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Reston twin losing its yellow paint 
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Last of the yellow


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Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:46 pm
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Chassis - 3.9 dif exhaust, rear brakes & lines, handbrake cable done.


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Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:50 pm
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Undercoating.


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Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:54 pm
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Cab - ready for some reassembly.


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Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:00 pm
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Nice work.

I love that colour, one of my st Belletts was same.

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Looking good Clyde! Thanks for the update. I'm looking forward to seeing this one.
Cheers, Matt.

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Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:26 am
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Been cleaning the engine and transmission - painted the block in original black and cleaned up allt the alloy bits. Brakes all sorted - front drums required new cylinders and drum turned - one side almost down to metal to metal. Need to patch where "someone" cut out a section of the bell housing to accommodate a Rodeo started. Good that I had a near new original starter to go back in. Between me and my engineer we determine that there would have been 4 or 5 different people "modifying" different parts of this Wasp that required serious repairs to make it close ot original. This has not been an inexpensive restoration project and is not a surprise to keep this Wasp from the scrap yard. No regrets but maybe the next owner will appreciate the painstaking time we spent getting this done properly. And no it will not be for sale - I intend to drive it.


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Been cleaning the engine and transmission - painted the block in original black and cleaned up allt the alloy bits. Brakes all sorted - front drums required new cylinders and drum turned - one side almost down to metal to metal. Need to patch where "someone" cut out a section of the bell housing to accommodate a Rodeo started. Good that I had a near new original starter to go back in. Between me and my engineer we determine that there would have been 4 or 5 different people "modifying" different parts of this Wasp that required serious repairs to make it close ot original. This has not been an inexpensive restoration project and is not a surprise to keep this Wasp from the scrap yard. No regrets but maybe the next owner will appreciate the painstaking time we spent getting this done properly. And no it will not be for sale - I intend to drive it.


Nice work. Well done.

I recall seeing a Bellett with the bell housing cut like that many years back, to fit a Gemini box I think.

Curious why you need an engineer?

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Wed Apr 13, 2022 2:52 am
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Cutting the 5 speed transmission housing away is what I had done to fit the standard starter to my sedan. The housing shown
is probably out of a KB Rodeo or a UBS Jackaroo Diesel (left hand starter) with a what we called in the auto parts industry
a "dropped down starter drive". I manufactured a cover from 1mm sheet alloy and sealed it with urethane and used heavy pop rivets.
I then painted it silver and the area around it. You wouldn't notice it until it was pointed out .
Clyde.
I'll see if I can upload some pics. Every job I did on my sedan I took multiple photos. I can't seem to go into and download them.

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Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:25 am
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Hi Clyde.
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Enjoy.

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Ready to go in. Piazza shift extension.
I shifted the handbrake rearwards and manufactured a false tunnel similar to the wasp.

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Cheers for the photos. Pretty much what I had planned to do. I have an engineer - but not the expense of one. He is more of a volunteer engineer that has taken an interest in the design of the old Wasp. He has picked up on much of the dodgy 'repairs' that have been made on this ute and fortunately fixed them while we had the cab/tub/etc off the chassis. Thanks for all the input from those in the know. Looking forward to rolling this one out on the road. The 15" rims - guessing from 70s model Isuzu ie - possibly Luv or early Rodeo - were picked up today and new tyres ordered - not many tyre sizes to choose from for 15" rims these days - and no 'truck' tyres that will fit under so looks like it will be road tyres. Decided to keep the rims 'Isuzu' instead of an after market rim. I found some later model wheel caps that suit - steal at $5.00 and they are unused. Pics to follow.


Thu Apr 14, 2022 9:22 pm
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Miscellaneous pics from Wasp Resto.


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Looking good Clyde, I'm keen to see it on the road too. It's going to be nice!
Cheers, Matt.

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Just got wheels reconditioned and added new tyres. These are original Isuzu rims - not sure what they originally came on - maybe Chevy Luv. Anyone know the origin of these mags?


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