown at all. It made a hard decision easy. Jeff

Back to the future! For the 240 register. by popular demand HS30-100632 in original clothes. Car came from Sydney now in Canbarra no details of previous owners. Brown interior. Jeff

They should have just staggered the auction finish times by 5 or 10 minutes each. Like throwing hot chips at seagulls. Jeff

There might be a few cranky people about that. Jeff

I think it did. NBN :-) Jeff

Auction is about to end. Currently just over $85k Jeff

Probably should ask Les as any comments on here will be either speculation or historic and both will be inaccurate. Jeff

That’s an good video. When I was planing out my car and I spoke to Les about my plans, he said straight away you need torque and a stroker is the way to go. I wanted a weekend cruiser that I could take to the track if I wanted to and do a few hill climbs etc. wanted to stay with the original diff ratio as it’s better for cruising and stronger. I was never going to thrash the car just enjoy it and have a bit of fun but mostly road miles. What I ended up with is spot on. The thing is a tractor 184 lbs-foot at 1500 rpm and max of 260 just under 5000 rpm. The most important question to ask one self is what am I going to use the car for most of the time. No point building a space ship that is always lighting up the back wheels if you are only going to drive it to the coffee shop and back on weekends. Jeff

Haha. They probably worked out the 3.5l using US gallons and it probably made 400 hp or some stupid number like that. Big tick for the L series from me. My LCR 3.1 in an L24 block is just a pleasure to drive, pulls like a tractor from low down, sounds great, has plenty of licence loosing potentate. Jeff

If you look at the photos on the LCR facebook page it’s not to hard to work it out.... Jeff

From 15:06. Jeff

The SA border might be just shut. Jeff