Was using the car as my daily until a few weeks ago when we were going to put a new seal & gasket kit through the motor as the rear main was leaking quite bad from sitting around for 10 years with minimal use.
Motor out and found we had a faulty water pump and broken thermostat housing so decided to pull the motor down to be safe. Turns out it had never been opened and in amazing condition.
Motor is currently with the machine shop and he was shocked that it had never been opened and all as it was from factory including the plastic timing gears.
It’s getting a quick once over and will be rebuilt to XU1 spec with the head tickled and will try and source a 390 Holley set up for it.
In the mean time I’m I’m tidying up the engine bay and a few small areas on the car during this isolation & unemployment period so I don’t go stir crazy!!!
Before shot:
Quick elbow grease clean:
Not sure if I want to open the can of worms and cut the small sections of rust out of the guards & doors or just leave it be for now.
Need to replace all door seals and belts, front & rear glass rubbers, boot & bonnet seals etc
Interior needs some love and have already started tidying up the wiring harness and need to work out why the speedo stopped working just before I pulled it off the road.
I will make sure I update with more progress shots soon.
