kevbalman
19-07-2013, 06:28
my love affair started when i found this old pick-up not to far from where i live. I fancied a pick-up for work and play. I already had a 4x4 that has been park of our family for nearly 9 years now. I have had a private plate on my Isuzu for years now, When I found this old pick-up, I looked at it with interest then, saw the plate, One letter different from mine. And the car was black. ( we've had a line of black cars so it become a standing joke that we only have black cars) The guy agreed to leave the plate on it. So it had to be. this is how it looked when I bought it home. http://www.dropbox.com/s/y97n1sn19odt6e5/2013-04-16 19.30.35b.jpg
Then soon after that i found a scraper with no engine, in Cornwall that had lots of extras on it for £500. So off i went and towed it home on an A frame. When I got it home and tried to push it I realized i had towed it 500 miles or so with the brakes binding. No problem for that little tank. didn't even break in to a sweat. Although juicy. 2.7 turbo with no intercooler yet. www.dropbox.com/s/r2s5lwx1n15xn7x/2013-05-31 08.57.48.jpg
then the doner soon looked like this.
http://www.dropbox.com/s/a5e0e0ap75ebqyt/2013-06-01 12.55.06.jpg
And mine now looks like this..
www.dropbox.com/s/681ee4jyxeo09aj/IMG_20130706_054445.jpg
vinyl wrapped the bonnet tinted the windows added wind deflectors all new. then from the doner came the front wings with the arched attached one of mine is now a spare. wheels with 31.10's on all the shiny bits one track rod end. windscreen (that was hard work cutting that out) plus i have a load of spares. Not finished yet. the back went up yesterday. still need new shocks all round bushes for the rear srings will need replacing, and the front has to come up next. I like to make an opening rear window some how. have a couple of ideas some more involved than others. I will post more pictures for any who might be interested in lookin.
Then soon after that i found a scraper with no engine, in Cornwall that had lots of extras on it for £500. So off i went and towed it home on an A frame. When I got it home and tried to push it I realized i had towed it 500 miles or so with the brakes binding. No problem for that little tank. didn't even break in to a sweat. Although juicy. 2.7 turbo with no intercooler yet. www.dropbox.com/s/r2s5lwx1n15xn7x/2013-05-31 08.57.48.jpg
then the doner soon looked like this.
http://www.dropbox.com/s/a5e0e0ap75ebqyt/2013-06-01 12.55.06.jpg
And mine now looks like this..
www.dropbox.com/s/681ee4jyxeo09aj/IMG_20130706_054445.jpg
vinyl wrapped the bonnet tinted the windows added wind deflectors all new. then from the doner came the front wings with the arched attached one of mine is now a spare. wheels with 31.10's on all the shiny bits one track rod end. windscreen (that was hard work cutting that out) plus i have a load of spares. Not finished yet. the back went up yesterday. still need new shocks all round bushes for the rear srings will need replacing, and the front has to come up next. I like to make an opening rear window some how. have a couple of ideas some more involved than others. I will post more pictures for any who might be interested in lookin.