| Basically this is my 1968 import 1600. The plan was never to have a fully blown show car as i dont have the budget nor the time to do that. But what i did want and hope to achieve was a nice clean streeter that i could be proud of. The z18et was never going to be the powerplant rather an fj20det, but when a z18et came up with a host of other parts i couldnt pass it up (itemising it down the engine and gearbox were a small percentage of the $1200 paid for the host of parts and shell, mags, suspension, interior, all new parts etc that i got). The engine itself ill get to later, but onto the rebuild. I basically stripped the car down to a shell besides the front suspension which had been rebuilt or was to be changed anyway. As can be seen in the photos I started with the engine bay. All parts were taken out and yes i mean all. basically i was left with a bare engine bay ready for preparing and painting. |
