Something different. A tale about a car lost and forgotten

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Lifer
and we have a "small" update :D

she's ALIVE!
ran for the first time yesterday.

note that the carbs still need adjusting, we had only half of the exhaust fitted and after 3 minutes we managed to find the correct setting on the choke.
took a while for the fuel to get from the tank to the carbs :)

so lots of things that still need attention but we are happy as f00k that she ran!


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Nippon

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Great read and a fantastic amount of work!
Amazing what can be don with a bit of time, love and a LOT of effort.

Well done man.

Matt D
 
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Lifer
and at last! she moved out of the garage under her own power for the first time.
made a short testdrive around the block and she's running well :) very easy car to drive

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Lifer
and finally she has MOT and is now roadlegal! hurray!

still lots of things to do on the car and JW is allready pondering what to mod on the car :) such as a 2t turbo engine :) since there is about 1,5 spare engine left
 
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Lifer
she's had her first oil change.
still had a few glitches to solve such as a clogged fuelpump and other small things but besides that she's a hoot to drive!
not all that fast but just the fact that you are really man handeling a car instead of electronics etc. is just a great feeling. just standing still in front of a traffic light... engine growling... gear lever shaking on the idle movements of the engine.

modern cars are suddenly sooooo boring :)
 
darraghmh91

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Top work there man fair play .. Good too see a car that was due to be scrapped and then saved .. Couldnt of done it to a better car its super rare it would of beena shame to scrap it
 
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Lifer
the previous owner coulden;t believe JW managed to save the car :)

Currently JW is pollishing the panels 1 by 1, load of work but she shines like an oiled butt it the moonlight :D

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the spark plugs show a nice color, running well :)

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