Corona_man

You can see in the pictures, the way I done it in separate pieces, then glued it all down. I didn't bother with underlay as I'm not to fussed with the softeness and noise. The few yellow bits in the photos are where the seat rails bolt On, il bolt in the seats then cover the rest with carpet.

So ordered some bkack carpet and binding. Striped out the old worn carpet. I done the carpet in a few different pieces, not just one big piece.  I also made up a shift boot and handbrake boot , out of vinyl, and sewed it to the carpet. Then got some binding and sewed it around the edges to make it look tidier.

The dash pad needs to be fixed up aswell. It was covered in the same material as wool sacks haha. Very rough, I pulled it off and Iv seen worse dashes. I tried to recover it in vinyl but couldn't get the corners right. I couldnt pull out the creases on the corners,  so I have decided , I will fix up the holes and re paint it. Also got the engine bay tidied up and painted. Got the motor back in. I had a 3k block laying around, but no head. I am going to take the head off the 4k , that came with the car, and bolt that onto the 3k. Going backwards I know, but it came out factory with a 3k, and it isn't a race car. So got some gaskets and will get that done over the weekend.

So I started pulling the dash out, I want the interior to be all black, so am going to paint all the plastic bits. I also removed the heater box. The previous owner had disconnected it, I presume because it leaked. I pulled the heater apart, and got to the heater core, and.no surprise it had a small pin hole in it. I soldered it up and tested it, it's good now, so can put it back in and a warm working heater. Next on the list is new carpet 

So finally got the body painted. Now the fun part of putting it all back together. Also picked up some factory 13" rims , that I'm painting black, and putting on that white walls. Found the fastest way to Mask up wheels for paint is using cards. 

Here's a Bit more pictures of the sewing. It's quite hard as the machine is super quick and i can't slow it done anymore. There's no room for mistakes haha.

Un stitched the old covers and traced them onto the new vinyl. Got them sewn up along with some pleats and piping. 

So now just waiting on some fine weather to get the rest of the car painted. Started pulling the seats apart to recover them. The drivers seat was the worst, wasn't two bad, a few small rips but I want to learn upholstery . So figured I'd give it a go

Got the engine bay cleaned up and painted. The body is all paneled and primed now. Just about ready to paint, just a few small imperfections to tidy up and then wait for a sunny day to paint it. All my painting is just done a a outside shed I rigged up made from corrugated iron roof and plastic sides. Not perfect but defanatly better then painting outside under no cover 

Engine out and need to tidy up the engine bay. The wiring and hoses need to be sorted out as someone and done some dodgy wiring. Also still on the hunt for another engine.

Got the windows all out, took forever to get all the tacky windscreen sealnt off. The plastic trim that goes inside the rubber is shot. There was no way to save it, it was far to brittle. I will need to find some new stuff. Also got the car all masked up, and engine out 

Also stripped out the interior and painted the dash and roof lining. I want all the interior to be black and am going to upolster all the seats in black (well,  give it a go) .

So just been doing more panel work and a few rust cuts. Replaced both rear quarter bottoms and welded up then holes where the flares were bolted in. Also replaced the boot lip , where the rubber clips on. Rest of the body is reasonable straight, but rear qauters have a few dents. 

Not a lot to update. Got all my doors painted, so now just got the body and engine bay to do. Also got the new wheel bearings and brake rotors installed. Also notice when I drained the motor, about 7 litres of oil mixed with petrol came out of the sump. I'm guessing that's why it was smoking so much. Need to find out where all the petrol has come from

Got the repair kit and also new brake pads. Painted all the caliper bits while it was apart. Much better looking and work like they should. Now just waiting on a pair of new disc rotors.

Also found some factory ke30 struts. The brakes were seized up and the wheel bearing arnt so good. I pulled the calipers apart and gave them a overhaul. Got a repair kit for them. Bored were good and piston and slide pins were still good.

Been wet sanding all the panels today, they are all basically ready for paint. Still have to panel and do some rust work on the body.

So I tried putting some 13" wheels on and they didn't fit. Could only fit 14" wheels on. I knew the struts were not factory though, as the discs and calipers on it now are a lot bigger and the rotors are vented. Done some research and pretty sure there off mx71 cressida. I have to find some factory ke30 ones back in though as I want to out it on 13" wheels 

Was away all weekend so didn't get anything done on the corolla. Some things turned up, got new front and rear windscreen runners, and some 13" white walls. I need to find some 13" wheels, just going for a factory look

Project discussion for my current project i have going on 

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So, been busy the last few days, got the doors, guards, boot and bonnet paneled and primed. Now I need to move on to the body. Then get it all painted and move on to the more exciting stuff. I'm on the hunt for another 4k or 3k motor. I'm going to pull down the current motor and inspect the bores, possible get away with putting a new set of rings in it, but don't have high hopes.