A french Beauty (1970 simca 1501 estate)

[Freakydeakydutch]

My first car its a 1970 Simca 1501 Special Station wagon or (as the Aussies call it) Estate, it"s in a deteriorated condition. Its currebtly undergoing a WOF restauration By (mostly) my dad, my dog, and me.
Just one pic for now


Cheers

[gero45]

Ohh a Simca kinda rare

Are you French like me?

[Freakydeakydutch]

No I'm Dutch, but i live in NZ.

[Freakydeakydutch]

Here is some pics of the engine and some other very recent progress.

Freaky

[Orbitstrider]

thats an AMAZING job on the engine bay. they don't even look like the same cars.

[Daffyflyer]

thats an AMAZING job on the engine bay. they don't even look like the same cars.

THIS

[Freakydeakydutch]

YAY! I got a reply from Daffy!!

I'm to young to do the work myself, It's my dad that does most of the work. He also had one back in Holland. It didn't pass the Warrant a week ago. So now we're just renewing the bad stuff, that's why there is a hole in the roof. Here's the bottom new and old. Also some new roof progress, got a bit more done already

Cheers

[Harm]

That's a cool car! Of zoals ik blijkbaar ook kan zeggen, gave bak! Mijn MG is gelukkig niet zo roestig als jouw Simca. Wel cool als eerste auto!

[oxygen]

That's a cool car! Of zoals ik blijkbaar ook kan zeggen, gave bak! Mijn MG is gelukkig niet zo roestig als jouw Simca. Wel cool als eerste auto!

Like wat?!

Car looks great. I'm studying to car mechanic myself and i have been getting some of that kinda jobs as well. One Opel Calibra had so big hole in its bottom, over the rear suspension that i could have putted my head through it..

[Harm]

That's a cool car! Of zoals ik blijkbaar ook kan zeggen, gave bak! Mijn MG is gelukkig niet zo roestig als jouw Simca. Wel cool als eerste auto!

Like wat?!

Like Dutch

[krussel]

I ve seen a lot worse condition than that, its not too bad. The underside looks reasonable.

I helped (well off and on, mainly off to be honest) with the resto of a Triumph Dolomite Sprint and it was far more gone than your Simca.

[Azurael]

I ve seen a lot worse condition than that, its not too bad. The underside looks reasonable.

I helped (well off and on, mainly off to be honest) with the resto of a Triumph Dolomite Sprint and it was far more gone than your Simca.

As was my mate's then-12 year old Ford Escort which we ended up scrapping a few years back when the welding bill to get it through the MOT became laughable. Funnily enough, it rotted in the same place as the Simca (and numerous other places, mainly suspension mountings ), but took a lot less time to do so. I wonder if Ford have fixed that... It seems like they (and the Mercedes E-class, of course) were the only people still building cars (and vans!) that had poor enough galvanising to rust without any body damage in the 90s. Even the Italians had got the hang of it by then!

[Freakydeakydutch]

As was my mate's then-12 year old Ford Escort which we ended up scrapping a few years back when the welding bill to get it through the MOT became laughable. Funnily enough, it rotted in the same place as the Simca (and numerous other places, mainly suspension mountings ), but took a lot less time to do so. I wonder if Ford have fixed that... It seems like they (and the Mercedes E-class, of course) were the only people still building cars (and vans!) that had poor enough galvanising to rust without any body damage in the 90s. Even the Italians had got the hang of it by then!

Azurael We have had to replace the shock absorbers and redone the whole brake fluid network and still theres something wrong with the brakes, we suspect it is a rubber somewhere so were getting a new one shipped from Germany it costs about 14 Euros but sending it to nz cost 39,99 Euros WTF where they thinking anyway sending it to friends in holland then they´ll send it to NZ .

Freaky

[krussel]

Looks good stuff going on.

Whats happening with the calipier are you pressure testing it or stripping for a rebuild ?

[Freakydeakydutch]

Looks good stuff going on.

Whats happening with the calipier are you pressure testing it or stripping for a rebuild ?

Krussel we already have rebuildt it , sorry for saying now but we had to cut the hole ourself to take the old thingy mabob out

Freaky