Fitzy's GP is back!

[JUSTA6]

Pete...

[Fitzy]

Full Of Wind, perhaps? Much more accurate. Thanks Guys, I'll never be as cool sounding as Dualquad Pete, so I'll just stay as I am.

After seeing the upholsterer, I'll be asking some awkward questions regarding the whereabouts of my wheels.

Tin Indian emailed me and said that the prices on their website were out of date. Uh, so fellas, how about you update the site? I'm no businessman but even I know that providing accurate, relevant up to date information helps everyone.

[64 kiwi boni]

Fitzy 

This is for you more so than the guys and gals state side. 

friday night i get a supercheap junk email banging on about their latest specials, and i notice the nulon. 

So i asked our oil guru Last Indian about them and here are his thoughts....

Nulon semi synthetic 15W40 High Torque or the 15W40 High protection! And the High protection would be my personal preference because of the specs. The ash numbers and the TBN numbers are the highest in these two oils! And by a substantial amount! The higher TBN numbers will do a better job of protecting your engine a well as keeping it clean. The higher ash will do a much better job of protecting your engine from wear! 

so.... i went and bough some while it was on special @ 25% off 👍, dont minded the beer fridge in the back ground in my work van, its full of bottles of water during the week, and when i go to the beach, it fits a whole 24 bottles of db export 33 very nicely 

Edited May 9, 2021 by 64 kiwi boni

[64 kiwi boni]

BIG thank you to Last indian 👍

[Fitzy]

Thanks Kiwi. I use Penrite exclusively and probably always will. Like you, whenever oil was cheap, I stocked up 10 litres at a time, the reasoning being that once the 389 was running, I'd run engine flush through it, then every few hot runs, drain and replace oil & filter until all the crud was out of the engine. Since I am now pulling the engine and tearing it down, I'll use those cheaper oils to get through the first few hot runs. If engine work is needed, I will of course chuck some additives in to assist with initial break in. I'm hoping to get away with a teardown & inspection only since the compression seems to be very good. It'd be nice to get some hardened valve seats installed and a valve job just to freshen it up. It's never going to go on any significant runs, maybe 100km max.

Anyway, thanks to you and Last Indian for the advice. I'll keep an eye on the TBN numbers in future - I have always gone by the SAE classification in the past.

Never heard of DB Export. I drank Steinlager the last time I flew Air NZ - a fine beer. We might have to do a tasting session once we rock up at your joint later this year.

[64 kiwi boni]

3 hours ago, Fitzy said:

Thanks Kiwi. I use Penrite exclusively and probably always will. Like you, whenever oil was cheap, I stocked up 10 litres at a time, the reasoning being that once the 389 was running, I'd run engine flush through it, then every few hot runs, drain and replace oil & filter until all the crud was out of the engine. Since I am now pulling the engine and tearing it down, I'll use those cheaper oils to get through the first few hot runs. If engine work is needed, I will of course chuck some additives in to assist with initial break in. I'm hoping to get away with a teardown & inspection only since the compression seems to be very good. It'd be nice to get some hardened valve seats installed and a valve job just to freshen it up. It's never going to go on any significant runs, maybe 100km max.

Anyway, thanks to you and Last Indian for the advice. I'll keep an eye on the TBN numbers in future - I have always gone by the SAE classification in the past.

Never heard of DB Export. I drank Steinlager the last time I flew Air NZ - a fine beer. We might have to do a tasting session once we rock up at your joint later this year.

 Ah every man to his own i say  hahaha, i shaw we can find a wee fine brew to you liken fitzy 

[Fitzy]

In the absence of my car (still at upholsterer and I'm about to fly to work for 3 weeks) I thought I'd start the day with a triple shot of wild turkey...afterwards, I thought I'd watch Dr Phil, then Ellen and perhaps eat takeaway pizza until it was time for a beer. Thank goodness I'm going to work!

[64 kiwi boni]

6 hours ago, Fitzy said:

In the absence of my car (still at upholsterer and I'm about to fly to work for 3 weeks) I thought I'd start the day with a triple shot of wild turkey...afterwards, I thought I'd watch Dr Phil, then Ellen and perhaps eat takeaway pizza until it was time for a beer. Thank goodness I'm going to work!

fitzy, you have one very cool back yard mate... do you have banana trees ??

when you go do your driving job, are you in the mines ??? whats your job 🙄...

 and hay you like pizza ?? have you seen my pizza oven i built ?? 

Edited May 13, 2021 by 64 kiwi boni

[Fitzy]

Yep, we have banana trees, yep I work on Groote Eylandt where manganese is mined. Because I'm not qualified in anything, I have simply stumbled from crappy job to crappy job and now I drive the guys to the Mine in a coach - easy job, easy money,  perfect semi retirement for an old fossil like me.

Sure, I like pizza. No, I haven't seen your bitchin' pizza oven but be careful coz when we rock up and you bring out beers & pizza, we're never leaving!

[64 kiwi boni]

38 minutes ago, Fitzy said:

Yep, we have banana trees, yep I work on Groote Eylandt where manganese is mined. Because I'm not qualified in anything, I have simply stumbled from crappy job to crappy job and now I drive the guys to the Mine in a coach - easy job, easy money,  perfect semi retirement for an old fossil like me.

Sure, I like pizza. No, I haven't seen your bitchin' pizza oven but be careful coz when we rock up and you bring out beers & pizza, we're never leaving!

This is the pizza oven, i copied off a web site called pinkbird.org , it gave me all the dimensions and what to use, so i justA did it.. took me 3 months worth of weekends to build... mostly made from second hand stuff i could find/ score, fire bricks from a old chimney, counter top from a granite kitchen i scored, schist stone, from a mate who had left overs from a big job.... lots of concrete and steel too.

and even a shot of my old mate harry in there 🥺... he was my mate

you get the oven up to 360 c and push all the embers into the back, and biff a pizza in there... takes 1 1/2 mins to cook and voila !! 

Edited May 13, 2021 by 64 kiwi boni

[64 kiwi boni]

52 minutes ago, Fitzy said:

Sure, I like pizza. No, I haven't seen your bitchin' pizza oven but be careful coz when we rock up and you bring out beers & pizza, we're never leaving!

you do know that october in nz is like mid summer in Michigan 5- 15 c 

best bring lotsa warm clothes mate... your used to the tropics !! bit like ringos part of the world !! 

[Fitzy]

That's  it - we're never leaving! What a great looking setup.

Lotsa warm clothes? I bought a jacket in Andorra a coupla years ago coz it was freezing - never worn it since. I'll bring it & a beanie!

[64 kiwi boni]

Oh you will need more than that !!! 

Temp here this morning 

[JUSTA6]

That's long sleeve shirt weather here in Michigan and Canukistan.   ☃️

[Fitzy]

That's brutal. I need an electric blanket to snuggle against whilst looking at that temp.

I was in Chicago a few years back and it was -18. I was also there one summer and it was 36C. I've been told that people actually live there.

[Fitzy]

Man, did you see this? What was Frosty thinking??? If I'd been there with him and spotted those guages, I would have pushed him to the ground and ran over him, elbowed all the other punters out of the way and rammed fistfuls of cash down the seller's throat!

I'll forgive Frosty only for his past generosity, but Frosty - if you ever walk past another tacho like that one, well...maybe we shouldn't be friends. I need a drink.

Mumble, grumble, bitch, moan...all we see at Aussie swap meets are the same trailers full of rusty mangled shit that we saw last year and then the drug addled sellers stand there and think they're gonna fleece you for their 'gold.' I know where the gold is, for I have the precious!

[JUSTA6]

12 hours ago, Fitzy said:

Man, did you see this? What was Frosty thinking??? If I'd been there with him and spotted those guages, I would have pushed him to the ground and ran over him, elbowed all the other punters out of the way and rammed fistfuls of cash down the seller's throat!

I'll forgive Frosty only for his past generosity, but Frosty - if you ever walk past another tacho like that one, well...maybe we shouldn't be friends. I need a drink.

Mumble, grumble, bitch, moan...all we see at Aussie swap meets are the same trailers full of rusty mangled shit that we saw last year and then the drug addled sellers stand there and think they're gonna fleece you for their 'gold.' I know where the gold is, for I have the precious!

How many do you need?   For someone looking for that missing piece like you were, it's been one fine day to find em.   To buy them up and put em on a shelf where they do nobody any good?  Lost a very close friend a couple of years ago.  He had his entire garage stuffed to the ceiling with hard to find parts of all kinds.  He and his son looked for weeks before he passed, for the center console and His/hers shifter from a 67 GTO to GIVE to me!  The combo together is worth $800 from the few I ran across and didn't have the $$ for at the time.   I had my HURST T handle engraved with Brian's name so I never forget he rides with me every time I fire that car.   After he passed, his son had 2 weeks to empty the garage/house rental.  Everything we drug outta that garage, was phone calls to get out N get it NOW, if you want it, to anyone we could think of.  It made us all sick and to be truthful there wasn't one of us standing there with a dry eye when they hauled off that million dollar dumpster to the landfill.  What would your family do with boxes of car parts sitting on a shelf???  As IndymanJoe say's..... I hope my wife doesn't sell my stuff for what I told her I paid for it.  Frosty, friend's like you make the world go round buddy.

Brian

Your still thought of often.

[64 kiwi boni]

5 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

. I hope my wife doesn't sell my stuff for what I told her I paid for it.

oh no!!! i forgot about that!! , the boss has know idea what my junk is worth!

5 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

How many do you need?   For someone looking for that missing piece like you were, it's been one fine day to find em.   To buy them up and put em on a shelf where they do nobody any good?  Lost a very close friend a couple of years ago.  He had his entire garage stuffed to the ceiling with hard to find parts of all kinds.  He and his son looked for weeks before he passed, for the center console and His/hers shifter from a 67 GTO to GIVE to me!  The combo together is worth $800 from the few I ran across and didn't have the $$ for at the time.   I had my HURST T handle engraved with Brian's name so I never forget he rides with me every time I fire that car.   After he passed, his son had 2 weeks to empty the garage/house rental.  Everything we drug outta that garage, was phone calls to get out N get it NOW, if you want it, to anyone we could think of.  It made us all sick and to be truthful there wasn't one of us standing there with a dry eye when they hauled off that million dollar dumpster to the landfill.  What would your family do with boxes of car parts sitting on a shelf???  As IndymanJoe say's..... I hope my wife doesn't sell my stuff for what I told her I paid for it.  Frosty, friend's like you make the world go round buddy.

Brian

Your still thought of often.

JustA, thats a fantastic gift Brian gave you....

BIG 👍 to friends ... 

[Fitzy]

That's a good story, JustA. I hope nobody took offense to what I said because that certainly wasn't the intention. I probably still have 'tacho fever' and get jittery whenever I see one for sale. Surely one more can't hurt-I could have His And Hers Tachos.

And you can all be assured that Frosty's generosity will never be forgotten. I love that friggin' tacho to bits and I never forget how lucky I am to have procured it. In my mind, I have a mental image of Frosty dragging me away by my feet as my fingernails leave marks in the ground and me screaming "but it's for sale!"

[JUSTA6]

11 minutes ago, Fitzy said:

That's a good story, JustA. I hope nobody took offense to what I said because that certainly wasn't the intention. I probably still have 'tacho fever' and get jittery whenever I see one for sale. Surely one more can't hurt-I could have His And Hers Tachos.

And you can all be assured that Frosty's generosity will never be forgotten. I love that friggin' tacho to bits and I never forget how lucky I am to have procured it. In my mind, I have a mental image of Frosty dragging me away by my feet as my fingernails leave marks in the ground and me screaming "but it's for sale!"

My ol buddy has been on my mind alot the last couple days.  Guess I didn't mean for it to sound like I was raggin on you.  Sorry if it came out that way.  I know how excited you were to get the tach.  Justa thinkin about the stuff we had to throw away because we had no place to put it.  Brian's son couldn't afford a storage unit and really wasn't into cars like his Dad. 

[Fitzy]

Yeah man, no sweat. My sense of humour can be a little caustic sometimes but I never mean to offend.

[Wrongway]

Great story Justa, thanks for sharing it with us bro. 

[Fitzy]

Hello Everyone, GP is still languishing at the auto trimmer - the dude is plenty busy and I told him to take his time. He has now taken his time AND mine! He reckons it'll be done by next weekend. I reckon I'll be writing about his failure to deliver,  on that weekend. I'm okay with it - always got lots to do.

Anyway, look what DID turn up - my Torq Thrust wheels. Yes, that was a 6 month exercise but here they are. So I glanced inside the boxes and then sent them off to the modifier to get them taken out to a 5 X 5 pattern. Once they are fitted with my new whitewalls and on the car, that really only leaves the engine to be looked at, worried about, pulled apart, worried about again and then gingerly machined and rebuilt.

[Frosty]

On 5/22/2021 at 9:27 PM, Fitzy said:

Man, did you see this? What was Frosty thinking??? If I'd been there with him and spotted those guages, I would have pushed him to the ground and ran over him, elbowed all the other punters out of the way and rammed fistfuls of cash down the seller's throat!

I'll forgive Frosty only for his past generosity, but Frosty - if you ever walk past another tacho like that one, well...maybe we shouldn't be friends. I need a drink.

Mumble, grumble, bitch, moan...all we see at Aussie swap meets are the same trailers full of rusty mangled shit that we saw last year and then the drug addled sellers stand there and think they're gonna fleece you for their 'gold.' I know where the gold is, for I have the precious!

If you need more of this stuff - just say the word pal! We have our club's annual car show and swap meet NEXT WEEKEND (6/12/21)! So the chances that some of this stuff being there are pretty good. Give Justa and me a shopping list and we can probably make it happen.

[64 kiwi boni]

Oh fitzy the wheels look bloody neat mate 🍻

can’t wait to see what they will look like on the gp 😎