The guy who sold me the S3 called it 'Wallet' (Wallit ?)
He couldn't make up his mind whether to call it Wallace or Gromit, plus he claimed he was always spending money on it
On a run it was under 9litres per hundred but he did warn me that it was lacking in acceleration.....
A quick look last night didn't throw up too many surprises. The spare wing outer panels have holes drilled round the edge where flares were fitted so I may need replacement wing outers or I'll try panel beating the existing panels. Bulkhead is excellent, chassis is excellent interior is worn but good, dashboard will need recovering at some point.
Drivers seat is a highback but not sure if I'll get a roadworthy with this fitted.
The window boxes (doortops) need to be looked at fairly soon. There is some rust in the door framework that will also have to be fixed.
It has LWB brakes fitted which is a bonus and some serious sound deadening panels in the footwells (maybe the Isuzu is a bit noisy ?). Machining the flywheel is the first issue then I have to rebuild the gearbox. The spare gearbox has high ratio transfer gears, probably not suited to the Isuzu but could be handy if I go 200Tdi in the future.
I just need to work out where this one fits with all the other projects.....
Colin
Last edited by gromit; 4th June 2012 at 07:36 PM.
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'56 Series 1 with homemade welder
'65 Series IIa Dormobile
'70 SIIa GS
'76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
'81 SIII FFR
'95 Defender Tanami
'58 Series II (sold)
Motorcycles :-
Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C
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