I’d love to know what the story behind this Rolls Royce is. I spied it parked up behind a beautiful thatched building which looks like it may have at one time been a pub. The place appears to have been undergoing renovation before being abandoned some time ago as there’s the remains of builders equipment and some scaffolding there. The Whole back yard is overgrown and the back of the building looks virtually derelict. The car has clearly been sat for some time and is looking pretty rusty. The left front window seems to have been busted at some point too. Who abandons a Roller I wonder?
Check this out for a rare item. This would appear to be a limited slip diff for a Datsun Cherry. E10, F10 and early N10 models used this style of three bolt driveshaft flange and my money would be on this being for an E10 as it originally came from Janspeed who raced and modified E10’s back in the 1970’s. Sadly it’s missing pretty much all of it’s internals rendering it pretty much worthless unless you’re pretty skilled in the manufacture of one off gears! Shame…
I’ve bought a van. A big American van. With 318 cubes of guzzling V8. I love it 
I’ve bought several import things for this van so far….
- A set of slot mags
- A pair of chrome side pipes
- Some House of Kolor Solar Gold pearl
- Some Gold Metalflake
- Some orange carpet
- A twin port sunroof
Let the pimpin’ commence!
Followers of the Japanese Nostalgic Car blog will no doubt have seen some of Luxe37’s awesome animations on YouTube but I recently noticed he’d added a few more vids. The action is centred around a series of animated car chases, shot stop motion style using an assortment of toy cars, mainly Tomica plus a few large trucks (made by Shinsei?), all of which are based on classic Japanese cars. Vintage Datsuns, Toyotas and Mazdas abound! The way these are put together and the clever use of sound affects is just great and they get better with each progressive chapter. I’ve gathered together all eleven parts after the jump. Enjoy!….
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Head gasket time for our Renault 5TL. It actually went a few months ago but I’ve not had time to fix it. Pulled the head today and found no corrosion in the bores thankfully, despite standing with water in No1 cylinder. No warping of the head either which is a bonus. It looks like the gasket just died of old age. Exhaust valves are a bit tired though so I may have to fit new ones unless I can machine them. The R5 is a little awkward to work on due to the weird engine configuration but the stone age simplicity of the engine itself makes up for it. It’s a lot like working on a Datsun A series….
I spoilt myself today and bought a shiny new parts washer. No more scrubbing oily parts in a bucket of thinners for me! Mind you the ‘degreaser’ that came with it doesn’t actually seem to be capable of dissolving oil in the slightest. I might as well have filled it with water. I think I’ll order some proper industrial stuff from Chemodex. I hate all this namby pamby, non-toxic, eco friendly crap! Parts washer itself seems decent enough although the legs it stands on a pretty flimsy.
