bonez

Thought it was about time for an update.

I went missing from here long ago but i still think this place kicks some major ass.

and a little video

Ive done tons of stuff since last time, heres a build thread if you care to see all in detail http://www.losboulevardosmessageboard.com/showthread.php?1792-The-Italian-Job-01-04-2011-Back-On-The-Road! but the basic run down is:

A ton of rust repair, and i mean a ton! Peaked fenders, flared arches and a few more body mods, plus loads of fab work for the air bags. Although these cars are way bigger than old euros standards the space under them is still very tight.

Hope ya guys like it.

Hi there, not a real update, just to let ya know im still here and still have the car

I finally tuned the carbs properly, now it goes like stink and sounds awesome! Ill have to swap pilots and mains for diffrent reasons but still it goes great at 70/80%!

Im still doin the bodywork and car now its in all gray primer, dont really like it but at least its all one color.

I also moved to a new home w/ a private yard and in-house shop, so ill have better place to twinker w/ it.

Talk to ya soon everyone!

Nick.

I might understand your point on not goin through the hassle of droppin a pinto in da viva, but again, im the one who likes the weirdest combos, and am not talkin only engine/car.

I'll get out of this conversation anyway, im too keen on keepin'em rides efi free, unless theyre newer than 79, in that case i'll start considerin them bulletproof jap engines, but also dont get me wrong, i wont spit on any well grown project even if not of my taste, as long as its homebuilt and has sweat, blood and horsepower into it its all good,this is a very big world and theres so many diffrent styles and tastes thats almost stupid to judge someone elses vision, and this site seems to stand by this w/ all this diffrent styles goin well togheter...kinda..........except for pintos...

Hmmm, now i understand what the comments on my discussion thread were about.... ...lol

Just to set things straight, the 2.3 is not a pinto but a Lima and it doesnt share the same block or the same anything.

And i must say that apparently all the abundance of jap motors in NZ

must have made ya all a bunch of motor snobs.... ...just kiddin, anyway, you seem to underestimate the thing, its cheap, it has many good speed parts available and can smoke many

bigger engines if tuned right. heres a couple of links to sum useful info if you still wanna try the pinto route:

A HAMB special on the 4 banger Fords full of good info......

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/show ... ?p=3399471

Burton is a Uk specialist on "souped up Fords"

http://www.burtonpower.com/technical_1/sohc_pinto.aspx

I think you missed the bit of sarcasim that was in there.

Yeah sorry, didnt read too carefully, but then again, im havin a hard time understandin sum of what you guys say, sometimes im not sure if ya all write in "typo-sms style", or if its the kiwi english thats so diffrent, thing is that i had a few collegues and friends from NZ back when i was in england, and aside from the accent i dont remember it bein way diffrent.....anyway, all kool, i dont take

stuff seriously usually,probably i just need to get to know ya guys a lil better.

Hey Raizer, what about the 302 powered one? Here in EU theres many V8 converion taunus but mostly w/ big billet rims that look like shite......also, apparently other than not having old skool taunus ive only seen 1 mk3 cortina on the picture threads...is there any reason why its not so popular? In the UK theres plenty of'em done up in any style, from rats to top buck drag cars and all in between, even few on juice......like these,sweet if it wasnt for those wheels !

Theres also juiced taunuses but have to dig pics as at the mo' i aint got a clue where theyre stored.....

I actually got it too, and i also followed the link, it asked to type a code and then something supposedly should have opened, but instead another code to type appeared, and so on......just rubbish in my opinion, im pretty sure it was about spy/malware too, as if it was to get your password username that would be pretty useless.....this is not an account related to moving money after all, just hope if anything worth considering my antivir will sort it. But mostly i hope these dickheads dont screw up the site and all the hard work put in it.

Is this the reason why the site was down early on 2day?

Drag on, Nick.

PS Just 4 the rec, this people should stick to f****n' their sisters and moms or maybe their dad if they like it better, instead

of causin havoc to guys like us....or like those who spend hours keepin these forums up and runnin doin their best just to

keep things on and having to sort enuff problems already w/out the need 4 dis kinda bull!

im always more than eager 2 lend a hand helping stickin' a cheater pipe up their a** if they have trouble doin it

themself..... .....

Thanx for the love guys!

It was really kool to see a discussion page started by someone else! I guess i really am in the right spot!

I loved this forum from the 1st time ive seen it and now that i have my own fans i can only love it more.

To answer all ov ya: 1st, im italian, but know a lot about fords cause i spent 7 or so years in london, england.

I suppose there arent any in Oz or NZ as you have the MK III Cortina, like in the UK,

The Taunus is the European version for what i know, no body panel is shared but they look a lot alike, the rear

of the 'tina is fatter w/ a longer parcel tray, and another clue i remember is the larger kudsel nose and smaller but

in the same spot front indicators.There is more, also by an historic point o view but i cant remember how the

story goes really and dont wanna speak if im not 100% sure of what im sayin!

It is of course the same size as the MK 3, so the pinto is a good candidate for power.

Then last but not least, the pinto is not a super powerful engine, it really is kinda crappy in stock form,

I suppose the main reason of its popularity was that until some years ago it was a cheap as hell

platform to start w/ as junkyards where full of sierras and transits w/ the now much sought after 205 block, and then

it had and still has tons of good quality aftermarket speed parts available to make it a back yard built rocket!

Hope i havent been to long and boring!

Will keep the pics flowin as soon as i paint the beater!

Peace, Voodoo Nick.

Right then, mods go on like this:

Engine: Original 1.6 4 speed swapped w/ a 205 block 2.0 litre pinto w/ 5 speed tranny scavenged from a 92

sierra, then converted from efi to a double barrel Weber DGAV 32/36 that provided good pull for a

couple of years until sum weeks ago after tuning problems ive decided that if i had to loose days tuning

the old Weber i might as well install the way kool Esslinger engeneered side draft intake w/ the 4 Mikuni

38s that was hangin in my garage since about a year ago. Took me a week to tune to decent condition

but sound and power are well worth the hassle!!! Plus, the satisfation of saying i mounted and synced the

thing all by my self, and its my very 1st carb job, its a real kool bonus.

Future plans are to have a straight exhaust hooked to two coktail shaker mufflers mounted "bellflower style"

in the very next weeks or later a month, then in longer times i would love to have the head milled and cam either

grinded or swapped w/ a street/racing cam kit.

Suspension: Right now the car is on chopt coils taken if i remeber right from a mid 90s transit van w/ shox to match.

Theyre cut just a couple of inches up front and a whole 5 inna rear, to give it that taildraggin stance

(or "sand bags in the trunk" look, if you wish.... ......) that i love.

The plan is to mount a fbss air bags kit, but as i want to do it seriously w/ notches, trans tunnel rise,

sub frame strenghtening and all that follows, before i start tearin into it i will probably swap the cut coils

w/ sum safer coilovers, at least in the rear, mostly cause at the moment im doin all the work in the driveway

and until i dont have a house w/ a decent garage/shop i cant start baggin her.

Body: Sounds silly but ill list this anyway. Ive shaved all emblems and removed almost all trim, since pics where taken

ive also removed the front arches chrome. Ive shaved the rear handles but theres no solenoids (yet), shaved

the gas door, and relocated the gas tank in the trunk, frenched 2 cad bullets on the sides of the rear reg plate

and will also remove rear lights to swap w/ 2 smaller round units to give a smothest look(in the works).

Right now it has a homemade flat bars grille that looks menacing but would like to adapt a mk I escort round

lights grille in the future.

I also have few solenoids and is needed to shave the front doors and trunk and have'em pop open at the push ov

a button. Other plans are to paint the car all the same color!!!!! At the mo' it has black body w/ uneven gray primer

roof w/ 1 green scallop on rear right wheel arch and sum other "experiment shit" and bondo spots all over.

I've sum kool gray primer im gonna go for, so that untl im totally done w/ body work the car its gonna look "even".

Wheels: 14" smoothies all round, 6" wide in the front and 7" inna back w/ 175-50-14 pirelli P1000 all round , that give a

mild stretch in the rear and a very light one up front. Right now i painted the wheels metallic purple and added

white 2" port-a-walls and i must say that the car looks a lot better like this. All green accents inside and outside

the car are destined to go for good, as purple its gonna be the definitive "background" color.

Interior: At the moment its all odd. Rear seats are finished, its the original bench re-trimmed in white vynil tuck'n'roll,

made by a local trimmer that did an amazing job, in fact im gonna give him also my door panels to match the

rear seats. front are 60s style racing buckets, but already have 60s fiat 128 buckets to match the style of

the rest of the interior. I have white angel hair (muppet fur) for the roof, but i've yet to find the time to

tear into it.....its gonna be a real pain! Then theres a lot of small details like a handmade, by me, knuckle

duster shifter that i made from an aluminum thick plate and few teardrop knobs here and there and other shit

i dont remember that will show in the pictures.

Right then, i suppose ive said enuff! I will make my best to be quick to post recent/decent pics of my ride and hope

it will be at the level of most of the cars we can see here. Talk to ya'll soon,

peace, bonez.

Voodoo Nick.

Hi There!

Names Nick, im new here and found out about this site thanx to one ov your affiliates on the hamb.Other than Hot Rods, Kustoms and Lowriders im totally addicted to japs and kool cars in general, like those you can find here (the chevette wagon its a perfect example) so here i am from the other side of the planet w/ my slammed Ford!

Anyway, this is my neverending project, pics of the car are old, almost 2 years now, but the intake w/ 4 mikuni carbs is new, i just finished syncin'em yesterday evening under the pouring rain!!!! Y'know, i was on the 5 km per liter status!!!!!!!! oh and btw, that in the 3rd pic is my home made manometer to sync the carbs, nothin new, its bike tech but never seen one here so thought could be of intrest.

I'll post a list of whats been done to the car on my next post as now im at work and its time to fly home!

Hope ya like it!

Voodoo Bonez.

Name: Nick

Location: Mes3, Italy

Cars: 70 Ford Taunus GT / 73 VW Bay Window Pick Up

Mods to the cars: Ford: from the original 1.6 to a 2,0l pinto w/ 5gear trans out of a 92 sierra,

plus i'm redoin the interior, its lowered and gonna get airbags plus more..

Its in progress now and looks like shit

VW: its a Patina Look Dub, looks like shit w/ rust holes and all but the 1.6

flat4 has been rebuilt and its gettin twin dell'ortos, it has a 4" narrowed

adjustable beam, rebuilt rear and front brakes and more,so basically it looks

like its been through world war 2 but it has bulletproof mechanical parts.

Link to pics:VW build thread on Franklins vw Werks:

http://www.franklinsvwwerks.com/phpbb/v ... hp?t=14113

Ford; Soon!

How you found out about oldschool: On the HAMB ive seen a post by Coon about the beach hop where there was a killer picture of a slammed crown wagon(btw, i'd kill for a crown wagon.....)and pm'd immediateley askin if he had more info on that car....rest is history.

Anything else you want to add:I like this place cause there are all styles of cars and no cussin about which one is best, its just about the cars! Great, consider me in!