Popular Post Mattt Posted May 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2020 So I dropped a decent chunk of cash today and picked up a 1970 RT80 corona rolling body. Car is set up and certified for a 12A. A few of you may know this car already. I hope to do it justice. Good Points: Fairly recent panel and paint which i would give a 7.5/10 Hilux rear diff with disk brake rear end Decent chrome bumpers and tail lights Reg on hold Certified for 12A Full certified professionally built long header exhaust Mostly new suspension components It's pretty much all there minus engine, gearbox, radiator and fuel pump Brand new 14" modgies and falken tyres. I say a good point because it's got them, but i plan to get rid of them and get something along the lines of starsharks or meshies A decent stack of receipts Nice black vinyl reclining bucket seats that actually look all good Came with C0R0TA personalised plates. Not sure if i'll keep them but if i do i'll get the re-made with the new JDM style plates. Bad Points: Most of the window and door rubbers are stuffed Paint job does show a few small signs of having not been a high cost job (was done through a professional shop just on the cheap i think but pretty good) Certified for a 12A which means I either have to find a 12A or enough parts to build one OR go to a 13B and re-cert. Cert was done a while ago and will need more work for a new cert Grille was re painted and the clear coats apparently reacted and gone yellow. Gearbox tunnel has been hacked up and made bigger to suit the series 1 gear box but it's been done like shit Interiors pretty fucked, dash is stuffed, heaters gone, no carpet, rear seat has standard cracking up the top, front door cards have holes for speakers etc. When you wind down the drivers side window it pushes the door handle open and opens the door. So i've already ordered the door window rubbers and the front windshield rubber, will likely order the rear window rubber and the door rubbers tomorrow. I have a baby due in 4 weeks so this won't be back on the road in a few days but hopefully i'll be able to get her tidy and sort and engine so i can re build it and have it read for summer. I need some input from people on whether to bother with the 12A or just build a healthy 13B and re-cert. I have bid on a series 1 gearbox to go in her so hopefully i'll win that. I also need to know what people think as it has NO mirrors i need something. I'm thinking of fitting a pair of these "JDM style racing mirrors" on the guards but i'm not sure if i should go for guard mirrors or door mirrors and chrome, black or grey? Chuck me some ideas! https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-JDM-Style-Black-Fender-Mount-Side-Mirrors-PAIR-UNIVERSAL-FIT-Racing-Mirror-/332716026566 More pics to come tomorrow 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mattt Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 Ordered the new door rubbers and rear window rubber last night. Going to check out a running 12a J port today. Hopefully it’s a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Mattt Posted May 12, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 First order of business today was to remove the stickers. next thing was to address the window they’ve “never been able to fix”. Found that the rod from the external door lock barrel to the door lock mechanism had popped out. Go to put it back into the plastic and found that the plastic was worn. Added a bit of tape for now and pushed it back in and it’s not going anywhere atm. Window now goes up and down. Sweet. found a few more things to add to my list of issues to sort. The felt tracks at the top of the doors are totally stuffed and the rear window has had something etched into the glass free hand. Not sure if you can polish scratches out of glass efficiently but when I go to do the rear rubber I may try find a new back window. Also my old sun visor turned up from Wellington today. This was on my old crown. Thinking I may try and narrow it a bit and fit it. Not 100% sure though yet. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mattt Posted May 13, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2020 12A Bridgeport with mx5 gearbox. Complete, rebuilt then put into a project car that never got finished. Has been run but probably done 10km. Now to find a radiator, correct oil cooler to fill the hole the previous owner made in the valance, fuel pump, regulator and modify the front sump to a rear. Then just hope she starts. 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattt Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 Right so a question for you 12A experts. I’ve heard you can “flip” the sump and run a front hump sump as a rear hump sump and just redrill the holes. I lined it up to test this theory and quickly found the oil restrictor at the front hits the sump. Is it just a matter of notching the sump for the restrictor? At this point I may just fabricate a whole new sump. I just need to sit the engine in the hole to check clearances before committing to a design. help! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattt Posted May 15, 2020 Author Share Posted May 15, 2020 I’m starting a slow hunt for one of these grills if anyone has one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mattt Posted May 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2020 Man this things got a history. I’ve spoken to the owner that originally fitted it with a 12A in 2004 that sent me some photos of some actual photos. Then I found a couple of market place listings with photos from 6 years ago complete and then 4 years ago as a rolling body. Then a friend of mine who is close with the couple I bought it off sent me some “photo shoot” pics they did when they had it painted. I’m not sure whether to feel honored or humiliated haha 17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Mattt Posted May 26, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 26, 2020 Right there’s a bit of a delay with getting the engine in as I’m waiting for the previous owner to supply the sump and custom breast plate to go in her. If that goes on too long I’ll just modify the existing one as it won’t take too much to make it fit and the customize the breast plate but it will save me a bunch of hassle if I can just get the bits that were in it before. In the mean time I have been collecting goodies. I have all new bailey channel rubber arriving tomorrow, front and rear window rubbers arriving, door rubbers and weather strips. The hardest thing for me to find atm is the chromed plastic window rubber insert. Working through that with basis in Blenheim at the moment. Great company for all this old window shit. Fender mirrors arrive early next month. I have my eye on some advan a3a wheels but I need to try not to spend too much more for the next couple of months so may just keep an eye on them and see how they pan out. new oil cooler lines and fittings new Ali radiator and fan temporary gauges just to make sure engine has oil pressure etc. will replace with good ones when I redo dash completely in the future as I plan to build a new Ali fuel tank I have a new fuel level sender and gauge and various bits and pieces as required to make it all run like fuel pump and reg etc none of this is very exciting for other people but I don’t have much else to report at this stage........ 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mattt Posted June 1, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2020 I managed to make some genuine progress on this thing today. I got about 3 doors worth of weather strips and bailey rubber in before getting a message the parts I had been waiting for we’re available for me to pick up. So I rushed over the other side of town and grabbed them. Fuck the weather strips, let’s get this bitch running! well, that didn’t quite happen. But I made a lot of progress on it. engines in and bolted up, I haven’t got proper engine mounts yet so I used a couple of blocks of high wear plastic to solid mount for now. Wanted to make sure it all fits nicely before ordering rubber mounts. New plugs, leads on, coils in, fuel line on, found the fuel line I had from regulator to carb was too short so will have to get some more of that tomorrow. Fabricated the oil cooler mounts and bolted in the oil cooler. Found the fittings from the oil cooler are -8 and everything else is -10 so will have to order new ones tomorrow. Positioned radiator to drill the mounting tabs. Modified radiator hoses to fit. Still to do before trying to start up: Fit starter drill out water temp sender to actually fit a normal sized sender unit block off various heater hoses not currently used bolt up driveshaft bolt exhaust back together fit fuel pump fit battery wire up coils fit radiator fan and wire up source and fit -10 oil cooler fittings Bolt up gearbox shifter seems like a lot but shouldn’t really take that long. Once I’ve got her running and I’m happy with it I’ll start tidying up the engine bay and make it look like less of a mess 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattt Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 Fabricated a fan shroud bolted up radiator mounting properly drilled out sensor port connected accelerator cable bolted up starter motor removed heater fitting to get a plug 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattt Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 Quick update driveshaft in oil lines plumbed exhaust bolted up heater hose plug in oil in the engine coolant in the radiator not much left now, basically mount and plumb fuel pump and do the wiring of which most of it’s there. Exciting times! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mattt Posted June 4, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2020 The sparky attacked it today and tidied up spaghetti junction. Got everything sorted really nicely and I finished off the bits I needed to. with some fresh fuel and a hint of brake clean in the air filter she sparked into life with a fairly distinctive Bridgeport brap. Once I’ve fitted the gauges and run the wiring well wrap the wires nicely. got to take it up the road very quickly, seemed to be running well. will drive it home tomorrow night and take it for a wof check on Saturday. It currently has a green sticker so will have to go to somewhere like vtnz. Yay. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mattt Posted June 7, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 7, 2020 Got my fender mirrors on today. Really happy with how they look. Spaced out the accelerator cable so that I actually get the carby to open up. Wasn’t even pulling secondaries on the way home. Now she goes pretty damn well. Will get onto gauges and tidying up some of the little odd jobs next. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mattt Posted June 10, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 10, 2020 This arrived today! I always wanted a really nice wooden steering wheel for a classic and after uming and ahing over a nardi I decided to go with this momo Indy. I think it looks the part. A shame the rest of the interior doesn’t match yet. also found some inspiration for what I would like to do with wheels and jdm lip. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mattt Posted June 29, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2020 Right, babies 2 weeks old now so can continue playing with this thing. Worked our I’m still not getting full throttle. It goes well but not as fast as it should. Had a look at the accelerator pedal, found the problem. FUCK OFF, seriously?! Never have I spoken a truer word..... Made a nice new one and gave it more pedal travel. Guess what, full throttle now actually makes power, real power! Wheel spinning, ear grinning neck turning power. I’m a happy man. 22 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattt Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 For some reason this thing came with the wrong alternator pulley. It had a 13A belt pulley and the rest of the engine needs an 11A belt so I ordered a new dual row pulley from franklin engineering. Top notch stuff they make and seriously reasonable prices for quality Nz made products. Ordered an oil sender block at the same time to run my oil pressure and temp gauge senders. Will fit that in the next couple of days. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mattt Posted July 8, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2020 I picked some new wheels. Might upset some purists but I needed the size to get the right look otherwise it was always going to be high rolling. At least they’re genuine Japanese rays wheels.... 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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