Stage 1 V8

When I had to get such hard to find info for my Thomas winch (I wanted to convert it from electric to PTO), I went to the manufacturer, only to learn the company had been sold, so I went to the new owners. After some haggling and convincing, I managed to get them to send me the working drawings for ...

Hi, Not sure if you are still looking. If this is a for an ex-NZDF 109 V8, be careful of the offset. IIRC, more modern wheels tend to bring the inner rim too close to the chassis wall because later axles were wider and may have included disc brakes, etc. That being said, I have seen several with Dis...

Well done!

I do envy you. I would love to have a Stage 1 HCPU. Is it running 900x16 tyres?

I would probably ask one of the rebuilders you have there. What about an ex-Rangie box too?

Rebuild kits are still available for these aren't they?

Sorry, very late reply.

There were several auctions over a couple of years, and some vehicles were decommissioned during the course of their service period. However, roughly 350.

I shudder to think what mine would be like, with all the defence force bumph in it

Looks a proper job.

Excellent.

As for mud tyres, given the cost I wonder if it is worth it. They do tend to wear faster than ATs simply because of the blocks (smaller point pressure, so greater wear). Depends on the brand I guess.

Cross brace should be straight forward to fabricate.

So yeah. Series III won't go in. Pretty much everything is different to an LT95 PTO output.

I have a PTO winch on mine and it is fine, safetywise.

Belated welcome aboard.

It seems not. It is one of those things that unless someone is stripping and selling off, then they'll want theirs.

Great post. Thank you.

a somewhat realistic price if you were close by and desperate for some parts: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/393646493922?hash=item5ba728d0e2:g:NE4AAOSw9exhdIwC Was Stirling's wagon. He posted this at the end of his thread. Sad end to a long and interesting thread. https://www.stage1v8.org.uk/phpBB3/v...

Hi Stirling, Hope you and the family are doing well. It is one of those things I guess. It was a good platform to learn on and you moved to other challenges. It certainly has been treated poorly. Looks like it's been sitting in a ditch for some time. If I read that right, it's only running on rear w...

On the subject of dramatically over priced
https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars ... f=KXIpMa07