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Sorry!!! 

Some nice braps in Whk today

It’s been ten years since I’ve seen him but Phil was living outside Auckland then. Did have a pink 4AGE Leitch then though

I’ve got a sidchrome set that has been getting a hard time since 2005-ish, still going strong. They copied the snap on thing with the notches for better locking on nuts, I still round the occasional nut/bolt but I am working on 50 year old rusted in place Toyota stuff too. Happy with what I’ve got but it’s been so long since I used something different I can’t really give a fair comparison 

I’ve got ball joints already, idler arm and outer tie rods (same as 112) are readily available via eBay, inners are the only hard to get part and at worst I’ll mod my drag link to suit 80 series inners. Ball joint on the pitman arm is the only thing I may have to get rebuilt. 

Budget is fairly low, I have other mistresses which demand their share of time and funds (TA22, RS41, AUSSIEGIRL01 etc), plus I have zero room for a blast cabinet. I’ll see how the front clip comes up, wire wheel seems to be getting all the loose stuff off which is all that is recommended for the paint I’m using. I’ve used it before with good results but not on something that sees as hard a time as the chassis

cheers

Matt

Dissassembled and started cleaning up front suspension and brakes this afternoon after work. Realised I'm not going to be able to do a decent job with wire wheels, I'll have to get the control arms blasted at least, I'm leaning towards powder coating it all as well. Tue rod ball joints are ultra stuck, I'll take them to work on Monday and see if I can get them moving with a press. The rest came apart fairly easily.

want to get some paint down this weekend, so I'm thinking I'll just do the front clip tomorrow if it's not to cold/wet. I'm using this rustkill paint, hopefully it's up to the job. It's chassis though, so it's not like it's going to get seen much once it's road legal

was talking to the guy I got the front disc setup off today and realised he's still got his parts car so I'm going to go and steal the rest of the braking system off that, so it'll be 100% MS112. Will need to adapt the booster to the firewall but it shouldn't be to major a job

Assembled

dissassembled

will be doing new wheel bearings so not to worried about covering them up

cheers

Matt

Jacked the body up off the chassis tonight, took a couple of goes before it came off and I was happy with it balancing nicely from where I was jacking it. Dropped it on 100mm wooden blocks so I can access most of the parts that I want to wire wheel and paint. It's going to be a fucking shit job climbing under there and wire wheeling everything but I'm to cheap/poor to send the chassis to get blasted.

floors look pretty good from underneath

got these weird holes that seem to be for nothing that have rusted bigger, not sure what I should do so they don't look so dodgy. Might use a die grinder and make them round again

cheers

Matt

Sooooooo it's been a while............

this has just been been sitting in the garage looking cool, and I've been happy with that. I have been slowly acquiring parts though, I got front suspension and disc brake setup from an MS112, and have got a JZ mid sump coming. Had given up on ever finding one but things just fell into place, and some form of JZ is pretty much the perfect motor for this

since I bought the celica, and I want to put that in the garage where it's complete lack of windscreens won't be such a problem, I need to get the ute rolling again. I decided just throwing it back together was a terrible idea because I'd have to do it all again so I'm replacing what I can with new stuff, painting up the chassis (or at least the front clip and all the rear mounting points), and reassembling with the disc swap all round. Front is bolt on but I'll need to get the leaf perches swapped onto the MS112 diff for the rear

first I jacked it up nice and high and put it on axle stands

Then I started cleaning up the front clip with wire wheels, it's in a lot better shape than it looked, but there is a bit of rust in the bottom of the front crossmember

before:

and after:

rust in front crossmember, I'll leave this unpainted for now and get it welded once everything is back together. I have a timeline I'm trying to keep to, basically the crown sedan is at the gf's parents and they're home in three weeks so I want this rolling and out of the way by then

crossmember was full of dirt and for some reason a whole bunch of crab claws  all I can think of is if someone was trying to make it stink to piss the owner off

now it's up in the air I had a better look over it for rust, just one sill is really bad, from the cab back. It's been bogged in the past

and there's a few bits around the rear guards but nothing to major  I'll probably find more as I go, but it's in stupidly good condition really for an old crown ute

forgot to take pics of other side, maybe tomorrow

cheers

Matt

So it's a complete car although I haven't looked through and found everything yet, there will probably be a few things missing. Interior is brown so will be looking for good black stuff to replace it. The car came with a couple of sets of GT bonnet vents, and a 2TG so I may turn it into a GT clone if I can find a grill and rear badge. Pics of some of the NOS stuff that came with:

and this is the pinnacle of the bunch, I was lost for words when I saw this. I wonder if it's the only one left anywhere.....

Toyota genuine parts NOS dash pad.

I've had a couple of 1st gen celicas, although I sold the last one off over ten years ago. As much as I love them I decided it'd have to be something special if I ever had another one, either one of the JDM only models or a flatlight.

quick lesson for non celica people, the first two years of celicas had flat tail lights and a flip down panel between them with the fuel filler behind it, and the tank under the boot. After that the taillights changed, the tank went behind the rear seat, and the filler in the C pillar. 

Finding a good early celica these days is a struggle, and flatlights are even harder. I was talking to my mate Dave at a car show, he's got a mint white RA28 with RA25 taillights and bumpers, he was foaming over the KE15 and at some point he mentioned he had a TA22 project in the garage a tidy home that had stalled. I jokingly said we should swap, he said something like 'surely you wouldn't want to' and we left it at that. Fast forward 6 months and he tags me in a mint KE15 for sale on Facebook and says 'I hope yours turns out this good' and I reply 'you can make sure of it if you trade me for your TA22', then we have a bit of a chat, have a good look over each other's cars, and decide to make it happen.

i really like the KE15, but it's just a bit to small for me, and in the long run I'd rather have the celica.

finally swapped cars today, I had to take the crown up to the inlaws while I move some stuff around to make room. How to make a crown look tiny:

catch you later Sprinter, I'll miss your face a lot

and the new celica

home in the garage

pretty stoked, I can't find any rust, and she is damn straight considering it's never been restored

cheers

Matt

On 27/05/2018 at 06:41, oldrx7 said:

new neighbour has a sweet wip , not mint but very tidy 

 

I’ve got a friend in WA who has 13 of these things. He just keeps acquiring them. Some with cool motors, 4AGE, a few 3TGTE’s, a 2TG, most with 2T’s and 3T’s. 

although im not the biggest T18 fan it is a very impressive collection. 

Cheers

Matt

I thought K24’s spun backwards?

2ZZ, any info on rwd conversion bits? Definitely on the cards for one of my cars at some point, if it’s not astronomical price wise

52 minutes ago, Carsnz123 said:

Ok there will be some hiding somewhere but someone has spent lots of money getting rust cut out. If someone sells you a "Rust Free" Toyota it means you're not paying extra for the rust. Same goes for Datsuns 

I assume this is the same car

+1 for crown!

On 25/04/2018 at 15:04, 63Ragtop said:

Real coupes have no back seat, thats a 2 door sedan.

2 door sedan:

coupe (mine, ahhhhhhhhhh)

both have back seats......................

i do agree that thing is a 2 door sedan though

He’s not struggling to get work, he’s struggling to get TO work

but still don’t do it. 

Hmmmm they’re keihin so maybe not the right ones. Came off a 1st gen prelude motor and I was told they’re original

Pretty sure I've got a set of the carbs Mark, I'll send you a pic if you're/they're interested in trying to build a replica?

I drove a GZ powered JZX90 last weekend. It was epicly good. Perfect motor for an old crown.

besides making it fit and run and all that other fun stuff

oh, also I'm hell jealous. I've been trying to buy a UZ powered one in Perth for almost 7 years now, but the guy just won't sell it to me.

Wrong country, never get to drive it

RZS41 would be mint, but I’d rather RZ the crown Ute. I really need less projects but I can’t bring myself to get rid of anything except the crown sedan, and nobody will let me

8 hours ago, Pelo. said:

Like this Debonair? Spotted at Whanganui Vintage Festival last year

Still chasing one of these @kirk28?