A couple of months ago, the Healey had a catastrophic front suspension failure. After performing some pretty harrowing surgery, I had the front suspension back together only to have it pulling hard left.
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1973 Isuzu Bellett: Designer unknown (by me at least)

A while back Flavien talked me into purchasing something practical for everyday use. I agreed that I needed something with 4-doors that we could stack stuff into, but it was contingent on me selling my RX-7 first. Well, that sold, I sent Flavien some money, and he sent me this shiny red Isuzu Gemini Irmscher R.

Here we go, this was my segment!

This is the G180Z for my Isuzu 117 Coupe. New main and rod bearings, new rings, light hone to get a good crosshatch, head fully redone, all new seals and gaskets. She’s getting there. If all goes smoothly, maybe we can hear life out of her sometime next week!

About two weeks ago when we were driving the Healey, I heard an awful metal on metal noise, so I parked it in the garage and told everyone not to drive it until I could get a look at it. Well, work and what not meant that day wasn’t until today. I jacked it up, pulled the wheel off and found the upper shock/wishbone…

So, one of my cars is on TV! The show is Sticker Shock on Discovery, and I think it was actually pretty well done. I wish the cars would have gotten a bit more spotlight, but I get that TV has to move fast or they’ll lose the attention of the average viewer. My episode hasn’t shown yet, but they did show a quick…

Honda Dream 50 with an FCR Carb, Moriwaki pipes, CB250RS shocks, and a CBR250RR tachometer (along with some other minor stuff like speedometer delete, airbox delete, rear fender delete, battery delete, smaller signals and brake light, etc. etc.).

Usually I’m not allowed to take pictures at work, but since the LC is already on sale, I was able to snap a quick photo of it with the sun starting set behind it on the edge of Iejima in Okinawa.

I came to Japan for work, but I landed about a week early so I could have time to run around and visit friends and family. My buddy up near Tokyo was on my list of must-visits, so I headed up that way and we decided to check out Isuzu Plaza.

This last weekend was the World Classic Car Festival in Tokoname City, put on by my good friends at Classic Car Nagoya. I have a job in Okinawa coming up next week, so this was an excellent opportunity for me to fly to Nagoya a bit early, check out the car show and hang out with friends and family here. In the words…

He was on his way back home and the road happened to swing right by my sleepy little town, so he stopped by for dinner today! He had this little Isuzu Stylus with him that’s had a 4XE1W 1.6 turbo motor swapped in (making a clone of a Japanese Isuzu Gemini Irmscher Turbo). So naturally I had to get the Bellett out for…

The other night, I had an oddly specific dream.

The original mufflers and pipe were so rusted out they weren’t really doing their job of getting exhaust out the back (plus I smelled like exhaust everytime I got out of the car). So, I got a new exhaust on the Bellett today, but the dopes didn’t order mufflers. They just assumed I’d be okay with straight pipes. I…