There was alot of oil and dirt on it when I first bought it back in 2002, but I had to go park it for over a year and a half at work in the yard,

It gets wery windy in this part of canada and the dust just blew up in there.. you should have seen the inside before i cleaned it out.

But Dodgeman is right, its clean under the dirt, just a few rusty spots, the rest is all good.

looks like this car was buried in mud for some time......

Yes its muddy, its caked with dust and oil.

Hey DD, long time no speak,
Yeah, I dont want to go v6.
I think that the biggest i would ever go is 2L and I like my turbos.
We'll see, maybe an A15 FI build up to begin with as it will be real cheap

Quote: Don't knock it, a good layer of oil soaked dust is probably the best automotive protectant & rust preventative that i can think of. Many a chassis has been saved through the decades by this naturally occuring process.

Oh yeah, its all clean underneath, like new.
I just wish that there was more mud and oil under the floorpans.

hydraulic clutch? that looks factotry too, no hole for the cable to come through, whats the story there?

Yep, thats right.

Hydraulic clutch, comes standard here I guess, its nice... trying to get the lines off now and its a bugger trying to do that sometimes... (dont want to round the heads off the connectors)

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im pretty sure all LHD 1200's were hydraulic clutch....

Ange's right, all left drive models have hydraulic clutches.
It looks like it has seen a lot of very dusty roads & the front chassis parts are probably in very good condition. A good degrease, then a vigorous washdown & it will look much better.