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I've had this 6 months now so decided it can get its own thread

So I swapped my 82 l200 ute that I had done endless hours on back to the guy I bought it off for this beauty.

A 1982 ex lancer gsl

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Originally 1.6 auto but has now got a big block 4g63 sohc 8 valve and 5 speed manual conversion. 

It had no wof or rego when I got it

I put four new tyres on, replaced the fart cannon exhaust tip with a normal one and a few minor things it got a wof. 

And I daily drove the shit out of it

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I never wanted to modify this so tried to make it as Nanna spec as possible by adding a blanket to the rear seat and a monsoon to the driver's door. 

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Also straightened the front bumper out as it had obviously had an oopsie at some point. 

Took it all the way to beach hop even and had no issues 

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Also pinched the fish nets from my green car as I find factory seats uncomfortable. Was trying to buy another set of fishnets but seems going rate is $700 which is stupid. I paid $150 for these and they're 9.5/10 condition.  

May aswell go buy brand new recaros instead. 

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Stole the exhaust while I was at it and threw a flexi in, and mounted it more solid with cotton reel style mounts. Definitely the way to go. 

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Nothing exciting in the works lately besides fixing old owners repairs, 

First pic should explain well. Window Washer pump obviously shat the bed so they Jimmy up another pump to it just chilling there. 

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Found a spare amongst my boxes of crap and fitted her up, the black paint drives me mad on the washer bottle, maybe covid will get me cleaning it well see..   

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Stumbled upon this haul of parts today on Facebook. Dude was local and had a good yarn with him. 

Potentially may have more parts for me to purchase once he empties his storage unit. 

Got a 1600 crossmember,  some suspension parts, there was also new tierods, castor bushes, pitman arm etc (not in pics) and these sweet manifolds. They're a little cuzzy custom spec but will still function no doubt. 

 

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Will install/swap the crossmember when I get a chance as the one In the car has been redrilled for wider wheel track but Im not too impressed with it. 

 

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Wof time is overdue so back to working on this car again.

I had purchased some original front struts with bilstein inserts and lowering springs off a mate I Auckland but borders in place meant I couldn't retrieve them. Now that's over I can actually get this legal.

So the starion struts are now leaky shocks and the cut springs are no good, hence the swap. Plus i want to run standard wheels for a wof which they didn't fit on starion struts.

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Also I'm changing the front crossmember as some cuzzy had redrilled where the lower arms mount and welded washers on. (To give more camber/wider wheel track) 

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Surprised it wasn't picked up on previous wofs. Even the old owner was unaware of this mod. 

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One thing that wasn't necessary but bugs the shit out of me was the spacer in lower radiator pipe. Was there because of the power steering bracket that was originally on this motor (l200/sigma engine) 

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And also the pulley for power steering and fan hub is actually different. Someone had put bolts in the pulley too so I swapped that out for studs, how it should be...

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And the finished result. Doesn't look like much difference but makes me extremely satisfied!

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Next on the list of things to do was the exhaust, it's had a hard time since the last wof with all the speedbumps it bottoms out on. 

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had to grind out some of the weld for nut to turn. 

Threw some new brake pads in the front too so hopefully wof man likes my efforts. 

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Failed wof inspection on some rust, front left shock knocking, brakes too soft and handbrake to improve.

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Had the privilege of using a mates hoist and his labour, he made a start on the rust while I sorted the brakes. 

New rear wheel cylinders courtesy of @bigfoot , also noticed some bent stuff inside the drum which explains why handbrake wouldn't self adjust. 

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Note the bent over edge stopping handbrake from working properly. We straightened both items out and happy days.

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after removing the front strut It was apparent there was a spacer missing allowing the insert to move within the strut housing causing the noise so we made a spacer from some steel. Problem solved 

 

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  • 4 months later...

Picked up a pair of 14x7 zed compes off Dave, gave them a trial fit and polished one quickly.

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Quite stoked with the fitment of them just gotta get tyres on them asap.

Also attended a local car show, and did some casual cruising with the boys

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