My 1976 Australian Moke.

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Martin108
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My 1976 Australian Moke.

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Managed to get some time in the garage over the holidays and fitted all the front end bits. Lots of fitting, drilling, refitting. The new parcel shelves worked out really well. I’m not happy with the pedal box so I will be replacing that in the new year. The steering wheel feels very big compared to the small wheel it originally came with. I will now be able to fit the heater below the dash.
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Where would I get a heater bracket like this?
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Heater pipe access hole through the parcel shelf.
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Making a start on the rear suspension.
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Making some good progress. All the components look great.
Did you find the heater bracket?
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Thanks Halfpint, it’s been slow going as I’ve been laid up for a while as I had an operation on my knee. Starting back at it again. Yes I have located a bracket. The new bits are very easy to work with and I hope to make good progress over the next month or so.
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Hope your recovering well, projects must take a back seat.
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My Moke has supports for Perspex side screens but I wanted metal frames to provide better support for the wind screen. Now that I have the metal frames I’m getting cold feet about cutting the supports out to allow the metal frames to fit. Just how much support will the Perspex side screens provide if I decide to change my mind?
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Well, on the way back from the IMM in Lithuania I went across the top of Germany and through Holland at 90+ mph to get to the ferry port. My Aussie has the plastic side screens and I had no problems, I’ve done loads of miles at high speeds and everything’s still intact so I’d say they are pretty supportive
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So Nigel, what would you do?
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I would, in fact I do, use and am happy with the Perspex ones. With your moke it would mean no unnecessary cutting of the bodywork. As I say they’ve always been ok for me.....I think I’ve had three separate sets over the years. The other good thing is that they give more surface area for windscreen stickers (if you collect them). After all they are the only place to put the stickers other than the windscreen.
A few years ago I found a pair of the stays that go from the parcel shelf to the side screen, and they help stiffen them up....to a very minor degree admittedly
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So I decided to bite the bullet and removed one of the brackets. Mixed emotions as the lad who did the body work made such a good job. Half way there, no turning back.
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So I’ve spent the past week looking at my “handy work” and I’ve decided I’m not happy with the metal frames. I’ve had this idea of how the Moke was going to look and the metal frames don’t match up to that so I’m going to have to get the metal I cut out replaced to take Perspex side screens. I found this picture on Facebook recently. This is what I want.

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My Moke came with an 850cc engine. I believe it originally had an 1100cc engine. I had sourced an 1100cc engine but recently bought another one from Mervyn Johnston who is well known in Mini circles in Northern Ireland. He’s left it ready for a carb, a coat of paint and then ready to drop in. I’ll be selling the other 1100 engine.


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I’ve been working on the radius arms and managed to make a mess of the inner metal tube. When stripping out the old bearing I damaged it and didn’t see the outer sleeve in the radius arm. When I tried to insert the new bearings and metal tube I forced the metal tube against the outer sleeve and compressed the tube. I had to get two new metal tubes machined locally. It took me three hours to get the damaged tube out of the radius arm using a file and hacksaw blade. It all looks great now and the radius arms will be finished shortly,
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