Another weekend gone.
Got loads of bits done, had a few visitors as well.
Drove the S10 around and went food shopping in it on Sunday.
Got stopped by a young guy and his lady in Morrisons Carpark to tell me he really liked the truck.
He was driving a 22 year Old Ford Puma on nice wheels, fitted with ST170 brakes and a few other modifications.
Nice when younger guys know what you are talking about. He also knows his endurance racing cars, right down to the model numbers etc.
Also showed him a pic of the Rezin Rockit, and he instantly recognised the RX7 seats and liked the fact it was MX5 in there.
My old lodger, John who is a driving instructor, came over on his full power Yamaha V-Max powered Trike on Saturday.
He wanted to see the van of course, and had helped a lot with morale boosting when I built the RR as well as sorting some wiring issues out for me.
One of the jobs I was doing just when he got here, was making a little temporary release handle for the fuel filler door which had long since lost its tab.
Being replaced with a small pair of side cutters the seller showed me how to poke it into the hole, pull the cable and release the filler door.
What a terrible solution.
So I took some welding wire, made a finger sized loop and a small tab to crimp onto the nipple on the release cable.
This is temporary until I can find a correct part to purchase either online or on my road trip to the USA.
STORY HERE:
https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread...023-road-again
Shaping it.
Fitted and crimped in place.
John is like a Magpie, not much goes unnoticed or misses his scrutiny, so it was a pleasure having him there.
Rear door stop, one missing off the drivers side door.
Anyone got one to sell or donate?
Aircon/blower controls missing a small button.
Got one?
We also tested out some Autosol on the alloy wheels, that was reported before, so John cost me 3-4 hours of my life.
For the better though.
I crawled, well, poked my head under the van, as it has been professionally lowered when “The Drop Shop” built it originally.
I will just post a bunch of photos of the undersides.
The lack of rust, and even just minimal surface rust attests to the fact that this was a show van, and pampered for most of its life.
Removable tow hitch is a huge bonus as one can use the van as a real tool.
Also never seen a leaf spring quite like these……..
Looking at the sills as well…….
Starting to feel at this point, like I may have got lucky again, like the S10, only 78k miles, and a body that is hard to believe the condition of.
Yes, it was a Texas van before it came here, but it is good.
IMMACULATE SILLS TOO.
Last task for yesterday was to use some Auto Glym bumper and plastic restorer gel on the small lower lip/spoiler.
Result was again even better than expected.
Before.
Result shows in the video.
VIDEO HERE:
https://youtu.be/JF-kFzSQlFs
Thanks for checking in.
Now back to work.
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