Post #243184 by hewey on Sun, Jul 16, 2006 2:49 AM

UPDATE

Well, the wagon. An interesting story that one... My brother went to sell it and I realised how much I wanted it, so I agreed to buy it and put down a deposit. My brother agreed to cut out the rust before said car changing hands. Well, my brother cut out the floor at his work, and his work went bankrupt.

The guy who was gonna help him to weld the new floor panels back in didn't have a welder, and there was no access to the work welder any more. So she was towed home without a floor and sat in my brothers garage until his brother in law could weld it back together (at this stage my brother got a new job like 8 hours away). I had the fun job of cleaning up after the welding, priming, and tar sealing too. I also had to replace the rear brake line after my brother cut through it cutting out the old floor. This took 2 goes to get right before it worked... haha. Ive spent too many hours under this freaking car.

So, got it back on the road days before registration was due. Passed okay (when it shouldn't have - only 1 indicator was working!) and had it one the road for like a week or 2.

Well, I didn't make it home from work one Friday night. Lottsa smoke (out of the carby!) but couldnt even nurse it home. Got it towed home. My neighbourts prognosis was broken rings. Pushed it into his place, pulled the engine, stripped it down to a bare block. The damage: the end of a dipstick was floating around the bottom end, 5 cylinders had damaged rings, one piston had split in two, and there was a inch of movement in the timing chain.

SO, now shes got to have a full rebuild. Lots of $$$... Gonna be a while before I can afford to do anything really cool. At least she got a Bamboo Ben sticker on it :)

Tiki updates when I get to em. Currently planning the bamboo side window curtains and tiki shifter Im gonna carve...