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Can i get a sparkplug brad, fo my twennydebt

OK so this has been along time coming I have pined and pined, and was finally in the position I could do something about it Saw this on goo net but was put off on account of it being noted for damage. When another prospective one fell through I asked Ewan, Shane and Jessie from Stacked to take a look given it was in Osaka. SHane had a look and thought it was a bit rough initially for the asking price, so we low balled them and deeply upset the sellers honour. It looked like bridges were burnt until out of the blue one night Ewan rang me and we had a good ol yarn and he reckoned the guy selling was doing so on behalf of another yard, and that the real sellers were a garage that had sponsored a drift racer that the Stacked admin(?) girl new, so we went through the back door like your mum likes it and managed to do a deal. Its no gem, it needs love, but it runs sweet and it appears solid (compliance yet to confirm/deny). Oh yeah and it was less than half the price most 200zr's are asking in Japan so that helps. Bit of drama today as I got it delivered home while I wait for some parts it needs that Jessie from stacked has been trawling through YAJ for me for compliance (factory high stop light, new rear lenses) as well as some cosmetic items. So I'd asked autohub to give my number to the truckers so they could let me know a day to be home, eta was supposed to be tomorrow. I checked my online account with autohub which said today (the online account is ace btw can track the boat). SO i rang them back and they said oh yeah itll be today, but the driver will ring you, I'll make sure they have your details. I was in the car to go to a client meeting and the trucky rings me and said he'd just got the email from autohub then, not the day before, and that it had already been dropped off, with key on the tyre. Needless to say I bailed from car and meeting and got home to it TLDR Pics Some I chucked on instagram care of the guys from stacked before it was shipped, ill upload some more

Well. Bit of an update here. Saw a fella put up his KE25 on one of the pages on FaceBook, then the next weekend I was off to pick it up. Has been sand blasted and 80% epoxy primed. This shell is much straighter than the previous shell, though the rust patches are probably more prominent. Just little holes where as the old shell was covered in bog in areas and was all bent around the rear under the bumper. I think the new shell will be a lot easier to work on than the old one, and being sand blasted and primed means I don't have to do get it done. Here it is nicely tucked onto the smallish trailer I bought it back on. Did the job just fine And here we have the LOWRIDER KE25!! The height is atrocious for now, however I am waiting on some TE27 knuckes so can slap some AE86 struts in there Panda spotted in the background.. Dash is complete, interior is well on the way to being finished. Have got in touch with the only man for the job of retrimming my seats and getting new door cards for the old girl Also scored these interior pieces in from Japan. You'd think they were brand new the condition that they are in Sprinter air vents. Pretty much finished the sprinter conversion. Been a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. I've bought some 4A-GE - KE2X engine mounts and will get the engine rebuilt, drop it in then get it going Jan - February. Much more to come, exciting times ahead. Or is the word more appropriate "Expensive". Both I guess. chat - //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/52401-pbaines-1971-toyota-corolla-ke25/

He'd have to actually work on some of his projects to improve the ratio

Folded up new sills for the crown tonight after work

Steeb fit falcon steels to it already pls. 5x114 you know what to do. wat also giz Premier

And here are some shitty pics of the inners (these have been plated up/kind of mini tubbed/not really). Pictures were really hard to take due to the lighting and shitty mobile phone. Passenger side: Still needs paint and underseal Bottom/rear section feat Jaden: Drivers side: Besides this the rear brake lines have also been bent to shape. They are just waiting on having the fittings crimped by Perth Brake Parts (they have to do this so it passes ADR regulations) then that will be the brakes finished off. I'm moving back to NZ on Friday so hopefully the guys will keep me updated quite regularly and then have it shipped over sometime in January. For now merry xmas everyone and have a good new year!. Chur, Tai

Steeb, i saw this and made you a knight rider scan bar. Please fit it to the car ASAP! not even joking

Some foamer-spec info about all the different Japanese variations of the Z31 Fairlady Z, it even talks about the arched and flared fenders: http://www.xenonzcar.com/z31/modeldifferences.html

Not bad but should be in other projects.

Niiiiiiice. Always happy to see someone finally acquire what they were pining. Real cool 180sx anyway

All the outer moulds made with runner/sprue etc. Time to work on the inner core patterns and hopefully pour one early new year. Working out runner system Lower half of the mould Upper half with sprue and filter

My bits turned up from rock auto and so did the s/h dizzy. I chucked a new coil and rotor in the dizzy along with a s/h ignitor. The cap I ordered was too small so I'll have to go genuine on that but its not too bad. threw the ht leads on and it started second try. Didn't work the first as I forgot to plug some stuff in. warmed it up and no fault codes and the rad fans cycle nicely so I'll call that a win. I've tacked up the muffler/exhaust and given it to a friend who can actually weld so finish it off. Hopefully I actually got it right. I still need to sort out the vss plug and the 02 sensor wire and I can say the engine bay wiring is good enough. still have to sort out the interior

Old one rule for steeb, another for everyone else.

http://www.goo-net-exchange.com/usedcars/NISSAN/FAIRLADY_Z/700070794130160318001/index.html This is still on my radar. All the +2 hate, I know they're not as pretty, but I like the idea that my kids might be interested in cars one day...

It's ok Steve, you can buy my turbos.

BOOM......mic drop.....thats how its done son but wait.... I am now all okey dokey to roll on the road. Passed with only one hitch and it was the Left hand lower ball joint. Paid the cash and got two new control arms for $240 because i didnt want to horse around. Thanks to Enfords had them next day.Legends. Heres a cool low down pic So where shall i go first. Is there any small ford meets happening over summer? Or big ford meets cause i dont mind crusing with whomever. Any way still got a couple of seats to get done and little bits here and there but heres a question for everyone. I need a aerial for the radio. I was gonna put it in the front guard with a automatic up/down or are there othe alternatives. Letme know on my disscussion thread.http://oldschool.co....hl=junglesponge Cheers All

You need one of these /sticker thread

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Are you suggesting I make a project thread for Caldina?

Award for highest ratio of discussion posts : project update posts just saying...

He'll put it in other projects after he attends his first meet in it

So cool you actually got one! Didn't think that would happen. So cool bro. I like the idea of 16s too. Def needs less factory wheels, and a healthy dose of "less ground clearance".

Approximately 1 ton (to 1 significant figure)

You should see the other one.

Keen if I can kick some tyres.

You mean you don't get into your t bucket by climbing over the engine and over the tall flat piece of glass with twisted brass stays supporting it? Man..... no wonder people look at my strange

I can bring the plasma cutter for more lols

In completion of my AE86 project (which has been promoted to my 'Sunday Fun-day car, this is a very high rank) I have bought myself a pre-facelift KE25... for some reason. Have scored myself so far, KE20 1200 HI-Delux front guards, bonnet (not pictured) and grill setup from Japan TE27 Trueno rear tail lights from Japan 4k and K40 locally Going back to a K series engine but will probably upgrade to a K50. Barely any rust overall which is sound. Bit behind the rear tail lights but for a novice like me should be pretty easy as it's all flat in that area. Pretty keen to get this panel and primed myself (learn along the way), take it to somewhere in a booth to get exterior done properly. I predict that this will be a 2+ year long project, but looking forward to it none the less! Big thanks to Olds Cool Autos for supplying 90% of everything, including the shell.\ Discussion thread here: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/52401-pbaines-1971-toyota-corolla-ke25/

I have a triumph 2500 on my front lawn that is being dismantled by threeonthetree and richie around the 3rd/4th of January We were talking yesterday about making it into a bit of a gathering to burn some snags, have a few drinks and help the triumph return to the earth. who's keen?

Ok so after unsuccessfully looking for a mint President with the round headlights, too hit and miss to import one as the early Presidents are seriously bad for rust, so I gave in and bought this 89 which is black on black on black from a guy I had met through my UZS131 ownership about 17 years ago (he still has his mint 131 Crown btw). http://i.imgur.com/VqvFevy.jpg[/img] I was sold on the mint black interior, and the $20k plus of receipts he had from the last 6 years he owned it. I knew he was particular with his cars but the receipts on this thing are unreal, he completely over serviced the car and has every receipt for that too. New injectors (they nearly always fail on these) New heater core Air conditioning repaired and converted to R-134a Rebuilt transmission and diff New vinyl roof New factory sky high factory suspension with whitewalls as high as the great wall of china. Everything in the car works, and I mean everything, all 3 cigarette lights unused 136,000km which seems legit. Actually this is the second President i've owned, the other was 10ish years ago, a 87 Sovereign with a very rare full bench in the front - that car is currently being worked on by the new owner and is getting a VH 4.5 V8..should be interesting.

U cn die in peace m8

Only for #4, the rest have been discontinued. $47.50+ gst

most overhyped purchase in 2016 lol

Might pop over for a sneaky snag/beer/bolt removal.. and hopefully pick something else up..

hone them out till theyre tinfoil and remove with ease.

No we're bringing one down especially for you. Hell let's make it 2!

Other ones not a dog.

I would interpret 'b' as the mounts for the crossmember have to be factory, ie not new holes in the floor And 'c'as you can't use a custom made or aftermarket crossmember

/EF wag lurkin

Here you go OMS

Note: other than the colour combination this is what you want/need. I reckon. That's Front: 16x8.5 -6 Rear: 16x9 -13

I was thinking SSR formula mesh with gold centres

Thanks but I'll fuck with engine last, needs compliance, then low, then wheels then roll through summer with the ttops off and let the wind assist my natural hairline recession

A: remove springs B : test fit some wheels

If it's 3rd brush ford generator it can put out up to 20 volts no sweat, but how will it know that it's supposed to put out 15 volt without you putting 14 in? i dunno.

After months of the car sitting and months of me being away, on Sunday I finally managed to find the issue. The coil negative wire (which goes to the ecu, the ecu grounds it to create spark) joins up and splits of at one point to go to the ecu and to the diagnostic connector. There is a ground wire from factory at the split off, grounding the coil. So this means the coil is constantly grounded, and was causing a short. I have no idea why it's done like this and how the car was running before, but as soon as we cut the wire the car fired right up. I checked my other wiring harness and it had the same thing. And now with my new ECU, everything is working including the fuel pump relay and ICV. Even fixed the slight miss it had. Drove the car home on Sunday night, yesterday afternoon the v-belt for the waterpump and alternator snapped. Luckily I noticed something was going on and pulled into a side street. Opened the hood to find the snapped belt (which looked to have also flipped beforehand) sitting there. So called up a friend who arranged one to get to me and I changed it then and there. While waiting I took the opportunity to take some new photos. Should have some more updates for this car coming up soon.

Engine has been running EXCELLENT post injector setup (and I fixed a vaccuum leak, well spotted (heard?) Clint cheers) Full power is back! woot! So I decided to go for a tootle up north. Coming around a corner on the Brenderwyns, truck coming the other way and then BOOM! Windscreen instantly shattered, presumably by a flicked up rock. Managed to pull over to the side of the road safely and inspect the damage... I'm so glad there was that area in the middle that I could see out of! Seeing how I was about 2 1/2 hours north of Home, I was at a bit of a loss what to do! I flicked a txt to a few people to show them for a laugh, then my old man called me back... Basically saying "Stop being a pussy, break it out and just drive back home. it will be sweet" haha. So that's what I did! Including an absolute clusterfuck when trying not to get glass in the cabin... Had a few bees and insects fly into the cabin, didnt get pulled over or anything... Made it home safe! I've got a new screen arranged already, just need to organize with a glazier or whatever to get it fitted. And then spend about a week vacuuming glass out of the car...

waste of a really good engine. pity.