Thread: Show us your Classic Rangies.

Originally Posted by zyffer

still going strong at 30 yo - very original '78 RR, well apart from the holley, nola bushes, defence dept spec LT95 (only realised when I went to fit the O/D - no way known was this a standard main shaft), wiring replacement, dual battery, bilstein shocks and electronic dizzy.

Nice one! That would be one of the best original 2 doors around.

Originally Posted by zyffer

still going strong at 30 yo - very original '78 RR,

78', has your dashboard disintegrated yet?

It looks very tidy and as you said original, yellow seems like a popular colour at the moment ! Any other plans for it?

Looking good !

Originally Posted by zyffer

still going strong at 30 yo - very original '78 RR, well apart from the holley, nola bushes, defence dept spec LT95 (only realised when I went to fit the O/D - no way known was this a standard main shaft), wiring replacement, dual battery, bilstein shocks and electronic dizzy.

Very nice and clean unit

My old 2 door rangies - hopefully this works

It worked - after various edits

Alrighty, the mustard rangie (76 vintage) I bought in 96/97 to enable the sailing club to hire/borrow it to tow the Sharpie from Brisbane to Darwin for the Intervarsity Sailing Championships, basically I bought it one day and the next it was off to Darwin (it saw more of Australia than I had). It made it pretty much without hickup, although I think they had to push start it a couple of times - dead battery. At that stage it had no power steering and very original soft springs - in hindsight probably should have kept it as it had no rust. Swapped the interior for another that we got the motor out of, put a decent set of springs in it - there was probably more but too long ago to remember. The centre diff lock did not work at all.

Bought the Green one in 2000, had a friend ring me looking for one, I found this for him, then he decided against rangies and I ended up buying it. Fairly sure the previous owner owned a panel shop and during one of the slower periods he decided to spray paint it - it was previously army green (probably wouldn't have bought it if was still that colour). Unfortunately it already had rust which he removed but it came back and I took it off the road in late 05 when I found the Red rangie. Anyway the Green one has a sweet P76 with a holley and a reco 4 speed manual box. I have a donor 2 door to swap it all across if I get the urge although its not looking that good at this point in time.

My current rangie is a 1990 4 door with the motor still wearing in. Its a 3.9 slightly modified, ZF and a LT230 conversion after I broke the casing of the VC when the handbrake drum landed on a rock at Ormeau

Originally Posted by GuyG

My old 2 door - hopefully this works

Nice colour and the EFI grill looks Good. Looks like a nice rebuild?
Is it still stock or other?
Nice 2 Door
Cheers RR.

Engine: Holden HSV 215
50mm body lift.
35 in sliverstones.
ZF auto.

Toy diff centres 4.3
Jac mac axles.
profield CVs.

Michael.

Ive seen that pic before HSVRangie. Very nice indeed. I like to know where you got your rear arms from, from what I can see in the pic they are bent to allow for the lift. Did you make these yourself, or order them?

Originally Posted by stooge

Ive seen that pic before HSVRangie. Very nice indeed. I like to know where you got your rear arms from, from what I can see in the pic they are bent to allow for the lift. Did you make these yourself, or order them?

suspension links designed and made by me.

machined new sleeve for axle bush.
shaft is from 40*10 hollow bar.
ajuster is 4140 machined to screw into main shaft fitting to std chassy bush.

Michael.