Alistair Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Couple pics just landed in the warehouse at work. Its worst part is the sills will need a complete reweld along the whole length. Bit of surface rust. The interior is insanely clean for its year and for what I paid for it! Will get better pictures of that later on and a bit more words as to whats happening to it etc but heres some for now. No how long till he sells this comments thanks, its very funny but yes we've heard it and yes others on the forum have done it. So politely blow me Enjoy Edit and yes it came with the nardi wheel in it! SCORE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 Moar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted November 2, 2008 Author Share Posted November 2, 2008 Went and washed it today, as you can see from pics, minimal rust in door jams, around the boot lid etc which i was stoked with, and also IT RAN! Cranked up some oil pressure and it fired into life pretty spluttery which you can see in the last pic, so will get plugs, leads, new oil/filter, coil etc hopefully it runs a bit nicer. I drove it a small distance but I believe the drums are seized, and I have no experience whatsoever with drums so any suggestions/hints what to do there would be good. Anyway, another bombardment of pics. Hopefully get hackin into those sills this week and see how bad they are Eww yuck sills. Roof is really tidy and straight Mmm nice clean boot sills. Shows the refurbed interior a bit better, someones spent some money here. Carpet is definatley newer. Rather nice. Chunky and black but at least it ran! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted November 3, 2008 Author Share Posted November 3, 2008 Been doing some more driving in the old girl. Also put wheels on so wheel/tyre gurus here can tell me what tyres I need. Rims are 14 x 6 and 14 x 6.5 Also note where my foot when through the sill lol. And wtf is up with the rear camber. Did you other bellett guys have it that bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 Picture of rear setup. Kind of dark. And oh such a queer setup. Coils show no colour, however according to spec, should be 5.7 coils while mine appear to be around 7 coils in the rear which would some what explain queer + camber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted November 8, 2008 Author Share Posted November 8, 2008 Just a couple pics from strip down. Few more chrome pieces to go, then tackle engine bay The foam/glue around those lights nearly had me in full on rage mode. Was so sticky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 Exterior is stripped now, just engine to take out and she can head off for panel/paint. As you can see from the pic above, I will need some new bits. If anyone can help....Im looking for good-verygood cond: Tail Lights Rear license plate lights Front bar Indicators 2 x Bellett Guard Badges 1 x Front bumper rubber bumper strip. (They have 2 im missing one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Engine is out, just needs degrease and water blast in engine bay (and removal of all the shit like horns, fluid bag etc) and it is going to my mates workshop in the weekend and I wont have it back until the new year in its fresh white paint Will update periodically as it goes through welding, patching and primering stz. Nice thought to know I dont have to touch it for 2 months! Note newly discovered hole in chasis rail lol! Will have to have that patched along with the sills and shizz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Last lot of pics cause I can. So now I can play with making the chrome bits nice and degreasing and cleaning the motor while the body is seen to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 Shame, nothing cool to report. Except this sweet NOS badge I got from Aus. Also I sent some badges to a guy in welly to have new ones made ala sandcasting, so will be interesting to see how they turn out. Mate has finished the army trekker he was painting so full steam back into the bellett nao. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 MOAR! Thought id show the little bit of progress made so far, bit more welding to go on this side and tidy up then onto drivers side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 New pics of drivers side sill/guard work and also the beginning of me undersealing the old girl. I freakin hate that shit! More tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted December 20, 2008 Author Share Posted December 20, 2008 Bit more of an update on panel work before primer on monday No more chasiss hole! There we are, might do a bit more tomorrow. Like how the crossmember came out, much tidier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 Heres a little bit more, 90% sure we can have primer on it tomorrow, just found another hole in the lower right rear guard and a couple little ones on the bonnet that you can see. Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 Its done!ish. Finally in primer, so awesome to see it all one colour again! And look at those beautiful rust free sills/guards! Anyway excuse the picture barrage I was a little excited! Hopefully will see a coat of bmw alpine white the week of the 5th of jan Then I can begin to re-assemble! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Got the engine bay, door jams, boot and underneath bonnet painted today in alpine white. Sorry for the pics, had crap light and only from my phone. But you can kind of see the difference its made Anyway onto the pics Hopefully outside can be put into paint tomorrow as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 Teeeheee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Painted the headlight brackets, looks a bit tidier Starting to come together Ive replaced the rubber strips on the bumpers with s/s bolts, need to be polished to match but what do you think? Undersealed then painted the bumper supports (still need to do rest of guard obviously!) My nice new Isuzu badge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 Gloss blacked the mesh and gave the chrome bits a quick tidy And the headlight buckets Front end is complete minus indicators and the bellett 1500 badge still being painted. Bit more of the grill Exterior starting to get pieced together Bellet with its german cousin (my daily) A couple issues someone had pointed out to me. The bonnet isnt aligned properly yet I know Also the gap between guard and front swage is different on the two sides, so sue me and the chrome isnt mint yet, but Im trying to meet a deadline for a meeting in 7 days so there will be things I need to go back to! Sorry for the little updates, just chipping away at it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alistair Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 Got the young lady working on the interior today! Motor is back in and starting to be pieced together. Door trims and rubber going back in. Interior cleaned up and steering wheel polished. I painted the vent black again, but I think it looks stupid /out of place. Suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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