Blue Ronas 1972 RT84 Corona

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Greetings All

 

Here is a little about our newly acquired Corona.

 

We purchased Her of Trademe through a Chap over Matamata way.

 

NZ assembled in Christchurch. The car has all of Her original fittings and even a owners manual and full tool kit. Paris blue with smurfy matching blue interior.

 

The main owner had the car for 36 years - the engine runs like a dream (only 113,00km)

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One good thing about the car is that the mechanicals have always ben serviced and no expense spared.

 

The 1700c Motor pulls hard and was previous used to tow the last owners boat.

 

The main area of the car I will be improving is the exterior paint - many dings and dents and a few patches of rust starting to bubble through.

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Update on the Smurfmobile

 

It spent a three month holiday at the panel beaters getting all the rust cut out of the guards and new metal welded in. It had a three page WOF sheet. Fixed the following to keep the man happy.

 

Four new shocks

serviced brakes

Wiring fixed

new lights

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Here are the cut out parts of the guards to show exactly how must rust was in there.

The last one is the new guard made by my panel beater.

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I thought that after 8 years of owning a Datsun I knew about rust , the Rona has shown me that it hid a Jag level of rust under it's faded blue paint.