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Dropped the motor back in finally.. degreased and painted up the block while it was out

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I bought a factory ta22 t50 cross member off Mike (sleektoy) as it has a radius in one side for the exhaust to run  under, as my extractors sit so close to the floor this is going to be handy to tuck the exhaust up as high as possible for ground clearnce but im running a w55 which mounts further back and fouls on the cross member..

solution.. cut it to pieces and make it work..

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Theres a lot of minor thiings i didnt take photos of, blasting bits and pieces painting them up etc, these are just what i remimbered to take pics of haha.

cleaned up the interior floor and gave it a paint

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Started fitting the front end and enginebay accessories, big thanks to Mike (sleeektoy) for the passenger side headlight bucket and filler panel.

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Panel beated the roof

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Made up this badboy for the throttle linakge/cable

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Ive been lazy with updates and pretty slack at taking photos so will try get upto speed with this build thread..

pulled the diff back out and gave it a clean, new gaskets etc thena paint and reassemble.

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Welded in cross bars for the drop tank.

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stared mocking up the rear filler between the tail lights.

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bent up some steel

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Fitted end caps

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 in the process of making up a filler neck that bolts inplace of the filler cap on the tank, also go to install the toll over valve and get some an fittings for the tank

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bend up some brackets and test fitted the hinged cover.

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Been a while, still slowly chipping away at this thing, trying to sort out new paelss for the front end from japan, i only get stat days off work so havnt been able to get as much done as i would have liked but thems the breaks..

in the mean time i got the adjustable panhard rod done and mounted (i recommend getting your teflon coated rose joints off ebay.co.uk, i got mine for about $13.50 nzd shipped, took less than a week to arrive).

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i got the inside of the door glass blasted and then i gave my doors to a mate to weld new steel in, got one of them back, the other one is still getting work done.

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Hey man, just got a message through from Ewan before. Things are underway. Good work

Hey man,

Cheers! yeah i go in contact with him last week and confirmed i wanted to get a ta22 hood from restore.jp he gave me a price and i said i was happy but i haven't heard much else since. He said how they were currently getting some other parts in which i assumed were yours.

Does he normally contact restored.jp before taking payment from my end?

I was going to flick him an email today just to see what the go is with ordering and payment etc.

Cheers

Matt

yeah maybe thats the go, im not a huge fan of different colour bonnets even if they are carbon fibre reminds me of spraypainted black bonnets.. haha.

Yea i might try get in contact with Ewan, ive dealy with jesse streeter before aswell so ill see what the time frames and pricing is.

Cheers for all the info mate, really appreciate it!

Haha sweet i might have to go through cert with my shitter dented/rusted bonnet then slap the new shiny one on after. did you go with fibreglass or carbon fibre? im leaning towards carbon fibre.. but them i might want a a colour coded bonnet to match the bonnet and i wouldnt hesitate to paint a fibeglass one..

I have and I have some more stuff being ordered shortly (should have been done last week but should be done this week instead)

I'm not sure they do group buys, I'm also not sure how easy it is to deal direct, their listing on the Japanese site for parts is more than the English site (last I looked, I haven't bothered looking at the English for years)

I get/got mine through Ewan and will be doing the same again this time. I'll see if I can find my old invoice for the bootlid I got.

Edit: http://blog.retro-classics.co.nz/?p=4468

Fuck, it's been two years since I got it. hah... that's shit.

Sweet, cheers man!

Are they good quality products? what kind of lead time do they have?

Cheers

Matt

Thought id start this thread to see if anyone has had any first hand experience with these guys http://www.restored.jp/

They make reproduction fibreglass and carbon fibre panels for old school japas.

Im looking at buying a bonnet for my ta22 from them, emailed them 3 times but havnt had a response... maybe theres a language barrier?

Has anyone bought panels of these guys or  alternatively anyone that would be keen to do a group buy to cut shipping and import duty costs?

Cheers

Matt

Me and a mate (sparkie) got stuck in to some of the body work, main priority was the where the new sills meet the rear quarters in front of the rear guards and also the rear quarters theres still a bit to go and and might have another crack at the roof and give it a skim bog..

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also got the doors stripped rear for some new sheet metal to be welded into the rusted areas, theres a few spots but theyre not as bad as i weas expecting which is a bit of a bonus

divers door..

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rust on the top edge (front) and where the chrome strip runs and also where a wing mirror was once mounted

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same door back edge where chrome stip was mounted above the door handle

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lower drivers door 3 small patches of rust

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passenger door

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1 bit of rust in back corner where chrome strip sits

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Got sick of looking at the rough engine bay so ripped the motor out as i had to change the tail housing on the w55 as the bearing was poked.

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took everything out for a clean

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then got a bit carried away..

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This arrived at work today..

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Parts from overseas from my good friend on ebay!

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gota love genuine NOS toyota parts..

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these clips go on under the front n rear window rubbers to hold the window chrome, little bastards cost $3.50usd each! theres 40 of the fuckers..

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basically theres all new window, door, boot rubbers along with the rear quarter window rubbers that run vertically up the edge of the glass because pillarless (genuine toyota NOS) also front bonnet rubber and stops, headlight globes & halogen bulbs, clear indicator lenses, new ball joints, voltage regulator, interior light door triggers, toyota wiper blades, new window winder handles (chrome not plastic), window chrome clips and those sweet celica scroll badges!

Im still waiting on my weather strips front the doors and rear quarter, they're in transit at the moment.

Also sandblasted my headlight brackets along with the front filler panels and bonnet vent plates, will etch prime paint and reassemble over the long w.e.

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Cheers

Matt

anyone?

Has anyone converted a diff to disc brake in a car that was originally running drums?

Just curious about how i should go about plumbing it up?

Ive gone a got the pajero master cylinder which is a common upgrade for a ta22 running discs but can i get away with just fitting an adjustable brake bias valve and adjust the rear brakes accordingly?

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Has anyone converted a diff to disc brake in a car that was originally running drums?

Just curious about how i should go about plumbing it up?

Ive gone a got the pajero master cylinder which is a common upgrade for a ta22 running discs but can i get away with just fitting an adjustable brake bias valve and adjust the rear brakes accordingly?

Small update, bought a vw golf front chin spoiler from the uk and trimmed it up to fit the TA..

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Had to mock it up multiple times to get it sitting right, plenty of trimming but the fact is plastic made it pretty east to cut and file etc..

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got my dad to cnc up some new rear caliper brackets, a lot easier to machine up to suit the hilux diff compared to the original t series ta22 diff!

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Already msg'd you mate, but for anyone else whose reading this thread.

i bought my ta22 with no plates, rego or vin and no etching on the windows..

I got a signed receipt from the guy i bought the car off along with a photocopy of his licence, took it into the cop shop along with my chassis number and mod plate, they checked to see if it was a vehicle of interest on their system (it wasn't) gave me a letter saying the car wasn't of interest to the police and could be re-registered.

took the letter into vtnz saw the main guy there who does the re-vin checks he said that was sweet and to just bring that letter in when the car goes through its re-vin check and to also get my cert guy to give give him a call to say that the car has been checked and is up to cert standard

Pretty sure this will only work with cars that predate the introduction of the vin process.. my ta22 is a 71-72 and came factory with no seat belts in the back etc etc..

New drive shaft shortened and balanced, still waiting on parts from over seas..

Welded in the new panhard rod bracket today got to cut down the old panhard rod and re-sleeve it to fit a rose joint to make it adjustable then weld the new mount onto the diff.

Does anyone know where i can get a rose joint that is sweet for cert? regular ones dont meet the lvvta standards apparently.

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its looking good man nice work on the strut towers very cool, 1500 is coming along good mate not far off finishing chassis and starting on the body and yeah still down stoke mech with preston, yeah good things take time don't they! 

Yeah man time and money! bit of a mish on nelson wages haha, have to come check out the 1500 sometime

More parts arrived today, some old some new..

New alloy radiator and inner/outer steering ball joints arrived from Aus, got them sent to my mate in Vic and she sent them on to me along with a set of bonnet hinges and bonnet stay.

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Also a twin side draft throttle linkage set up and some used uni filters that ill give a clean up, linkage was made for dellortos but should be pretty straight forward to make them fit my Mikuni Solex.

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Radiator has a couple of bent fins from shipping but checked it and holds water sweet.

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Nice build man!

Got my wheels done by Bateman racecars aswell, th did a top job!

Where did you get your toyos from? did you have to get them bought into the country? im after some 215/45r15 toyo T1R's i managed to get a set of 205/45r15 T1R's but need a 215 for cert.

Cheers

Matt

looks good rolling again Matt love your work good stuff!

Cheers Ben! hows the 1500 coming along, are you still at Prestons out stoke?

Plan was too have this done for the 1st drag meet/4s and rota south island champs out mot, probably wont happen at this rate but its something to aim for, definitely want to have it on the road for summer.

Not much to update..

I got a new windscreen today, 2piece driveshaft is in the shop being shortened up and having the hilux flange welded on , new radiator and inner/outer steering ball joints are on their way from australia. I've just done another bulk buy of parts from ebay, window seals, weather strips etc etc.

I coated the inside of the sills in fish oil then folded up some sheet metal to sort out the sill caps it was a bit of a mish to weld, kept blowing through the original sheet metal. have another plate to go on the end of the sill aswell..

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welded up the old fuel filler on the pillar

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