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Autozam Carol (currently 314 views)
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Posted on: Sunday, August 18th, 2013, 10:18:13pm
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Well now that she'll be getting a cappo engine seems fair to post up Carol.
We won her on eBay as a non-runner on the assurance she ran but needed the head gasket changing. She looked in excellent condition in the photos and seemed like a good bet... we were quite surprised to find she had been left in a ditch for 5 years...but after much thought we agreed to bring her home
We worked together to lovingly rebuild her, but it became quickly apparent how badly she had been neglected. Her MOTs repeatedly mentioned a water leak at the back of the engine, but for whatever reason this was never fixed. It appears the pipe eventually split all the way down the length of the pipe causing the engine to over heat and the head to warp dramatically. Sadly our work was in vein, but now we have begun rebuild a cappuccino engine to put in Carol, and give her the love and attention she truly deserves.
Firstly I cleaned up the cappo head using nothing but baby wipes
Then with both of us working on stripping the old engine, we quickly got the old head off and trial fitted the new head to see what the size difference was...
We've almost got the old block out, so we will get the new one re-bored and rebuild the cappo engine. Sadly she won't be ready in time for KKITP which is very upsetting. Plan is to have her finished inside and out for the new year though.
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