My 1976 Australian Moke.

Martin108 · Post by **Martin108** » Sat Feb 29, 2020 14:01

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Martin108 · Post by **Martin108** » Sat Feb 29, 2020 14:04

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Halfpint · Post by **Halfpint** » Fri Mar 06, 2020 20:46

Wow Martin, he is really cracking on with it. Looks great.
So many new panels, but I guess the time and effort to repair the old ones would take much longer, and there are very good replacement panels available as well.

Cheers
Halfpint

Martin108 · Post by **Martin108** » Fri Mar 06, 2020 21:44

Half pint, Martin and Eddie the lads who are working on it really know what they are doing. The original panels were a lot worst than they looked. The body work will soon be finished.

Martin108 · Post by **Martin108** » Fri Mar 06, 2020 21:50

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Post by **Nigel(no top)Sykes** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:59

Quick question. Does that wing extension reach the front of the front panel or is it an optical illusion that it looks short?

Post by **Nigel(no top)Sykes** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 6:00

Or is it the front panel that’s not fixed yet?

Martin108 · Post by **Martin108** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:02

Nigel, this puzzled me as well when I first saw the picture. Front panel hasn’t been fitted yet.

Martin108 · Post by **Martin108** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 7:05

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Post by **Nigel(no top)Sykes** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 12:47

From the holes in your back panel I’d say you’ve got the oval hella type lights

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You can still get these type lights, but beware, they don’t have reflectors in the lenses so you’ll need a separate one (mine are from the halfrauds bike shop)
I’d say keep the reversing light......after all, why not?

Martin108 · Post by **Martin108** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 19:33

Cheers Nigel I want to try and have a fog light as well as a reversing light.

I had the same trouble with my pictures. I do them on my phone now and they always work out the right way up.

Halfpint · Post by **Halfpint** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 12:18

Thanks so much for posting so many great progress shots, Its gold, really.
If you like the reversing light plate, keep it. Seems there were a few different ones added through the years.
The Australian Export Moke ( Designed for the US market) also had something similar, just wider.
This is a pic I took just today of a 1980 ex Army Moke that had a bracket on the rear guard, on both sides actually. It was for an ID plate I think.

HP

Post by **Nigel(no top)Sykes** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 12:23

As a note to HPs pic. Those are the later type rear lights, you need a different “kick out” piece for those though.

Halfpint · Post by **Halfpint** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 12:38

Very true Nigel, later square tail lights had a recess pressed in to accommodate them, but my post was more to do with the mounting brackets attached to the rear guards than the tail lights.
HP

Martin108 · Post by **Martin108** » Sun Mar 08, 2020 20:37

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I have a set of Hella lights on their way from Minispares Australia. What I want to do is widen the bracket to accommodate a reversing light and a fog light. I was planning to use MK 1 glass lights.

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