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  1. 11-07-2019, 09:29 PM #111
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    Hi again all, it’s been some months again and more work has been done on the Ute. The engine bay is nearly complete apart from the air conditioner compressor and a bit more wiring connections.
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    The diff is all done with brake lines back on and oil back in.
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    Today the the car went off to the trim shop, Jim’s Trim in adelaide to get roof lining put back in. I have known Jim for 30 years and he was an apprentice motor trimmer at Holden Elizabeth and started in 1974. That means that I am getting the seats retrimmed and roof lining exactly as it was done from the factory in 1975. The slate black seats have come up looking great and he still had a roll of the original black ribbed roof lining material.
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  2. 12-07-2019, 09:10 PM #112
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    Very nice.
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  3. 13-07-2019, 12:47 AM #113
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    How exciting ....
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  4. 13-07-2019, 07:18 AM #114
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    Oh wow that’s beautiful

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    Looking great Fred not long to go know
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  6. 10-11-2020, 10:32 PM #116
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    Quote Originally Posted by SLR_dave View Post
    I'm interested to know about longer steering arms, I thought they were all identical HJ-HZ?
    Quote Originally Posted by wbute View Post
    Power steering has shorter arms. I think that very early on they may have used shorter arms in manual boxes too. If you use the long arms on power steering(I haven't swapped mine over on my we power steering conversion yet) you have a huge turning circle.
    fast ratio steering was available as an option on manual steering, were shorter arms used for this or was it a different worm drive in the column.

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  7. 11-11-2020, 08:08 AM #117
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    Quote Originally Posted by Absinth View Post
    fast ratio steering was available as an option on manual steering, were shorter arms used for this or was it a different worm drive in the column.

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    The fast ratio manual steering option had the GTS 16:1 box which had a different worm.

    I answered this more fully on Fastlane earlier this morning. Check it out there.

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  8. 14-07-2021, 05:52 PM #118
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    Unfortunately it looks like Fred never got to enjoy his fine work on this one and sold it last year, see add attached. Beautiful job, hopefully the new owner loves it

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  9. 14-07-2021, 07:35 PM #119
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    Bloody awesome
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  10. 15-07-2021, 09:41 PM #120
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    Like brand new, probably better than new.
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