Biff's Mechanical and Restoration

Biff's Mechanical and Restoration Welcome to Biffs Mechanical and Restoration. This page is to show case some of my work that I do here

05/08/2026

Just a wee taster of what’s to come. She’s all coming together. Finally….

31/07/2026

Ryan imported this seriously tidy 63 galaxie from ausi a while back and I’ve been chipping away at it on and off for the last year or so. I’ve fixed a number of things on it in preparation for compliance, I retrofitted a internally regulated alternator, stripped the gauge cluster down to nothing and got the instruments working, fixed a couple exhaust leaks, gave the big 390 a tune up, lowered it 2 inches, run it through structural cert and low volume cert. almost ready to go in for compliance finally

28/07/2026

This xr came in at the start of the year for a few wee jobs and to see what improvements could be made for later down the track. Fast forward 6 months we got it back in for the upgrades. I replaced the head gaskets as they were showing signs of deterioration, did a top tune by readjusting all the rocker gear. I fitted a 4 barrel alloy intake manifold, a rekitted holley 600 vacuum secondary carby to replace the two barrel, I replaced the points ignition system with an ICE ignition system and upgraded the power supply to a few things like the cooling fan and ignition system, I fitted a new set of pacemaker extractors and modified the gear selector linkages. Very impressed with the power difference and responsiveness and sounds a lot better too. Very tidy and honest car

Abe’s been on my case about getting his challenger in for a new exhaust system for a while now so I thought I’d better p...
28/07/2026

Abe’s been on my case about getting his challenger in for a new exhaust system for a while now so I thought I’d better pull finger and get it done! He’s owned it for just over a year and only driven it a handful of times due to it having straight pipes off the headers so it was extremely loud. Originally we were just going to do a 2 and a half inch system but decided the big 440 deserved something a bit bigger. So I made up a complete twin 3 inch system. Was “challenging” to say the least with limited room and how low the car sits but we got a good end result with plenty of ground clearance. No doubt you will see this thing hitting the streets a bit more often now. Really cool car!

27/07/2026

Abe’s been on my case about getting his challenger in for a new exhaust system for a while now so I thought I’d better pull finger and get it done! He’s owned it for just over a year and only driven it a handful of times due to it having straight pipes off the headers so it was extremely loud. Originally we were just going to do a 2 and a half inch system but decided the big 440 deserved something a bit bigger. So I made up a complete twin 3 inch system. Was “challenging” to say the least with limited room and how low the car sits but we got a good end result with plenty of ground clearance. No doubt you will see this thing hitting the streets a bit more often now. Really cool car!

Just a wee photo bomb of just some of the cars that have come through over the last few months.
26/07/2026

Just a wee photo bomb of just some of the cars that have come through over the last few months.

26/07/2026

Tane brought in his hq into me a while back to tidy up all the loose ends so it could finally make its way back onto the road after 20 odd years. It came to me after getting a full panel and paint and needed quite a few things sorted out. I rewired probably 80% of the engine bay, installed a new msd ready to run distributor into the 308, gave the carby a once over and gave it a good tune up. I made and installed a new radiator shroud and with one of the gruntiest electric fans on the market and hooked it up to a thermo switch, I completely stripped the steering column down to nothing and made one good one out of multiple others, made a custom column shroud/cover to delete the factory column shifter housing, installed a new floor mounted hurst ratchet shifter plus a heap of other small jobs to obtain a wof. Very tidy car with its new paint job and immaculate interior.

How’s it going guys. So I’ve got a couple announcements. This year has been our busiest yet, the new workshop has allowe...
28/06/2026

How’s it going guys. So I’ve got a couple announcements.

This year has been our busiest yet, the new workshop has allowed us to get a lot more volume of work through the doors, having more room to play with and more equipment has made things a lot more productive. That being said we are really struggling to keep up with demand meaning new bookings may take 3 or more months before we can get them in depending on what’s needing done.

You can still book a car in and go on our list and you may get your car in sooner if it’s a simple job or if we get a cancellation.

We are not currently actively looking for more staff members but if the right potential employee or contractor were to make contact with me to put their hat in the ring id definitely consider it.

Second announcement:

Due to getting a number of people enquiring about car storage we are considering expanding into to the car or general storage game. Nothing set in stone yet but if we have enough interest it’s something we will go ahead with.

We would offer multiple options varying in price.

Option 1: car storage no maintenance $40 a week

Option 2: car storage with trickle charger to keep the battery alive $50 a week

Option 3: car storage with trickle charger $65 a week but includes one start up or drive a month to keep everything lubricanted, one service and wof check a year (Doesnt include any repairs needed to obtain a wof)

Option 4: $75 a week, same as option 3 but includes 2 pick ups and drop offs within the invercargill area a year (suited for people who dont live in the area)

Option 5: car storage no maintenance, you pay a minimum of $40 a week plus what ever extra you want and the extra money gets saved up to go towards fixing or modifying your car once there is enough money put aside (suited for project vehicles)

This is just an idea at this stage so prices or options may change. If it’s something you or someone you know may be interested in send me a private message to register your interest.
Cheers guys

29/05/2026

Jerimy brought his tunnel rammed 360 vj val into me a few weeks ago for a good going over, it desperately needed a tune up, some exhaust work and the steering sorted out. The carbys got the once over with new float level valves as they wernt working at all and just pouring fuel down its throat, idle mixtures were all over the show and a few other bits and bobs to get them working correctly. Ignition system wasn’t far off but needed a few changes and a crook spark plug needed replaced. The exhaust had broken mounts and was banging on the underside so I fixed them and tweeked the exhaust a bit to gain more clearance. The steering box got adjusted and new top control arm bushes. For a tunnel rammed 360 it now cruises very nicely but really gets into it when it’s stomped on. Very happy with the end result

13/05/2026

Scott’s very cool xr falcon came in a few weeks ago for a bit of tlc. It’s been off the road for a few years. It wouldn’t start, had electrical issues, sticky brakes from sitting and gear selector issues. First thing I did was strip the entire ignition system down. The points distributor got the once over, it was pretty flogged out and worn so I made one distributor out of 3 parts dizzies that I had here and put a new set of points and a condenser in, modified the dizzy to give me the ignition curve i was after, spark plugs had a massive gap which caused the original points to burn out so they got cleaned up and regapped, fixed the weak power supply, retrofitted a new 120 amp internally regulated alternator on it. Took all the slop out of the selectors and adjusted them, free’d up all the brakes, pulled the dash cluster out and fixed the dodgy temp gauge and a few wiring gremlins behind the dash. Gave it a service and a tune plus a few other odds and ends.

I’m absolutely blown away with how smooth this thing runs and drives. Cold starts are amazing which surprised me considering it has no choke, has points ignition and a factory untouched carby. Love the look of it too with the paint scheme , lowered and widened steelies / eagers. Very very cool car this one

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