dugong Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 I must have seen about five Piazzas on the road out here in the last month or so! Can you get spares easily for them? I'm after a Japanese market grille with the black and silver Isuzu badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 I don't think I've seen one on the road irl. A rare wee beastie. dugong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugong Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 I don't think I've seen one on the road irl. A rare wee beastie. If U IS AT SHITEFEST, you shall see it (and possibly fail to fit inside). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Nice, I'd forgotten all about these and haven't seen one for years. I've remembered there used to be a white one very much like this dumped on some waste ground next to a hairdressers in my home town for many years, almost certainly long since recycled though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 dugong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 If U IS AT SHITEFEST, you shall see it (and possibly fail to fit inside).Nein. Shissefest ich bin notten ganning pet. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Sills Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 They are lovely, nearly bought 1 in the late 90's but didn't have the balls in the end!Is the Vw concept story true or just an urban myth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugong Posted June 6, 2015 Author Share Posted June 6, 2015 Is the Vw concept story true or just an urban myth?The latter The Piazza was commissioned from the outset to be an Isuzu - it approached Italdesign to design a concept car which became the 1979 Ace of Clubs (Asso di Fiori). All that cobblers about it being 'a rejected Scirocco proposal' are fatuous. Yes, Italdesign did some other sketches for VW but Wolfsburg rejected them (separate studies to the Asso di Fiori - Italdesign had many clients and projects on the go at once) and took the Scirocco MkII back in house. Isuzu productionised the Asso di Fiori directly from the concept vehicle and turned it into the Piazza using a very small middle section of the GM T-Car (Vauxhall Chevette plus umpteen derivatives) floor pan. The LSDs don't fit in Mantas or Chevettes without modification and it doesn't use the M100 Elan lump either. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I found when looking at the Piazza axle that the spring pans look like they're in the right place for a chevette, but all the mounting links are completely different and the nose of the diff is different too, plus they're wider. so fitting one in a chevette must be quite a project still, certainly not a 'bolt in' job. dugong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partridge Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 This is a very cool little thing. I've not driven it, but I love the look of it. It dosen't have an '80s look, it IS the '80s. Seeing it in your rear view mirror is like being followed by a the cast of Back to The Future, Duran Duran and Pacman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel bickle Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I lost my black C plate in the fabled barn fire; but frankly, I didn't get on with it. Just didn't gel. Hope you get on with yours.. Looking forward to the updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wheeledstool Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Saw you on the A483 on Saturday evening - first one of those I've seen for yonks! dugong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I don't get this "it's a rejected Scirocco" myth. It looks nowt like a Scirocco, at all. It looks more like a Porsche 924 or even Inspector Gadgets car: Go Dugong go... michael1703, Shep Shepherd, Vince70 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Your new name is Inspector Gad-shit dugong, Rusty_Rocket, Partridge and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 These are one of these cars that just look 'right'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Had a drive of this at Shitefest. Very odd for a turbocharged 1980s car. No nothing-nothing-EVERYTHING with this. Just very torquey, then quite noticeably brisker further up the rev range. Never insanely quick. Interior is sheer madness. I love it. dugong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugong Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 HMC, RobT, trigger and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Had a drive of this at Shitefest. Very odd for a turbocharged 1980s car. No nothing-nothing-EVERYTHING with this. Just very torquey, then quite noticeably brisker further up the rev range. Never insanely quick. Interior is sheer madness. I love it.The Isuzu TD fitted to 1990s Vauxhalls is lag-free as well. These are very swish cars, the front end and side aspects especially. dugong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 FIIIIIGHT! Lacquer Peel, Coprolalia, Essex V6 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloth in a bowl Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Lacquer Peel, Skizzer, M'coli and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Speaking to our bodybuilder yesterday about Shitefest... "Bloody hell, a Piazza! You know Brian at Whitestar has a weird reddy browny coloured one? I resprayed it a few years back." I am seekinh more information... dugong and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 It is a well known fact that all cars with pop-up headlights, hidden headlights and half-hidden headlights are cool. spike60 and overrun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 cms206, dugong, Skizzer and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I've just found this from 1979. anonymous user, Skizzer, HMC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugong Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 Isuzu still own the Asso di Fiori; last year it was wheeled for a very rare public showing. Didn't change that much, did it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugong Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 An ADF picture I found on Pinterest. On board the 1979 Asso di Fiori. Some markets got a fully digital dashboard - we didn't. This one was unique to the ADF - production cars in Japan, the US and Australia got a different arrangement witha large LCD readout in the middle for speed. It probably explains why the first Piazzas got a two-spoke steering wheel, too. Believe it or not, Isuzu was considering a five-door Piazza. The fate of this car is currently unknown. Skizzer, trigger, cms206 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugong Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 During Shitefest. Junkman, trigger, Vince70 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Calendar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugong Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 Calendar? It's a bit rough for a calendar shot, it's waaaay over exposed near the middle, but I like it enough to include here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Are you thinking of the same calendar as the rest of us? I thought content rather than quality was key and you've certainly got the content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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