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| posted on September 9th, 2011 at 10:01 AM |
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nah, holden or ford is far too easy/common ;P . from what we've seen so far (we're still keeping an open mind) we're thinking:
VW Type 3 wagon
Renault 10
Saab 99
Volvo 140
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A humber! we used to have one in the paddock when I was a little kid, think it was a super minx?
being destructive kids there wasn't much left of it by the time I was 10 
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Super Minx would be a Hillman 
We very nearly ended up with one of these in wagon form.
Humber would be a Super Snipe:
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/0/03/20091014202759!Humber_Super_Snipe_Series_III.jpg[/img]
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| posted on September 9th, 2011 at 01:53 PM |
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whats the taillights look like on the car in the last pic?
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| posted on September 9th, 2011 at 03:22 PM |
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whats the taillights look like on the car in the last pic?
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| posted on September 9th, 2011 at 05:17 PM |
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mmm? might be it? I recall seeing bee hives though. So hard to remember back to age of 4 lol
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| posted on September 15th, 2011 at 04:37 PM |
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Well we've had half a day to spend beginning work on the Victor and things are going very well. We rehung the front doors which had only been sat on
in order to get it home and they are now opening and closing nicely. We also refitted the interior trim to the front doors which is in AMAZING
condition (unfortunately we will have to remove it again to properly refit the outside chrome trim).
We had been told by the previous owner that the drums were freshly machined and the pads new, and after taking off 2 of the drums this definitely
seems to be the case. It also appears that the brake cylinders may be in good condition as they appear to have nice fresh feeling dust seals on them
and show no visible signs of leaking. Some fluid in the drained master cylinder and the brakes are now well on their way to being useable.
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| posted on September 22nd, 2011 at 07:11 PM |
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Just read a great little article on the F series Victors, sounds very promising about mechanical durability! It also suggests that the interiors wear
out and aren;t durable even in the UK environment, making me even certain that the near perfext vinyl in ours makes for a very low km car 
http://www.4x4mart.co.uk/archive.php?ed_id=330&limit=0&pos=0&chan...
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| posted on September 22nd, 2011 at 10:53 PM |
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It's looking good so far, thanks for the pics
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| posted on September 27th, 2011 at 08:18 PM |
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We spent another couple of hours on the Victor today. Sanded down the bodyfiller in the guard and bonnet to see what lies beneath. No rust but lots
of dints, the previous owner managed to find a remarkable number of sharp objects with the front left corner of the car!
 
We got the basic panelbeating tools out that I've had for a while, had a read of a how-to article in a classic car magazine and got stuck into it.
We won't be putting any filler in, just straightening it as much as possible and then repainting to seal the metal.
I added a quick bit of paint to the bonnet to seal it from the bad weather of the next few days. Pretty happy with the result for our first time!
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| posted on October 14th, 2011 at 06:09 PM |
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Late notice as it ends tonight but we've added our Victor to Just Car Insurance's coolest car competition for a laugh,Please vote for us if you're
on facebook, or even better drop a couple of dollars into our everyday heroes tax deductible sponsorship page
http://www.facebook.com/justcar?sk=app_233013726736756&app_data=1199
http://everydayhero.com.au/desertsailors
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| posted on October 17th, 2011 at 07:12 PM |
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Victor's got new shoes!
Scored a near new set of 165x80x13" tyres off Ebay a week or so ago and fitted them up to the old girls wheels today. Also chucked on my spare
roofrack to make her more rally-ish :P
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| posted on November 2nd, 2011 at 03:57 PM |
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Not much hapenning on the car at the moment as I'm down to my last fortnight of uni ever, but some good news. We picked up some fantastically retro
Pioneer parcel shelf speakers at the swapmeet in Croydon for $5 so we're one step closer to having some tunes in the car, and we have a very exciting
event to announce!
I've posted this in the events forum but for those who haven't made the connection - The Lucky Coq in Prahran is throwing Desert Sailors a launch
Party! On Sunday Nov 27th we will have the Victor out the front of the pub, there will be a BBQ with sales going towards the fundraising, back-issues
of Vintage Caravan Magazine also being sold as fundraising with more details to some. We're got a facebook event up and running for it and expect the
Lucky Coq will add an official event page shortly http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=195644283845231
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| posted on November 4th, 2011 at 04:40 PM |
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Exciting times,the route has been announced!
Day 1 - Melbourne CBD to Wentworth (near Mildura)
Day 2 - Wentworth out of Victoria to Tibooburra via Broken Hill
Day 3 - Tibooburra to Innaminka in South Australia via Camerons corner (the borders of Queensland, South Australia and NSW)
Day 4 - Innaminka to Windora in Queensland
Day 5 - Windora to Winton
Day 6 - Winton to Mount Surprise
Day 7 - Mount Surprise to Cairns (Hopefully downhill!)
Getting very excited now! To give you an idea of the distance covered here's a screen-capture of the route map:
There are promises of sand dunes, wet and dry river crossings and lots of dirt roads, time to find some spare wheels! ;D
Route map here: http://www.shitboxrally.com.au/route-2012/
Donations page here: http://everydayhero.com.au/desertsailors
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| posted on November 9th, 2011 at 10:22 PM |
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I just found this photo today, great to see a Victor going hard in the dirt! Anyone know where I can get a copy of the movie it comes from?
(Rallybrudar, 2008) It features the Victor, a bunch of Volvo 122s' and many more lovely classics and I can;t find a copy for sale anywhere!
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| posted on November 10th, 2011 at 10:28 PM |
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Finally got around to doing some welding on the car. I'll let the pictures do the work:
Lower guard work:
Rest of the guards:
Where battery had rotted through:
Sitting back together:
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| posted on November 11th, 2011 at 02:33 PM |
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To continue our wonderfully productive week Desert Sailors is very pleased to announce another sponsor for our grand adventure for the Cancer
Council.
Hemco seatbelts ( http://www.hemco.com.au/seatbelts.html )has come on
board this week. For those that don't know them, Hemco are suppliers of volume and one-off seatbelts for all makes and models of cars. We use them
at work and I've had a set of standard belts fitted to my Volvo for the last 12 months, and have just treated myself to some custom belts in green to
match the interior. Hemco can do custom length static and retractable belts with a range of stalk options and colour options at very reasonable
prices and made in Australia. They've been here for a while too, I recently hopped into a mate's Peugeot 403 and the period fitted belts in that
are Hemco!
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| posted on November 16th, 2011 at 08:25 PM |
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We've had some fun recently and decided to put together some Team Tshirts for the Desert Sailors. All designs give $10 directly to our donation
drive for the Cancer Council.
http://desertsailors.communitee.com.au/home?ma=4
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| posted on November 21st, 2011 at 09:54 PM |
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Exciting times, 3 days of long hours and late nights and the Victor is painted!
Day 1 involved the last bits of metalwork and some metal prep and final assembly:
Day 2 I prepped the top half of the car with the help of a good mate, masked it up and hit it with 1l of 'aluminium', small compressor, gun set up
for thick paint and paint made to be brushed on rather then sprayed, thinned heavily for the purpose. The result is appalling but fitting :
Then day 3 saw the lower half of the car prepped,silver drips removed and a litre of ridiculously loud blue added. Like the silver the blue had
issues, very thin and didn't want to adhere to the base, but again I think the result is fitting:
Then reassembly on the mostly-dry new car:
not bad for 3 days work!
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| posted on November 22nd, 2011 at 05:22 AM |
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Bloody beautifull !  looks like your having lotsa
fun already. 
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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| posted on November 22nd, 2011 at 01:34 PM |
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Not terrible for $65 worth of paint :P Melbournites can come and see it in the flesh on Sunday, it will be proudly displayed on the back of a trailer
out the front of Lucky Coq in Prahran for it's launch party
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| posted on November 22nd, 2011 at 06:16 PM |
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So exciting to see it outside in the sun for the first time!
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| posted on November 26th, 2011 at 12:12 PM |
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Looks like the weather's clearing, should be a good day at the Lucky Coq in Prahran tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon for the Victor's launch, just got to
give it a quick wash and fit the rear bumper then she's ready for her debut!
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| posted on November 28th, 2011 at 07:32 PM |
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I'd like to say a big thankyou Lucky Coq for hosting our Shitbox Rally launch party on Sunday. The sun was shining, BBQ was sizzling, and between
the BBQ and raffle we managed to raise another $240 for a good cause.
Raffle Winners were:
Polly (ticket 18)
Kiy (ticket 1)
Jason (ticket 26)
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| posted on December 4th, 2011 at 06:38 PM |
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BIG weekend on the Victor. Started to piece the wiring back together, so far I am a couple of globes away from working indicators, brake lights and
taillights. Still need to figure out how to hook up the headlights since the wiring has been cut to change from the old globes to sealed beams.
Gearshift is linked up and seems to be shifting quite well, Starter motor is working, car is turning over,fuel is getting to the carb, just lacking
something in the spark department as far as I can tell before she is a runner
Also drilled out the broken stud in the exhaust manifold, reassembled it, hooked up throttle and choke, removed, inspected and reinstalled the
waterpump, I think that'll do me for the weekend!
Want to say thankyou to Smithy's LPG in Bayswater too, as they made a very generous donaqtion to the team on Friday.
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| posted on December 5th, 2011 at 09:16 PM |
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2 friendly cars during my weekend workathon
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| posted on December 7th, 2011 at 07:35 PM |
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IT RUNS!!!!!
Given stale fuel, dirty old plugs, spark plug leads covered in electrical tape she runs soo much better than she has any right to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vb2Hxd1G-8
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| posted on December 11th, 2011 at 07:52 PM |
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Got to drive the Victor today, had a little fun bleeding the clutch slave and need to find a suitable upper rad hose, but was otherwise very happy
with the drive, if a little scared by 4 wheel drum brakes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPune2LW97E
Sound makes it sound pretty rough but it actually sounded and pulled smoothly if slowly
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| posted on December 12th, 2011 at 12:22 AM |
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Well done! great stuff and it looks the part!
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| posted on December 13th, 2011 at 07:35 AM |
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Thanks,can't wait to take her out on a real road!
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oil replaced, gearbox oil filled, diff topped up, headlights wired and adjusted, horn wired and extensively tested ( :-D ) battery secured, wipers
reassembled, wiring tidied up, coolant flushed and refreshed, accelerator pedal fitted... I need some sleep! not much to do tomorrow before roadworthy
hopefully!
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| posted on December 17th, 2011 at 12:02 AM |
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good luck with the roadworthy, hope you gat a decent examiner
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