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Re: Introduction

Posted: November 17, 2014, 3:07 am
by Leeroy
Well that just blew me away John.... I went to visit the website and have a look around. I know they make them for slicks obviously because of yours, but in the background of the main page is..... MY slick! They must have made it some time ago!

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The old girl looks alright! Pity it doesn't look that good right now! ;)

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Re: Introduction

Posted: November 17, 2014, 3:19 pm
by OldManVan
No delivery from Obama at my place either :cry:

Re: Introduction

Posted: November 17, 2014, 3:23 pm
by 1964 700
So thats your one, I saw the pic on the site & wondered where that truck was. great company to deal with too very helpful.

Re: Introduction

Posted: November 19, 2014, 4:52 pm
by Alan Mclennan
:shock: WOW!, the Slick Family is a small circle down here isn`t it!

Re: Introduction

Posted: November 20, 2014, 8:59 pm
by OldManVan
I'm thinking about an efi v8 out of an nf fairlane. What do you guys think ??

Re: Introduction

Posted: November 21, 2014, 6:48 am
by Leeroy
Well it's a lot more modern than anything we've all got! :lol:
You want to keep it efi and the auto ? Or throw a carb on it?

Would be a lot of work to wire up, but would be great for reliability and daily use

Re: Introduction

Posted: November 21, 2014, 7:31 pm
by OldManVan
Thinking pull it all out and try and find a place too put it all back in :-) first. Then down the track twin turbos :twisted:

Re: Introduction

Posted: November 23, 2014, 4:49 am
by Leeroy
^^^^^ I like it..... A lot! But I don't envy you trying to get it legal! :lol:
EFI would be great for daily use.

Re: Introduction

Posted: November 23, 2014, 5:19 am
by OldManVan
Who said anything about the turbos being legal :oops:

Re: Introduction

Posted: November 23, 2014, 5:32 am
by OldManVan
I was driving home from the "rat" today and out of the corner of my eye caught sight of a shiny orange 65. Dropped in for a look, nice little ute :)

Re: Introduction

Posted: November 24, 2014, 2:10 am
by Alan Mclennan
Aaron had his 460 with a 90/65? turbo at SlicStock this year, the turbo whistle was to die for 8)

Re: Introduction

Posted: February 12, 2015, 3:46 pm
by OldManVan
Well I can finally replace this bed.
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With this one !
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How's that for a dad joke :wink:

Re: Introduction

Posted: February 12, 2015, 5:06 pm
by 557f1
now that is a good score.

Re: Introduction

Posted: March 2, 2015, 4:13 pm
by Leeroy
Do I see a roll pan as well??

Re: Introduction

Posted: March 2, 2015, 4:33 pm
by Alan Mclennan
Nice score oldman, I bet they don`t come cheap!...........................Oh and nice to see Leith is still with us!

Re: Introduction

Posted: March 6, 2015, 6:09 am
by OldManVan
Not a roll pan but a step bumper. On top is a near perfect tailgate from a early 70s truck. Underneath was a pair of gaurds. Needs a bit of work but hey you did see the truck I started with lol. Chasing a radiator support now was thinking custom one as mine is way too far gone but if I can find one for the right price it might save some time?

Re: Introduction

Posted: March 6, 2015, 8:47 pm
by Leeroy
Progress! Lucky you.....

Custom is an option I guess but it depends how quickly you want your truck? :lol:
With the repo's around might be a lot easier just to replace? They are quite spendy over this side of the pond tho....

Out of interest, where did you find the bed?

Re: Introduction

Posted: March 7, 2015, 4:37 pm
by OldManVan
Have been trawling the internet ebay, gumtree everywhere like a crazy man knowing how hard they are to find. Anyway long story short did a google image search and found a picture of it. Went through to the site and it was on ebay but none of the searches on ebay would find it for some reason. It had a price and I emailed the bloke to see if he had a buy it now, and went back to have another look at the pictures. That's when I realised the price on it was a buy it now so I hit buy. Anyway it was in Alexandra so drove over that week and grabbed it. He was a great bloke and showed me round his 64 it came off. He put a stepside on his. He threw in that bumper which was really nice and I bought a pair of spare guards he had from his build. I have made some small progress on the truck and I'll post some pictures soon.

Re: Introduction

Posted: March 9, 2015, 3:58 am
by Leeroy
Well that's a pretty awesome find!

Re: Introduction

Posted: April 8, 2015, 6:26 pm
by OldManVan
One very rusted piece at a time :lol:

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