Thread: JUMBUCK

Pulled out my rubber seals. The bulkhead to screen is a repro but the vent is original NOS. Dont you love the little nostalgic tags.

Got the seals fitted to the second best windscreen and vent I have.
The threads on the vent catches took some work but are now good.

This is an early bonnet and has the windscreen fastener going to a staple rather than the windscreen support as on later models.
These were missing so I grabbed a couple of the bonnet fasteners I had and bolted them up.
Didnt work. They are not the same as the early ones have a 90 deg bend in the stem to allow them to drop low enough.
Looks like I will have to make some.

A few years back, I think on the TransTasman forum there was a thread on this switch. I thought it interesting at the time but have since forgotten its purpose.
Can someone who hasnt lost as many braincells as myself please remind me.
Thanks.
Keith

G'day Keith,
In WA at least, it was a law requiring the rear tail lights to be switched externally,

Cheers Charlie

This is an Annand and Thompson landy so they must have done it over here too.
What was the reason behind it?
Keith

To convert a straight stem latch to a bent stem.
Clamp knob in vice.
Pull handle to compress spring.
Clamp small vicegrip on shaft to hold spring compressed.
Dress down the head of a 1/4" carriage head bolt to size.
Cut existing knob off and weld bolt on at rightangles about 5/8" back from head.
Cut off stem of bolt and dress to shape with grinder.
Paint and release vicegrips.

Front nearly finished.
Not many wires in this engine bay, though I may have got carried away with fuses.
Brakes still spongy but cant seem to get any more air out.