Classic Rangie on gas

Well, the verdict is in and POS is the result. Rear tailgate is rotted, top half. No front propsaft (crap knows why), steering box is buggered, drivers side front floor is rusted out, interior is much worse than it looks in the photos, roof lining is sagging badly, and it doesnt run on petrol, nor does it run on gas, so he was FOS when he said it ran really well.

A big thanks to rangieman for looking at it for me, i owe you a beer or two when we finally meet. Matt

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Originally Posted by Ace

Well, the verdict is in and POS is the result. Rear tailgate is rotted, top half. No front propsaft (crap knows why), steering box is buggered, drivers side front floor is rusted out, interior is much worse than it looks in the photos, roof lining is sagging badly, and it doesnt run on petrol, nor does it run on gas, so he was FOS when he said it ran really well.

A big thanks to rangieman for looking at it for me, i owe you a beer or two when we finally meet. Matt

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No probs matt:angel:

oh it did run on gas when you stuck a wire on the battery , and no compliance plate for the gas setup

Best keep looking then :(

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Originally Posted by Utemad

Best keep looking then :(

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Yeah, we are going to go to orange on wednesday and look at a couple of falcons, it sounds as thought any rangie we buy will need work doing to it in our price range so we are going to hold off for a while until we have the extra cash to buy a better one with a decent gas system, shame cause the photos make it look better than it is. Matt

G'day Ace :)

Now you can sus out the other one in Wendourie ;)
or keep looking for one in NSW, as they will turn up from time to time, as far as the bagging about getting a rangie goes, don't worry I know that you are looking at it in a Road Safety point of view;) as I am well aware of the varying road conditions in the local area, my first introduction to snow was when I was carting Explosives to Carcour dam in the late 60's early 70's and driving a J1 Bedford with a Magazine full of Nobel's AN-60 and Kiri Dynamite on fresh snow is INTERESTING to say the least:eek:

cheers

Won't the handbrake let you get a bike? For 15km commute, and I gather you're not in a high-traffic area, the purchase and running costs would be a LOT less, safety is but still not really risky stuff, and you can have fun, which is more than can be said for a cheap Falcon.

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Originally Posted by scrambler

Won't the handbrake let you get a bike? For 15km commute, and I gather you're not in a high-traffic area, the purchase and running costs would be a LOT less, safety is but still not really risky stuff, and you can have fun, which is more than can be said for a cheap Falcon.

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I agree, 15km's isn't very far on a treadley. Might be a bit nippie in winter though

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Originally Posted by Ace

any rangie we buy will need work doing to it in our price range so we are going to hold off for a while until we have the extra cash to buy a better one with a decent gas system,

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Ace, I know of a nice 4.6 HSE P38A on gas and it's not far from you.

Ron

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Originally Posted by p38arover

Ace, I know of a nice 4.6 HSE P38A on gas and it's not far from you.

Ron

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I'll swap you for a SIII

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Originally Posted by p38arover

Ace, I know of a nice 4.6 HSE P38A on gas and it's not far from you.

Ron

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I would if i could afford the repairs when things go wrong, but at the moment i can buy one but couldnt afford to repair a p38a.

A bike is out of the question, to lazy to ride my pushie and i dont want to get a motorbike licence and ride them on the road, i have enough trouble with incompetence around me in the disco where i am protected, i dont want to remove the forcefield. As said above i would be frozen by the time if got there in winter