Anjo goes 343! the daily project
Posted: 13 Nov 2009 06:50 pm
a 1980 343 DL to be exact!
my trusty old red 340 CVT is slowly eaten away by the rustdemon, not too hard to fix if you think of it, but along with the dents and additional holes it will cost a load of bodywork and a new paintjob to restore, the car to me just isn't worth all the time, money and efford needed for that so that's why i decided to give up on it and look for a really neat older car for my fathers daily use (3 times a week 6miles on 40mph roads).
so here it is, the 343DL!. i've worked on a lot of 343 and 345's and somehow, the oldskool nose always puts a smile on my face. the car was imported from Belgium in 2005 and since 2008 owned by pistonpen paultje, known on here too. allways parked indoors and the body shows that, it's very solid!
it will turn into a project because i am gonna change a lot about it; all the suspension/drivetrain/engine parts from the 340 will be completely refurbished and repainted / powdercoated like it's brandnew. engine will become a fully converted b14.4e (incl renix, front engine mounts, manifolds + downpipe, carb) i am planning to convert it to new style b14 cooling system but that's one thing that's not 100% sure yet.
besides a completely new undercarriage the exterior will be slightly pimped, he's allready rolling on the very cool 14" leo's (will be refurbished + powdercoated too) and has mudflaps. besides that i'll put a DLS/GLS bonnet (bumpy bonnet ) on it, and the rear spoiler made for this bootlid. allready have a rear window louvre to fit this window too. a frontspoiler for this model is hard to get but i am planning to search for one.
on the interior its very blueeeee but with this black dash a full leather interior, a black floorcarpet, black leather doorcards and a black leather luisi sports steering wheel incl R-sport hub will be a true pimp and a really good interior match.
some more pics of the beauty:
oh yes, one small thing to sort before i start driving it
blown headgasket this B14.1E will need Euro 98 + lead additive, i have a B14.4E cylinder head lying around so while i'm at it i am planning to swap the entire head wich will make it able to run on normal 95 unleaded. just have to look into some documentation first since they messed around with the compression ratio on the early models...
my trusty old red 340 CVT is slowly eaten away by the rustdemon, not too hard to fix if you think of it, but along with the dents and additional holes it will cost a load of bodywork and a new paintjob to restore, the car to me just isn't worth all the time, money and efford needed for that so that's why i decided to give up on it and look for a really neat older car for my fathers daily use (3 times a week 6miles on 40mph roads).
so here it is, the 343DL!. i've worked on a lot of 343 and 345's and somehow, the oldskool nose always puts a smile on my face. the car was imported from Belgium in 2005 and since 2008 owned by pistonpen paultje, known on here too. allways parked indoors and the body shows that, it's very solid!
it will turn into a project because i am gonna change a lot about it; all the suspension/drivetrain/engine parts from the 340 will be completely refurbished and repainted / powdercoated like it's brandnew. engine will become a fully converted b14.4e (incl renix, front engine mounts, manifolds + downpipe, carb) i am planning to convert it to new style b14 cooling system but that's one thing that's not 100% sure yet.
besides a completely new undercarriage the exterior will be slightly pimped, he's allready rolling on the very cool 14" leo's (will be refurbished + powdercoated too) and has mudflaps. besides that i'll put a DLS/GLS bonnet (bumpy bonnet ) on it, and the rear spoiler made for this bootlid. allready have a rear window louvre to fit this window too. a frontspoiler for this model is hard to get but i am planning to search for one.
on the interior its very blueeeee but with this black dash a full leather interior, a black floorcarpet, black leather doorcards and a black leather luisi sports steering wheel incl R-sport hub will be a true pimp and a really good interior match.
some more pics of the beauty:
oh yes, one small thing to sort before i start driving it
blown headgasket this B14.1E will need Euro 98 + lead additive, i have a B14.4E cylinder head lying around so while i'm at it i am planning to swap the entire head wich will make it able to run on normal 95 unleaded. just have to look into some documentation first since they messed around with the compression ratio on the early models...