A Naked Trueno
Out in the frosty depths of an Irish winter. Our shed never gets sunlight this time of year, so the front is permanently frozen. This was such a massive milestone for the build; looking back, being able to roll the car out under its weight and just looking at something that sat as a shell for so long reminded me the misery was worth the wait. What I find hilarious is the trusty Prius in the background, a car I expected very little out of but it’s literally my lifeline to work, 1300k a week, and it just keeps chugging, yet it received very little love. Here is a Trueno, a car I obsess over, which gives me nothing but grief and misery, yet I keep plugging along. Im pretty sure most of you can relate to your daily driver and the more enormous money pits we “love”.
I love this look; it’s battered and would be at home in an apocalyptic movie scene; I grew up on Mad Max, so it springs to mind.
We appreciated the beauty of the finished efforts in some spaces and the whole shit show in others, like the Ignitor for the 20valve, which we had nowhere to put when the photos were taken.
The car finally had a face, after four years of being a shell and having no eyes, it was nice to see some retractable headlights.
I managed to pick up some fresh Raybrigs before Stanley decided to discontinue the brand. They were always on the hit list.
The rear arches at this time were awaiting some barry treatment.
Finally, a face! With lots of bling bits on show.
The sad solo red seat for inspiration and those dangerous socks which I almost sucked into the engine, the only reason these were installed was the fear of throwing a stone into the trumpet.
The good high CCA Halfords battery is not very “JDM”, but this is what we needed to get this thing to crank over.
Organised chaos? Maybe, at this point, it was all over the place. I’ve mentioned it many times here, but I seriously underestimated how much misery goes into rebuilding a car.
The vision is slowly coming together!
It was nice to throw some panels on not long after and mock up the plans to see if we were heading in the right direction, I’m very grateful for the chance to snap all these photos and document the progress via video to look back on in years to come, its been a long road so far, but the end is in sight. I enjoy looking back on these for inspiration to see how far we have come.