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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 140 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 140 | Well the day has finally arrived. Took my truck on a transporter to the gas station to fill the LPG tanks and then it was time to fire it up for the first time.
My friend John Fearn turned up in his newly completed pickup so what is a man to do????????????? take the COE for a test drive up the road that's what
Check out the latest pics here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/86936723@N04/
Hey Spanky the door inspection plates have not arrived yet. Did the PO give you an idea how long they should take to get here? | | | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 85 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 85 | WOW, that truck looks great! What nice work you did! Except for right hand drive, guess that is necessary in NZ.
A real beauty, congrats! | | | | | Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 199 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 199 | Truck looks great...How is the air ride? I am still trying to decide if I am going to put air ride under Big Bertha... | | | | | Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,159 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,159 | Right hand drive,or not,your truck looks AWESOME!! I'm not into whitewalls,but they look good on your truck. Congrats,and ENJOY!! | | | | | Joined: May 2013 Posts: 51 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: May 2013 Posts: 51 | Truck looks great. Like the white walls too
1947.5 Chevy 4100 red primer
1951 Chevy 4400 grey primer
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | How sweet it is. Nice work, nice looking truck. That's one you can definitely be proud of. Man, some of you guys have got all the talent. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 255 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 255 | Very nice COE. You did a really good job on it. What do you have to do to your engine to run it on propane, other than the propane carb and equipment.Thanks. Jim | | | | | Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 687 | VERY nice. Interesting choice of fuel. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 430 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 430 | Looks like you have 2-3 full weekends worth of work invested into this....Looks great. I run a fabrication shop, so I can appreciate all the time and effort put into this.
Congrats on getting it done and on the road! | | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 140 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 140 | air ride is working great. I only have it on the rear, wouldn't even consider it for the front | | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 140 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 140 | to run on propane I only had to replace the gas carb with a propane carb and mixer. The engine has only done 24000 miles so is still tight and runs well. They recommend a special grind on the camshaft for better performance but it runs sweet so I am leaving it as it is
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 140 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 140 | as for why propane in NZ petrol is $2.19 per litre and propane is .98c so a no brainer really | | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 140 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 140 | have two weeks to finish the bed as it is booked into the painter the first week of Dec so some late nights coming up. For any one interested I have uploaded a couple of pics on my flickr account of the first panels glued to the bed. | | |
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