Picked this up tonight.

 

All 3cyl goodness with a 2speed semi auto.

 

NO RUST.

 

One family from new. Needs a tidy up, but goes well. Well for a 1 litre anywayz.

 

More to come......

Edited August 7, 201214 yr by Bamboo

This brings back ssooo many memories!!! Maccas trays and massive roll back skids. Those were the days!

Edited August 7, 201214 yr by kickn5k

Cool :cool:

Love the shape of this model charade

 

And i still have fond (or is that unfond) memories of getting my arse creamed by a turbo version many dark moons ago.

It may get a turbo......

 

If I can find a donor car.

 

 

It's taken over a year.

 

New house and new cars. I was playing Hondas and then this came along.

 

Factory Turbo Charade.

 

Guy I bought it off had no idea. Stopped running and he left it in his driveway for a year.

 

The problem. Points had closed up. Wacked in a new set a boom. Engine and turbo are sweet.

 

Body has had obvious repairs and seemed too good too be true.

 

It was. Looks like it's been cut and shut. Rust in the drivers rail.

 

When I had it on stands the drivers door wouldn't close!

 

The Plan? Drop the running gear and interior into the silver Charade.

Nice nice nice!!

 

Always loved the interior from the Turbo.

 

I like where this is going :)

There's been a bit of action in the garage.

 

Engine is in and running. Biggest drama was the electric fuel pump relay. Non Turbo's have a mechanical pump.

 

I figured I'd swap engine looms. Turns out the loom had completely different plugs in the back of the fuse box. So with the help of the Gregorys Manual I spliced the connector into the original loom.

 

All running and has been road tested. Now I'm tackling the interior. Although I thought this'd be a straight bolt in there are so many little differences between series 1 and series 2, it's driving me nuts. Still, Xmas holidays may as well be used fixing old cars!

 

Oh and check the bonnet hinge on the donor car. Very out of square.

I like where this is going!

 

Pity the series two has been nipped and tucked.... Turbo interior is very 80s...... Which is very Cool!

Any plans to keep the frowny front from the series two?

 

Keep up the good work!

It 's back.

 

Daihard with a hair dryer.

 

Carby has an awful flat spot and the idle is everywhere. I've ordered a carby kit and should be here next week.

 

Still running the non turbo exhaust as the 2" one that came with it had a massive hole in the muffler. Another thing on the to do list.

 

Oh and get tyres fitted to the turbo wheels. Stud pattern? 4x110

 

Thanks for the comments Ben.

 

The front frowny nose on the white one is longer.

 

I found this out the hard way when I tried to fit the turbo front sway bar.