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Tyres are now mounted (thanks to everyones favourite Christchurch Mag and turbo rep) and they will do for now. Took alot more cutting to make it fit.......

The chassis is now fully welded. It is so much stronger now, hardly twists at all. This is the design I've come up with so far. I was thinking of using 1.25 inch round tubing and getting it all cut out on the tube laser we have at work. It will be double layer like the last image, so there's room for the exhaust etc to go through. In-between will be hoops for the drive shaft as well. Does it sound like a good idea?

FUCK YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! got up early and went up to peters shop this morning to fold up some new drip rails. this went very well indeed and by about 10am i had two drip rails and two new roofy side bits. peter then instructed me on how to fit it all up without fucking it up so i went on my merry way. i followed what he told me and now one side of the roof is fixed and back to factory. its rust free, has heaps of primer in between the layers and its fairly straight. all these things make me very happy indeed. new drip rail. new drip rail, roof side thing and the trim that goes onto it. 2015-10-31_03-04-54 by sheepers, on Flickr checking the fit with the A pillar trim. 2015-10-31_03-04-14 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-31_03-04-06 by sheepers, on Flickr then plug weld it on. 2015-10-31_03-04-22 by sheepers, on Flickr and this is the inner all welded in and primed ready for the outer to go over it. 2015-10-31_03-03-41 by sheepers, on Flickr next fit the outer 2015-10-31_03-03-59 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-31_03-03-50 by sheepers, on Flickr tack in place and fuck around for ages getting it sitting right then weld. 2015-10-31_03-03-25 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-31_03-03-17 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-31_03-02-59 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-31_03-07-52 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-31_03-32-22 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-31_03-32-30 by sheepers, on Flickr so i still have to finish the front and rear parts but thats minor. I'm super stoked that the roof now has drip rails and its all factory and right. you know when you worry about how your going to fix something for ages and it becomes bigger in your head than the actual? well anywho i had stressed about the roof for ages but its all coming together nicely. ill do the other side tomorrow an then I've just got a couple of patches in the corner and the sun roof and were done!!!!!!!! fuck and yes.

Electric fan is all done. After trimming down the Volvo shroud I just had to make a couple brackets then wire it up. Initial tests showed I wasn't going to be able to use the dual speed unit as I originally intended, the ranges of the switches I had didn't match the Cedric cooling system which was always likely. The first switch opened low and high at 80 and 88 respectively and the second switch opened at 91 and 99. The second switch wasn't usable, got too hot on the gauge for my liking, even on the low side. First switch was better but the low side triggered at 80 whereas the thermostat opens at 82 so the fan was constantly switching on and off. The high switch (88c) was spot on and would keep the gauge steady in the centre so I ended up wiring both through that and added a switch to select between the high speed and low speed fan, for summer and winter I guess haha. Testing the switches Switch is on the left on top of the control unit Pretty happy with it now. I still have 1 80-88 switch and 2 91-99 switches if anyone wants them, I also have a spare M14x1.5 tap for modding the switch housing. I have this to make up one evening now

Thought I'd make this into a topic as there will be cars and parts that many of us are interested in. The auction starts at 10am. Viewing opens that morning at 8:30am or the day before. I'll be heading down on Saturday morning to start viewing at 8:30am. I will be taking a ute and a tandem axle car trailer. I have space for up to four more people. I will be bidding on behalf of myself and Zebradude. If anybody else wants something but cannot attend, please PM me. I may be able to do some bidding while you are on the hone to me etc. Here's a link to the auction. Take a look through the pictures. Mainly English and European stuff but some Japanese cars too. http://www.abauctions.co.nz/auctions/2015/11/7/car-collectors-clearout/

Oh here's a quick list of the cars and items for sale. Saves you from downloading the excel catalogue; Fiat Crusader - De Reg Volksawagon Golf Red - Reg on Hold (54) Volkswagon Golf GTI- Gold -On Hold (118) Volkswagon Golf MK2 Blue- On Hold (70) Volkswagon Golf 1978 GTS MK1 Green- Parts On Volkswagon Golf Body Only- 1974 Subaru GFT Sedan #HF3361 On Hold (77) 1978 Volvo 164- On Hold Parts Only Mini Van Body Only (65) Toyota MR 2 - On Hold Suitable Parts Only (5 1984 Toyota MR 2 # OK4163 Unknown History Toyota MR 2 White #SZ9945- Unknown History #OH1158 Mini Truck Green- Parts Only (15) VW Beetle 1300CC- Dereg Parts Only (95) Austin A35 Van- Rolling Body ( 19) Mini Rolling Body (19) Mini Rolling Body ( 74) Mini Body Only Peugot 205 GTI - De Reg Parts Only( 67) 1993 Daihatsu Hi Jet Van_ On Hold #UQ5590 (6 1979 Honda Civic #JF3464 -O Hold Restore(75) 1993 Mitsubishi Minica #EPB 440 O/Hold (14) 1961 Austin A40 Country #AN 153-Unknown Hist 1970 Morris 1300 #FK6403 - On Hold (10) Hilman Imp Super - De Reg (6) Rover #BC 35 On Hold - Parts Only (90) 1952 Austin A40 #BB9518- On Hold ( 72) Austin A40 Devon- Parts Only (101) Riley Elf - De Reg Parts Only Puegot 205 GT- Body Only (94) Renault 4 CV- De Reg- Parts Only (47) VW Beetle Soft Top - Silver Unknown History Bedford Van # EO564 ON Hold Volkswagon Golf #KK2290- Unknown History Leylaand Mini Clubman Body Only (88) Mercedes Benz # EYM 593 - History Unknown Mercedes Benz 220S # BJ3412- On Hold (64) Mercedes Benz 220S Diesel- De Reg (56) Mercedes Benz Black #YN1345 ON Hold (92) Mercedes Benz 220S - De reg ( 108) 1993 Mercedes Benz 280E # DPJ253 - Unknown Datsun Cherry 120A- On Hold Rough Condition 1955 Morris Minor 1000- # FFW350 On Hold (3) Peugot 205 GTI # FHQ633 - Driveable (117) 1975 Mercedes Benz 280 #HR1673 On Hold (55) Renault 12 # IC135 - On Hold (76) 1955 Studebaker Champion #BPT820 ON Hold(121 1962 Rover 3000 #CJ5986 (85) Unknown Histor 1973 Volvo 164 # GL7879 On Hold (71) 1969 VW 1500 Beetle #KIWIME ( 73) On Hold 1960 VW Beetle #WA2211 Unknown History 1970 VW Beetle # EO3309- On Hold (41) 2000 VW Beetle 2L Auto #JAM554- Driveable Fiat Bambina Nova 500 - Blue #DG1206 Unknown Fiat Bambina #EL6968 Red- on Hold 1966 Jaguar 3.4 #ET1767 On Hold (12) 1964 Jaguar MK11- Unregistered Driveable (7) 1972 Daimler Sovereign #GH4515 On Hold (79) Jaguar XJ6 #NQ1654 On Hold (78) Jaguar MK11 - De Reg (50) Jaguar 3.8 S # YG2926 - Rolling Body Jaguar MK11 #ES6468 ON Hold- Parts(104) 1982 Jaguar XJ6 4.2 #GWU856 On Hold ( 9) 1984 Jaguar XJ6 4.2 On Hold Tidy (110) Jaguar MK11 # DN8322 ON Hold Restorable (106 1976 Jaguar XJ6 #KK2320 ON Hold (1) Ford Transit Van - Rolling Body (86) 1975 Transit Van Pop Top- On Hold(89) 1965 Ford Thames Camper Van- History Unknow 1974 Ford Transit Campervan #EEY622 (80) Bedford Campervan #EBY44 Driveable- On Hold 1968 Comer Campervan #FK4771- On Hold (83) Comer Campervan- Parts Only (91) Bedford Van- Black (68) 1974 Morris J4 Van #HG3013 On Hold (109) 1967 Bedford CA Van # FE6469 On Hold (60) Commer Van Body Only (105) BMW Sedan #WH2444- History Unknown 1975 BMW 2002EA #JP2895 On Hold (112) Reliant Scimitar GTE Auto #HL6722 O/Hold (39 1974 Sunbeam Rapier #FKB641 On Hold (40) 1981 Rover 3500 SDI #KG1320 On Hold (53) 1982 Rover 2.6 De REG (21) BMW 2002 Semi Conertible- DE REG (98) 1965 Riley Elf MK11 #TQ6334 On Hold (25) Sunbeam Imp Body Only (61) Qty of Asst Car parts 1969 Riley Elf MK111 - Body Only De Reg(23) 1966 Hilman Imp # ET2321 On Hold ( 26) BMW Body Only Mini Rolling Body 1978 Mini ClubMan - #TM1946 On Hold (111) Blue Mini Body Only Grey Mini Body Only Pale Green/ Grey Body Only Pale Green/ Grey Body Only Multi Colour Mini Body Only Grey Mini Body Only Mini Club Man No registration (16) 1973 Leyland Clubman # RW8322 ON Hold (32) Orange Mini Body Only ( 33) Austin Mini MK1- De Reg 1980 Leyland Mini 1275 GT # JW345 O/Hold (37 1962 Morris Mini Minor MK1- DE REG (36) 1969 Austin Mini Van #DM1821 O/Hold (18) 1975 Mini 1000 - De REG (63) Suzuki Van #YPL 952 - O/Hold (113) 1974 Fiat 124 #HK2364 O/Hold (99) 1984 Toyota Corolla #RUSTY O/Hold (99) Austin A35 Van- DE REG (103) Lnchester LD 10 #DZL2 O /Hold (96) Toyota MR2 Super # TW7061 O Hold (97) 1982VW Golf GTI #NR8898 O n Hold (44) 1964 Hilman Imp- Rolling Body (22) 1969 Hilman Imp Police Car #FMT949 (24) 1958 Austin A35 Van #FLN293 O/Hold (27) 1954 Austin A30 Fawn #AM4990 On Hold (30) Fiat Bambina Yellow - DE REg (28) 1955 Austin A30 #CL5705 On Hold (29) 1947 Austin 8 #AM2014 ON Hold (102) 1953 Morris Series E Truck #DX4414 (42) 1990 Chevrolet Corvette #FKA913 Ford 1600 Motor & Gear Box Morris 8 Gear Box BMW Gear Box Mini Minor Motor 1300 Motor & Radiator Qty of Asst Engine Blocks , Shafts etc Reconditioned Hilman Imp Motor Set of New 14' Rims Set of Puegot Rims & Tyres Set of Volk Racing Rims Set of Chev Mag Rims Set of V8 Wire Spoke Rims Set of 16' Rims & Tyres MINI New Guards & Bumper Set of Mini Mag Wheels Set of BMW Mag Wheels 1 x Tyre & 5 x Mini Rims- White Jaguar Tow Bar Jaguar Carburetter Set VW Carburetter Set Brake Booster Cylinder Qty of Wheel Spacers Qty of 3 x Steering Wheels Set of Chrome Mag Wheels Mercedes Grill Set of Black Mags & Tyres Set of 4 x Tyres & Rims Set of 4 x Morris 8 Rims & Tyres Pair of Jaguar Rims & Tyres Set of 4 x Superlite Mini Mags Set of 4 x VW Golf Rims & Tyres VW Roof Rack Mini Seats ASst Jaguar Doors Large Qty of Asst Jaguar & Mini Spare Parts Shed of Asst Hilman Imp Spare parts Shed of Asst Mini Spare parts 2 x Asst Parts Box Stands Cossiga Bench Top Chiller Cabinet Woodson Bay Marie Bench Top Hot Food Display Cabinet Glass Door Display Fridge FED G8 120FA Chilled Food Cabinet Qty of 6 x Timber Dining Chairs Black Frame / Wooden Seat Chairs S/S Bar Leaner Posts Qty of Timber Bar Leaner Tops Pallet of Asst Goods Timber Square Dining Table Round Hardwood Dining Tabe Round Timber Dining Tables Casio TK 3200 Cash Register Hayman Pie Warmer 2 x Timber Deck Chairs- New Black Round Seat Plastic Chairs Black Cane Dining Chairs Grey Metal Dining Chairs Vinyl Padded Dining Chairs- Orange

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Spare module, coil, and wiring loom finished. Received word back from my regular parts guy that after two years of being on backorder Tridon finally has more TFS143 thermo fan switches in stock, so bought a pair of them for the coupe. One goes in the top of the radiator and controls the secondary A/C fan and low coolant warning system, and the other sits at the bottom of the radiator for the main cooling fan. Both of the switches in the coupe failed over time, so the fans stopped turning on automatically - I had to wire them to stay running permanently. Also in the photo is a Nissan genuine water thermo switch for the ECU, thanks Scott (brdflu) for sorting this out thru your work! Quite satisfying to finally have these parts after a few years of making do with workarounds. Once these are fitted and the alternator has been overhauled, the next thing on the list is to track down some replacement ASCD (cruise control) sensors to get that up and running again; typically, it was working up until "four years ago"... Discuss: http://oldschool.co....ns-dr30-wedges/

Do not ever twist n tape. If you do I will know, and I will hunt you down and kick you in the balls. If you need somewhere to mount the thing you can get bolt up generic headunit mounting blocks that stick up under the dash, or just make your own, or mount in the glove box, or hack up your dash and put it there. Whatevs.

How about the footy aye, Few more coats of primer on things in between coats I tidied up the gearbox on the outside, New guibo, and new gaskets. looked ok to me on the inside. but Im unsure if the speedo drive works, 124/125 type wont work the drive gear is reversed and a wee bit larger on the 2300. X1/9/lada clutch slave needed some modification to fit but it does, + new clutch line. I had to cut off the clutch return spring tab as well so gonna need to make a bracket or something for that on the outside Also spacers - i think it must mount on the opposite side of the engine on the cars lits listed for. I also seem to have mislaid the clutch ajdustment nut And finish up with the first coat of proper paint - its a very light cream/grey that matches the original engine bay/interior sheetmetal colour. TBH looks a bit crap and glossy over my poor prep (urhg i hate sanding, especially around all the fiddly tabs and bolts in an engine bay) but the ugliest lupiest runnyest bits will be hidden by stuff still to go back in to those same bolts and tabs, and it wont be bright, clean and shiney in there for very long!

16 years as a sparky and ive twist and taped soooooooo many head decks. Hadmates show up at home with a head deak and a hole in the dash shrugging shoulders . Id be all like twist and tape ninja for about 15 mins and they would drive of doof doofing. Theres a good way and a bad way to twist and tape. http://www.the12volt.com/images/headunitwh.gif Handy pic

Hi Yep we are, quite a bit of filming has been done already, we will probably need your Triumph for the Filming of the Rainbow Warrior tho, if its available?

So I am up again late next month. I am bringing up some bike bits for kempy some Fa50 bits for Shakotom I may have room for some little bits and pieces need them brought up. (If it is clean and fits in the cardboard box I am using as luggage it is fine)

Also for anyone that didnt realise, this car is small.....

D-day/week, second week of January and the mission was on had a week to fit engine/box, get the car rolling, panels on and packed up with parts to roll into a 40ft container with the Mrs' ke20 for their journery to Auckland with all our other crap. Borrowed some ae85 struts off a mate as the coil overs still aren't finished and fitted them up with ke35 top hats to get the car rolling. Quickly primered the insides of the doors/boot/bonnet to fit up and painted up the block with engine paint as well as the rear half of the box. Reassembled gearbox and fitted some ta22 engine mounts to the motor (the shorter ones) that I had picked up a while back. Also finished brake/fuel lines under the car etc and fitted tidied up genuine toyota brake master and clutch master/slave. Engine went in like a dream, the ta22 mounts put the engine nice and low in the factory position on the te3# x member and the factory te3# gearbox x member lined up perfectly with the rear pair of the 2 lots of x member holes in the body, forward position shifter also came straight through the factory hole in the floor. Just had to dig some factory filler stuff out of them and it bolted straight inreally happy everything fitted together with factory sourced parts and I didn't have to hack anything up, I also have three T series drive shafts of different lengths, I haven't tried yet but hopefully one goes straight in and I don't have to worry about modifying one. Engine cleared the added rack and pinion perfectly too which was awesome because I really didn't have the time for big backwards steps. The only real set-back was I had originally fitted a larger 3t corona front sway bar which fitted together on the subframe sweet but fouled on the castor arms when I slammed the car back down so it was swapped out for a factory ke35 one for now, motor still clearances it fine but it looks a little funny as its tiny and offset for the lean over K motor. I'm hoping to find something to replace it at some stage but I'm not sure yet, either find and try an ta22/ra28 one and see if it fits or hunt out a te3# one from the states. Anyway most importantly plenty of room either side for dellorto's and high rise headers With that the car was ready to be packed with parts and loaded up, both cars made it safely to Auckland without any damage and it's good to have them up here! Still mucking around with my track car but that'll be out of the way soon so getting back into this in a big way. Aiming to finish the car this year, really have to stay motivated and get it done!

I spotted this van about 10-15 years ago, driving down the motorway, and thought "ooohh, I am going to own that one day!" I tracked down the owner, and gave him a visit about 3-4 years ago, and have been in touch since. I told him if he ever wants to sell it, to let me know. Anyway, he spent the last 2-3 years getting it panelled and painted, and fitting lots of new parts on. He brought it over about 3-4 months ago to show me it, and said he would probably sell it next year. Anyway, he texted me last weekend saying he was ready to sell it, and to come over if I was interested. After another test drive, and some negotiation, a deal was agreed on. I have just paid a deposit to hold, and will probably pay for it end of November and collect it. Pretty stoked about it, unlike my other vans this one is not a project, I can use it straight away:) It has a 3.8 Holden/Buick V6 with 4 stage auto fitted. It is quite a harsh noisy engine, but my god does it go! It would give my Mk1 V8 a good run for its money I think. And being injected should be better on fuel too. Otherwise, it is fairly standard, not really any other mods done. discussion: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/50625-browndogs-supervan-2-yet-another-one/

So here it is on its side showing how bad this bit is IMG_5552 and after I removed it IMG_5555 IMG_5564 got this folded up IMG_5563 test fit IMG_5565 weld it on IMG_5568 Finished, with the floor trial fitted IMG_5571

Another busy day. Got a new rain drip rail for the left rear window, very happy with how it turned out. Was going to cost 180 to get one made by APC in Aussie and get it shipped over. This one was folded by me at a mates metal shop, then trimmed and bent to shape. I've finished the rust repairs on both doors and hung them and got them as square as i can given the play in the hinges (any sources in NZ for new ones?) Fitted guards and started to move them around to get them lined up, and then fitted the front valance and started to square it up and make it look pretty. //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/43814-darryls-3rd-1200-coupe-discuss/

After about four trips to Autolign the sway bar bushes are sorted. Many thanks to Tim who's the big man there, super helpful! Anywho have done a few bits: -Replaced a headlight -Cleaned and regapped the plugs -Valve clearances -Made up a new battery bracket -New shocks Valve clearances made a good difference, sounds much less like a tractor! Still need to mess around with the carb though, idles very low on cold starts. Have ordered some 14x6.5s in the same style for the front from YHJ auctions so eagerly awaiting those. Turns out there are two gearbox cross members for these Coronas, one to suit auto/W50 and one to suit W40. Bit of pain since I'm putting a W40 in so have to locate a new cross member. Also need a pedal box and a speedo cable so on the hunt for those now. Have been driving it around quite a bit, seems to turn a few heads despite being pretty rough with the primer patches. Just needs to be manual and I'll be stoked with it!

Love the drilled hinges haha

Well after the move and not even opening the doors for 2 weeks I thought I would get in the this weekend and sort it out. Its about the same length as the last garage but half the width. Over all still'pleanty of room so I might get back into it.

Got a video of the hill climb ? What happened on the last run?

upgraded the starter motor with a road runner item ditched the old Nissan single pots for wildwood 2 pots

My whole car is twist and tape m8

Oh I joined the electronic speedo club a while back. Mine will be the same toyota unit as yours as I nicked it froma celica, using the toyota speedo. Mine reads exactly 10% too fast which I have to take into account when checking fuel usage. Jaycar used to sell a little box of electrickery that you could adjust the pip signal from the sender to the head. So I have everything I need.. just might order a MPGuino kit to build !

Fark me you have alot of vicegrips sheepers And patience. Much hat tipping. Are you going to fully weld the join or just leave if as heaps of tacks close together?

She's been wof'd for about a month now, sorry about the lack of updates but i'm crap with that, the missus takes all the pictures anyway. finished it the wed night, wof thurs, straight through, up to kaikoura for the hop on friday. close! since then i've serviced it thoroughly and have been fitting finishing touches took it to marlbrough last weekend for labour weekend and she flew. 100k all the way, only minor issue was she split a rad hose and was weeping coolant because i disturbed it to flush the rad i reckon.but it was close to the end and i just cut it and reattached to get me home with a slight kink. happy days. . Its still not done but its close. can't get the chrome trim on the new windscreen seal so i think i'll have to glue it on. the painter has gone radio silent on the visor and i got a heart stopping quote for some new minilite wheels, so i'm gonna look elsewhere for now. few pics. feedback appreciated on the finish, colour scheme etc, good or bad. its been dividing opinions for 3 weeks now. love it or hate it lol. Joe.

Have pretty much done nothing on this since I got it, BUT, just got my advans from japan this evening. Huuuuuge thank you to Jordon and EURON8 for organising and getting them down to wellington for me, wheels are far better condition than I expected too, stoked!

wow... been a while! Used the car as my daily for 6 months earlier in the year and went fine. Now it's time to actually EFI it though... before drag day (i hope). So i figured, the best way to do that is the hardest way, and thats by designing my own ECU... All i have to design is the hardware, i'll be using FreeEMS to actually run it all, but their current hardware leaves a lot to be desired in my eyes. so let me introduce MicroEMS! a play on words between MicroSquirt and FreeEMS because i made it use the same connector and pinout as the microsquirt, so that if FreeEMS software or my hardware all turns to custard, i can just buy a microsquirt and plug it in a 3D render from the board design program; So i have actually just ordered 10 boards, and am trying to get my digikey account un-frozen so i can order the components for it as well and start building it in a week and a bits time I've been wanting to design an ECU for a LONG time and never really pushed through, but over the last few weeks i've put a lot of hours into designing something and going to finally give it a go. I shall keep you all updated

So kind of spent way too much on an original Japan market brochure for my car.... 32 pages of glorious early 80's awesome!

Are you putting some of the cars together for WestSide season 2?

She's here! I was able to drive it from the port to storage which was sweet! Smelly, rusty, hot, no power steering, no power windows, average brakes, overall very awesome. Makes all the right noises, especially driving it through the city. She's a big job so I won't be starting repair until next year when I'm back from overseas in February, for now, stoked! Oh, and bonus the front under lip turned out to be carbon, thought it was just FRP! Chat: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/49704-mlracings-hakosuka/

i did see beave shakin what his mama gave him and driving over some carpark curbs in the weekend. i vote ATV knobblies, body lift (!?) and rows of KC Daylighters

i picked my 1600 up today from the vdub shoppe alll new parts. i gotta paint the tin work and then swap some other bits over from the old engine and swing on back to get them to start it up on there engine stand

Notch much to see here

this turned up today, its pretty cool, has opening boot and bonnet (with a release!) and the back seat folds down. same 1:43 scale as the 125 model except i dont need to paint it except maybe sign writing on the side the parts wagon (which I should hoefully sort out to arrive next week) has a red interior so it does (or will) match the 1:1 version

Not long after I got the ignition module upgrade running I received some info about an off-the-shelf kit being sold by DR30.jp - had a look in case it was easier to just order one, but it turned out slightly too pricey for my tastes. Went to Zebra over the long weekend and bought a couple more bits to wire up a second module and coil to keep as a spare. Hmmm... does this remind you of anything? Looks nearly identical to the KRS upgrade kit, except not quite as well presented and I still have a couple of plugs left to wire up. Nice to know I was on the right track all along. With a brand new battery I've managed to get the coupe started and running (it holds charge at 11.98-12.00V without going any lower) so it should be safe to drive around the neighbourhood for a couple of test runs after work all going well. Discuss: http://oldschool.co....ns-dr30-wedges/

Mike came over yesterday and was looking at the TA and he mentioned that he might have a "bit of a roof" that might be helpful. i got it off him today and it will be extremely helpful. so now i can show you a 3D section of the roof and the bits we have to make. 2015-10-27_07-56-50 by sheepers, on Flickr 2015-10-27_07-56-59 by sheepers, on Flickr with this i can now measure exactly how it should be and make the new parts exactly. also there is a bad repair in the front corner which i can use this piece to replace. win win!!

Sup guys. Sold my ute today with the intention of buying a comfy, reliable daily driver, and ended up with this. An 82 ex Lancer All round not a bad car. Has a 1200 in it with a 5 speed behind it. It does have a couple small rust spots and the interiors a bit shabby, but the body works fairly mint. Was for sale on modgies which I'm not a fan of, so I bought it without the wheels, and put the hoshinos off my silvia on it for the time being. Plans for it so far are -Compress the lowering springs for more lows -get tires fitted to my devil japan's to replace the hoshinos -tidy up interior -chrome fender mirrors Would also like to put a bigger engine in it. Although I'm in no rush to do this. Thinking just something like a 1600 or sohc 2l? That's it for now. I'm sure I will come up with more as I go! Soz for all the words. Here's a couple pics The devil japan's

Lightweight alloy flywheel fitted uprated exedy clutch and pressure plate strengthened and fitted clutch release arm and bearing almost ready to put back in

So I had a few mates come over and look at the ute. The further we dug the worse it got.. Multiple layers of bog all cracked through and rusting under. Such a bastard. Most people were like MAN UP....until they saw it in person and were like One of those guys suggested I pop to his uncle's place for a look at his hz oneton. I got all dreamy as I realised this tonner had a FAR more honest body and a deal was done. (I didn't get the wheels) From now on I'll refer to both vehicles by their respective colours. Yellow was stripped completely bare and its body lifted out of the shed (I didn't consider getting it out when I pulled it to bits) then its chassis.

Success! Still needs new shocks, new sway bar bushes, shank nuts and a warrantable set of tires til it's all legit though.

front struts assembled

Update since last time: Went to Nats Put in a CB Took a shitty picture Bought some YAJ stuff a while ago, still need to fit them/waiting for them to turn up, hardtop dash and fender mirrors, H190 LSD, chin spoiler and other little bits and pieces Finally started pulling apart my S14 gearbox Success, the Deez bellhousing goes straight on Comparison between S14 and LD28 bellhousings The tail housing will be more difficult Fun

Was due to get my wheels widened but that will have to wait a couple weeks as I have these coming now. I picked up a 5spd box after Nats and almost have all the bits I need to swap it in so that'll be happening soon too Yay

Haven't done much, got a wof, still waiting for some blocks Have bought a few things off Yahoo auctions via Ewan @ Hayatonka Picked up some stock radio and cassette units I think I have sussed all the wiring out but there is a spare DIN plug on the back of the radio, anyone got any ideas what it's for? Also got some fender mirrors, the stock 330 items seem to go for about $500 but I found some similar Nissan ones for a better price, they came with the leccy adjustment knobs too