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| DEMAC's 1200 UTE |
Subject: DEMAC's 1200 UTE
by demacoz on 2010/11/10 6:11:43
Part 1.
I have been at it for almost 18 months now and need to record this to make me more accountable on finishing the build. Not so you can see what a great mechanic/spray painter/welderererer or whatever (cause I am not) . But that someone else might not fall into the same traps that I have been caught in (sometimes more than once).
As background: I have had 6 datto’s over that past 25 odd years:
3 x 1600, 1 x 180B SSS, 1 x 1200 coupe, 1 x 1200 UTE
I got into 1200’s with the purchase of the coupe – the intention was to run in some sort of ‘under 1200’ class circuit races. Got the engine slightly rebored, balanced and rebuilt buy a guy in Frankston (I think his name was Graeme Butcher). While it’s been on a few tracks, It‘s never officially raced.
Anyway, I bought this ute about 18 months ago as a ‘primed ‘ ‘ready to paint’ proposition that I would get up and going as a daily drive. Hmmmm not to be. I got the car off eBay – it had been advertised about 3 times with NO ONE bidding. Anyway I got the guy’s phone number off his ad and waited for it to fall through. I called him 2 weeks after and asked to see the car.
It cost me $2600 but had/has some extras which helped bring up the value
1. Sunroof
2. Custom Plates (MY1200)
3. Central locking
4. Rollbar
5. An extra set of TRX MAGS
6. Steel ‘outlaw’ wheels
7. Honda Prelude seats
8. Wooden looking steering wheel
9. Didn’t look like any rust
10. Towbar
All around a nice little ride. That where I started. – looks ok right?
I got it home and started picking at the so called professional preparation to find cracks in the bog and not so straight lines. Also as I started to sand back the 'guide coat' found that there was too much being left behind (i.e. the 'guide' coat was more of a 'hide' coat).
....more in next part ... typing it up and reducing the pictures
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