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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on March 24, 2005, 11:53:09 AM
Woohoo!

She\'s here, Arrived 0815 this morning, I was still in my dressing gown I flew out of the house onto the street in just my dressing gown:rollin , I expect a knock on the door from plod anytime soon.

The photo\'s arent brilliant but hey I was shaking with excitement. I\'ll take some  more when I\'ve washed her.

Hope you like, coz I bloody do:D
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on March 24, 2005, 11:54:23 AM
another
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Post by: grinder on March 24, 2005, 11:55:09 AM
keep the pics coming

so where did you get the car from ??

and i was born not a million miles away from you :)
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on March 24, 2005, 11:55:11 AM
another again
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on March 24, 2005, 11:56:26 AM
another again:D
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on March 24, 2005, 11:57:43 AM
another 1 :D
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on March 24, 2005, 11:59:18 AM
I got the car from Oz, Here\'s 1 more.

These are the shoes she will be wearing tomorrow:cool
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Post by: MikeLMR on March 24, 2005, 12:01:54 PM
wooo ! must be like christmas :)

whens it all road legal then ? or is already
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Post by: grinder on March 24, 2005, 12:02:04 PM
so it made a fair trip to get here

based on me having NO idea what it is - can we have a spec ( please ) :)
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Post by: Wav on March 24, 2005, 12:02:19 PM
Looking good dude:cool, and I definitely recognise that pub in the background:bandit ;)

Paul:)
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Post by: Carl on March 24, 2005, 12:26:39 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by grinder
so it made a fair trip to get here

based on me having NO idea what it is - can we have a spec ( please ) :)

RX2 Saloon.
regards
Carl
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Post by: grinder on March 24, 2005, 02:47:34 PM
yeah cheers carl :)

i can imagine a conversation

Me : i\'d like to buy a car
A.N. Other : No probs what sort
Me : I\'d like an RX2 Saloon
A.N. Other : Certainly ... what spec would you like
Me : I\'d like an RX2 Saloon
A.N. Other : Yes i realise this , do you want one with MOT , TAX , Runner , Non Runner etc.. ?
Me : I\'d like an RX2 Saloon
Me : helllllo ... ???? hey where you go

LOL
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on March 24, 2005, 03:36:11 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by grinder
yeah cheers carl :)

i can imagine a conversation

Me : i\'d like to buy a car
A.N. Other : No probs what sort
Me : I\'d like an RX2 Saloon
A.N. Other : Certainly ... what spec would you like
Me : I\'d like an RX2 Saloon
A.N. Other : Yes i realise this , do you want one with MOT , TAX , Runner , Non Runner etc.. ?
Me : I\'d like an RX2 Saloon
Me : helllllo ... ???? hey where you go

LOL

:rollin :rollin

Well Mines a running RX2, just need an MOT etc then I\'m on the road.

Started it up this arvo, after giving the battery a charge:cool  ahhh!!!!!!  the memories came flooding back, listening to that sweet sweet sound of the little exhaust note out the back end (its not so little really, its alot louder than I thought it would be!).

had to take it for a quick brap up our drive:bandit couldnt resist it.

damn these easter holidays, couldve had it MOT\'d tomorrow.

:cool
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Post by: Martiny on March 24, 2005, 03:50:08 PM
Fduk me, that is beautiful!

My first car, back in 1977, was a green RX-2 Sedan. What sweet memories!   Blowing off Alfa\'s, Datsuns, and Bee ems left right and centre!!

You\'ve got me all excitied now, gonna have a go at some fixing up on my Orange one this weekend.
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Post by: travellinbob on March 24, 2005, 07:08:44 PM
Mat ethat is the mutz nutz. Am soooo jealous. In fact my girlfriend is contemplating putting a lock on the computer so that I cant keep looking!:rollin
  Cant wait for more photos. Have fun!
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on March 24, 2005, 08:16:30 PM
Cheers all,

                Glad you like it, think I flooded it this arvo:mad: though, gonna whip the plugs out tomorrow etc.  the main street was looking so inviting, but I managed to restrain myself from tearing off up the road I did manage a quick blast though (wheres the devils smiley\'s on ere;) i dont think the brother inlaw new what to expect LOL!.  

Anyways I\'ve got some pictures that I need peoples opinion on they\'re gear knob pic\'s I\'ve narrowed it down to 2
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on March 24, 2005, 08:18:42 PM
I do like this 1:cool
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on March 24, 2005, 08:26:19 PM
and this 1 is cool 2. i think they\'re all quite good what do you peoples think??????

*Martiny-  Hope you get ya 2 sorted in time RS2 be nice if we could get a posse of oldskool metal there;)

*Bob- hey dude are you coming to RS2?, if you can get to Leeds the day before theres a spare seat in the 2 if ya want ;)  I got  a nice bottle of Bundy Black (VAT 89-19 yrs old) and I\'m gettin some VB for the weekend :cool :wave
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Post by: scooby_si on March 24, 2005, 08:41:19 PM
ask & yee shall receive lol
Looking good!!:god
Si
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Post by: travellinbob on March 24, 2005, 10:19:22 PM
olskool, unfortunantly I cannot make rotorstock as it is a huge weekend for our buisness(is there a crying  emotion thingy?)
 Wish I could.  I always promised myself one of the best things about living in the uk would be the motorsport events but have always thrown self into buisness first.
  Cant wait to see photos of it doing mad crazy things though:D  Your a very lucky man.
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Post by: scooby_si on March 25, 2005, 07:10:28 AM
PM me & i\'ll give you some excellent tips for getting the sack ;) lol
but FYI:
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Si
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Post by: derek on March 25, 2005, 01:03:26 PM
It sure is a good feeling when the waiting is over.    The car looks brill enjoy it mate.

 Regards Derek RX-5
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Post by: Donato on March 25, 2005, 01:16:29 PM
Thats cool! i want one!

Wish you many happy motoring miles!

Cheers

Donato
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Post by: HI RPM RX3 on March 26, 2005, 06:57:04 AM
another one of our oz cars heads to the uk!! thats a couple now i think.
 good to see its gone to a good home. :D
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Post by: Martiny on March 26, 2005, 08:37:45 PM
You got me fired up, now, I have been working on my \'2. Would be great to get it to Brooklands. LOADS of rust around the frame where the Steering box, and the Cross Member go  :-(.

Still, I have put one patch on, 2 or 3 to go. My welding is not that good, so I hope MOT man accepts my repair. Planning on working on it all day tomorrow and Monday.

Once the welding is done, its just a matter of replacing the ball joint rubbers, then the little plastic bush in the steering shaft near the steering wheel, then rear brake slave cylinder rubbers, and thats it.

(Apart from the wrong engine, but that\'ll come later)
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Post by: MikeLMR on March 26, 2005, 08:43:01 PM
< evil idea >how do you think and FD would go with a pinto in it?, \'cause I know that 13B would go reall well in the Rx2 < evil idea >:rollin
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Post by: travellinbob on March 26, 2005, 09:02:26 PM
Yes Mike, that was an evil idea:D
 Oh and Martiny, if I had a pound for every plastic bush that I have or a friend has replaced in the steering column I would be a rich man:rolleyes:  Well, maybe not rich, but could definately be better off.
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Post by: MikeLMR on March 26, 2005, 09:05:18 PM
it would only be temporary ... until Martin gets the 12a sorted


then that can go in the FD :rollin
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Post by: Martiny on March 27, 2005, 09:23:16 PM
Ah if I had the budget,  at aleast a Turbo II engine, but for now, the 12A is lying in wait.

I have been at it all day and have made good progress. A little more welding tomorrow, and the other bits.

I remember my previous RX-2 s  suffered form that steering bush getting play in it.

Maybe its because there is no footrest, and the seats were not really for spirited driving, so we all landed up hanging on for dear life on the steering wheel in the turns!
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Post by: Martiny on March 29, 2005, 11:50:27 AM
Oldskoolrotar, are you coming to Brooklands, cause I will be peeved if I have done all this work an you dont show up!!

Also, would be great to be able to park together, so whoever gets ther first can "reserve" a spot for the other.

Mind you, I still have to pass the MOT ... holding thumbs for Saturday.....
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on March 29, 2005, 02:10:44 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Martiny
Oldskoolrotar, are you coming to Brooklands, cause I will be peeved if I have done all this work an you dont show up!!

Also, would be great to be able to park together, so whoever gets ther first can "reserve" a spot for the other.

Mind you, I still have to pass the MOT ... holding thumbs for Saturday.....

Martiny,  I hope your car passes its MOT.  I dont know if I\'ll be able to make it to brooklands it all depends if I am working or not and I have to get my car ready etc. I\'ll do my best though;)

:wave
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on March 31, 2005, 09:24:46 AM
As the subject says, I\'ve got my MOT test today so I\'m heading into the street for the 1st time:D wish me luck
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Post by: HI RPM RX3 on March 31, 2005, 09:29:01 AM
good luck dude. let us know what happens. :D
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on March 31, 2005, 03:02:10 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by HI RPM RX3
good luck dude. let us know what happens. :D

Well she failed its MOT:(  its not all doom and gloom though, hopefully anyway. I need new ball joints, steering bushes and a rear brake cylinder. Other than that its was fine.

I jumped under the car with the bloke and not a spot of rust in or under her which is a plus for me ;) .

So if anyone can help me with the above bits it would be greatly appreciated.

p.s  its bloody loud and it goes like poo off a stick:cool


minor setback but I\'m on the case.
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on March 31, 2005, 03:11:51 PM
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Post by: Martiny on March 31, 2005, 03:31:41 PM
I have just replaced almost EXACTLY the same parts on mine!!!

I will send you the part numbers tonight.

Can you be more a bit more specific on:

Which tie - rod ends are worn?

Do you need the Trailing arm bushes?
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Post by: Martiny on March 31, 2005, 03:36:10 PM
Is there any chance of booking your re-test for Sunday, and then you could drive it to Brooklands, then postpone your re-test! ?
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on March 31, 2005, 05:32:13 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Martiny
I have just replaced almost EXACTLY the same parts on mine!!!

I will send you the part numbers tonight.

Can you be more a bit more specific on:

Which tie - rod ends are worn?

Do you need the Trailing arm bushes?


Hi Martiny, I\'ve sent you a pm
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Post by: travellinbob on March 31, 2005, 09:05:19 PM
Hey sorry to hear the first failure. Sounds like the guy eas fair, if not a touch hard. Any chance of some under bonnet pics:D ?
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on April 01, 2005, 10:08:24 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by travellinbob
Hey sorry to hear the first failure. Sounds like the guy eas fair, if not a touch hard. Any chance of some under bonnet pics:D ?

The bloke was really good actually, to be fair I\'m glad he failed it I wouldnt like to be driving along and snap something and heaven forbid swerve into someone:( .  I\'ll do some under bonnet pic\'s today for ya bob;)
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Post by: Martiny on April 01, 2005, 10:21:58 AM
Guy, do you have a fax number, I will fax you the relevant Parts pictures.  I could email them, too, let me know.

Also, you got me thinking , I left out some bits! So I will have to re-do my ball joint covers again tonight.
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Post by: mullins on April 01, 2005, 04:27:00 PM
What engines this mint beast running?
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Post by: flectron on April 01, 2005, 04:41:28 PM
12a turbs :)
can\'t wait to see it in the metal..

gord
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on April 01, 2005, 05:34:12 PM
Heres a couple of engine pic\'s, it aint the most immaculate engine bay but it serves a purpose and I think you can guess what that purpose is;)

Anyway hope you like :wave
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on April 01, 2005, 05:35:10 PM
and the other
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Post by: travellinbob on April 01, 2005, 07:31:51 PM
Mate I is loving that! It is such a nice car. I have seen some of those plenum chambers have their inlets cut off and re-welded onto the other side so that you dont have to route the pipework right across the engine bay. Of course of you are going for the front mount route then it is perfect.
 Once again, top car. I might even be able to get to Edinburgh in July(I thimk ) to see you and it.
  cheers, michael.
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Post by: mullins on April 01, 2005, 08:17:33 PM
That\'s weird - the pipe usually comes out the bottom and goes straight to the turbo! It looks like a modified factory plenum? Does it say "turbo" on the top? I don\'t know why you\'d want to send it round in a circle like that - espescially with that 90deg elbow.:confused:

Is there much lag? I\'m sure you could get more performance in the future by changing to a more direct path like the factory setup! :)

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Post by: travellinbob on April 01, 2005, 09:27:26 PM
Hey aotearotor, I have just spent the last hour trying to find a decent pick of an orange top hat and now that I have seen one(thanks by the way) I reckon it is different. I wonder if it is a slightly rarer factory 12a turbo out of something??:confused:
  Would love to know.
 By the way, what ya been up to, havnt seen you on here for a while?
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Post by: mullins on April 01, 2005, 09:40:19 PM
Hi Bob,

Yeah I think you may be right there. It doesn\'t look much different to factory, but that valve thingie is in a different place too! I\'m stumped!!

Beautiful RX-2 anyway :D

Haven\'t been up to much lately. Been on the nz forums a bit. Will probably start hanging round here some more - just a shame this site is so slow with my rubbish 56k modem :o
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Post by: MikeLMR on April 01, 2005, 10:25:31 PM
is it of 12a turbo from a cosmo ? thats the original application I think and it was \'borrowed\' for the 1st gen turbo
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on April 04, 2005, 08:26:31 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by aotearotor
That\'s weird - the pipe usually comes out the bottom and goes straight to the turbo! It looks like a modified factory plenum? Does it say "turbo" on the top? I don\'t know why you\'d want to send it round in a circle like that - espescially with that 90deg elbow.:confused:

Is there much lag? I\'m sure you could get more performance in the future by changing to a more direct path like the factory setup! :

When I get it all sorted road wise I\'m going to visit carl:D , but from what I have noticed after having a short drive their wasnt any lag, it does have turbo written on the top ;)

As soon as I know more I\'ll let you know
:cool
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on April 18, 2005, 10:28:52 AM
Spoke to the previous owner today regarding the turbo setup, he got it off his cousin, apparently its a rare setup that was put on a couple of RX\'2 that ran at bathurst, I\'m waiting for more info
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on April 18, 2005, 02:05:40 PM
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Post by: travellinbob on May 08, 2005, 09:24:01 PM
So hows it all going with the new beast? mot yet?
  hope all is well.
  cheers, michael.
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Post by: OLSKOOLROTAR on May 10, 2005, 04:24:38 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by travellinbob
So hows it all going with the new beast? mot yet?
  hope all is well.
  cheers, michael.

Hi Mick,
              Well unfortunately it isnt mot\'d yet, I was told by the bloke from the garage that it would be ready today, so I phoned at lunch time to be told that the rear drums are binding:confused: , so I jumped in the car (wifes) and drove down to speak to him he now say\'s tomorrow.

I am now starting to get a little f**ked off with this bloke he has had the car for a week now. I gave him all the parts as per his request for the mot etc and I\'m not happy at all with his heal dragging.

As mentioned above he\'s saying tomorrow but I\'m not holding my breath:reallymad .  I\'ve been nice and polite but if I get the run around tomorrow this little black duck will be a bit upset to say the least.
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Post by: travellinbob on May 11, 2005, 12:15:14 PM
well I hope the bloke pulls his finger out for you and it all goes smoothly.
  good luck, michael.