It Has begun... "Project Wombat"

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:53 pm

good shiat..

and it was oil.. once it enters the exhaust it takes on a new persona..

rust inhibitor!

well done chap.. she's all comin together beautifully..

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:55 pm

Raaang tang tang tang :lol:

Farkn smoked myself outa the shed :mrgreen:

Oiled the spark plugs up already, so better cut the cable tie and let the CCI pump do its thing

Cameron · Post by **Cameron** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:25 pm

bloody grouse!
nothing like the suzuki 2stroke microcars. mate popped over in his 360cc fronte 'sports coupe' this evening. could hear it coming for miles. when I flatted with him we used to use it to commute between Brooklyn in welly, to lower hutt. rubbing shoulders, even. it's tiny.

hope this one holds itself together for you. be wary or exhaust leaks, blocking jets, and over oiling which all lead to lean off conditions = soft seizing. it's pretty amazing what can go on without you even knowing. if it happens at a fair amount of revs it pretty much means piston explosion. not nice, especially with how hard it is to get/make bits for them...

here's one of his frontes parked sideways in a standard supermarket carpark. as you can see it's rather small :wink:

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos- ... 3627_n.jpg

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:32 pm

Yeah, I want to get a Fonte one day :lol:

Mercutio used to have one, but I think he had to let it go??

The the LJ10 was designed to fit the Japanese Kie Car market, the LJ50 which came along a few years later was the attempt at giving it longer legs to sell some more in Oz.

They are pretty much the same size as the current SJ413 and Jimny, just a shit load lighter at 680kg's :lol:

nzhunter · Post by **nzhunter** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:36 pm

DieselBoy wrote:Yeah, I want to get a Fonte one day

Haha I have of these and its for sale lol, engine is in bits though and its sitting in Whakatane....

Pete looking the LJ is looking chuuuuurrrrrrr as bayyy yehaaaa

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:39 pm

Hahahaha, Dan, you wouldn't fit your 6'6" ass in one :lol:

Yeah, its getting there slowly :roll:

nzhunter · Post by **nzhunter** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:42 pm

hahah 6'4 dude lolol yehhh its a waaayyyy tight squeeze in there

Yeh its been sitting in my grandads farm shed for yonks under a cover and i'm sure grandad doesnt want it anymore so ahhh next project, fronte rally car?? hahaha

Have ya taken it for a drive yet? heck that engine runs alll goood stoked with that

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:50 pm

Still got some brake parts to sort, and need to trim the adjusters on the steering tie rod too, but not far away from it.

The motor does have a strange intermittent noise that shouldn't be their, but will see what its like after a few hours of running under load. Hell, the motor in The50 was full of water when I got it and it purrs, so this one should be mint, its just sat under the bench in pieces for a few years :lol:

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:32 am

i had the grown up version of the Fronte had the F10A engine in it yes i did let it go kicking myself though would have been great for running around wellytown in

i will admit i have had a look on trademe for them recently

flyingbrick · Post by **flyingbrick** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:51 am

i know someone with a fronte for sale. Engines in bits but otherwise its all there.

some rust but nothing unfixable.

Car is in rotorua.

Love the color pete! Cant wait to see pics of it outside in the sun.

Cameron · Post by **Cameron** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:08 pm

blue aircooled one or a burgundy 360 watercooler like the pic i posted?

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:40 pm

just found this triple expansion chambers but someone needs to teach him to weld.
another mad kiwi

Cameron · Post by **Cameron** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:57 pm

can't see the tube at work, but, that's youtube username 'fronte360' or something like that? that's me mate with the blue cvar up the page. welding on those spannies looks a fair bit grubbier on a video than it actually is in real life, even considering it's unground spot by spot welding on paper thin panel steel that's all hand rolled and shit. those things made that car a fair bit quicker around taupo race track and it sounds amazing :lol:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:57 pm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/special ... 664754.htm

Would have thought this is cheap

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:21 pm

Shame the plates are dead :cry:

coxsy · Post by **coxsy** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:08 pm

a neatly styled car

badnuz · Post by **badnuz** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:53 am

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/specialist-cars/other/auction-431058965.htm :shock:

vinceparts · Post by **vinceparts** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:54 am

wow thats bad in every aspect, not sure if thats a good thing

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:00 pm

that is a scary thought :shock:

SP450andLE · Post by **SP450andLE** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:14 pm

Oh god that is ghastly.

I want it. :lol:

Post by **SV1K** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:24 pm

badnuz wrote:http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/specialist-cars/other/auction-431058965.htm

Stop posting your old car's in this thread :lol:

start your own thread if you want to sell your crap Euan! :lol:

badnuz · Post by **badnuz** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:27 pm

stop spelling my name wrong haha!!!

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:58 pm

Been busy with it, just tinkering on the small stuff.

It finally has brakes that work, and front wheels that point in the same direction.

So What do ya do??

You take it for a strop up the road :twisted:

I have decided to leave it alone untill after xmas. There's heaps that needs to be done still, but its mobile at least

So this is were its at:

So much still to do

muddyhilux · Post by **muddyhilux** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 2:58 am

oh very very nice,ubber

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:20 am

Farlash fella. Loving it

tintin · Post by **tintin** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:37 am

now that looks nice, awesome

Smurf · Post by **Smurf** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:04 am

Looks great DB. Loving that colour

UBZ · Post by **UBZ** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:10 am

the photos just don't do it justice , it soooooo much cooler in person.

lincooln · Post by **lincooln** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:42 pm

that thing looks so bloody awesome. Well done

oh and about 2/3 the way down the page is some 2 stroke awesomeness

http://www.fastfrogs.co.nz/index.php/to ... 9.html#new

Cameron · Post by **Cameron** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:23 pm

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