Took the van to Canberra yesterday for it's 1st long(ish) run since I've owned it.
Loaded it up with spares and tools (just in case) and I'm happy to say that the toolbox remained closed.
I dropped - in to Husky SRT's place to meet him & check out his van and he is going to have a nice one when it's done. His shed looked as "busy" as mine!
It's been a long while, probably 35 years, since I've done a trip in a van on a rough country road and it performed far better than I expected. My wife was apprehensive about taking it, fearing a breakdown or at least an uncomfortable trip, but we had the air-con on most of the way and even though it was a hot day, the temperature gauge never got past 1/2 way.
It could use a bit more power (Holley, manifold, extractors......) but it was pretty quick and fairly economical for a pollution 253.
And the speedo just clicked over 220,000kms.
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