hahahaha mik ur so cruel!! without Luke i wouldnt be able to do anything with this wagon so without his help i would be screwed......oh and for the record it was my call to use that mat not his!!!

It's the Thomas mat that enabled him- or dreams bout the fat contoler

Luke trying to get the bloody bolt out of the car..........he finally prevailed and managed to get the bolt

ok so i picked up a new front apron off ebay pretty cheaply yesterday, and today went out with the fam n came home with a 120y brake booster, 32/36 carb with adaptor plate and manifold all bolted together and seems to be in good nic, and also a Pulsar E15 dizzy..not a bad day out really!!!!!!

just sitting down for a bit n then back out to pulling things off the wagon!! will try n get pics later

what we have discovered is the engine is actually in really good nick, paint rocker cover, and the head is polished.

on the bad side we basically need all new panels for the front end. its had an accident at some point,

needs new:

rad support
apron
lhs front guard
new front end chrome
radiator

so other than the engine a whole new front end!!! their was soooooooo much dirt over and behind the panels - it was soooooooo packed in it basically stopped alot of the car from rusting!!! had to keep sweeping big chunks of dirt out ofthe way!!!

Thanks unfamilia ( i 4got ur name sorry dude!!)

rev, didnt set us back too much at all..........and as i said she starts.....well she did start, battery is out now and the wiring is starting to be taken out too so she doesnt start at all anymore!!!!

yea i know too bad about uni.....m stdying to be a mechanical engineer. so uni is hell tough so much bloody maths involved.

I like lukes nail polish there Kirstie.

Also, nice starting point too. Did it set you back much?

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It doesn't really matter what colour you paint it, 2 weeks after it's done you'll probably regret it if someone else has suggested it.

But for me, I would stick with the white. Maybe not the origional white as it is a bit stark white for me but it is a real nice colour on 1200's expecially with blackouts and Hayashi Streets on them.

But more to the point, what's your favorite colours?

As for the engine, for ease and simplicity the A series in an A14 is the easiest option. But a CG13DE from a K11 micra is also a good donk. 3 out of the 4 bolts will allign with the A series gearbox. As well as the dowells. Except they are M10 instead of M8 thread. Tomei do mild and race cams for them and they are all alloy blocks and look like a mini SR20. That would be my choice. It's modern multi valve and light as an A series or lighter. Choose a heavier gearbox to make the center of gravity move back a little and Hey Presto. A quick and great handling car that is actually different instead of all the other CA and SR 1200's out there. Because nobody has done them before...