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Have been working away on this little gem for just over a year now and decided it was about time she was revealed to oldschool even in her naked state. Most of this decision was based on me reaching a point where I need help making more decisions hah. For example: - Paint - Wheels - Suspension - Body massaging - Engine mods and fitting - Where to find parts etc I think I have read 97% of all the Crown projects and their corresponding discussions on here and that alone has helped make a few decisions. It has also pointed out the Royal family of Crown owners/gurus (Camel, Sheepers, Seedy Al, Spencer etc) so input from you guys will be highly regarded! I very nearly committed to the job of fitting bags with a hefty overseas purchase at my fingertips. However the owner of this fine car building garage (daddy) has announced his plan to sell up! But he did promise another shed. So she needs to roll on her own four feet sooner than planned. This has put suspension on hold and reassembly on the spool (cause it needs speeding up..like what a turbo does.. spool.. lame). Power-plant choice. This very standard model came with a floor shift 4-speed manual snuggled up with the legendary 4m. Including this one (which btw, the guy I bought the car off said he paid $800 for!! Cause it had been rebuilt..), I have three 4m motors. The others are in pieces. I am interested to know more about one of them as it has a rocker cover that I haven't seen on any of the 4m's on OS and I think the block it goes with is blue? After a quick wikipedia search it looks similar to the rocker cover found on the 2m's used in Toyotas 2000GT. But I must be dreaming!! Will look at this later. I would prefer nothing to do with the 4m's so set about finding a suitable successor. The options and reasons not to: - 1 or 2jz: No mid-sumps around, cunt to convert fuel system to efi and wiring ecu is a nightmare...I've heard. - 1uz: Cunt to fit between suspension arms unless you roll cool with no exhaust system...at all. Can be done but I'm not interested. - 3 or 5v: Not a lot of power, even more of a cunt to fit due to starter motor etc (refer to seedy Al's brown wagon) So..I chose a holden 202. It uses a carburetor (easy), it's known to fit in Crowns with new mounts, heaps of parts out there, can bolt onto toyota gearboxes (not sure about that one?), not too hard to get more power out of, cheap, badass, I'm sure there's more but you get where I'm coming from. Sorry for the Novel but love makes you lose track. Here's a couply picks to keep you going and a link to discussion up next. Give me your thoughts! Good, bad or UGLY. Oh and realised just the other day that I've lost like 50 photos of the chassis and how all it's components go together so currently wingin' it. Let me know if I've done something wrong or could do it better. ^Wires nice in safe in the dog biscuit bag Bought white primer by mistake lolz. Got to use a sand blaster for a couple of weeks to went all out right down to the metal before getting to this. Diff leaked like a bitch so re-did all of the gaskets and got new oil seal etc My 'Black' 202. Thinking stage 2 or 3 cam, triple carbs, extractors, super fly paint and chrome works. Oh and came with the T5 (5-speed manual). Anyone know if it'll fit in the tunnel? Cut bump stops. Cause suspension is for pussies. Shiny brake lines. Underseal Have heaps more pics on my phone of other shit.. will get around to it one day. Crizzle.