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Yes, I missed that one. That was a Holden Commodore here and the GTO was a Holden Monaro.

Just a pic of some boxes of parts but the hydraulic clutch conversion parts covered back in post 1037 have arrived. Always fun opening a delivery. Leaving aside the shipping cost, this was eight business days since placing the order, from Idaho to suburban Melbourne, It went from Idaho to LA to...

Some nice rides there. Product of Australia that last one, from back when we made cars here.

I'm not 100% sure but I think in the '70's those things were assembled in RHD form from knock down kits by Australian Motor Industries (AMI) better known for doing the same with Ramblers. It would have had a Rambler straight six or V8 originally, most likely the former. They were a slug but the...

Looks like a very nice trip. Lyndon. Your house plans also look great and I bet you're excited it's all about to start. I think the plywood wall is a top idea. I wish I'd done that on the two plaster walls I have in my garage. If that's a stud wall between the garage and the house I'd be doing...

There's been the odd Holden parked there once or twice so it can't get any worse than that.

Yeah, I agree with all that. I don't recall being particularly fussed about moving the GT on at the time. I'd enjoyed it for more than five years and it felt like time to update and we had reasons why a wagon was a good idea. I do remember being a bit tortured about moving into an automatic but...

Conduit could be cable tied to something like these to avoid drilling the lift posts, https://zbad1.com/products/magnet-cable-tie-holders

Even replicas are commanding stupid money these days. https://www.seven82motors.com.au/lot/march-29th-2026/xy-gt-replica/

Well, I think we all have garage envy now. What a fantastic set up,

For context about this apparently random post readers should refer to the suggestion from Kitdoctor on Hewey's thread https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/heweys-1950s-single-garage-cottage.325444/post-11611790 Unfortunately, I have no magnificent photo archive like Bob Heine regularly...

I think that's how Holdens came out of the factory.

I'll see what I can do.

.... and I had one but sold it, a long time before the early 2000's. I guess I was in the boat but drove it onto the rocks.

Wow. I guess you made it safely? That looks like a capsize waiting to happen.

Really coming together now.

I opened up the air con kit boxes to verify all the bits were there, then couldn't help myself having a bit of a tinker and fitting the brackets and drier to the condensor. That'll be it for a while, though.

That's interesting, Mike. Our Club Permit Scheme gives you either a 45 day or 90 permit. If you get the former and use up the days before the year is up, you can pay for the second 45 and keep using it. I always get 90 days and always use more than 45 but so far I haven't been able to use all...

Yeah, they do all make that claim. It's semantics I guess, but in doing so they are really distinguishing between cutting and what I've called clearancing. As you note, I do speak from experience. You can get various offset shifters that will bring it up in the middle of the tunnel opening but...

While I'm on a roll... Another thing I want to change in my Mustang is the clutch actuation mechanism. My previous one, which I rebuilt myself, had a hydraulic clutch and a 5 speed Tremec T5 trans. The clutch was smooth and light and the trans shifted smoothly. The current one has the original...