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Progress has begun on the TE27, so hopefully over the next few months can see a few more frequent updates. Won a pretty epic auction on Yahoo. The bonnet that I have here with me now is super thin so was going to be pretty average to get fixed. Luckily this one was listed as being a NOS item (as well as many other NOS items within the auction) What i'll be using from here: - NOS Bonnet - NOS Dash pad - NOS Rear dash parcel tray - NOS Airbox setup - Used Sprinter badge (Mine is broken in half.. which is normal) - TE27 Steering wheel (hoping it's a Sprinter badged center but not the end of the world. Will get one from yahoo when one comes up one day) i-img750x1000-17256723184842pplklw572511 by phillipbaines, on Flickr i-img900x1200-17256721237239xzp3la571620 by phillipbaines, on Flickr i-img900x1200-17256721636155m8wgpj572114 by phillipbaines, on Flickr i-img900x1200-17256722023803nfiwr8573150 by phillipbaines, on Flickr i-img900x1200-17256722552806jsic8u572522 by phillipbaines, on Flickr i-img900x1200-17256722994003nmzomw561188 by phillipbaines, on Flickr i-img900x1200-17256723838895esiivg573437 by phillipbaines, on Flickr i-img1200x900-17256722224550nlqiap558641 by phillipbaines, on Flickr i-img1200x900-172567227689216wtknq559863 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 188cee90-ff98-493e-b53f-e2a8b0f35592 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 568e55f4-c1b7-4643-8e54-f3d1961da51f by phillipbaines, on Flickr 01a5a792-17a7-45db-bbc1-d4ca8459d608 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 985d9003-25b7-40a5-bfc5-ceeafd6dd173 by phillipbaines, on Flickr Discussion:

Yeah, really nice to have the car bro's back home doing the lords work behind the scenes I think for a car this age, you can't really expect something that is perfect. I think I got this car relatively cheap considering where they're heading, and even spending more doesn't necessarily mean it'll be any tidier either!

The blasting begins Nothing toooo surprising as a result. Rust in normal places, awful attempts at rust repairs in normal places. overall it's straight, which is the main thing! Bonnet/Boot/Front valance are in great shape, as well as one of the doors. Passenger door has a bit of rust but nothing extreme Rear arches have been cooked a bit.. will have to see what the panel guy reckons on this one... It's heading over for rust work now so watch this space!

The car has gained some traction for restoration. Living in Canada for the foreseeable future limits how much I can do from abroad so big shout out to the boys back home lending their hands to get this thing ready for resto work until I return The car was booked in for rust work at the end of August, hence now it has been able to be stripped. Hoping to have some regular updates from the panel guy as it gets worked on from next month! 452131814_473125612028798_7715694707404718568_n by phillipbaines, on Flickr A few occasions of this sight 451940815_783842226970609_4650512092855395002_n by phillipbaines, on Flickr 453953461_1172382744044745_1959411451631204765_n by phillipbaines, on Flickr 453959803_461362016741363_8491311554124860936_n by phillipbaines, on Flickr The one unforeseen gremlin 452574620_361021260372524_8224091292040281271_n by phillipbaines, on Flickr 452982944_491536027164610_3477136465526599439_n by phillipbaines, on Flickr 453969890_860502898833538_6173339251430194785_n by phillipbaines, on Flickr 10241c08-fdac-4fff-a573-001b7d001aff by phillipbaines, on Flickr Next stage - Full media blast to return it back to bare metal - Drop off at panel work man and be patient for its return

Yep! Cars been sold now and have gone with an upgrade https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/88987-pbaines-1973-te27-sprinter-trueno/

More photos before it's stripped - just for reference. I find trawling through historic build logs really fun over the years to see how far you come I sent mum out to take photos. combined with someone who can't DSLR, and one who can press a few buttons on Lightroom. we come back with this. _MG_1118 by phillipbaines, on Flickr _MG_1086 by phillipbaines, on Flickr _MG_1092 by phillipbaines, on Flickr _MG_1094 by phillipbaines, on Flickr _MG_1099 by phillipbaines, on Flickr _MG_1100 by phillipbaines, on Flickr _MG_1102 by phillipbaines, on Flickr _MG_1104 by phillipbaines, on Flickr _MG_1106 by phillipbaines, on Flickr _MG_1111 by phillipbaines, on Flickr _MG_1113 by phillipbaines, on Flickr _MG_1122 by phillipbaines, on Flickr _MG_1127 by phillipbaines, on Flickr _MG_1129 by phillipbaines, on Flickr _MG_1131 by phillipbaines, on Flickr _MG_1133 by phillipbaines, on Flickr _MG_1171 by phillipbaines, on Flickr Getting picked up this weekend to be stripped. Car will be entirely media blasted to bare metal Car will be off for full panel work resto in July. Will see what the blasting yields!

Car has been delivered! Currently organising it to be stripped and off to panel/paint/repair cert so hopefully have some updates in the coming few months.

Replaced oil pump with other unit I have with the SQ Engineering additional relief valve spring setup to bump up the pressure, we seem to be good! If that still doesn't give me good pressure at all times i'll flick the cam caps off and have a measure up New Speedo drive is in so I've now got a work speedo Think that's it really, time for cert? Bumper is back and looking absolutely insane if you compare to what it was previously!

Back in the country means back in to work on the ol' 86. Firstly, the time has come to get the front bumper repaired. So, off it came and off it went. The plan is just to make it structurally sound again, I think there are too many hairline cracks to warrant a full resto on it. If it's structurally sound and painted, i'm a happy man. The bro's cracked in to it! When i've previously removed the dash, i found it not possible to take out the dash clock surround without breaking it into 30 pieces. This has been an eye sore for years and luckily toyota still make them new Next was to install the JSP coolant overflow/oil catch can combo unit. 10x better than the previous solution. I will hook it back up to breathing back to the engine, I just need to acquire a -10 120 Degree fitting so that it can point down to the ground a bit more as using a 90 degree will make it hit the bonnet Turbo water lines installed. I need to order another -6 90 degree bend fitting as I didn't order enough, luckily I had a -4 premade hose sitting about which works fine, but it's 90 Degree to straight end hence the U bend to where it connects to the back of the head. This will be resolved shortly! Tidied up the NASA heat shield for the overflow bottle, I will get a beanie at some point for the turbo but hopefully this is sufficient for the interim. I've also misplaced some U Channel moulding I was going to install around the folded edge of it so that it wouldn't be possible to cut into the rubber line to the windscreen jets. it'll turn up.. Clean! Gave the interior a clean, still need to address the small rip on the drivers side seat.. I've always wondered where the handbrake light loom was situated in the car, I assumed that it was just that I was missing the wires and it never had them. Turned out in my spares box I had the spare loom, plugged it in and we now have a light. something that isn't that helpful just good small win For 10 years i've put up with using a wooden stick to hold the hatch up. FLOS.ie have new gas struts so in they went. much satisfaction TODO: - Replace oil pump. I'm having lower oil pressure at higher RPM's than I'd like (with a rebuilt bottom end), so i've got a spare oil pump which has the SQEngineering pressure up spring unit to hopefully address that. If that doesn't resolve the issue i'll be getting plasti gage out to measure the cam cap tolerances as I can't think where else I would be losing pressure the way that it is. - Recheck pinion angle since the 15" rims and slight height differences to bring back to 1.5 degrees both sides - Pull out gearbox to replace the output shaft speedometer worm drive. The plastic gear for on the speedo output is stripped, and without knowing what the worm drive it suits, better to pull it apart and replace it with the correct stuff which I now have. - Maybe try cert?

Pics from the port in Kobe! All looks good, appears that the owner that flipped the car put new tyres on it which is a bonus. Due to leave Japan this week Two gremlins to note: - Car looks to be started up in the images as rev gauge shows 1500 rpm however the charge light is on.. - From photos I've just noticed that the chassis plate is also not in the engine bay. I hope this isn't an issue come VIN time, hopefully the TE27-XXXXX stamp on the firewall is ok on its own?

The last few months I've been looking through the USS Auctions in Japan, bid on a few TE27's. Funnily enough, I bid on one particular TE27 in October. Lost it to someone. The buyer must have been doing a buy and sell flip for some quick money as it came back up for auction the following weeks but with the reserve higher so I wasn't successful. Come the new year, they dropped down their reserve and I was able to nab it for a reasonable cost! The plan is to swap all of the good stuff out of the KE25 I have to it, and flick the KE25 off. If you're looking to purchase the KE25 project below get in touch. https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/52400-pbaines-1971-toyota-corolla-ke25/ Photos from inspection. - Interior is average which is perfect because I have a great interior in my KE25 to get goods from - Underside has some rust, especially in the sills. But for a car this age, can you really be surprised? No stress to be honest. the rest of the car looks like a great base for a resto. More to come at a later date. 20231116_121909_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122016_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122315_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122314_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122304_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122300_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_121947_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_121940_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_121939_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_121912_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_121910_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122104_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122103_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122100_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122057_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122046_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122029(0)_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122028_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122025_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122007_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122256_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122254_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122143_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122139_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122129_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122126_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122123_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122122_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122121_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122106_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122105_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122326_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231116_122321_copy_2000x1126 by phillipbaines, on Flickr Discussion thread:

Discussion thread for all things TE27. Build thread: https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/88987-pbaines-1973-te27-sprinter-trueno/

Hey man! It is from flos.ie, there will be a toyota oem new option but the guys at flos.ie have done the groundwork https://flos.ie/shop/brake-booster-ae86/?v=3e8d115eb4b3

Apologies for the delayed response I missed seeing this drop into my inbox! The brake schematic does show two separate hard-lines to the rear, the proportioning valve has 2 outputs for this and if I were to use this valve I would follow the same plumbing as outlined with the schematics diagram as it would have been in the Celica that way. To be able to achieve this, you'd only need to bend up a bracket or go and cut one off of a car at pick-a-part and have that stitched onto the chassis so that it supports 2 flexi lines instead of the one where the one is stitched onto the chassis at the rear already. But, I'm impulsive and a few days later after purchasing the prop valve i've gone with the adjustable willwood prop valve. I figured that it would be better to be able to tune things properly and have it set correctly from the get-go. It will also clean up the dual line to the rear (not that that was something I thought would have been too difficult to resolve! https://stealthride.co.nz/products/wb260-13190

Black Friday was a busy day for purchases, most have arrived. Returning back from Canada in February for a month and will probably take a day just to sift through all the boxes of goods. From Flos.ie: T50 Rebuild kit - includes bearings and syncro's AE86 rear caliper rebuild kit x2 toyota bolt kits for 4A-GE and AE86. handy to have AE86 axle gasket and seal kit From jspfab.com 4A-GE billet alternator mount 4A-Ge Small port billet fuel rail From battlegarage-rs.com: AE86 radiator support grommets (will need to fab up some bottom radiator mounts for the chassis( AE86 reproduction handbrake cables (hopefully these are fairly bolt in...) AE86 front wheel bearing kit From RockAuto.com: outer/inner tie rod ends lower/upper radiator hoses master cylinder to suit TE27 T50 chassis rubber mount U-Joints (may or may not work, but for $20 a pop they went in the cart) AE86 Slave cylinder AE86 diff wheel bearings From eBay: Full weather strip seal kit, doors, front/rear windscreen and also the quarter glass KE2X front suspension full bushing kit (LCA, RCA, Sway bar etc) KE2X rear leaf spring rubbers From aeroflow: Full brake line components to do the lines from scratch for the car. The plan is do internally do the hardlines and keep as much out of the engine bay as possible. What a list of parts that took to do 20231123_133812 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231129_114049 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 20231130_115850 by phillipbaines, on Flickr 369614281_265637686127074_8864140772265512620_n by phillipbaines, on Flickr 371525757_1390195848577597_8157815245025420762_n by phillipbaines, on Flickr 384562657_368923975694554_5263749068142941737_n by phillipbaines, on Flickr 404957639_398279992532980_7428382900749870146_n by phillipbaines, on Flickr 385545074_365483589195832_2746782362506946816_n by phillipbaines, on Flickr Picked up a set of volk mesh 6.5" wheels, could possibly look to relip 2 for the rear to make a bit wider but think i'll flick a pair and then try nab a pair of 8" wheels from Japan. I need to fit the diff first though and see what i can actually squeeze under there i-img900x1200-17008152302pqs6m7 by phillipbaines, on Flickr Also a set of advan mesh 6" wheels i-img1200x1124-1700185932wnwzz22418398 by phillipbaines, on Flickr alt by phillipbaines, on Flickr rail by phillipbaines, on Flickr That will be all for now. more to come in February when i'm back in New Zealand Discussion: