SR ROLLA

Barely even started and already I'm thinking:

Awesome. Looks so, so good.

Also, I got sick of the squashy steering wheel so upgraded to this: And this morning some total dickhead was too distracted admiring my car (he claims) that he drove right into the back of it. I was pretty unhappy to say the least. Luckily he was only going slowly, there doesn't appear to be any significant damage, the bumper is snugged up a few mm closer to the body. I'll take it off and make it's all nice and straight but I think it should be fine. Should be addressing the low properly in the next couple of months as it's still rolling at original nanna spec height. Will get new wheels at the same time. I put the weird Uni-Pex wheels on for now, they look okay, but not great, definitely need more width/less tyre wall. Lastly, I really need to get the carbs cleaned up and tuned, anyone know a good carb place? Around New Lynn, Avondale-ish way would be good, or anywhere between there and town where I could drop it off on the way in. Cheers. http://oldschool.co....mitsi-colt-gto/

So I bought a whole spare engine for it's extractors, super cheap from a dude who rolled his Colt. Never hurts to have plenty of spare parts I guess… Turns our the extractors were pretty rooted, cracked in a couple of places and evidence of some previous repairs. So I got a set made up, they look like this: and the rest of the exhaust replaced, now 2 1/4 all the way through, lets the Astron breathe a bit better. Here's a terrible photo: with a nice little double tip: The whole set up sounds great, really nice rumble without being stupid loud.

Cheers man, I got it at the start of the year from a nice lady in Herne Bay. I think she had it for at least a couple of years before that.

Sweet, cheers.

Quick update, been driving the car heaps, it's pretty cool. New brush seals installed, much softer and nicer than the petrified old ones. Got another set of carbs from good dude willy_monkey on here. The plan is to strip them down, clean, rebuild then swap off for the current ones. Got a new dash cluster (mine has a couple of small cracks around the screw holes). I'll clean it up, redo the woodgrain vinyl strip and replace all the old bulbs (perhaps with LEDs) so I can actually see the instruments at night. Exhaust has detached halfway along so it now exits pretty much below the drivers seat. Sounds very rowdy. I'm going to take the opportunity to get some extractors and redo the whole exhaust. Tuck it up nice and high for when some lowering happens too. It's developed a weird intermittent fault where sometimes it wont start, just clicks like the battery is dead flat but if you just try a couple more times it starts up fine. Only does it every now and then, so far there is no discernible pattern or circumstance that makes it happen. Here's a pic so this post isn't totally pointless.

Cheers, yeah they're getting pretty rare nowadays and the prices are definitely getting up there. Like you say, it's a bit of a shame not many have survived, I guess they were never really as popular as Celicas and other similar fastbacks of the same era.

Cheers dwlee, I wondered if the wheel was something like that.. I think the guy who did a restoration on it in the 90s has used bits from a couple of cars (and lots of wood screws to reassemble…), so I'm never quite sure what's original and what's not. I don't really know enough about Mitsubishis yet, was always more of a Toyota man in the past.

Bugger, after a little more research/holding it up inside my car I have discovered that that part number is for a GTO steering wheel but not my GTO steering wheel. I have the kind on the left, this new one is the kind on the right — thinner spokes, longer cut outs with a big horn in the middle instead of 3 horn buttons on the spokes. Should have done more research before hitting 'buy' I guess.

Not much been going on with this lately, just lots of little bits and pieces. Installed an alarm/remote central locking, new stereo. I think the stereo looks pretty good (better than the silver Kenwood tape player that was in there anyway), suits the style of the car well. You can see where I put the LED for the alarm at the bottom of the second pic Managed to get a new indicator lens to replace a cracked one. Apparently near impossible to find, after months I eventually got one by fluke — PartsWorld in Timaru had one that the label had fallen off, so they didn't know what model it was for but the part number on the lens matched the old catalogue number and it's a perfect fit. Not flawless condition, has a couple of scratches but no cracks and it polished up nicely. Before: After: I've had a few more bits and pieces arrive lately. Top rubbers and brush seal strips for the side windows and then this little NOS item from the States: My rubber steering wheel is a bit rooted, the rubber is soft and collapsing, so I was pretty pleased to find this proper leather replacement for less than the cost of getting my one re-wrapped. Also, while the car was clean I took it out for some night photos.

Hey man, car's looking great. What did you end up doing about the badges?

Sweet video, sounds awesome man, good stuff.

Bang on mate, only the top half of the demister currently works. Haven't had a very good look at it up close yet but I'm hoping it can be repaired.

Yeah, I do like the louvers, I think they'll go back on in summer, they're easy peasy to re-fit. But for now a misted up, dirty rear window in the dark is not doing me any favours.

I took the louvers off the other day. They're handy in summer for keeping the car cool, but make it a pain in the ass to clean the rear windscreen/see anything behind you. I think it looks a bit more slick and streamlined. Also making slow progress on the wheels, some more before and after:

Cheers for the feedback guys. hmmmnz, I've added a couple of interior and engine bay pics, check 'em out here: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/38425-sr-rollas-1974-mitsi-colt-gto/?p=1087701 Brock-Lee, I'd like to get it sitting super low, I've never seen one slammed, I think it would look pretty sweet. Wont go too crazy just yet as it's currently my daily drive and I have to be able to get in and out of a pretty steep driveway at home but it's definitely a bit high at the moment. Thanks for the info dwlee, helpful to know as my old Mitsubishi knowledge is still pretty light at this stage. and yeah snapper they wheels are proper old, of the right period, so I think they should look really good on the car. According to the stickers inside the barrels they are from 1977.

Some pics of the interior and engine bay from the original TradeMe listing: And another of the interior/dash:

Cheers, yeah haven't used iForce before, so there may be some teething problems. Nothing too major planned at this stage, wheels and height are the main things for now. I might see if I can get new barrels for those Uni-Pex wheels to get a bit more width. The exhaust is a bit tired, so that will need looking at before too long… I'm keeping it as a pretty straight forward daily drive at the moment.

Also, when I went to pick up the car the previous owner was like "oh yeah, it came with some wheels too, they're in the boot." Wasn't expecting much but they are actually kind of cool oldschool jap 2 piece wheels (3 piece, welded?). 6-J 13 from 1977 according to the sticker on the inside by 'Uni-Pex Parts Division' Never heard of Uni-Pex before, does anyone have any info on this brand? Couldn't decide if I liked them or not so I decided to refurb them and see how they look, split them, clean up the centres, polish the lips and replace all the bolts. Here is a before and after of the first wheel: I think I like them, so will get some tyres on and get them on the car at some stage, any recommendations for tyre size? Chur. Also, discussion here: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/38426-sr-rollas-1974-mitsi-colt-gto/

Project: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/38425-sr-rollas-1974-mitsi-colt-gto/ Thoughts, feedback, tell me I'm doing it wrong etc.

I was briefly on these forums years ago, when I had a 1977 KE35 SR but since then I have been living carless in London for the last 6 years, lurking about the forums to get my old car fix. I moved back at the start of the year, so it was time for a new old car. I got this Galant Colt GTO at the start of Feb in really good condition. It had a bit of a refresh in the 90s including respray in the original colour and the addition of louvers and a sunroof. It's my daily drive and I think that the sudden increase in usage was a bit of a shock to it's system and lots of bits and pieces that were close to giving up started to go. It was running quite hot and starting to leave a few oil drips on the driveway. So I had to sort a few seals (tailshaft, crankshaft, rocker cover gasket), a heater hose and add an electric fan. But of course fixing one thing leads to others crapping out so I then had to fix a small leak in the radiator and get the water pump reconditioned too. Also needed a new Alternator with external regulator so got that taken care of at the same time. Anyway, pics: Definitely needs more low and a few little bits and pieces like window seals could probably do with replacement but for now I'm just enjoying driving it.

Some of you may have seen these pics already on rotahavik, but I thought I'd stick them up here too for the lovers of oldschool rollas. Here are some pics of my baby, 1977 Corolla SR. Unfortunately I had to sell her so I could go travelling overseas for a couple of years with the missus This is how she looked when I first got her. Pretty mint, with a few tiny rust spots and about 3 shades of orange. Here are a couple of progress shots during the strip down and rebuild. And here is what she looked like after a respray, reupholster, lowering, new exhaust, tints, electric windows, heaps of little bits and pieces. Ran out of time and money to repower her, so had to make do with Toyotas mighty 1166cc of grunt. Ha ha. Seriously tho she ran mint, never skipped a beat. Sold here to a friend of a friend, secure in the knowledge she will be well looked after.

Dude, that thing is well cool. I love bagged out oldschools. The old Crown's are such a fukkin funky shape, love the pillarless. Who did the install, or did you do it yourself?? What sort of coin are you looking at for something like that? I have a '77 SR coupe, was quoted about 10k around a year ago. Too rich for my blood. Good work man, wicked to see something a bit different.