Vintage Grumble's 1984 Toyota Corolla AE86

[Vintage Grumble]

So I haven't had a spare wheel for ages, and decided I should get one before I get caught out. I ended up buying a whole set of wheels off @jono007 who was nice enough to drop them off at @Truenotch pad, and he was nice enough to store them for a while. Thank you gentlemen!

I decided to fit a set of tyres to them and use them over winter, as my semis are bald and are quite scary in the wet, and I still haven't had my promesh repaired.

I've never been so confused by a set of wheels in my life, they are kinda so gross they are Kool, or are they? 

Regards,

V "confused half mongrel" G.

[Vintage Grumble]

HAPPY 4AGE FRIDAY!!

Well not really. I  discovered this morning that the little pesky bit of rust on the edge of my windscreen, has caused my windscreen to crack. Looks like its time for some more rust work and a new screen. I'll also get the bonnet resprayed as its never been the correct shade of blue (due to being painted off the car) and it got a huge stone chip months after I had it painted. 

I am also, super, suuuppppeeeerrr close to sending my meshies away to be re-banded, lolololols.

Regards, VG.

[Vintage Grumble]

Happy 15th anniversary car! Sorry you're still rusty and covered in shit, stuck in a shed, and not going anywhere anytime soon. Also, I really should send those wheels away to be fixed, lololols.

[Vintage Grumble]

So I haven't used the old girl for roughly 4 years (I think I stopped using it around the first COVID lockdown) and I find myself pining to hoon it again. I was going to give it a real big birthday, but have realized that now is not the time (shitty old house and young kids sucking up huge amount of time and resources) so I have decided to do the bare minimum to get it back on the road. I want to use it for Nats 25, so have roughly 4 months to achieve WOF status. It should need fairly minimal work to get a WOF really, but last time I didn't use it for this length of time (Took me 4 years to panel/paint it, and that was about 10/11 years ago) all manner of I'll shit went wrong with it, so who knows. 

So it defiantly needs:

• Cracked windscreen taken out, rust repaired under said windscreen, paint and then new screen fitted. 

It might need:

• Drivers side headlight has a small hole in it, but has clear tape over it, it was getting WOFs like this in the past. I have a replacement lens to go on, but in the past I reattached the lens with silicon rather than polyurethane, so might be a bastard to get the old lens off. I've always had trouble with the adjusters braking/popping off, so will try find a solution for that while its apart. 

Things I want to do/long term items:

• Change all fluids, bleed brakes etc.
• Send mesh wheels away to be re-barreled (lols, like that's ever going to happen) 
• Fix up a few dents/chips/cracks and repaint the whole car again. 
• It needs to be tuned again, its running crazy rich under acceleration ATM.
• It has a few fatigue cracks around the place than need welding up and painting.
• General clean up of lights/indicators/bumpers etc.  
• FINALLY sort out rear main seal leak
• Sunroof mech needs a new part, which I think I have, just have to find & fit it.

This list will get a lot longer when I actually dig it out of the shed, wash it and do an inspection.

The chap that was doing my WOF's before I stopped using it has also moved back to the area and is back in business doing WOFS, so that will help my cause a little. Cars not dodgy, but helps to have a dude do it that knows the car kinda I guess.

And a random pic of a very similar looking car for inspiration and to tart up such a dull post a bit. (dem USDM bumper though, yikes)

Regards, VG.