well at least its in.
think positive.
talk to it.

good to see ur gettin things sorted out

Nah, not really. Had a few problems here & there. I've had the carby totally reco'd, which was good, but I still feel like the car is being let down somewhere. The more I know about the engine, the more concerned I've become about how it's running. My focus has moved from how it looks, to how it runs. Still need to move the extractors from the floor, still need to fit the heater dome, still need a new alternator, still needs a re-spray! Before I tackle any of that I want to replace my dizzy with an electric version, replace my manifold - then I'm back on the re-spray & interior. Grand plans! Cheers. COZ

I just went back & fixed all my image links so now you can see all the photos of my hard work! Looking back on it, this has been a long, stressful & fun project. Couldn't have done it without the help of my good friend Dave. The van's still going strong, I've replaced my manifold & it's going a heap better. Maintaining idle & seems to have more balls. I def. need to get the ignition system fixed. My spark is sooo weak it's crazy. I'm preparing it for a run down the quart in April so it'll be done by then. I'm also steps closer to following through with my denim interior. Stay tuned.

Cheers, I've had a few other issues here & there but all in all the van's doing well as a daily driver / project car, which can be kinda hard to balance. Any work I do over the weekend has to be at a point that I can drive it to work come Monday morning. Although, the girlfriend has a new job which leaves her car at home during the week, this opens up all kinds of possibilities. Recently I have; fitted a quickshifter, thrown on a K&N air filter I'd been hunting down for yonks, had 2 engine tunes ( one useless, the other worthwhile ), a compression test ( healthy as ), got my speedo working ( which then broke again ), fitted a replacement driver's side door after someone was kind enough to u-turn into my parked car & drive off, & finally I have started sanding & prepping the body for new paint. The next few months will be spent finding and elimintating any rust. Terrible stuff.

Looking forward I'd like to; fit a dif with a different ratio, fit my electric choke, fit a new gearbox & have my clutch checked over... and maybe a new exhaust system. Pics soon. COZ

same budyy my dream is the:
perana Capri
2nd is the sundowner van ( got it - to fit the mountain bike in)
then the lotus corti




keep thge pics comin theres not much bubble windows on these here pages keep me inspired please

Good effort Coz, gota hate the slurry, all over the tyre and rim. Don't let it sit there too long or it will stain or be hard to get off.

(Slurry....if above sentence sounds bit weird, is the mix of paint,bog etc and water that runs down panel after sanding and wet/dry rub)--A painter could word that much better.

So are you giving it a full respray or touching up areas that your de-rusting?

Rhys

good work mate glad to see someone is working on there sundowner!!!!

yeah the balckouts are the key to a good sundowner!!!!!
id get the little sundowner logo that sits on the left rear door as well then people knwo what there admiring!!!!

i bumped into a very unloved sundowner on my way top work the other day..if i reemeber my camera ill take some pics soon, it's a white one with full graphics, and a sheetload of rust