Jonny5
Member
Afternoon guys.
Most people know me from my RTOC thread "Back from Respray" this thread will be more of a prequel to that one and expand a bit more on the restoration work done before the car went into the spray shop.
I purchased the car through a mutual friend for the small sum of £300 back in August 2005.

It was in a very sorry condition but solid
Originally being Tungsten Grey but having had a bodge job blow over at some point in its life to silver the paintwork was in a bad way.
Externally the body and floors were solid and there was no rot around the rear quarter windows, the scuttle panel was almost rust free too bar the odd surface scab.
The engine tho, was in the boot!
When the car was a runner it had been fitted with £600 worth of gas flowed/ported polished head which ended up as expensive scrap after the seller split a liner, bent two rods and half the valves racing an Impreza at 30psi.
So as you have already guessed i purchased the car as a non runner!
She was towed the short journey home (losing the spoiler on the way).
My then gf at the time left me, and work started

A new engine purchased and was believed to be a good runner at the time, but the bottom end was shot so that needed a full rebuild too.

More soon....
Most people know me from my RTOC thread "Back from Respray" this thread will be more of a prequel to that one and expand a bit more on the restoration work done before the car went into the spray shop.
I purchased the car through a mutual friend for the small sum of £300 back in August 2005.

It was in a very sorry condition but solid

Originally being Tungsten Grey but having had a bodge job blow over at some point in its life to silver the paintwork was in a bad way.
Externally the body and floors were solid and there was no rot around the rear quarter windows, the scuttle panel was almost rust free too bar the odd surface scab.
The engine tho, was in the boot!

When the car was a runner it had been fitted with £600 worth of gas flowed/ported polished head which ended up as expensive scrap after the seller split a liner, bent two rods and half the valves racing an Impreza at 30psi.
So as you have already guessed i purchased the car as a non runner!
She was towed the short journey home (losing the spoiler on the way).
My then gf at the time left me, and work started


A new engine purchased and was believed to be a good runner at the time, but the bottom end was shot so that needed a full rebuild too.

More soon....
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