PickupRover-
Okay, he's kind of a Frankenstein at the moment, and we're not sure exactly the approach we're going to take so here we go - 1973 Series III 88 hard top RHD, standard 2.25 petrol engine, D90 door tops, 109 roof rack (I'll explain), 33 inch tires on what appear to be American Racing rims, negative earth electrics, Ford Mustang seats, stereo,cb radio, Hella 500 up front, Hella rectangular whites in the rear, large tool box mounted in the rear tub, and I think that about covers it.
The truck was originally purchased from original owner by TNLR, who had it shipped to the states and then sold it to the person I bought it from, who had the vehicle from 2004 onward.
The PO used it as a weekend run-about truck, some light off-roading and just kind of a fun truck to cruise around in on the weekends from what I gather. He didn't appear to be real concerned with aesthetics, something we are, so we'll be looking at tackling a lot of the smaller, fine-tune issues, aside from the mechanicals.
The TNLR owner had a roof rack from a 109 which had rolled and the front end of the rack was bent. The PO purchased it cheap, cut the front end off and welded lighting tabs there and I'll be damned, it looks pretty good.
We're having some issues starting her though at the moment. When I picked it up there was no fire and PO said it was a new battery but she'd been sitting for a while, so after a good jump she came to life and drove just fine. After the 550 mile haul home sitting on a trailer, again, could not get her to fire. After quite some time with her hooked up to my DII she finally fired and I drove her around the blocks a few times before pulling her into the drive. Over the weekend there were times when she fired right up, and now I feel the battery is drained again.
I have a sneaky suspicion that something is hard-wired wrong somewhere and I've got a positive drain on the battery. I'm going to get the battery checked, and if that's not the problem I'll work my way into the engine bay.
That's it for now. I've removed a lot of stuff, cleaned a lot of stuff of, but I'm really just cracking the surface. My signature link will be a lot more detailed.
Thanks for the support fells!
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