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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:55 pm 
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Gday gents, my name is Dave, Ive lurked on ozdat in various guises since about 2001
gleening info from all the datto guru's herein.

My first foray to the land of the rising sun was with a 230 260c sedan complete
with 5 speed and n2o, and, at the time im sure it was the fastest Cedric in Oz,with 16.2@88mph, but this was before they were "cool" so i parked it up and went on to other projects for a while.

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Unfortunately, by the time i realised how much i missed driving it (2009) mother nature had
taken her toll, and at the time i deemed the body beyond repair and stripped/scrapped the old girl. Ive regretted that day ever since........... :cry:

Until 3 weeks ago, this is my latest steed,a 330 260c wagon finally im back baby...

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This is it 30 minutes after Mark (ozconnection) and i pulled it out from under a tree
and while it was rough, with some encouragement from Mark i was able to see it was really just a diamond in the rough. Everything works, there is zero rust in the shell, its manual(floor shift 4 speed) and it came with a host of goodies and spares, (more on that later) :woohoo:


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:06 pm 
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Hoooooray...so good to see you've posted up Dave! :woohoo: :thumbsup:

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:16 pm 
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Yahoo :thumbsup: finally we meet marks mysterious mate 'dave' , is your name really dave... dave lol
Well the bootlid moulding of ur old 230 has made its way onto my silver beast so it has been put to good use. Did you keep the rear pillar badges because i would love to buy them from you or mark or whoever has them now

start a webpage www.savethecedrics.com.au it would be great lol

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:38 pm 
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Daaaaaaaaaaaave!! :D
This is gonna be a wild trip... everyone is on here now! I was lucky enough to see heaths wagon last year and it was a real space cruiser, I can't wait to see whats planned for this!

BTW i love that you said cedrics are cool now ehehhee:hug:

Congrats on the new toy, catch you soon.


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:36 pm 
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LOL um yeah my name is David but my mates etc call me anything from daveo,davey,dave or in Marks wifes case Davina (Im the "other" in his life). i prefer Dave of the lot so thats what it is.......sorry mate but i dont even want to think what i did with the pillar badges, but at least 1 bit lives on.

Yo Pete,i thought it was time to come hang with the in kids, and you know ive always thought Cedrics were cool mate, it just took the rest of society a while to catch up.


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:06 pm 
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Yesssssssss!!!!

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:15 pm 
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LOL um yeah my name is David but my mates etc call me anything from daveo,davey,dave or in Marks wifes case Davina (Im the "other" in his life). I prefer Dave of the lot so thats what it is.......sorry mate but I dont even want to think what I did with the pillar badges, but at least 1 bit lives on.

Yo Pete,I thought it was time to come hang with the in kids, and you know ive always thought Cedrics were cool mate, it just took the rest of society a while to catch up.
You can see why I love this guy........ :lol:

:cheers

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:28 pm 
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Nice, I saw this on Gumtree, was going to post it up here for someone to grab. Great car, always wanted one. Have been lusting over a 330 wagon down in Tassie..post more pics including interior..love the black cloth interior in these things....BTW has power/steering been added to it? where in Sydney are you?


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:16 pm 
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Welcome back dave , seems you and mark have to much time on your hands with all these cars
The wagon looks cool , is there any transplant plans for this old girl

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:21 pm 
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Yes this is the wagon that was on gumtree, no i didnt pay that much for it and it basically came with another wagon as spares :woohoo:

Gday pete, thanks mate, its good to be back in a "old" car, even if it is still younger than me :shock: as for my transplant plans, look under your bonnet for a clue :giggle:

Up-your-date time,
so far ive stripped it down to its undies and bare-metal preped,etch primed,hifilled and primed the sills and under the scuff plates, rear quaters to sill height,under/behind the rear bar, bottom of the tailgate,wheel arch lips, front apron and under the plenum, ive also straightened a few wobbles in the D/S doors and filled a finger nail sized hole in the P/S door, next up is final prep of the rest of the body for primer/paint.This thing is huge....

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Some of you may have noticed the perspex tailgate screen, no sweat ill use the spare glass that came in the deal, i "just" need a new seal, famous last words :shock: a search
of the interwebs drew a blank- damn, now what :x Mark (ozconnection) to the rescue with this beauty.Thanks mate, sorry about the kiss!

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Im sure this dude has a stash of hens teeth and unicorns somewhere.


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PostPosted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:50 pm 
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Good to see an update my old friend! :)

Yep, a little stash I have :lol:

The car's looking good. Let me know when you're ready with preping and I'll look for those tools you asked for too.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:22 pm 
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Do you intend to paint the original colour?

Loving the work so far.

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 4:33 pm 
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Ok lets play "guess the spec"....
This L6 came with the wagon as part of the deal,I didnt pay any attention to it for
a few days then curiousity got the better of me and i had a bit of a sticky beak...
To say i was pleasantly suprised would be an understatement.
There should be enough clues in this blurry pic to hazard a rough guess at what the
specs of it are.........

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As for paint colour, if my past rides are anything to go by, there wont be very much
"factory" anything left on/in it by the time im finished :D

This is a little side project my wife made for me, ive just started training him up
and hopefully the car will be done long before he can drive it :rofl:

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 4:55 pm 
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I'm not very good with the Nissan stuff yet. All I notice on that L6 is some trans cooler lines. I'm interested in hearing what I'm looking at though?

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:46 pm 
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Dave, young master Eathan looks all ready to drive that thing. :D

".....if only my legs were a bit longer and my my arms and.........." :lol:

I know that motor...pick me pick me...!

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