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Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 10:10 pm
by Steve Holmes
Yeah tough call John, and I wouldn't have wanted to have made the decision. Under Schedule K you MIGHT have got away with it. Its a fairly minor thing, but it was the relocated fuel filler that suggested the link between the car on TM, and the Cambridge Monaro.

But, as you rightly say, you're trying to freeze the cars history to one specific point in time, and in late 1969, that car still had its fuel filler in the factory location.

Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 7:04 pm
by khyndart in CA
John,
I remember reading this in a NZ Classic Car magazine in Dec. 2008.
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"A Field Filler ! "

You can certainly answer that last question now.
Congratulations and please take care of her until we can have that beer under the hood !


(Ken Hyndman )

Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 8:29 pm
by Jac Mac
[color="#0000CD"] * A beautiful "pair'' of cross-ram webers... * ?? did that mean two DCOE webers on an adapter on top of a 4bbl intake.... I had the impression it was four DCOE's on the likes of a proper cross-ram manifold or similar...??
Probably an over excited journo with wrong words.[/color]

Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2016 11:45 pm
by John McKechnie
Jac Mac- as always your memory is strong and correct- 4 X 45 DCOEs on a Moon cross over manifold at port Hills.
Hot Rod mag June edition said they were 55 DCOEs- same as on Norm Beecheys Monaro and Terry Allens big block Camaro.
Field filler....Hah,at least he was there and running, not a gunna

Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 5:43 am
by kiwi285
Here are the latest batch of photos of John's Monaro

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Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 6:56 am
by Steve Holmes
Looks amazing! Great work John.

Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:52 am
by aussiemonza
Hi John, great work. An inspiration. If you want to sell the Webers back to me, I need them for the Monza!

Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 12:40 pm
by Mark Fiddyment
It looks fantastic and has come such a long way from the first photos posted. I was wondering if the front sway bar is on upside down for a specific reason as the step is usually down and on the passengers side to clear bottom radiator hose?

Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 3:27 pm
by John McKechnie
Mark-
Thank you for bringing this to my attention and it will be the first thing that get done when I get the car home

Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 12:32 am
by John McKechnie
aussiemonza wrote:Hi John, great work. An inspiration. If you want to sell the Webers back to me, I need them for the Monza!


Rowan -mate. Webers are like women, property and cars.........hard found and even harder kept.
I may have to use super loctite to resist temptation to remove them at any time.
They are still under my pillow rocking me off to sleep...........

Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 5:44 am
by kiwi285
Here are a couple more photos from John. This like a strip tease in reverse.

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Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 10:08 pm
by Kevin Hirst
kiwi285 wrote:Here are a couple more photos from John. This like a strip tease in reverse.

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Beer crate would have been full, half full, or full of emptys back in the day

Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 5:44 am
by kiwi285
When you got to this stage of a built I would imagine that it would be full of empties and there were a few not so happy campers. It would have been by the door to remind someone that it needed replenishing.

Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 5:48 am
by John McKechnie
Monaro is back home at last ,resting from all the intense surgery.
Is accepting guests during normal visiting hours.
A big thanks Pete for all his attention this year
Hood lining and interior glass ,regulators etc starts tomorrow.

Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 9:40 am
by Bruce302
Well done john,
I will be around for an inspection soon. Exciting times.

Bruce.

Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 2:53 am
by kiwi285
Here are the latest batch of photos from John. Must be getting close now me old mate. Can't wait to see it completed and on track doing its thing.

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Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 1:15 am
by seaqnmac27
Not yours John, but Ron Silvester's 'lost' one

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Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 2:01 am
by Terry S
seaqnmac27 wrote:Not yours John, but Ron Silvester's 'lost' one

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Not bad eh? In three posts you have at least one page of each upside down

Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 2:40 am
by Steve Holmes
kiwi285 wrote:Here are the latest batch of photos from John. Must be getting close now me old mate. Can't wait to see it completed and on track doing its thing.

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Wow, that looks amazing!

Re: Team Cambridge Monaro

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 7:02 am
by seaqnmac27
Terry S wrote:Not bad eh? In three posts you have at least one page of each upside down


I am sorry, but what are you on about now Terry?