Luke's 1990 UK Shuttle

regiment9ine

Here's my shuttle from the UK, copied from another forum i use so here it is at various stages

regiment9ine

Sorted some minor stuff today that was bothering me

The indicators and side lights had been painted Amber which was started to flake off, wiped down with some thinners and polished to get back to clear, then removed the amber part from inside a fitted some silvertecs






one of the rear arches has been done before, not brilliantly but it is solid. Was showing some surface rust so ground back and painted with hammerite to protect it until i get round to doing them properly





Got sent a few photos by a mate who saw it whilst i was out shopping, excuse the wing this is also a temporary cover up while i try to source a new one

regiment9ine

not been on for a while, heres where im currently at












also got some spacers on the rear today and spent some time cleaning the carbs which seems to have done it the world of good

sohawk

Sassy. Not quite my style but you're workin it.

What sort of armrest is that, how was the install, and how does it fit?

91 RT4WD

Nice shuttle! I really like the color and fender. What are your plans for it?

regiment9ine

sohawk wrote: »

Sassy. Not quite my style but you're workin it.

What sort of armrest is that, how was the install, and how does it fit?

yeah the fender had been rusted by a previous owner so this is just a temporary way of covering it until i can find a clean one.

arm rest is from a rover, easily available in the uk and very easy to install!

regiment9ine

thanks! plans at the moment are just trying to get it lower and trying to source manual transmission parts along with tidying it up as much as possible.

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summer chills, I really need to buy a decent camera and wash this thing a bit more often though








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The wing is finally booked in to be painted along with a few other bits





And this finally showed up from jdm land today

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roof rack off for a bit, wasn't using it much
rollers....

AaronPitman

Damn, whip looks good.

How did you get that VIP table attached?

pizzamann132

love this shuttles color! i am glad i painted mine the same!

Tadas

Very nice wagon. I wonder if we could gather quite a few wagons from across the Europe to one place..

regiment9ine

no major updates still enjoying driving it done a few small bits


got a replacement wing at last, bonus points - it's the right colour
fixed the rear light where somebody drove into it
also got some plates that fit in my frames
and ordered my meister r coilovers last night so they'll be here an on soon!



















i need more lows and to make some sort of rear lip now, more updates soon

Tadas

Looking good! Weird mirrors tho, not sure if I like them or hate them. But I was contemplating doing the hood raise like you did.

regiment9ine

Unfortunately a couple of days after I finally got my new meister coilovers on this happened




Fortunately I picked up this last night, totally original 50k miles

greenteagod

Nice find with low miles, and how did you manage that smashed up front end?

regiment9ine

Someone pulled out on me, locked up and hit them.

greenteagod

Such a bite, scrapping it or gonna try to recover it?

regiment9ine

It's already gone, may try to buy it back from the insurance company for parts

greenteagod

Yeah I definitely would. I mean really that isn't horrible in the scheme of things and they are just gonna crush it most likely. At least the would on this side of the pond.

regiment9ine

Fitted my meister coilovers from my previous shuttle along with some other bits and temporary wheels while I look for something wide




Annoyingly someone fitted an aftermarket sunroof to this which leaks a lot. They also butchered the headlining in the process. Luckily I picked up a free headliner from a breaker so just need to blank out the old sunroof

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The shit sunroof is out, riveted some aluminium sheet there and sealed up for the time being, I'll either weld a new roof in or fit some sort of rag top in the future.

Also fitted my front lip, wheel and cup holder. Just awaiting some fresh plates and still searching for some wheels

MY_EEWagon

i cringed on your last post

greenteagod

What happened to the front bumper. It looked intact in that first picture.

regiment9ine

Front bumper was pushed in when I bought it, you can see you it in the first picture

regiment9ine

Skirt and spacers on and gave the shitty brown wheels a quick blow over in silver, looks much better for a quick fix imo

Sharno3

Unreal that you found 2 wagons in such incredible shape. They both look like brand new. Wish we had an easier time to get them here

debris

So shiny! Did you just wax it?

Dash-N-Cars

Ohhhh shiny. My pants got tight looking at this.