SRacin Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Hi All, The short story, Brought a corona 14 years ago off the 2nd owner to save it from being changed into chicken coop, however the rego was on hold. Got the old girl up and running and used it as a daily for a year or two while at uni. Ending up buying a GT ra63 celica, so a rebuild began with the 18rgeu. I replaced all the suspension, ball joints etc, new springs shocks, reset leafs with extra leaf, bushes etc etc. Painted the engine bay. Then brought a race car and road cars went on the back burner. For a long time had it stored in a barn for years and years, and the storage arrangement came to an end so had to do something with it. Found a panel beater that was going to do it in his own time end of 2013. Unfortunately this all turned to custard as he was evicted from his premises for not paying bills and generally was totally full of shit. The building owner used to be a panel beater and offered to put a quick lick of paint on it such that it was at least all one colour and protected from the elements. And here it sits. Discussion Thread 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRacin Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 A photo end of last year before getting screwed by panel beater / painter as it emerged from the barn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRacin Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 So starting doing some piecing back together. Got all the side glass and trim on. Put new glass channel seals in and replaced the front door seals with rare spares items. This has lead to a drama of realigning the doors to no avail. I think the factory seals change profile a few times along them, Cleaned up the door cards. Cleaning vinyl is a bitch. Found from some other american forum that simple green concentrate is the biz and it certainly seams to be. Also found good old carb cleaner is a miracle cleaning also for some of the gooey stains. Taped up all the holes. Undecided about what to do about the seats as the top of the back seat is split, but the rest is good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRacin Posted March 27, 2016 Author Share Posted March 27, 2016 Bit of interior reassembly. Putting new carpet in makes such a huge difference. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRacin Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 Bit more assembly and underlay making. PITA cutting the underlay bit for the tunnel. Will cut transmission hole after welding up the old side exit shifter position and getting some sort of boot. Put all the chrome work on the back end. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRacin Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 More assembly stuff done. Front screen back in, PITA of a job, especially putting the chrome strips back in. Saw some re manufactured seals from Thailand on ebay, so have to wait for the rear window to seal to arrive. Interior is mostly there now. The headlining I made turned out really well, just need to tweek the tension a bit more to get ride of some wrinkles. Made all the pillar pieces. Not sure what I am going to do about recovering the sun visors tho, as they factory method is some sort of heat sealed edge. That and I forgot to mark the holes for the screws for them so will need to do some braille to get them in the correct spot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRacin Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 + rear windscreen now with new seal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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