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I thought it was about time to start a thread on my barn find 320.
I saw this car in a friend of a friends uncles barn where it had been since 1996! Before that the car was bought new by a chap in Newmarket who used it for nine years and then stopped using it a left it in dry storage in a stable, then bought by the chap I bought it from who had had the car repsrayed and fitted new lights, trim, exhaust etc.

To get the car ready for MOT the following has just been done:
- Cambelt & tensioner.
- Waterpump.
- Thermostat.
- Dizzy cap & rotor arm.
- Spark plugs.
- Oil & filter.
- Gear box & diff' fluid.
- Servo & master cylinder.
- Calipers.
- Rear wheel cylinders and shoes.

I got the car back to mine Thursday so today was spent with car up on axle stands, degreaser, brushes and the pressure washer. I'm quite chuffed with the result, have a gander below:






















More photo's to follow as I progress cleaning up the engine bay and move onto the interior and get my DA polisher out.

Bet you're really upset Dan, as there's not enough for you to do on this
That's clean

Rav320uk wrote:Bet you're really upset Dan, as there's not enough for you to do on this
That's clean

I'm sure I'll find jobs to do chap. Just getting the stuff I don't enjoy out of the way.

So far the list is:

- Clean underside - Done.
- Apply clear underseal.
- Engine bay clean up.
- Bleed coolant.
- Adjust idle to stop it stalling when changing from park to reverse or drive.
- Interior tidy and clean up.
- Respray current wheels from gold to silver.
- Snowfoam and clean all exterior trim.
- Clay paint twice.
- Compond paint.
- Glaze paint.
- Apply sealant.
- Treat exterior trim.
- Apply wax.
- Fit coilovers.
- Fit wheels.

A couple of weeks during the evenings work.

Coilovers already

That looks really good, I think you got off lightly!

Cheers for the compliments chaps.

After work today I cleaned the engine bay and gave the car a quick wash and guage what compounds I need to use after claying.

wow, that looks in really good nick.

did i spot some rather rusty brake pipes on the rear wishbones in them pics? id give them a quick clean up and get some grease on those if i were you.

it looks great! congratulations for the find