Recent content by Mike Mc

That's all we need now. Boy racers in A's :)

You're not wrong there. Getting the clamp aligned and tightened on a RHD is a pig of a job! But on a positive note, the starter motors come out easily.

Great timing. I went through my old Trico a few weeks ago, cleaning it up & re greasing it to no avail.Now I'm feeling motivated about going into it again. Laughed about the comment about getting the wipers working & not taking the car out in the rain. I'm as guilty as the next man of that :)

Chris, I'm assuming bearing inserts. Do you know what the oiling will be, pressure fewd or the current 'original' 'A oiling? Regards Mike.

Check your flow of petrol to the carb. Could be a partial blockage. I've had similar issues which trned out to be crud in the tank partialy blocking the line. If I let the carb refill it would start OK, then would fart, miss & cutout underload as the carb emptied. Mike.

Very good :)

Hi Ted. To be honest, in the 30 odd years I lived in Auckland I never felt one, but in the 10 years I've been in Wellington (dragged down here by my wife) I've felt plenty. I guess it depends on whereabouts you live on the islands.

Jeff, I'm in Wellington and we get lots of (so far) small earthquakes each year. We're on the Pacific ring of fire, where there are a series of techtonic plates meeting. Parts of Asia are on the same ring. The South Island of NZ where Christchurch is has two plates meeting, one subducting...

Nothing silly like a intermittent misfire under load?

I'm not a happy lad. I'm paying over NZD $2.05/ litre to fill the Falcon. Well over a hundred a tank now. Still, not all bad, we're not running ethanol yet. :)

What a beast!:) If I had a Phaeton version I'd be in heaven.

If I was flying Qantas, I'd be more worried about engine detonation :) I think the chances of anything funny with an Air NZ flight would be nil. My kids are flying out to Tokyo on Sunday, with their grandmother, to visit some family working there. My 12yr old daughter was badly sick doing...

I take it you're flying Air NZ. The inflight entertainment system has gotten very good on the long haul flights. I don't think your teens will be bored.

Cool video. She really wanted to fire. Isn't amazing how much smoke a little oil can produce.

Yeah in laws! Don't get me going. Seeing my Roadster was restored by my Dad years ago, the only people I let drive it are myself, my brother & the garage when it goes in for it's road worthyness check. I'll teach my wife, once she gets keen and my two kids when they are old enough. If any one...