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I'm with you there Goldacre, I found out how bad west end is pretty quick while in Adelaide for the first formula 1 GP in '85 or whenever it was, there was this other stuff called southwark which is equally horrible, fortunately a pint of Coopers on tap is like a meal in a glass and can sustain life indefinately. Not convinced about Carlton Draught, it's passable but luckily we can get proper bier here these days, one of the perks of globalisation.

That looks very good to me.
I'd have liked to get my grubby little paws on that thing over here in the RSA!
Its for free!

That could be handy, check your email!

The pulley off Bills 450 does not have the slot (only 4) for the AC belt (need 5) so if yours does i would be very interested 

it will be worth the while, heading to the Mukinbudin butcher to day to stock up 

well done with the easy fix solution of the pinging, looks like your other car bits are interchangeable 

A common problem with Distributors is that the fabric insert at the top of the shaft (when you remove the rotor) is there for a few drops of oil to lube the advance weights as they require some lube every now and then, most people are not aware of this. My Brother in law would see this often and would just take it apart and remove the rust and free up the mechanism give it a good clean and lube and all is fine.

One of the first things i did when i got my 450 (as i do with all 2nd hand cars i get) is squirt some WD40 on the fabric and follow up with dipping a screwdriver into new oil and dribbling into the fabric, you do not need too much.

The other things i do is renew all electrics and cooling system parts  Piece of mind stuff.

Goldacre

Goldacre

I especially like the shot of the servo (roadhouse?), I always suspected that emu export was never designed for human consumption and this seems to confirm it.

Looks like the Nullabour Roadhouse from memory?

If you think Emu Export is bad, wait till you cross the boarder into South Australia and try West End Bitter, the locals rather drink the Water there and normally settle for Coopers anyway 

Then you get to Victoria and discover Carlton Draught ummmmm,  beer for Gods 

Goldacre

There are two versions of the receiver - drier, one with the top switch only and one with the top switch and a switch connection on the side. On both, the top switch is for the auxillary fan and is wired directly to it. With the second switch port, this is connected to a low pressure safety switch, it cuts the compressor out at about 2 bar. You may not have the wiring for the second switch depending on what your car came with. Can't help with the wiring location for the second switch, but as long as you have the fan wiring going to the top switch and there are no other wires hanging around you could be reasonably sure you don't have the second switch I suppose.

any competent air conditioning specialist can re-manufacture the AC hoses, this will be far more economical than buying genuine, assuming they are still available..

It looks to be quite straight and very original.

for the price who can argue, its alot of car for bugger all money.

That colour is quite unique unless theres something seriously wrong with the sellers camera. it really does not look like gold to me.

The owner specifies it's a four speed automatic...

I didn't know any of the 116 V8s had a four speed

My 280 s finally turned over today!!!!! It shot a bit of fuel out of the carb, but I think its just a matter of fine tuning the distributor. Just need to fix the cooling for the carb, air the clutchsylinder, install the relay for the electrical fuelpump and get an MIT, or MOT, I dont know... street legal anyway Hopefully I will make one trip with it this year before the snow comes and I have to put it in hibernation for the winter

Also, you can replace the R12 with ISCEON 49 without replacing anything on your AC system. Also, it doesn´t hurt the atmosphere ( neither ozone.. )

More info at : http://www2.dupont.com/Refrigerants/en_GB/assets/downloads/k10785_uk.pdf

Regards.