Yowzer Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 This here be my new old car. Crunched side Mint dashboard So the plans at the moment is to cut out the fucked bits of the sills and B pillar and weld in the spares from my parts car, chuck on a door and get it a warrant / reg. I need some boes with cut/paste skills to help out with the panel work, coz I don't really wanna fuck it up. Drinks of choice will of course be supplied, and perhaps a BBQ. Future plans: cut n polish and fix up the paint Lower it down on some better rims Upgrade the brakes Chuck in a 4age on a t50 box Eventually put in the 7age. Future future plans which may or may not ever happen: Supe the fuck out of said 7age with some nitrous / turboe / both Strip out interior and fit rollcage and buckets Fully adjustable suspension etc... So yeah, it may one day become a full racecar, but for now I'm aiming to get a 4age in it by trackday. [Edit] Not happening no more, this car is gonna be a resto project, gonna keep it nice and original. [/edit] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted December 25, 2007 Author Share Posted December 25, 2007 Some basic info. I don't know the exact history of this car. I got it off some kids for $450. They got it as a project/fix-up car which they gave up on. The car has; Brand new radiator, new vinyl roof, new recovered stitched dashboard, looks to have a reconditioned engine, new tires, feels like new shock absorbers / suspension is mint. I'm guessing someone was doing it up and then got t-boned, so they sold it. These guys bought it to do it up and gave up, so I got it. On a bad note, my brother ran over a traffic island at speed, the engine jumped from its mounts and planted the belt-drive fan into the mint as radiator. Seems the mounts were already fucked, but now the fan and radiator is too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 Fuck 4age for now, gonna get a grumpy cam and ported/shaved head with valiant pistons and some lush twin carbie action. Good for an additional 40+ horsies I'm told, so that'll be pretty mint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 Somehow my car lost the ability to change gear. I figured out the pin that holds the swing lever to the gearchange shaft had somehow fallen out or broken, and that fixing it would be pretty straight forward. The only problem was was that I had to go to all the effort of taking the box out just to replace the tiny pin. So long story short, I took the box out, hit out the remains of the old pin, salvaged a new pin from a buggered box i had lying around, go to put it in and find the box is in 2nd gear, and the shaft is twisted in such a way that the pin cannot go in. So this here is the pin. Top one is the broken one, bottom one is what it should look like. As you can see its a small bugger. That thing on the end of the gearstick is the swing lever, which slides onto the end of the shaft in the box behind it. The pin holds it in place The problem. The shaft is twisted as the box is in gear so the pin hole is pointing down. So that blows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 Sneaky edit here Heres some of the damage from the traffic island And I also have a new engine. Its a 1600 venger block bored out to 1720, has some form to toyota pistons, a grumpy cam of some description, lightened conrods, lightened flywheel, mitsi l300 clutch, and all balanced and stz. The guy who built it shaved a tad too much off the head so piston 3 collided with the valve, thus punching a hole in the piston and killing the head. Apparently shaving the head down isn't a good idea anyway as it fucks up the combustion chamber and ya lose airflow. So the plans for this engine is to replace the killed piston, find a good head, give it a port job, skim the block down a tad, slap on some twin 45's and chuck it in with a 5 speed. Progress is gonna be rather slow due to a large lack of funds though. I also have some hotwires Oh yeah and the gearbox is fixed and back in etc. Here it is looking nice and clean. While typing this, I'm actually sitting in the passenger seat of this car in my lounge. Till next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted August 3, 2008 Author Share Posted August 3, 2008 Change of plans here. The above car is now gonna be a resto project, and will remain mostly factory. This car below will be my new track car. I can't be bothered creating a separate thread for it so both cars will live here. That there is a '75, has an Alpine engine, 4 speed manual box, heaps of no interior. We couldn't find the keys so I replaced the ignition barrel with a push button / switch. It has no boot lock but I have spare door locks. I also don't have the screws but I can't be bothered putting the interior back together anyway. It goes, it should be warrantable, although it still has a lack of oil pressure problem that I'm currently trying to sort out. Gonna build up the 1720cc engine and stick that in as soon as I can, and will hunt down a 5 speed box to go with it. More pics later when I can be fucked uploading them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 Sweet, sorted the lack of pressure and got the bastard running Some more pics for your viewing pleasure Alpine engine Awesome surface rust (which I have no intention of fixing) The drivers side door is rusted and fucked, but fortunately the other doors are mint. I havent had a proper look over the car but it seems mostly rust free (aside from surface) And bottom hinge At least I have a spare door, in a slightly different shade of green And the yuck interior (or lack thereof) So now all I have to do is slap the door on, bolt the dash on and get some new tires and I should hopefully get a wof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 So... Things I have done to this piece so far... Free'd up the clutch Installed a few gauges so I know what its doing Rigged up a sweet pushbutton ignition Stuck on a new door Slapped what little interior I have back into it Stuck in some semi-sealed headlights Got some new cheap as tires Possibly something else but thats all I remember for now The car at the moment Took it in for a WoF, it failed Needs... Rear brakes fixed Rust checked out brake light is dodgy FR Balljoint is fucked Ford 2L escort or capri drums bolt straight on and they are alot bigger, so I'm hunting some of them down for the rear, balljoints are 'no longer available' so I need to find a good parts car to raid Rust is an easy fix, as is the brake light So it'll hopefully have a wof soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted October 5, 2008 Author Share Posted October 5, 2008 Due to some motherfucking assholes who broke into my mates house while we were in town, I now have 4 kicked in doors, a dented rear quarter panel and a slightly rooted bonnet. Fuck some people deserve to bite the curb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 Might as well post an update, considering I've actually done something Heres the photos of what the previously mentioned cocknugget did to my doors. *waiting forever for the bloody photos to upload because I don't have a program to resize them anymore..* In the mean time heres some stormtroopers riding hoverdogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 Heres the photos of what the previously mentioned cocknugget did to my doors. My previously mint straight panels are all fucked bloody assholes. Thats their shoe. Moving on however, I did get a parts car and used the doors from that. Unfortunately the drivers door had rusted out. Same as my green one. What the hell is with that?? The other doors are fine I cannibalized it pretty good. Parts I acquired.. Doors (minus the drivers) Ignition system. The Chrysler Avengers have electronic ignition. Ball joints. Later models have longer ball joints, which improve the handling a bit. Also, mine were poked. Top one is the later model. So some things. That I did. Yeah. Ripped apart the crap wiring and wired up the new ignition. Old V New Pieces of suspension lying around my floor And some Nolathane. The strut bar - chassis mount bushers were the most softest, useless things in the world. These should improve the handling quite well. Still need to upgrade some other parts aswell but lack of cash slows progress. And yeah, that's pretty much it for now. The car's back together and drivable, although it still needs a bit for a WOF. I did paint the suspension parts but put them back in without taking a photo. Just picture them shiny and black and ya get the idea. Still need to sus the rear brakes, and I will probably chuck the exhaust from the parts car in as it is a larger diameter pipe, with a single small resonator, as opposed to a giant restrictive muffler box. Bit of an odd system for a stock 1300, but it should be an improvement over the crappy exhaust I'm currently using. Anyway, till next time.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 Something I noticed today. Any idea why one side is higher than the other? Right side Left side The left side is about 4cm higher. The fuel tank sits to the right side, but it's currently empty. Needs paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted July 3, 2009 Author Share Posted July 3, 2009 Get a wagon up in ya! It's my brothers, but I get the privilege of working on it Anyway this here is what I'm aiming for. Dunno where I'm gonna get the tiger spoiler from though. Need to remove a bit more spring from my car I think.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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