Corona_man Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Changing the front over to the new grill and lights, was a bloody stupid idea. I thought I could just swap over the guards and bonnet , and be done with it , but not the case. I had to change everything, all the latch and support panels. Had to drill new holes for the headlight buckets to fit in. The bumper was all mounted different, so was the valance. Got there in he end though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Also got some new rims. Instead of the 15x8s ,I'm going for 15x9s. I got a pair of guards from pickapart, not exactly cheap, and I only needed hm for the archers which is shit. Few pictures of the guards being out in and tacked in place. Also a picture of the front of the car, with all the front on, and guards welded on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Pulled all the front suspension out. Have to mod the front cross member, so I have more clearance on the sump. Also want to fully strip the suspension and check out all the ball joints and clean in all up. Just love the simplicity of old cars. 4 bolts and the whole front drops out Front all striped and pulled apart Cut the cross ember and added in new patches. Should do the trick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 There is a lot of dirt and shit on the suspension. Being a 40year old car, I suppose it's fair that it has a lot of built up crap all over the suspension. Soaked it in petrol the gave it a hit with the wire brush, then a hit it with the water blaster. After a day of cleaning I got everything nice and clean and all painted Everything all painted, what a relief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 All the ball joints, are still good, and got them all cleaned up Also since I took the front out, I had to make up something so I could move it around. I found a little trolley thing in the hedge, so thought I'd take that and rig something up Got it made up in about 20mins. Works well and can still roll it outside in the stones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Also today I got the car all cleaned underneath. Bit of physical labour, with a wire brush. Then lifted it up on the forklift and water blasted all underneath it. So that's where I'm upto. Good news for anyone following this, is I'm not doing any other cars til this one is done. It's already been taking to long. I probly won't have updates everyday but will defanatly be puting them up at least once a week. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Righteo, today I got the roof paneled and the front guards all paneld, the front guards are guna still need another sand and coat of primer. I put the primer on as thick as I could on the roof and guards. Few shops of before and after primering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Also got my front discs machined, they are 9mm now, which is minimum manufacturers spec, I'm not guna be doing any racing in this car so I think they'll be just fine. Getting the rear drums machined to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Another update. Got the engine bay all painted last week. Decided to go with a black base coat, with a clear top coat, instead of the 2pac paint I usually paint. Ended up much better, it's a nice deep black, and can be buffed easily Also in the weekend I got all the underneath of the car undersealed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I also cleaned up heaps of the suspension and steering components, u can see there was a lot of dirt and grease on heaps of the things A couple before and after shots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I out oil in the engine, and to my disappointment , it leaked straight out. When I modded the sump, it must have warped from the welding. I took the sump off and tried straightening it but had no luck. I decided to rig you some brackets that go around the sump, it should give it more clamping when I do the bolts up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I got the diff out as well, getting new brake shoes, and wheel cylinders for it. Also put some pictures up of everything painted. I took all the brake lines and fuel lines out of the car, and painted them to, abit obsessive , but do it once ,do it right ae. Diff out Diff painted Petrol tank painted Steering box look all nice and new All the tie rods painted, also getting all new boots for these All my suspension, painted and lay out. And finally today, got my engine in! I want to get it running but il have to wait awhile. I need to sort out all my oil fittings and lines 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Righteo more photos and news in this ever lasting project, that seems to just keep on going. Got my new oil cooler the other day, all my oil fittings aren't going to work so I need to get more. Also Iv decided to move my oil cooler down lower, and have it hanging out on show just below the bumper. I know a lot of people hate it when people do this, but i don't care, it ain't your car. Just some photos of me making it fit. Pretty simple, just mark it out on the valance and cut it out. Got it sitting in there to make sure it fits. For a new oil cooler it's pretty shit, all the fins are already bent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Used a plasma cutter to cut it out, those things are magic, u get a perfect cut. I had to make up another piece to fit in where I cut out. Just to add abit of strength to the valance And this is it tacked in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 The last 2 weeks have pretty much been just all panel work, which I hate. The roof was rippled and the doors were pretty bad as well. Couple of photos of the guards and valance undersealed and ready to paint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Put new wheel bearings in the front. One was fine, the other was abit noisy, decided to do the. Both now while there out. Another perk of working on old cars, most things are simple to replace, including the bearings. Just pull the hub off, pull the rear oil seal out, take out inner and outer bearings and hammer the bearing caps out with a punch, then out the new ones in, in the reverse order, and done. I also painted up my brake booster, got to have everything looking nice and shiny haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Also a few things turned up, my new Gilmore drives and all my oil fittings with braided oil lines of course. I also got some chrome strip, you will see later what this is going to be used for . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 With the motor sitting in there, one of the main things that stand out in a rotary is the alternator. I decided to pull it out and give it a bit of a clean up. I planned on getting it polished but when I found out the price, I quickly decided that's not a option haha. So stripped it all apart and decided to give it a paint. Once again not to hard to pull apart, luckily the screws and bolts came undone rather easily, I know some can be a b#%*h to get apart While it was apart I put new bushes in as well, the old ones were quite worn and at only $4 ,why not. And my alternator all painted and put back together with the new pulley on it. Looks brand new if you ask me haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 And finally got the body all painted. I really need a spray booth, doing it outside, you get a lot of shit in the paint. But it's still came out nice, my flares on my guards came out nice as well And started to strip all the inside of the doors, little bits of rust that I want to get rid off And that's where I'm up to, hopefully today or tomorrow I'll get the guards and doors painted. I also hard to order more oil fittings as they didn't work. My oil cooler is hitting on the inside chassis. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corona_man Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Righteo, it's been over a month since I posted anything. I did say I was going to get this done before I do any other cars, but I can't help my self. I bought another ke70 and am putting a sr20de into it. I am going to make a small build thread for that shortly. But I do have a month of updates for the corona. First off I got everything painted. Doors, and guards are all done, valance all done. Everything is put back on the car. Iv started getting lazy with the photos though, But will still try take them when I remember. Doors in my make shift bake oven. I put the doors in my van for a couple of days, and this baked on the paint good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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