Alright guys, I'm about to embark on a what i can foresee being a very long mission to build up a 4WD. it will be a bit of a project/hobby to keep me entertained and to give that all important sense of satisfaction of building something unique and personalised.
I've decided to put up thread to show the progress because i have read a lot that you guys have put up and found them a great source of info and inspiration, it will also help me keep track of where i am up to and hopefully serve to keep me on track and not give up.
So here is the starting point or "canvas" for those of you playing at home. It is a 1992 GQ Wagon 4.2 Litre EFI Manual i think it is a RX Model although the rego papers say TI. it cost a grand total of $1700 dollars and still had a couple of months rego. It didn't run very well but after some new spark plugs, valve clearance adjustment, timing adjustment, and replacement of some leaking fuel hoses it was a hell of a lot better on both petrol and LPG. It is very rough inside and out and is sporting a total of 520 odd thousand kms. It's only saving grace is that it has all the electrical options i wanted ie power windows, power mirrors, A/C, Electrical aerial (even though it's broken) and it is 100% rust free. although there is a few dings and twists in the doors and front guards the body itself is straight and solid. or at least that's my justification of buying it as a good starting point.
it came with a pretty poorly made roof rack and some cheap roof spotties that weren't wired up so they came off pretty quick, i sold them for $50 bucks. (it all helps in the long run)
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