cute wee gem Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 So I finally got myself a Bellett. All the way from Timaru She's a bit of a mess on outside with lots of surface rust but no major rust issues luckily. It had been stored in a barn for 10 years or so, so it was kept dry. Interior is mint. The engine is pretty tired and only manages about 55mph, the spare is even worse I've been told. zep said: I'd love to see a G200W with ITBS, would be pretty interesting 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cute wee gem Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 Engine acquired from a 1982 Isuzu Piazza. It's a G200W 8v twincam. These are getting extremely hard to find and get parts for as they weren't that common here to begin with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cute wee gem Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 Many years ago my partner Kym claimed this car as hers, but I had lost motivation to work on it (honestly just didn't have the skills required) Fast forward 9 years and many other projects later. I decided one day to take Kym to my old's house where the car was stored. Making sure the car was safe to tow, we then embarked on a journey to our new place. We promptly started to strip it down and inspect it properly There was rust in the tops of the sills, bottom of front guards and the bottom of the shock towers/chassis rail that I had attempted to fix when I was 19. This area is common in all Belletts. The front crossmember and brackets had to be removed by drilling out the spot welds Finished result after a couple of days fixing the rails and shock tower skin. I added a design change for moisture to drain from the front and we will spray the inside with cavity wax and seal the water from entering from the wheel well at a later date. Crossmember mounts welded back on We then paint stripped the whole front, panel beated and welded where necessary, metal prepped, etched and primed This was the end of Summer 17/18 (we generally only work on it during summer) 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cute wee gem Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 I had also "built" an engine when I was much younger and made an inlet manifold to mount some ITBs from a silvertop 4AGE. I thought it was cool at the time but the whole lot needed to be re-done. Fast forward to Autumn 18 We stripped 2x G200W engines and used the best bits from each to make one good engine. We had the block, crank, valves and head machined, installed new bearings, rings and set the valve lash with shims. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cute wee gem Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Summer 18/19 we only spent a couple of days stripping the roof as I was busy building my TG Gemini track car. Fast forward to summer 19/20 We got onto paint stripping the rest of the body, cut out the top of the sills and tigged in some new patches. Metal prepped, etched and primed. Bonnet and boot stripped. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cute wee gem Posted April 16, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2020 Covid-19 lockdown has given us some spare time to get stuck into the remaining panels, all of which received the same treatment as the body. Bare metaled, rust fixed and now in primer They are now all bolted back onto the car. I have spent a bit of time trying to improve the 60s panel gaps, but it's not perfect. The whole car is now ready for some body filler. 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cute wee gem Posted April 22, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2020 We spent a few days panel beating, block sanding and roughing in the body work. It's now ready for filler primer but have to wait til after lockdown to get materials. Overall it wasn't too out of shape. The worst bits being the beaten up front guards and rear passenger door took a fair bit of time to get the body line straight. 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cute wee gem Posted January 9, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2022 Summer 20/21 - We didn't do a lot bar finishing body work and getting it all back in primer and painting the engine bay. We also put the motor in temporarily and painted all the front crossmember and suspension parts. Also started a new ITB manifold for it. Summer 21/22 - We did a final guide coat and block sand, then got it painted. Pretty happy considering we painted it all outside, over 3 days. It was probably too hot and too breezy making it a little orange peeley. Feels good to finally have it painted. 36 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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