Thread: New Arrival with some Confusion

Originally Posted by Freosmiths

Hi All
After several weeks patiently waiting IT has arrived....'51 / '52 80 inch in need of some TLC.

No Brakes, no Air filter, no gauges, split fuel tank, etc etc - list is getting longer by the day ! But more importantly no rust in the chassis or bulkhead as far as I can tell.

There is a small split in the chassis but should be an easy fix.

No doubt I will be a regular visitor to this forum and update with photos as much as I can. But to start with I was looking for some clarification;
Chassis No. 16660960
Eng. No. E36110335

Some brief searching on the net leads me to believe that the Eng. No. is from a 2.25L ?

Its going to be a daily driver and hopefully (if I can maintain his interest !) pass it on to my 14 year old...

I am going to strip completely and blast/paint the chassis before starting on a rebuild project with him....any advice on galvanising the chassis and for that matter any other aspect of the project greatly appreciated

Cheers

Welcome to the forum.
You are going to enjoy many hours of tinkering and hair pulling out moments....... enjoy the lull

with out sounding cocky you might want to check my thread out i have to update alot of the old photos as they dont appear as i changed the folders for them but you might get abit of an idea what you in for and feel free to ask me any questions
cheers tony

My advice is NOT to do too much: sure, do the chassis and the suspension bits and service the drivetrain and steering, get the motor running, but apart from that, I'd preserve some of the "patina" (in Afrikaans, "die houding") because that's what really makes it special IMHO.

My wife would probably kill for one that cute, and it looks very complete. Just the wipers and some wiring before rego?

Well, it certainly is not a 2.25 engine - I presume that you mean a 2.0l engine. According to Calvin it is a 51 model, and this should probably have the siamese bore 2.0l engine, but it is likely to have been replaced at some time by a spread bore engine.

John

Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton

with out sounding cocky you might want to check my thread out i have to update alot of the old photos as they dont appear as i changed the folders for them but you might get abit of an idea what you in for and feel free to ask me any questions
cheers tony

Thanks Tony...you might remember me from Port Stephens...we shot a couple of emails to each other but I never made it up to yolur place....sorry to read about the struggles you have had in past days with your assignment / project....keep at it mate, hope I can do as good a job !

It's most likley it's a siamese bore engine with the ZS 1 bypass oil filter
Also note the engine mount bolt lock / keeper you dont see very many
of those still in place. Looks in reasonable condition too.........

Originally Posted by groucho

It's most likley it's a siamese bore engine with the ZS 1 bypass oil filter
Also note the engine mount bolt lock / keeper you dont see very many
of those still in place. Looks in reasonable condition too.........

Well it all sounds like you guys know far more than I !

I forgot to mention the spare diff (not sure Front or rear yet) and the PTO that the guy had.....There's also a second Solex Carby which I will hang on to until I get it up and running

Welcome to the forum Freosmiths. You will no doubt find - as indeed you already are, that there are plenty of not only helpful, but very knowledgeable persons here only too willing to offer help, advice and encouragement.

You 80 inch looks grand, they are such sweet little trucks - I look forward to sharing in your journey together.

Guys - One thing though - I thought the '51 80 inch had a 1.6 motor from factory - it does look just like my motor (2l spread bore), but.

Dan.