Ghost

^ and I only purchased that car because the same guy was selling this (little did I know when I made the offer to buy both they were in different islands...)

JR130 Isuzu Piazza with an Isuzu G200W Twin Cam engine, like all good 60's Japanese engines this can trace its roots back to the UK, specifically the "Rootes Group" of engines AFAIK:

Sadly this one was left outside for a few years so has developed quite a lot of rust (and the interior rotted out), really on the fence of whether this should be repaired or just move the drivetrain accross to a better body..

The water pumps bearings have failed and in the process of removing it we managed to snap a bolt off in the block, nothing is ever easy is it?

Yeah i'm hopeless, I got distracted buying other cars and didnt work on this for a while..

Just a little side swiped, too good to use for parts (so I guess I will have to fix this one up too..)

Well dark, it's cold and it's raining..

But I got my free shake!

Anyone still doing this?
I'll going to get my free shake tomorrow whether anyone comes or not:

Gave the underside a bit of a Dulux overhaul, everything was getting a little brown down there..

Started looking at rust under the car, found the torque tube rubber mount had split on both sides =(

Not sure if I will still find a replacement for this, next weeks challenge..

Bumper brackets sandblasted and painted

Covered everything in fish oil, hopefully slows down the rust...

Will I actually finish this project?

It's always easier in theory right..

Well I found what anyone would expect, rust, and lots of it..

Started off reasonably minor, Isuzu must have known they would rust here because they cam factory with a nice plastic bit of trim that hides this:

Not the end of the world:

Getting a little hard to reach:

Not really sure what was holding the bumper on, a good pot hole would have finished this off:

Thats a pretty big hole....

So by the end of the afternoon I had taken a nice driving car and pulled all the lower trim off, once again I am getting in over my head trying to fix too many issues at once.

Anyone that knows my family knows we have a lifetime of projects in the shed that started with a few rust repairs...

Started cleaning my car and getting it ready for a WOF about a year ago and found a few horrors, I need to document this so I get some motivation to complete..

It actually didn't look too bad on the surface when I got it, they somehow managed to keep a WOF on it:

Had a good few months fun driving it around before the WOF expired, then it sat in the shed...

I won't be able to make it to drags but will make to burgers

On 23/10/2020 at 21:03, michaelme said:

Caffeine and Classics? This Sunday

Will be there in whatever I can get started tomorrow morning...

I'm in if I remember, someone should tag me on the day..

On 13/06/2020 at 22:19, Hillbillyracing said:

Even a bright yellow Fiat Stilo Abarth!
They have more problems than I do...

If I still have a car to drive I will be there...

Feels like i'm living in an endless topgear challenge atm...

I'll be there, CBF getting a classic out of the shed at work so will just take the Alfa.

On 28/12/2019 at 14:21, GuyWithAviators said:

In the hood in TGA. 

 

Volvo 145, created in the late 60's, evolved into a 245 and stayed in production until the early 90's...

Dad finally got a new trailer, just need to get the "new" truck on the road

Those stupid british building a special narrow cab for the v6 detroit models...

We had quite a Detroits in out fleet over the years, all pre mobile phone video recorders though, a couple of old Fusos were repowered with v6's, a v8 TM Bedford at a v8 KW.

This is what they sound like:

40 minutes ago, Piazza Racing said:

Hi Guys 

I have acquired the formidable Piazza V6 that has been around for some time and was originally road legal!

Got any photos of what it looks like now?

Good body panels are getting pretty thin on the ground now, might almost be easier to repair what you have..