Now that my Florian has passed it's roadworthiness test, I thought I'd post some pics. I've had it since april 2009 (I think I'm the fourth or fifth owner of probably one of the last Isuzus sold in Holland, they stopped in 1972) but only picked it up from the garage 10 days ago, I had to find brake parts to get it back on the road and thankfully found a very helpful Australian through this place! Next on the list are a t-cut session, general cleaning and tidying, painting and fitting of 'new' front wings, a bit of welding in the boot, fixing the choke cable etc etc...
Here's a pic of when I first saw it in November 2007:
I bought it and then left it there for a while, returning several times to fit new headlights, mess with the brakes (no luck, I'm no mechanic myself...), admire the styling and take some shots until I drove it to a garage in the same town (without brakes, no fun at all).
At the local Isuzu van/truck dealership:
Under bonnet sticker looks like it's new!
Plastic still on doors:
It's now parked fairly close to home, I hope to do some work every week now (or go for a drive...). So far I've treated it to a powerwash:
After:
This is what the paint looks like now, not the best of shots (phone cam):
Took some quick pics at the Olympic Stadium:
Last friday I went for an 80km drive with my girlfriend and her brother, it pulls really well upto 120 km/h, wind noise seems to indicate that the door rubbers don't work as well as they should (plus the front doors aren't hanging straight) and the gearbox/driveshaft/diff whine like a typical old Japanese car but it drives very nicely and I love it! Lots of 'what the .... is that' faces in other cars make me grin... excellent stuff!
