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serious 83 restoration in France from ritch

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#1 · (Edited)
serious 83 restoration in France from ritch 56k :nono:

member ritch ask me to help him a bit set-up a resto thread for him

so here is some pics taken from his thread on a french forum
(remember yannis body preparation?)









still going :


rear:





nothing but steel left:


sandblasted on it's new wheels....:


what the rust has eaten:





time to fix all those unwanted vents:






sunroof:



wind-sheild:


redo all joints:









finally done !
 
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#2 ·
Back from that place :



overnight transport:


Like the color???



Better take care of this too:




voila:



why not:




Now some sub components:



after 10 minutes:


and after some more elbow grease:


.. a new episode soon !
 
#11 ·
Thank you for your encouragement!!!!!


end of work on the tank:







Rinse water was hot:




Sanding:



Application of rust converter :



Reaction converter:





Application of anti-chipping:







I finally attack mounting:







Excuse me for the mistakes, my English is bad.:sadsmilie
 
#12 · (Edited)
some new i post for ritch
i finally meet him at rennes to give him a hand to go ship a new motor for a belove mk2
like i say before it's not a common engine for us ,frenchies
so after a few km
here the future new heart of his mk2:

a beautiful jdm 1jz:


a real part of pleasure to put it on the 306:

full loaded!lol!

now he have to make it run.....
he will have some question if someone could help him with wiring it will be great!!
 
#20 ·
I am in for an update:

Launch of adventure to retrieve the engine (a thank you for having Guido is photography), Guido shows me the ad engine for sale on Christmas Eve an 21h, I also contacted the seller, I answered the overnight. On Saturday evening an 8h I have paid all the purchase of the engine, go. On Sunday morning rise 3 in the morning, take-off



Coffee break:



Red bull break:



900 km (560 mile) later I finally discovered the beast:



Loading the engine:







My daily lowered:

with





without



After exercise comfort:



On the highway during the return:



1800km (1120 mile) later back at home:



Unloading the engine:





guido thank you for your help
 
#21 · (Edited)
Refurbishment of radiator :

Before



After




Dismantling of the nose:










I cross that I have a small problem:



Disassembly of the rear axle:
















Disassembly of bushing rear:





Disassembly of bushing front :













Sanding of all elements of trains roll:

















In sanding :





Painting:







 
#23 ·
ritch, that is some very well done work :good:
Translantion note: Silenbloque = bushing

( vraiment du beau travail ritch ! )
 
#25 ·
Excuse me for not giving news of my project, my new job much mind, so here are the progress of the project:

Order of the HKS GD MAX clutch at my friend in Japan SURUGA PERFORMANCE:





thank you NICK:thumbsup:

Go to mount now, by dismantling my old flywheel:



Now assembly:







Connecting the R154 tranny to the new engine:





Change sump mid front sump:





I miss painting:zzzzz:, why not do it with the sunroof:







Replacing the different part of Electrical:





My order arrived at 935:





My LJM Strut Bar :



My Front and rear BBK Caliper/Rotor Adapter :



With all this shipment of parts at work, I missed the cut machine with mild noise:naughty::





Grinding:





when finished:





Damn need to do the second, at night, and they quickly resumed:







The next day, Score:



Welding:



when finished:



What art do you think of my solder?
 
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