1971 Gold Metallic Project, The Turbo 1.7 Options

[McMark]

Current Status:
Running great!

I picked up this car late 2012 with the intention of flipping it. But never got anything done on it until I tore apart my Marathon Blue Metallic 73 to prepare it for WCR 2013, which of course didn't happen. So now this Gold Metallic 71 is my new driver.

Starting off at the beginning. Trekkor found the car and had it for sale. I picked it up from him without the engine, front bumper, rocker panels or wheels pictured below. Otherwise this is how the car came to me.

[ottox914]

Fun project. Goldielocks. From the pics, its hard to see the relationship between the speedo and clutch cables to the exhaust you fabricated up.

IF its close AT ALL, heat wrap the crap out of everything down there, or you'll have a melted clutch cable in no time at all.

Hope that draining the turbo oil, which is not pressurized, will flow OK to the lowest point in the oil system, (tuna can) and not just back up in the line and into the turbo bearing. Personally I'd be more comfortable with the oil draining back in to the engine at a higher point, although that may involve a lift pump, or a drain to a valve cover. I can't imagine there is ever much of a time when the tuna can is not filled with oil even before draining the turbo into it.

Dave