A Parent's Nightmare!

Namaste Jesus said:
DAMN! So fess-up Auss, was this vehicle Jr's idea or dad's?
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Oh daddy's going to have his time behind the wheel for sure, but it was Jr's idea. This's what he wanted. Actually I had planned to pass on my Spitfire, but he really didn't fancy it. So I told him when he found what he wanted I'd go half. So when he found this I went with him to look at it. We took the Spitfire and I let him drive. I was hoping he'd fall in love with it on the way. He didn't, but the bloke selling the ute did. Long story short, we swapped even up and drove home in the ute!
wil said:
The ute...utility vehicle.... Never seen an el Camino flatbed...
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The 1 tonne ute, 'Utility Edition' was only made here and as far as I know was never exported. Neither were the other HQ utes for that matter, but those bore a closer resemblence to their US cousin the El Camino. Same running gear, chassis, etc. The tonners are something special though and were only made for a few years.

Here's one in action.
 
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Aussie Thoughts said:
Actually I had planned to pass on my Spitfire, but he really didn't fancy it. So I told him when he found what he wanted I'd go half. So when he found this I went with him to look at it. We took the Spitfire and I let him drive. I was hoping he'd fall in love with it on the way. He didn't, but the bloke selling the ute did. Long story short, we swapped even up and drove home in the ute!
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That's really, really nice Auss. Will you be my daddy...lol?:D So does your son's half of the purchase go to you now?
 
Namaste Jesus said:
So how's the ute coming along?
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Got it back from the panel beater the other day. New paint, seat covers, blacked out grill, tyres, and wheels. Just need to fit the exhaust. Sound like a bleeding jet at the moment!

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Namaste Jesus said:
Sweet... I want one! Hey, is that a duallie?
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Yeah it is. Actually I wanted to ask you about that. We got the grill clip and flash wheels off a regular HQ at the wreckers. We're using the original steel wheels inboard in the back with the flash wheels mounted outboard with aluminum spacers. Thing is, the steels are 6 inch bead to bead and the flashers are 6.5. Any problems?
 
Aussie Thoughts said:
Thing is, the steels are 6 inch bead to bead and the flashers are 6.5. Any problems?
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Ideally all 4 wheels out back should be the same width so that the rolling diameter of each tire/wheel assembly is the same, but it's easy to compensate for any difference. Just run the inboards 3 to 5 psi lower than the outboards. That should get all 4 tire/wheel assemblies pretty close.
 
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