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The 230
Well, It's all on again!
having trouble uploading photos. will sort the others out later.
On Saturday I bought this 1982 Cf230 or is it a 250? I must check that out. It cost $2700.
The body is really straight apart from a small amount of rust in the gutters, so it's worth doing something with.
I'm a bit miffed about no back doors, but I'm getting used to the idea. This will not be a tradesmans van, so maybe it doesn't need them, but I will put a back window in.
It has good seats out of a Jeep.
It has a $1500 sound system.
Engine is an LD28, Nissan diesel 2.8 litre OHC six cylinder, and it has a five speed overdrive manual gearbox, driving through a 3.6 to 1 Vauxhall Cresta diff.
Lessons Learnt From Boudicca:
1/ I'm not going to rush this. It will take as long as it does.
2/ I'm not going to do too much at once, as I want to keep her legal and mobile.
3/ I need to make more effort to keep Anna on side, as she hated the time, money, and mess associated with Boudicca. She is actually quite keen on this one.
4/ It needs to be cheap to run, and easy to live with. Hence the diesel, and not a V8! LOL
What Needs Doing: (Big Stuff)
1/ Warrant of fitness (MOT)
2/ brakes pull to the right
3/ Diff needs setting as it whines under power.
4/ back window
5/ Sound proofing and tidy interior
6/ heavy clutch
7/ stiff gearshift
8/ Heaps of smaller stuff
9/ replace the four steering/ wishbone balljoints (supplied)
10/ PAINT!!!
Initial clean up:
I spent the weekend dismantling all his badly done rear seating and arch, and cleaning out the spiders and muck.
Now the colour! The photos can't convey it! It's redder than the photos and is dayglow! the raindrops on the windscreen had a red tinge from the reflection off the bonnet.
I dismantled the air dam on the front, and tried to break up the effect of that bloody orange, with stripes and black paint. I THINK its better, but it one day will be a dark colour, maybe blue.
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 Mon 07 Dec 2009 @ 11:14
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I like your method of sliding the V8 into place, I think I may have to copy it. 
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Tue 08 Dec 2009 @ 12:03
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Looks like a really great van and good luck with the work that needs doing although it doesn't sound like it will be as mush work as your other beast.
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Tue 08 Dec 2009 @ 16:36
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hi jeff
interesting read you have here 
just wondering if you still have the cf and how it has progressed ?
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Mon 14 Nov 2011 @ 02:03
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I like the aerial position. My ariel is redundant and on the frontmost at the side of the windscreen. I might take it off and stick it on the side like that.
Nice van. Love it. He seems to come and go this fella judging by the post dates.
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Mon 14 Nov 2011 @ 21:41
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must be on here quite often though spook he's a mod  
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