Glancn

"Hell yeah, that's bad ass" - 1320video

Few weekends ago the missus and I were walking to a furniture store (married lyfe.  I live and work in Beijing now btw).  While we were crossing the road at a major traffic junction (bridges, exits/onramps, underpasses) we hear this loud flapping/thumping noise coming from the underpass and getting louder and louder.  

We stop to turn and look wtf is that sound then this newish Audi A6 appears from the underpass with a punctured tyre, the wheel otp and the right front smashed going at about 50-60kmh.  Driver was driving super erratically and this little Hyundai is pulling out of the T-intersection then the Audi straight plows into the left front of the Hyundai, stops momentarially and then tries to carry on with an even more smashed up car!!!  Nuts!

The Audi gets about 100m down the road then just stops there and is joined shortly by the Hyundai.  A male driver gets out of the car and can't even stand up straight and is obviously in some state of mega OTJ/crazy.  He is slamming his fists down at the car, pointing at the Hyundai and shouting something while a back log of traffic and on lookers watching stunned.  

We were expecting that the guy was being chased by some cops but there weren't any chasing cop cars.  I swear it was something out of a movie scene.  And thinking back we were lucky the guy didn't turn into our direction as we were standing on the corner of the road without any protection which is a bit scary to think about.  

Later according to news reports the guy had been driving his own car after all nighter OTJ and had crashed into a Taxi.  Then he got out and threatened the taxi driver with a wooden bat and smashed the windows of said taxi.  He then hijacked an Audi and carried on driving in his wayward ways and also crashed into 2 pedestrians of which one unfortunately died from resulting injuries.  All in all he crashed into about 7 cars before finally coming to a halt a couple hundy meters from where the missus and I were standing.

Pics: http://news.qq.com/a/20150719/001716.htm 

http://news.qq.com/a/20150718/021725.htm#p=1

Crazy.

http://garageslipway.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/the-old-whip/

FYI.  Def better on 14's! 

Also, a vid of the above Cresta with laggiest 1GGTE in the history of 1GGTE's.

Good luck with your build man!

Hah.  My old daily from circa 2010.  Used to have a loud as f*ck drony exhaust.  Good for max revving dorts when going through tunnels.  Good luck with the project.

Yeah man.  Miss those days. 

I sold it to some guy around Taranaki ways (Fielding?).  He owns a lot of old Toyotas and stores them in a shed.  Reckons he tidied it up lots and hooks up 3rd doing burnouts no sweat haha.

I only got to drive it once at Hamptons with the bigger turbo and it went pretty well.  Before the driveshaft poo poo'd itself and the fuel/brake lines.

To be fair that car was a POS but I loved it so much.

Yeah IRS.  I didn't realise yours was solid rear.  Just the perch/buldge on the bottom arm was a larger diamater than the sleeve/seat which comes with the rear springs.  They're made for an AE86 which must have a smaller diamater perch.  I was afraid that it was going to slip out or not sit centre so just didn't use it.  Maybe it'll work sweet on yours.

Also I remember now.  I actually tried GX71 rear springs first and they were also too soft for my liking. 

And correction, I ended up using rear springs from a Sierra wagon, not Cortina (it was a few years ago now!).

Hey man cool car!  I'd love to own another Carina sometime in the future.  Though it'd have to be pre-face lift as I am particuar .

BC Red's (for AE86) went pretty low on my old Carina, though not sure what the availability is like these days. 

I never ran the rear seat/sleve because they didn't sit right on the rear lower arms.  In the end I got rid of the rear BC red springs because they were too soft/saggy and put in some Mk5 Cortina ones and cut down to height.  Worked a treat!

Pre-face lift, cool!  Used to own a Carina and still love these cars today.  Good luck with the build

^ MR2?

had a '79 as my first car/inherited from my grandad who had it since new, until some silly woman ran into the back of it/shunted it into the car infront

I remember that car.

Auckland is not awesome enough to have a scoots gangz?

Sup guys, just intruding on your thread like no one's business... but thought this might be of interest?

http://www.scootling.co.nz/

Hey this one is pretty neat (should have lowered it a lot more)

I heart everything about 80's cars (mostly Japanese makes due to my ignorance of other makes). Especially exterior styling, I mean, what were they thinking??? Box box box box box box. But yeah works for me.

3T IT!!!! lubs you

I used a 1990's Mazda 626 2 core radiator which I got from pick-a-part, cost like $30, gave it a good clean and ran it with Ford Mondeo twin fans and that worked a treat on my Carina drift car. Just gotta make some little tabs up for it to sit on... or cable ties like I did :S :S :S

Those look like my old Ferroches! Are they 15x7 +0 with a bit of a lip damage repair on one wheel?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... 78&ed=true engine solution right here. runs on 98 octane and cats that don't get adopted from the SPCA.

http://vimeo.com/27707922 (a couple of mins in for a full noise run).

Remember the good old days of motorway runs, 'illegals' and Piha touge missions in this. Awesome.

Crashed my first car (Sweet Ex Lancer with 4G63, LSD etc) into... wait for it........... a tree along the gravel driveway that leads to Meremere dragstrip. I was in 6th form I think, on my restricted and hadn't been driving for long. Decided to be a cool dude and try get it 'sideways' on gravel, as my mate was in his Starlet in front of me. Yep, Friday night and all for all the folk driving into Friday Night Dragwars to see. Front left quarter was pretty bashed up and ended up selling it for only $250

Second crash wasn't so bad as it was while drifting (funnily enough at Meremere run off area). Was pulling some sweet manji's but the Carina straightened up and kissed the dirt bank. Only a bashed up LF guard and a broken/bent rack end and rod. After a trip to Repco and an eyelignment it was skids on again tho haha.

Pretty minor compared to some stories on here... crazy buggers!

omg mean, carina even!

The Carina has power steering right... except that when you want to turn the wheel from side to side (forced, not auto-returning) it pretty much braces up... is this just OS 80's fail tech? Anyone know of anything that I can do to improve/get better PS? FYI also running 25mm spacers up front, low down and directionals.

Chur bay!

Opps, if you don't know TA63 / 3TGTE

sorted!

Hey guys,

Got a os toyota drift day on Monday down at Meremere on Monday labour day to go to but have no tow car and havent got anyone with a vehicle to tow the trailer/car down with

Just putting a last min shout out if any1 can help give me a tow down on monday that would be 2meke.

I'm in mt wellington. Leaving early Monday/back late afternoon. will be lots of mean old toyotas.

of course will pay for gas/beers/come have some drinks the night before at our flat if you want!!!

Drop me a txt if you can, would appreciate it haaaardout!

021 585 570

Davy

Man, super tidy looking! EX Lancers look pretty good on new school mags though.