That sun - or the evil Datsun from the rising sun...

i got picked up from home with this old Datsun, a 12 sec Datsun to be precise, 

and have to admit that this baby really pulls hard, ...

it left me with a strange but great feeling. a feeling of easiness and 

the power of modern technology. this thing really pulllllls. 

if i won in lottery, i would buy it straight away. 

old school look, with a modern engine, wow. 

sorry no other details of it. :-)

Getting in the gear, with the cool ghia

Driving could be much easier with working gears, at least one reverse gear. 

So after many times to try to adjust the old school shifter, i gave up and started to dig up the real problem, i found out that the shift rod had any bushing left, and the joint to the hockey stick was waiting for retirement, ok, i took out the shift rod and the joint, 

After cleaning & oiling the shift rod, i started to put it back, but it wasnt a one hour job, ok, had to buy a magnetic pick up tool also, ... Ok, i got the parts back on, but had to modifie the joint area a bit.

But this thing really helped and now the gears are like they should be, so if you got problems to engage gears, check these areas first.  Now it feels like i could go racing with it. 

Now theres only 99 jobs to do ;-)

Black ghia mods...

Ok, time to get forward... The smaller (or too small) kawell turbokit is going to rest somewhere else...

We will put a bigger and better setup asap, and sell some stuff...

Ok, i made a small mock up so that we know what will be modified and how. 

The garrett turbo is in kangasniemi so i cant check that for the moment, but maybe in the next weekend i will be next to my ghia!!!! this turbo is from a dragster engine... might be a bit too big.
but it would be fun to test if it "runs" at all with a 84x94 "starter-motor" 

ghia update - welcome to the the dark side ...

it sure looks awesome, let the picks do the talking.

weld wheels, engines from 2332cc kawell turbo, to pauter turbo.

yikes, i got some serious toys.

oval for sale in helsinki - NOT ANYMORE.

yeah baby, it is sold now, thanks for so many questions, emails etc, but i took my old friend Mr. Ritvos for a spin, and that was it, the car is sooo good to drive, starts right away, and even really hot air coms from the heater channels, he went to the bank and voilá, its that simple, he even got a pair of original "blinkers" with the car. the funniest part is that the bug has a 1700cc engine, that used to belong mr. Ritvos, (in his type2). so maybe i should start to sell cars, ;-)
(im used to buy ´em a lot) ...so lets wait and see how the car will be living with Mika.

congratulations for both. I think i earned my beers with this ;-)

oval for sale in helsinki

oval 4 sale - more picks

too good for finns? seems like that. :-)

btw... that car is inspected today.