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jester1467 wrote:Is that you bartering in sheckles on the back window?

Sheckels...... or was it groats of corn oil and sheaves of wheat?

This Syncro, to me , is special because there were so few genuine Irish ones in the first place and its the first Syncro I ever saw!
Another nice thing about it is that because we didn't salt the roads in Ireland every winter while this one was on the road, this one isn't rusty at all. Just surface rust where the paint has got damaged. All the seams are perfect. However, there were 4 half inch holes drilled into the floor which will have to be welded up.
I'm still not sure what the engine is, but "its out of a Vento", I have no idea if it starts, no idea if the gearbox is OK, in fact I've no idea about anything about it except the bodyshell. I have it stashed in a small warehouse up the road and I'm heading up there tomorrow with fully charged batteries and jumpleads and if all goes according to plan ....... I might actually get to drive it! According to the lad I bought it from, it should drive as it was driven into the shed where I got it from.

Wouldn't it be great if she was 'on the button'!!

Well done Andrew, it is nice to know that another Syncro will be restored nicely in these fair isles

Ill probably go broke doing it ....

syncropaddy wrote:Ill probably go broke doing it ....

we all know that there is no such thing as a cheap van, but some how it's well worth the effort.

Sure you'll do your best to spend what it needs Andrew, and if you come a cropper, there's a fairly buoyant market out there....

Isn't there?

Rev, rev, Syncros are great, well underpriced, buy, buy, buy, best investment in town, Syncros are great, even Tom Hanks has one, must be great, get one now, before they're all snapped up... highly under-rated, worth double what you pay in smiles per miles, bye, bye

What's that smell?........

I took some more photos today and tried to get her going but she wouldn't start ..... Ill do some serious work on it soon to try and get her moving under her own power.

No seam rash here ...


or here ....


spotless underneath ...


a few dents here and there .....


odd looking injector pipes......

Ah, He's a brave man. Good luck to ya'

What's inside?

KarlT wrote:What's inside?

Oddly for a van, there is a headlining which the owner had fitted along with custom side panels

Stick a hairdryer in the filter box for 5 minutes before trying to start it Andrew, if it don't go then, you know it needs a good looking at on the fuelling side

HarryMann wrote:Stick a hairdryer in the filter box for 5 minutes before trying to start it Andrew, if it don't go then, you know it needs a good looking at on the fuelling side

Im gonna drain the tank, change the glow plug relay, test the glow plugs, change the injector pipes, fresh diesel, new filter and give her a bit of welly and see what happens .....

change the injector pipes,

Warm inlet air, if you know that good fuel is being injected, will start it

nice find bud. good luck getting itup and running

yes good find, no rust what a bonus. Mines still in spirit form.