d.p.n.s Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 just bought this off tardme for $200 rego on hold will be my new daily when its finished so i can sell my 87 levin (judt didnt feel right driving a flash new car like that) lol doesnt come with the hot wires but does come with standard wheel,hubcaps and beauty rings. plans.... sand it back prime it and paint it fix some rust in the rear wheel well put it in for a wof and go from there. dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted June 9, 2010 Author Share Posted June 9, 2010 picked it up tonight was so much fun towing it back in the dark with out lights and not being able to see out the window so i had my head out the window like a fucking dog lol her some pics and the huge 1.3 and all 4 of these minters 1st plan get it started and driving cheers dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted June 12, 2010 Author Share Posted June 12, 2010 ok so i was fucking around with it today to try and get the old girl to start and after about 3 hours it did all i had to do was... *sort the firing order (number 1 ht was the only 1 right) *replace 2 ht leeds (got shit loads off old escorts) *sort timing it was almost 180 out *carb was leeking fuel just as fast as i could get it in so a siliconed the fuck out of it for now *change the fuel pump (was another one sitting in the boot) *make a fuel hose from the pump to carb with a fuel filter *put fuel in it went and picked some parts up of the guy i bought it from he gave me another carb.new ignition,pretty newish exhaust and some other pits. i just need to get a new water pump as that is totaly fucked and then it will be sweet and i can sort the timing and let it run for a good amount of time and see if there are another issues. has anyone got a standard air filter for one of these? cheers dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted June 13, 2010 Author Share Posted June 13, 2010 i got the engine bay all cleaned up ,primed and painted and also i found no rust at all (has to be a 1st for me) i also undersealed the boot i did find a wee bit or rust in the drivers side wheel well so i welded and boged the cunt. so far with the 5lts of paint i bought the car owes me $260 cheers dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share Posted June 23, 2010 my new water pump arrived yesterday thanks to prozac for finding that for me. ive been thinking about the paint and i dont want it to look all new looking so insted of painting it in a nice warm clean garage or spray oven with an extractor fan i have decied to spray in in my dirty cold garage early sat morning so the metal is cold. i also will not be fixing any of the dents im just going to spary it.... and im not even going to clear it so it should look a wee bit weatherd and then ill leave the rest up to chch weather. i just want it 1 colour and clean but oldish looking. build so far with new waterpump $332 cheers dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted July 3, 2010 Author Share Posted July 3, 2010 ok so i painted it about 8am last sat without any clear in a dusty garage and i have to say its not to bad for the worst paint job ive ever done lol but the paint does look old and weathered and that was the idea i also spent some money on a new battary and plugs today so that was $130 taking the total to $462 but after taking it for a wee drive i have found out the motr is fucked so if anyone has a good running 1256 please let me know. cheers dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted July 16, 2010 Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 all running all lights working wof check tomorrow if i can get some wheel nuts on the cunt. do you think if i had 2 on each wheel the wheels would fall off befor i got there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted July 17, 2010 Author Share Posted July 17, 2010 took the beast for a wof and she failed lol just on exhaust to loud and it needs tyre so if anyone has good contacts with good deals on 155 or even bigger im keen. cheers dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted July 22, 2010 Author Share Posted July 22, 2010 all wofed and reged now so look out for the beast ..coming to a street ner you lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted July 26, 2010 Author Share Posted July 26, 2010 drove it to work today with any issues(fingers crossed for the rest of ever lol) i also managed to get it up to 100kph took about 3days to get there and another 3 to stop but its sweet dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 ok drove this beat to work and back for a week( about 140ks) and it run like a bag of shit lol i bought an adapter of smokinjoe and cut the weber flang off it and welded it to my adapter i had i then bolted it to the manifold and ran the weber carb for 3 days till to day when i got the wifes perjbro to use and fully weled my adapter to the manifold to sort out the air leeks. i fulled the port with kneed it to make the shape and weled the cunt up i had about 15 mins at work to make a accelorater cable mount and here it is all plumed up the auto choke is mint starts 1st turn of the key runs like a dream and smooth and i got about 155kph out of her today just fucking mint cheers dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted August 24, 2010 Author Share Posted August 24, 2010 ok so ive been using this bad boy as my daily now for a few weeks do about 130-140ks round trip per week. and i can honestly say the old girl is growing on me apart from the motor dont get me wrong shes ok wee bit hit and miss in stop start shit but on the open rd gets up to 100 very easly but thats not me lol. so im planing on doing a converstion on her . heres what i have so far im going to fit it to a 2.0 pinto and i know what some of you are thinking ....no not another fucking pinto... but im a ford guy and i love the motors i have everything i need to bolt a xflow in and drive it so im going to use a escort sport 4 speed box and boltb a supercharged pinto in. cheers dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 well i got a bit of time in the garage thismorning so i pulled the old 1256 and box out and had a play with the old pinto block i had under the bench and a escort box. i managed to get it sitting in there nicly just need to cut down some cortina mounts and it should be sweet. i got sitting so that the 2nd piston is almost inline with the crossmember and springs so thats not to bad and heaps of room for the sump so i dont need to mod it Uploaded with ImageShack.us there will be heaps orf room for the rad and on the side more room for the sc14 and sidedraft carb ill cut and weld the mounts at work tomorrow dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted September 13, 2010 Author Share Posted September 13, 2010 ok so i welded up the mounts at work today and i also managed to get the motor as low as possable and as close to the firwall as i can i may need to cut nicly /fully bash the firewall for the head lol but ive got 3/4 of the 1st piston in front of the suspention i know its not a race car but it may aid in me going around corners a wee bit better dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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