Hey all, recently I’ve been working on my Daihatsu for the past few months to finally get it up and running and ready for the road! So I thought now would be a good time to start documenting some of my journey so far
I first saw my car in November 2025, where it had been sitting in a shed for the past 5+ years. I don’t know too much about the car but from my understanding it was originally from Wollongong, and sometime around 2020 it was involved in a crash around the front passenger side of the car. The car was then auctioned through NRMA, where the previous owner (the person who sold it to me) had plans to fix it up, however life got in the way and time passed.
22/11/25
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funny enough, I was able to give the battery a bit of charge and the car started right up. There was nothing mechanically wrong with the car but it still amazes me that after sitting for all these years
once the car was on the trailer, I gave myself an hour to rinse off some of the excess dirt and dust to see what the car actually looked like
She came up pretty good!
22/11/25
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Nice mate, looking forward to seeing how this goes.
Dai engines can be pretty damn good after sitting for a while. The 2cyl handivan was a bit harder to start due to the carby but still got it to fire and sounded quite healthy.
A quick side note: Could you make an intro post in the All New People section please. Its a security thing for the forum and it also opens up more of the forum to you also.
Haha Cheers bro and sorry about not making the intro post first, I’m still getting the hang of this forum!
Now that I had the car in the workshop, it was ready to finally get stuck into it. I started off with charging the spark plugs and the battery. It honestly will always amaze me how small everything is in these cars, including the battery.
Out with the old, and in with the new.
I also bought an ignition coil for the car as I thought it was missing a little, however once I changed the plugs and let the dai run, it sounded super healthy!
25/11/25
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