A few of you guys might recognise this car. My dad built it in the early 90's and raced in the under 1600cc IPRA as well as a few super sprint events. He sold it in around 1993 as a roller and it's had a couple of owners and engine combos since then. In July this year I noticed the car come up for sale and we jumped at the opportunity to buy it back.

We pulled the old engine out of storage, pulled the head off for an inspection and rebuilt the webbers.

Yesterday I got to drive it at a test day down at Marulan. It was like a childhood dream! the last time I saw this car on the track, I was only 6 years old.

Stay posted for more photos and videos of our journey!

This is the day we bought the car back from the Carpenter brothers

So lucky to be able to buy it back!
Looking forward to hearing how it all goes for the first drive.

Good idea to replace the valve stem seals after 23 years in storage.


Getting ready drop the engine back in

Ready for the first session

such a cool little car!

Here's a couple of videos. One from our first test drive on a friends driveway, only 1st and a little bit of 2nd gear were used.

The second video is a couple of laps at Marulan driver training centre. It was my first time driving the car and also first time at that track. The engine felt strong but we had to pack it up early due to a blocked radiator causing overheating.

https://youtu.be/GWdhEGEGd7k

https://youtu.be/FBLcMFeJi5E

I had that problem with a Sunny with an L18, it's a pain as the hotter it got, the more crap would come of the block & clog the radiator, which would cause it to get hot(ter). After paying money to unclog the radiator 2 times, I found a simple filter made from cheesecloth that went into the inlet of the radiator. This caught all the rubbish coming out of the motor, including what looked like metal swarf. I originally got it from a radiator shop at Granville, but now get it from Adrad at 70 Long St Smithfield. Much more usable than the Tefbar filter that other people use.

PS that looks like Steve's front drive, good to see he's still around. What series' are you planning to run? I'd love to see her run, & could probably put something together to compete, too. Still got the Sunny Coupe with the L18, could swap the engine to an L20B with a Stumpy box, & a 4.6 H190.
PPS Can I come & do burnouts in Steve's driveway, too?(all sorts of funny things are supposed to go here to indicate I'm joking).

Hi Paul. At his stage we're not sure but probably just track days, s/s and regularity for starters. So much has changed with IPRA since '91/92. Back then flares weren't allowed and suspension mods was a lot more restricted. I see also that 55 profile tyres are now ok too.

Getting it back after '92 is like picking up with an old g/f. The passion is being rekindled. And watching Tom driving it around the track with my old engine was a lot of fun for me too. He was 6 when I last campaigned it.

As for Steve, he's still a great mate and wants to get his 1000 coupe onto the track too, so yeah, you should come and join us as well. Or do you want to buy it back again after we're finished with it

Cheers
Danny

PS Thanks for the cheesecloth tip. We'll give it a go.