VR Senator with LSx454

[cava454Moderator 93 VR BT1 View build HERE Member since: February 20, 2015 Posts: 2 390]

VRSenator065 wrote:

18m X 6m

Son of a bitch…..

• This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by  cava454.

[Judge1 FrazerParticipant new zealand1983 VB LSA MG9 6060 6 speed View build HERE Member since: February 5, 2016 Posts: 775]

VRSenator065 wrote:

18m X 6m

Wow That’s cool I’m in the planning process for my new house and work shop , house 239sqm plus workshop is 117.7sqm 10.7mx11m

[Heron SSVParticipant Central Coast NSW2009 Pajero Exceed 84 VK SL LS3 View build HERE Member since: May 5, 2015 Posts: 585]

Hows the erection goin Gary 8====D

 

Being childish is hilarious

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Can confirm the erection will be BIG!!

[Heron SSVParticipant Central Coast NSW2009 Pajero Exceed 84 VK SL LS3 View build HERE Member since: May 5, 2015 Posts: 585]

That looks huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge haha

Giz a rundown of how you’re gonna sort it out…. couple of hoists, tool shop, spray booth, stripper pole, all the things a car nut needs

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Heron SSV wrote:

That looks huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge haha Giz a rundown of how you’re gonna sort it out…. couple of hoists, tool shop, spray booth, stripper pole, all the things a car nut needs

Its actually looks bigger in real life….

So this place is about 2 mins from my house.  At my house I have my decked out 9x6m workshop, with the lift, that’s where I built the Senator, etc.  My idea is that is where I will be building the current car, but that’s all.  The problem I have now is I need to drive the Senator out, then move the Kombi, for example, work on it, then at the end of the day move the Kombi, then put the Senator back in.  It’s a pita.

This is for storage of my little collection, so the Senator, VL, Kart Trailer, MG, Nash, etc.  But the end bay I am going to have a big TV, and deck it out a bit man Cavey.  Bathurst weekend, for example, I always have a boys BBQ, I am going to have it there.  So it’s not so much for working on cars, just storing them.  There is enough room to also have 4 other cars neatly stored outside, separate to this garage. Plus some really cool old school fruit trees.

My long term plan is one day we want to subdivide the block and build a nice two-story smallish house.  But where the whole bottom story is a nice big workshop, but with a massive man cave.  I want big ass movable walls so I can open it all up for parties etc.  Then the top story is a big nice outside deck and regular house if that makes sense.  Then we can sell where we are and put that money (less the build cost) into super.

That’s the grand master plan anyhow…

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Its nowhere near done, but this is a rough layout kind of sort of idea.

[Heron SSVParticipant Central Coast NSW2009 Pajero Exceed 84 VK SL LS3 View build HERE Member since: May 5, 2015 Posts: 585]

That’s a sweet plan mate, definitely living the dream

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Yea I live in Gawler which is an hour north of Adelaide, so house prices are nothing like the city.  Suesy and I like to travel and I like cars (obviously!) so we decided to trade living in a funky expensive area for somewhere nice but less pricey.  Then we can spend $$ on what we both love.  So far so good

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Wow, 0 screwing around there! 

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

This is the first shed I have ever bought and not erected myself. Decided 18×6 was just too much. Looking at the quality so far have to say I think it was worth getting the pros to do it. And so much quicker than would have ever been.

[Vsl98Participant Victoriavs ute with l98 and 4l60e View build HERE Member since: September 10, 2018 Posts: 63]

Nice size shed

Vsl98

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Daily duties today in the Senator, the engine started ran like a dream.  A couple of gremlins to eventually sort though.  I ran the fuel pump control down a little manually and that’s sorted that.  So that’s just a simple case of mounting the rocker switch that toggles between the two settings up in the cabin.  That will do for now.  But the power steering pump started to get a little noisy just as I made it here.  Now I had several stops, heaps of traffic and a train, and it’s an hour’s journey, so probably a good test.  Not sure if it was just a little low on oil or I actually do have a little power steering cooler that I bought but just haven’t fitted it yet.  Funny it didn’t do it on the 2.5-hour drive to Wallaroo.  So maybe that goes on the list.  Then under very light throttle or lift-off, I can feel the slightest “squirminess” in the rear.  Not sure if maybe the cradle poly mounts are starting to flog out, not sure.  As soon as it’s loaded up under power its arrow straight. So again a bit of a look to see what that is.  But all in all super happy, all part of getting it fully sorted I think.

[sands vsParticipant vs commodore View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 619]

Could the pump itself be on the way out?

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

sands vs wrote:

Could the pump itself be on the way out?

Could be, it was new, but might be what the issue is.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Do you have a Cooler on it?

 

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

No cooler at the moment IJ, I have one, just never fitted it.  It was down a little on fluid, topped it up, and was perfect on the way home.  So that maybe shows its OK but marginal so def fitting the cooler is on the list.  Still not sure about this slight weirdness in the rear, might take it to Gawler Mechanical so they can put it on their 4 post hoist so the suspension is loaded up and take a look around.  On my 2 post, it hangs down so you don’t really get to see what’s happening.  I also lift on the cradle mount so I can’t see in there when its up.  I don’t think it’s a biggy, just getting it sorted for road duties.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Yea baby, that’s the shed up    Bathurst party in it next weekend, then the slab gets done.  Bloody stoked with it.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Yeah a cooler is a MUST Gary, I’d dump the fluid at the same time and run some synthetic..

Whoo Hoo ALL the doors 

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