al_feinted Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 hi all, this is my corona mark2 grande, Since im seeing a few mk2s on here lately i thought id post mine up too. Its 1982 model 4dr hardtop GX61. Independant rear suspension, It currently has a 1geu (2.0L 6cyl non xflow.. makes good boat anchor), so im planning on upgrading to a twincam 1gge or 1gfe. This is only a cruiser car so not really going for massive power. Its automatic but ive got a w55 + manual conversion out of the blue donor gx60 also shown in pics. Im in the middle of rust work on it so i can get a wof. It had quite a lot of rust around the back tailights and rear windscreen. And a bit around the roof edges. Ive fixed the worst of it already but now work is on hold until after xmas. other project car needs working on. !?! Alex discuss >>> viewtopic.php?f=18&t=14229 PS: performed photoshop lowering on the 1st pic... it is so high.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_feinted Posted January 13, 2007 Author Share Posted January 13, 2007 here's some rust work from the last couple of months. Ive welded some angle iron just above the tailights as it was very weak in this area due to large parts of steel missing! fun fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_feinted Posted February 21, 2008 Author Share Posted February 21, 2008 Hey all. Well this thing has had some progress over the last 2-3 weeks after about 1 year of nothing happening apart from collecting a few parts/cars. Rust is now repaired which involved removing all doors and welding steel into the bottoms. not the best job since it warped them pretty bad along the bottom edge. I hope to find some rust free doors to swap in. (could be a long search). For now rust should not b a Wof issue tho so that was the main priority. Ive painted over the repairs with some quick dry enamel colour matched (033 paint code) its a bit ghetto, i need to cut n polish the whole thing so will find out how my blending looks soon.. it still has dents here and there and some crazy paint cracks on the bonnet. Wondering if i make this ratrod styles since its pretty ratty looking already lol. Now i just got brakes and seatbelts to sort out then hopefully i can get it road legal and start modifying it. Got a semi-worked 1GGE lined up for it, bought it off trademe it has the following mods: Adjustable cam gears. 7mge injectors and throttle body. Extractors. Winged sump. Microtech ECU (really old one u tune with a screwdriver lol) It was out of a dirt track escort which had 150hp atw so might be fun for a bit, later on i may look at turboing a 1GFE i got in my garage. Heres some old photos of my facelift mark2 parts car and another gx61 chaser i bought. (next in project quewe) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_feinted Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 OK update with pictures time I got the rust and paint work finished. Replaced a bunch of brake parts. Car is now road legal woohoo. Also swapped the orig rear suspension/subframe bushes with new home-made urethane ones thanks to Ronnie. The 1geu and auto was ripped out and a 1gge and w55 now takes its place. 2.0L dohc 24v 5speed, still have some wiring to finish and exhaust etc, cant wait till its running. The rolling body i got for parts was stripped and taken away for scrap metal. Heres a few pics... Pictured with Ryans Mark II. Replacing rear subframe bushes. http://www.toycrazy.net/alex/filestemp/ ... ap-020.jpg 1GGE engine. http://www.toycrazy.net/alex/filestemp/1gge-frtop.jpg http://www.toycrazy.net/alex/filestemp/1gge-fr.jpg http://www.toycrazy.net/alex/filestemp/1gge-intake.jpg http://www.toycrazy.net/alex/filestemp/1gge-ex.jpg http://www.toycrazy.net/alex/filestemp/1gge-top.jpg Engine in. http://www.toycrazy.net/alex/filestemp/gx61c.jpg http://www.toycrazy.net/alex/filestemp/gx61a.jpg http://www.toycrazy.net/alex/filestemp/gx61b.jpg Parts car ready to go. http://www.toycrazy.net/alex/filestemp/gx61e.jpg http://www.toycrazy.net/alex/filestemp/gx61d.jpg . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_feinted Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 GX61 update. The motor ran pretty sweet at the joe munji skid day last month, see photos... list of the work done. Extractors to 2.5 inch exhaust. Sportline wood/chrome steering wheel. T3 30mm RCA's. Modified celica TA63 short PS steering arms. Celica st182 front springs. Ford falcon rear springs. Front koni adjustable inserts (AE92). Rear Mk2 supra toxico HT blues (MA61). Urethane suspension bushes throughout. Replaced worn tie rod end and idler arm assy. Chaser grill and bonnet fitted. Remade 7MGE throttle-body adapter plate. Still havent driven it with some of the mods being fitted, Need a wheel allignment asap as the whole susp has now been out, new bushes fitted and reassembled etc. I had to take off the grease nipple on the lca ball joint to clear the 14" mags after fitting the RCA's. Much bigger than 30mm and i would have to use 15"s. The new steering arms just clear (5mm) the factory alloys inner lip (may need spacers with my wider mags). I want to try a pair of corona tt142 (TA63) front struts in there at some point i hope this might give me some neg camber and help clearance for the steering arm... The caliper is on the opp side of the brake disc but i cant see that being an issue? I am already using the steering arms to suit. viewtopic.php?f=18&t=14229 <<<< Discussion Thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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al_feinted Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 Years go by without an update... I took out the souped up 1GGE as it was blowing a bit of blue. I thought it was due for a freshen up although when i get around to that i dont know. A 1GFE was fitted in its place without too much trouble, the wiring proved the hardest part. The extractors from the 1GGE went straight on which was a bonus. I swapped all the facelift exterior parts over last xmas holidays and nothing much since then. The WOF/Reg expired around the middle of the year so its been parked since. (Cant justify the expense of paying rego on a second car) Want to get it all legal again so i can use it a bit over the xmas break Also made a page for the toycrazy site and put a few photos on flickr... markii_grande_gx61_a by oversteerer, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_feinted Posted December 18, 2011 Author Share Posted December 18, 2011 Got the whale wof'd and reg'd again for the summer season Thought id show off its new "old" wheels. I won the first pair (red centre) on trade me years ago thinking they would be some good skid wheels and they were put in storage. More recently I spotted another pair (gold centre) on yahoo japan auctions so Ewan from hayatonka was called upon to get them to nz. When they got here i discovered they weren't the same brand but they were close enough in design and size to call a set so i was happy. The first pair are 1982 super shark 14x7 offset +4. They also have an "E" cast on the back which im guessing is Enkei? The second pair are Hero 14x7 offset -2. They were all in need of a clean up as they had some oxidisation. I didnt feel like hours of polishing so i thought id go for the solid color look. The first coat was a metallic bronze spray can which turned out looking gold.. I wanted something a bit darker so i used another brand metallic bronze which turned out looking like red??!! By this point i was sick of inhaling spray paint so I figured they can go on the car as they are and they may grow on me haha. Im thinking later on i may give them a black guide coat to darken them up a bit or ill wait till they get covered in brake dust. Give us your opinion on the wheel color/car, whatever... viewtopic.php?f=18&t=14229 14x7p4_gloriasupershark_001 by oversteerer, on Flickr 14x7p4_gloriasupershark_002 by oversteerer, on Flickr 14x7-2_herosupershark_001 by oversteerer, on Flickr 14x7-2_herosupershark_003 by oversteerer, on Flickr 14x7-2_herosupershark_005 by oversteerer, on Flickr gx61mkiigrandeshark002 by oversteerer, on Flickr gx61mkiigrandeshark003 by oversteerer, on Flickr gx61mkiigrandeshark001 by oversteerer, on Flickr gx61mkiigrandeshark004 by oversteerer, on Flickr gx61mkiigrandeshark005 by oversteerer, on Flickr gx61mkiigrandeshark006 by oversteerer, on Flickr gx61mkiigrandeshark007 by oversteerer, on Flickr gx61mkiigrandeshark008 by oversteerer, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_feinted Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 Heres a video from the hori dori #4 skid day at meremere a couple of months back. Enjoy some 1GFE power... the speed! the smoke! XMqMmMtd-Zw I did a couple of photochops to motivate me to get polishing. gx61mkiigrandesharkdark004 by oversteerer, on Flickr gx61mkiigrandesharkblue004 by oversteerer, on Flickr gx61mkiigrandesharkpolish004 by oversteerer, on Flickr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_feinted Posted November 10, 2013 Author Share Posted November 10, 2013 My youtube link got messed up in the above post so here it is again.. Â Â Â I finally did some justice to the enkei supersharks. Pretty happy with how they turned out. First i just polished the lips and left the centres in the orangey bronze colour. Then I repainted the centres blue and polished the lips some more Havent put them on the car yet but im confident they will look the business once fitted. Â Â Â Â Â 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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