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Adding a pic of the front shock mounts modification for a reader.

Back ground story . After adding teflon strip to the leaf springs , the original lever action shocks were not able to cope , I modified a Bedford top mount to suit the new tele shocks.

LOL , ,sounds like it's time to develop a hearing difficulty

Oh LOOK .........." just the thing for the quick weekend away" ...........

Cool bus Jack , Thanks for keeping us entertained

Thanks Stuart , sorry to be a bother , I should have known that.

Pic at the Castle.

The trip was about 750kms and I used 160L fuel . Pretty poor consumption with the camper on , but not unexpected . The truck ran well and the drive was nice.
I was going to insert an image , but that function seems to have changed .?? yep I'm a dork but I cannot see how to do that now. (Stuart ??)

Thanks for the great update , it's wonderful to see all the pictures of progress.

I'm taking the truck camper to Dunedin this weekend . My daughter is getting married at Larnach Castle https://www.google.com/search?q=larnach+castle&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Gs4pVbKzFqSXmwWpmoHQAg&ved=0CEgQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=742 . It will probably be about a ...

A 'ping' to my computor when someone is online

While I was away in Dunedin , I scored a set of Fenton Headers for the truck , cool 50's period speed equipment . I just got 'round to making them fit, there is a definite change due to the better breathing , even though I still have the single carb manifold on. I had to tune the carb a little , and...

Yep , we are pretty heavily regulated here when modifying anything . All the work I have done on the bus repower/steering /brake changes, is inspected by an Engineer, the electric is another ticket , the self containment (waste water etc) another ticket , gas fitting is supposed to be also ..... :ro...

Thanks Dennis , yes it was plenty of fun :) Before I went away , I thought I should do a wee upgrade to the camper . Going to Southland ....... right ........ need mains power .. :idea: It snows at random times in the spring down there, I have to have the heater option :) So I got the proper circuit...

your chart shows the new tyres will have you driving either slower to save the engine , or at higher revs to get to the destination in the same time .

which do you prefer.

I just spent a week away helping on the http://targa.co.nz/ rally. It was a big deal for me 'cause I don't really 'do' people but they were short of help and I figured it was an opportunity not to be missed. I did about 1000 miles and the truck went Great :) met some interesting people too. Nice to ...

Very interesting , thanks, Stuart. A very gentle intro to the road, it's not until about 5 or 6 minutes in that you realise there is no place to stop or turn , you are committed . I took my 9m bus over the road. I should have been committed elsewhere :) . :shock: About half way thru , was that at th...