Mr.Mk1

Pictures of half sanded bog and piles of dust aren't interesting, these are slightly moreso. Got this decent valence with my goodies a week ago, it had a few small knocks but was vastly better than my other one, and sat much more pert on the car. It was paint stripped and left as-is years ago, so I hit it with the stripping wheel and etched it, between coats I undersealed the front guards with the last of the hippo-liner, more to add some strength to the mega fucking thin guards that move when sanded. Cheerio

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Yes! sits all shonky cause the other sides tyres are flat-12in on rear and 14 on front, but it's all I had

Lame weather and lame Motorsport on tv means a full day of work. Huge thanks to Chris born_loser for the use of his DA sander, shit started progressing far faster! loaded up the roof, finished the guard, rear and doors, started into the front guard too. Then been on some primer. Shit load better looking I feel. need to grab another tin of bog tomorrow x-)

We got a new pup last night so I had to look after it while wife was at work. Couldn't do much but I did sort the stuff and polish stuff. muuuuuuuuuuch better! My other tail light surrounds were poxing out and cracked in places, plus rust stains inside the lenses. Also did number plate lamp, indicators, and headlight/guard eyebrows. Then scored a set of tyres for the sigma steels I have for $10 each to mobilise it and get warrant. Then scored these 14in GoodYears, haven't inspected but I do like the look, love a polished lip and gold will complement the future red paint like a mother. They are just skinny we fellas but its a small car and I'm on a budget. This car car has always had my attention so that may explain it.

What ever happened to it? Cremated So many diffs

Still bogging and sanding. Fellow member nick_m messaged me to say he still had some boxes of shit from his old race car, bring beer and depart with shit. So I did,and I'm glad I did. This was the best box, lots of things in much much better shape than mine, or certainly required. Especially the headlight surrounds since changing grille. Also some screens, a front valence that's not full of bog, 7 tail light assemblies. And found a box of good quality unopened 2k etch and primer kits which I need to pay for in the future, I'll use on Escort. DATSUN stainless plate surrounds cunt!

Yep, the pontiac is being sold to fund the escort. Ironically I sold my cool mk1 cortina wagon to sink the profits into the escort years ago, ended up getting a Datsun sunny for a daily and blew all the coin on the Datsun hahaha. Yes certainly have all the CA gear and fully intend to cram it in the scrote

Jesus, I detest sanding bog these days. Got a good bit done tonight since it was a bit cooler in the shed. Glued in roof sound deadner and cleaned + primed the top side last nite as well as a few smears. That swage down the middle is quite awkward to replicate so I chopped a piece out of a guard in the scrap pile and glued some sand paper to it. Should speed up the process.

Both rear sills in and out. Both front caps, drivers not as bad. C pillar vent, one side only thankfully! And after about 80 hours day after day, 54 patches were chopped, made, welded and ground. marathon, but had to do it now rather than try patch it up as I'm driving it. I've got in with a tight group of 1200 owners, and they have been feeding me cheap and free spares! Fuckin awesome! Always liked the factory sedan grille more so,was amped when this showed up, bit of a scrub, paint and polish and I'm happy enough to rock it until I get a better one. Need the appropriate surrounds however. Also bits like badges, interior stuffs, brackets that have been cut or modified. Yesterday was hot, was waiting for the few layers of bed-liner to set in the roof after heat-shrinking and hammering so I can sand it easier, and I couldn't be assed sanding bog so I cleaned up and refurbished the bumpers, tail light surrounds, number plates, headlight surrounds etc. Already did the indicators and lenses before Xmas, test fit a stereo, general tidying and painting of stuff, cut a piece of underlay for the roof, seam sealed and under sealed the rear guards and spare tyre well, made a cover for the fuel tank in the boot. Broke a few of the tail-light fixed bolts, found if I snapped them off completely and drilled them out, I could fit some spare speaker mounting machine screws in there, weld them and trill off the excess. worked out really well, then wire wheeled and doused in black zinc. Common practice on this car

The rear arches had been hacked to fit drag slicks and it was high on my agenda to make them more original looking. As you can see it was shy about 30mm of arch. So I made these out of sections of some rooted front guards cause I just don't have the gear to shrink and stretch new steel. In saying that, it was everying BUT the arch that was rooted on the spare guards. Half of these pics are just quick 'end of the day' photos for a timeline, don't freak out if you see holes and things still, I got them. I worked my way from that front guard all the way round back to it. I took photos of the lot but it's depressing so I won't post them all. fair bit of time spent with the magnet and air gun extracting the rust scale, then doused it in rust kill, zinc and another sealant. Everywhere. Inside both rear doors were Chooched, nice repairs from the outside but had blown out on the inside.

Everyone knows the car, most have been on white-knuckled joyrides in it, and it's a stalwart of the oldschool/nzdatsun culture. Bart Simpsons supercharged 'Death trap' 1200. If this car could talk, it wouldn't, What for the crippling PTSD. Its been Molotov cocktailed, in car chases, travelled at autobahn speeds, drag raced close to 13 second passes and all manner of in-between. When Bart approached me to tidy it up for impending sale, it just so happpend to be when I was looking to sell my wagon to blow all the proceeds on my Escort. Well I've never had a car younger than me, so make a habit of having 40-50 year old daily drivers, and I needed transport in between. Rather than buying something in a pinch and not really liking it, I saw this as the perfect opportunity to grab a model I've always liked, and have another A-series car, which is generally a joy. It was cheap, I had to keep telling myself this. Came with reg and warrant, and still certed for things like a roll cage and A14. Has a rev-counter dash and coupe centre console added. Driveline has been returned to standard, go fast bits went into a race car. Suits me fine as daily driven and less to go wrong. Came with a swag of spares , and that roll cage! I got a few weeks into December and couldn't do a lot until my holidays. I cleaned the fuck out of the outside and wheeled it into the shed. Can't find the after shot of engine bay but it came up well. Didn't do a lot until coming back from Xmas, so on Boxing Day I got into it. Came with straight spare guards which weren't flared but still a bit rusty. The drivers side rear or guard was good in white but bad in yellow so.. And the gap was massive so added on to the door.

Even told me how many times he farted on the seat

Looks great all nakey. In good hands with tony and Jase too

More the fact that you just can't find standard tiny starlet rotors that size! KE is 218mm. Common starlet is 228mm. This car has 204 or something close to that. Stoked they worked in the end. Was it only the diameter you had to knock down?

Sweet will ask her

Google BMW brown colour, I think that would look boss. Go well with chrome too. Also steer well away from white interiors.

I see this is coming up this weekend. Anyone been before? I can't seem to find any spectator info online, when/where/for how long etc.. http://www.ratec.org.nz/banks-peninsula-hillclimbs/banks-peninsula-hillclimb-weekend

I know he was living in Dunedin and visiting fairly regularly About 6 years back

GOOD FUCKING SHIT, CUNT.

Thrilling update, with pictures even! Gearbox output seal was rock solid and just started to leak so whipped another in and greased the UJs. All went pretty easily, stoked. Included the part number if anyone wants to re-do their W55/56/57/58 Toyota box.

Cool car, looks wicked now

...further to this, it's started spooling noticeably earlier and the Pitch of the turbo is a bit more piercing.

Mate! That would be greatly received, I have a coupe of yank coasters for the bar too

Yes ;-D Gotta go back and see the southern states next