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Goki, sorry to hear you sold your Goon. I've haven't been on much for awhile,what's the "king sized Goon"? Joel, Your car looks great!

 

this is the king sized goon:

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which is for sale at the moment because I want to pick up another project, but if it doesn't sell, I don't have problems keeping it ;)

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Hi from Perth Western Australia!

Thought I'd better 'check in' before I go asking all sorts of nu-b questions :rolleyes:

I actually signed up about 4 years ago before I bought my goon, but I've been a bit of a freeloader up until now :blush:

So here's my project:

 

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Its a '71 Aussie 1600 and the above pics are from the day I bought it about 3 years ago. It drove ok (except for a stuffed dogleg box) and I've kept it registered, but sadly, not much has happened since then besides me stripping it to a near bare shell (bought a house, had two kids.... the usual). It has a bit of rust and a bit more bog (bondo?), a tired L18 with an A87 head and Weber downdraught, and a welded rear end, but I think the time has come to get things moving again. It won't happen fast (lack of funds :no: ), but I'll get there with a little Ratsun inspiration!! :D

Over the last 3 years I've also happened to acquire some other bits:

2 L20B's (one early with an A87 head, rear sump, twin SU's and unknown internals, and another from a later Bluebird stock standard with very low km's),

an unknown 4 speed box which came from another 1600,

another short dogleg 5 speed,

plus another longer mystery box that I haven't really had a look at yet,

plus another set of twin SU's on their own.

Hopefully I can put together a decent combination out of all this! :lol:

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Nice! I brought a goon over from Australia which is currently undergoing some resto. Thanks for the pics!

 

Really?? :geek:

Are you in the US? I thought you guys had heaps of them over there! They're very rare over here..... and you took one away from us?? :crying: :crying:

 

 

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :thumbup:

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Woohoo another Aussie.

 

I had a similar red back spider gear knob on my first 1600 in 1986!

 

Needs the back dropped :)

 

Hehehe! Where you from?

 

Yeah, a big drop is certainly on the cards after the bodywork and engine/gearbox is sorted. ;)

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Are you in the US?

 

Yes, I am.

 

I thought you guys had heaps of them over there!

 

We do, but I like the RHD models. None of those here. (I know of one other that has been converted to RHD)

 

They're very rare over here..... and you took one away from us??

 

It was full of rust and bog and probably would not have passed your inspection. You say I took it away, I say I saved it.

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just purchased it today, now to find time to go get it home.

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Kim

 

 

You Suck :rofl:

 

 

 

 

not really

 

:w00t: nice find, Havent found a worthy wagon in these parts for a long time..

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