Bianca phase 1 Dturbo

[Curt]

Before I start, I should point out this will be pic heavy, standard for me.

I needed a cheap runaround, so I picked this up a few weeks ago:





It's Emma's (Fozzy's partner) old car, which I've always liked. Picked it up with a few nice additions and unfortunately a blown head gasket. However, John did give me a spare known good head along with an unknown Bosch, lines and injectors.

First thing to do was to put all my audio kit in.

I did drive it a while, to confirm mine and John's suspicions. So the next thing I tackled was the cheese-wedge stance. This turned out to be an absolute bitch of a job, with the beam being seized solid:





Even with heat this proved ineffective. Until such point that it broke.

So after that, I lost patience and smashed the arms off. One side free'd completely (N/S, naturally), but the O/S remained a bitch. So I took the arm off and got it pressed out:





So with that finally done out, I set about cleaning everything up. Which was all very nice and corroded:





















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