ja1lb8s ms51 crown

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So brought this about 14months ago off @horndog

He imported it for a parts car, got the jdm front and a few other pieces for his project

Over the next while Ill chuck up some photos of progress to date.

Plans where just  a quick tidy up to get it legal and drive it.  Got a bit carried away.

Low kms and pretty straight bit rusty

 

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So did something I never do and went and booked in a panel beater. Was due  in a months time so I had a deadline  which is the only way im likely to  get things done.

Stripped car down, plenty of rust

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Surprised myself and had a few weeks left so started into the rust repairs

Came up pretty well, no filler needed

 

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Cause couldnt help myself and what toyota doesnt need a v12

The whole front sump crossmember  steering box in the way makes this pretty unlikely to work but dreams are free

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Car went off the panel beaters and I was blown away at how quick things happened. Usually would take me a year or more to sort all this mess out bit not three weeks later I get a call asking what colour I want it

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Heeps of work going on in the background while the body was getting done,  sourced alot of parts from japan,  sandblast and painted chassis, was all in pretty good nick, think it had only done 96000kms

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primed up and  undersealed

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Tryed making the stainless   trim thats missing where the vinyl roof  finishs,  Used some old stainless off a hillman and  fit it on a wreck that my brother has. Think it could  have worked bit the stainless was  hard to work with and didnt turn out as nice as I wanted

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Then this happened

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And because Im impatant I had to make the vinyl roof trim on the car after it was painted which is definately a dumb thing to do.

Managed without any scratches which really surprised me

Used brass this time , heeps easier to work with and came out real well

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sound deadening and off to the upholsters

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In the meantime Id been giving the engine a tidy up and all the other parts a birthday so I could start putting it together when It came home

Hardest part of this whole builds been tracking down rubbers off other models and cars  to adapt because cant buy anything for this  off the shelf

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somewhere along the way I got all the crhome redone , dunno where all the photos are bit heres one of the mirrors finished

Had too diegrind out all the corroded parts and fill and sand without scratching my new chome, came up all good though.

Same process with the door handles and other parts made up out of that cast muck metal rubbish

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Front indicator lenses were rubbish,  got talking to gc in aussie who was kind enough to sell me a mint spare set he had

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Massive thanks to my dad for panelbeating  and polishing every single piece of stainless on the car of which theres a lot. Hate to think how long that took

Also a big thanks to @toy-mota  fior selling me  his nos grille and surround thing, It really finishes off the front of the car

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And back to those brass strip things i made for the roof, so stoked with how they came out

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2 litres of neck snapping fury, got it bodgied up and running so could drive it and get interior finished, goes surprisingly well ....for now

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rear seat recovered, front seat used the origanil upolstery but rebuilt the foam and srpings in it, sound deadening fitted

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first drive

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some bling