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KH, congratulations...a good choice perhaps we can share spares...vital components like...you bring the credit card I'll bring the corkscrew and glasses? our front tow bar is a one off by local engineering shop. We are cheap so it is a simple as poss conventional tongue and ball type mount not a hitch accepter sq tube thingy.a sq tube system would be easier two bolts hold last section of tongue into mount a bit of a pain to remove. it has a substantial mount to front chassis members and braced...it needs to be strong recovery with snatchum straps is violent!! one bogged car had bull bar torn off during rescue...bull bar flew fwd and hit metal tool box on rear of recovery vehicle ( landcruiser tray back) and punched a fist sized hole through sheet metal because tongue and ball sticks out past front bumper bar we "should" remove it when driving on public roads. I will hunt out a photo or two if I can. also pain in butt is our front and rear tongues are not interchangable so we have to carry two. The dirt roads are not that rough a convential sedan driven with some care should cope fine...it is only really a problem when the red mist comes down and driver goes into boy racer mode. keep in touch leon.down@dcita.gov.au

K, I sent my admin/entry fee off about 10 day ago....if my cheque dont bounce we are in...all we have to do now is raise the entry donataion....and track down my missing team mates last I heard on was in Sri lanka in post tsunami rebuild Ive drafted up dozens of sucky crawly letters to local businesse i hope may help...I try hard to work up some connection between our team or car or anything and the person I am asking for money..."Your shop is painted yellow... so is our car .... pls give us money" that sort of thing...Just waiting on letter saying we are realy entrants and can raise money on behalf of CF Aust to include with my begging letter then start posting them off..... As for car KISS keep it simple strong - The 240k datto motor seems pretty robust - perhaps a spare fuel pump? an electirc one? I - I always like to carry some engine oil ground clearance is a problem a bash plate good idea aluminium plate - some peopl like bigger better air filter perhaps cool air duct?? - a general tune and service fresh oils fluids filters plugs and points flush and clean radiator.............we got motor hot a few times thinking about extra cooling a e fan or an engine oil cooler....if I can source one or other from a friendly sponsor CHEAP!!! -electronic ignition? nice to set and forget but when fail .. fail totally ..I think we run points cant recall most consumables like filters plugs points can be bought most places along the way keep in touch we can pick each others brains have fun!!!!!! most important part of this game leon

KH, to seal vent i was thinking about a sheet of that flexy magnetic stuff.. just slide it into mouth of vent housing and drop it over hole/holes in roof. We would only be using this pressure system out inthe mulga on dry dusty roads. so not need it on transport legs. i thought of mounting the airfilter inside the car pulled tight up againt the roof with thru bolts we have 3 seats in car with rear pax in a bucket behind front pax..so prob best to fit vent behind driver. There is not a lot of head room for rear pax. driver navigator and rester we cycle jobs around...I must boast here I am far and away the best rester the other two are much too energetic.. 3 people in 240K is probably overloading it for bashing across country side but we all want to be involved so we make compromises. and squeesze in. have you looked at Great Escape route for 2005? There may be a bit of dust. Leon

thanks all good to think about Leon

I drop in from time to time to pick your collective brains. When we participated in the foolishness of what was the CF Great Escape in 2004 we near died of red dust ingestion. We are looking at ways to apply positive pressure to cabin air in an attempt to keep nasty dust out. It may be Ok for one day rally events but 10 days of breathing, eating , sh*tting and blowing red dust out our noses gets very boring. how do the real rally cars fit roof vents? does any one filter the in coming air? I am dreaming about a roof vent passing air through some sort of modified air filter element...I dream a lot. Has any one seen any thing like this? Are roof vents commercially available? where? all advice considered and used or ignored as we see fit. If worst comes to worst as it often does we may get a clunky looking sheet metal box bent up as vent inlet and filter box....dream on leon

Alfadog, let me look give me a couple of days cars are other side of town at mates house. leon

ah ha I see you are in usa .. post and freight and time may make buying from me less attractive. leon

If this is the same as 240K fuel cap happy to sell you one way below commercial rates Leon

LLama, both our cars have el cheapo non datsun mirrors sorry cant help good luck Leon

I have no idea what a fair price would be so I ask for wayyyyyy toooooooo much and we can haggle from there. I will beat any price from a wrecker...not by much...including postage. All money I gather from selling datto bits goes into rally/bash/escape car and entry fee for Cytsic Fibrosis Great Escape 2005 ... see more at http://www.thegreatescape.org.au/ we are the 3 nuns in car 56 Sister Leon (the short fat hairy one)

Mucho grassy arse for advice from all many good starts for quest for cool oil Leon

LLama, may have a mirror for sale. give me couple of days to check. $3000 Leon

You may recall I run the 240K in charity bash events. On our first adventure when working hard on sandy and soft "roads" ( more like river beds ) our 240K got hot. I am a great beliver in keeping engine oil fresh, cool and clean. I am looking for an adapter so we can run an oil cooler and possibly extra filter. Does any one here know of an adapter I can fit to allow an oil cooler and possible remote extra oil filter? Many thanks Leon

yep 4cm but then again i tell all the girls its X inches security system on computer at work wont let me send image files so i attach images buried in a word doc hope you can read them leon datto1.doc

if you want to contact me probbbabbbly best to email me direct at leon(dot)down(at)dcita(dot)gov(dot)au

440 again I am slow I think it is a full chassis smanual it has detail of how to pull bent chasiss straight "Tram points" ? and full detail all body trims and mouldings it is roughly A4 in size and about 4cm thick. The auto tx section is big with coloured oil flow diagrams very pretty. Hold on a day or two and I will scan cover and contents pages to give a better idea of what is in manual. leon

Cant remeber if Ive posted this info link to images already neither can I drive these computer thingys look here http://users.tpg.com.au/downmob/selectcar56images.doc and here http://users.tpg.com.au/downmob/selectcar56images2.doc leon

dear 440k sorry slow replying I access these web pages from work and some times the boss wants me to spend my time actualling doing productive work very frustrating marque.com.au Shop: Central Coast Motor Books, 470 Pacific Highway, Wyoming (Gosford). NSW. 2250. Telephone: (02) 4322 4803. Fax: (02) 4322 4803. Email: books@marque.com.au. $89 including postage and handling within Aust Leon

are we still looking for blinker lens? leon leon dot down at dcita dot gov dot au

why now ? just after I done gone buyed a new one at great expense from technical book shop.. I could say b**gger but that's t*y*ta talk leon

Call me I may be interested in buying your car Leon mob 0400 160783 email leon.down (at) dcita.gov.au

mucho grassy arse Leon

Hi Ho Im a newbie here can you give me a street address for the wrecker in W Sydney with the 240K collection. I may be interested in a whole car wreck or wrecks happy to sell unwanted parts on at below market prices. I will explain more later. Leon Canberra