Amazon: 1964 Amazon 122S restoration project

[Bob 1967]

Yep, that sucks.
https://www.lidl.ie/c/tool-time-parkside/c700/w1

Next week...
https://www.lidl.ie/c/tool-time-parkside/c705/w2

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Bob 1967

Yep, that sucks.
https://www.lidl.ie/c/tool-time-parkside/c700/w1

Next week...
https://www.lidl.ie/c/tool-time-parkside/c705/w2

I daresay we'll get the same eventually..............

[Othen]

Originally Posted by Bob 1967

Repairs are coming along nicely, you are in for the long haul !
Rails look nasty , I don't think I've seen anything as bad being saved.
You should name it Lazarus !

You are right Bob, Juular has the patience of Job.

:-)

[Othen]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

Can't see any grinding or cutting discs but other useful toys for the boys here :

https://www.lidl.co.uk/c/diy/c2430/w1

Maybe as you suggest, Ireland gets a slightly different stock profile?

Thank you for that Dave. It was absurd of me I know, but I had not considered that a food store like Lidl would have a website. In hindsight that silly of my of course: almost everyone has a website.

Anyway, thank you for the link - I'm guessing the hardware items change weekly or monthly, so I'll check the website rather than make a trip (it is close by though).

Alan

[Juular]

Not a huge amount done this week.

Patched up a bit of chassis rail. The rest looks nasty but it's not bad, and when cleaned up and measured with a caliper, it shows it hasn't lost much thickness either. If it can survive being hammered with the sharp end of a claw hammer, it's fine. One or two little bits on the bottom of the rails need new metal put in, but the rest is OK.





Outrigger for this side folded up.



Fits well.



Welded in and primed.



Next, to repair that floor, then jack the car up and start on the chassis rails and sills.

I have a plan forming. I know it will evoke sharp intakes of breath and perhaps some derision.

When solid, I'm thinking of running it with the twin carb B18 for a while just to get a feel for it.

In the long term, I'm considering swapping that out with a XUD9 turbo diesel.

It's by no means set in stone (I go through phases of making big plans..), but it does makes some sense. It's the same displacement and roughly the same size, but has the potential to run on vegetable oil at around 50mpg, while possibly making up to 130bhp. It's an entirely mechanical engine while still being reasonably modern. No fly by wire. No ECU. No electronics apart from a constant 12v to the stop solenoid.

It's a ratty car, never going to be show worthy as I don't have the resources to make it that way. It may as well be a fun, economical daily drive, right? Plus I absolutely love the sound of a clattery diesel.

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Othen

Thank you for that Dave. It was absurd of me I know, but I had not considered that a food store like Lidl would have a website. In hindsight that silly of my of course: almost everyone has a website.

Anyway, thank you for the link - I'm guessing the hardware items change weekly or monthly, so I'll check the website rather than make a trip (it is close by though).

Alan

Aldi do many similar products and if you search for "Aldi Special Buys UK" you will almost certainly find them. Sign up via email and they send you an email with advance notice (usually 3-4 days) giving you the chance to buy online often with free delivery.
That means you can just buy the item you want/need rather than going there and returning with a canoe, chainsaw and other unneeded (but wanted at the time) stuff. I suspect Lidl do similar but haven't verified that.

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Juular

I have a plan forming. I know it will evoke sharp intakes of breath and perhaps some derision.

When solid, I'm thinking of running it with the twin carb B18 for a while just to get a feel for it.

In the long term, I'm considering swapping that out with a XUD9 turbo diesel.

It's by no means set in stone (I go through phases of making big plans..), but it does makes some sense. It's the same displacement and roughly the same size, but has the potential to run on vegetable oil at around 50mpg, while possibly making up to 130bhp. It's an entirely mechanical engine while still being reasonably modern. No fly by wire. No ECU. No electronics apart from a constant 12v to the stop solenoid.

It's a ratty car, never going to be show worthy as I don't have the resources to make it that way. It may as well be a fun, economical daily drive, right? Plus I absolutely love the sound of a clattery diesel.

Why not just convert the B18B to LPG? The price of diseasel is only going one way and that is up, LPG retains the original character of the car and gives running costs ~1/2 of petrol and won't make you unpopular with your neighbours on a cold morning when it sounds like they've woken up in a lorry park.

[Juular]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

Why not just convert the B18B to LPG? The price of diseasel is only going one way and that is up, LPG retains the original character of the car and gives running costs ~1/2 of petrol and won't make you unpopular with your neighbours on a cold morning when it sounds like they've woken up in a lorry park.

I don't have easy access to LPG, the distance to my closest filling stations negate the point of saving money IMO. I'm also concerned that LPG is going one way as well, as in many stations are closing. I do also have access to cheap / free WVO.

I also hate my neighbours.

[Othen]

Originally Posted by Juular

I don't have easy access to LPG, the distance to my closest filling stations negate the point of saving money IMO. I'm also concerned that LPG is going one way as well, as in many stations are closing. I do also have access to cheap / free WVO.

I also hate my neighbours.

Excellent idea - I really like diesels, mainly because they are so much more efficient than spark ignition motors (and that just has to be a good thing, whatever governments say).

I mechanical diesel would be a good idea - and get friendly with the local chip shop owner so you can run it on old oil - and be followed by a 'frying tonight' aroma.

:-)

[Bob 1967]

Originally Posted by Othen

Excellent idea - I really like diesels, mainly because they are so much more efficient than spark ignition motors (and that just has to be a good thing, whatever governments say).

I mechanical diesel would be a good idea - and get friendly with the local chip shop owner so you can run it on old oil - and be followed by a 'frying tonight' aroma.

:-)

I was at a concrete plant doing an early morning pour about 2010(2,000m3), the articulated trucks had "Donkey" engines running on used cooking oil.
It drove us nuts , we thought the canteen had started cooking breakfasts although it was only 4am !
We were ravenous by 8am and would have eaten concrete blocks with brown sauce!!!


The fabrication is top notch btw.