street machine of the year, back in.. umm.... 1988?????
Holden HJ (or similar) ute with 2 v8's
one up front, and one in the tray..
front one was a mild one, one in the back was supercharged. and it was rego'd.
I think in this case they both powered the back wheels. (a 4wd transfer case in reverse???)
would be an interesting project tho!!!

why not go L18 or L20b??? size isn't much different (block size)

yeah, and te fir tree is still sitting in it

if thats a bush banger, you'd want some sort of roll bar with no roof. not hard to roll a car doing donuts in a sandy paddok.
It looks like it could still be salvaged in this condition as a soft top (with a fair bit of work)other than the rough edges of the chop, the rest looks reasonable

time to trade in the tellly for a bigger toolbox...
go work on the datto instead

worse things done to volkswagons???
your kidding right????
you blow the motor up in one of those and its maybe a little bit worse than putting a 2cm scratch on the floor pan of your datto...
don't compare them to dattos pleeeeez

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I has been, you can see where the fenders have been lengthend. I don't reckon it looks too bad. looks like all the hard work has been done to it. could make one sweet beast out of that. loving the size of that tunnel...

I tried to resist this thread...

car $2000
mags $30 (trade in, corolla mags for bathurst globes)
grill free
ball joints $90
2 new tyres $190
L20b motor, with blown head gasket, modded sump, cam, head work, extractors, exhaust, twin su's, stumpy 5 spd box, new radiator, thermo fan, and coupe dash $600
complete unregd 200b (for parts) with good L20b, weber, 4spd $300
paint and degreeser etc to date $50
bog $30
welder gas $80
+ the bits and pieces i forgot to mention

total of about $3500

still need paint, and who knows wat else...

(oh, and oil for the old motor... I won't put a price on it )

thats autokrats car painted with spray cans. It is possible, and can look ok... [edit] he bet me to it...
You would be looking at around 15 to 20 spray cans (just a guess) at around $7.50 which would cost you about $130 to do a decent job. that is no primer, just the colour. If your not going for a red (or any other expensive colour) you should be able to spend about the same amount on paint to be applied with a proper spray gun.
You should be able to hire the gear for a weekend (apparently not all that much), if you can't borrow it, and with a bit of practice you can probably do a decent job, if you have that sort of skill. Its not that hard. get a nice matt sort of colour...don't go gloss...
my 20c anyway.

have a chat to astro boy. He bought his from some place in bayswater, Perth (WA).
cost him $100 or something for the carpet, which included a few extra bits for the kick panels back of the cab etc.

here's his interior link

Its my understanding that cars around the age of some of our beloved dattos weren't built the same way as cars are today, and so panels had anywhere up to 10 mm difference in them car to car, possibly more. this is especially true for panels such as fenders. so that perfect fender you found somewhere isn't always going to fit, even though it could have been on the next car off the production line.