Hey peoples,after looking back on what was a potentially disasterous mission I have celica number 2 well 3 if you count the spare one out the back. Anyways this will be my girlfriends car and my daily driver when I can get it..

The trip from Melbourne ended up taking 16 hours and at one point I was going to leave it in Aulbry and try and sell it there as the oil rings had pretty much gone and it was also showing signs of a blown headgasket,but in true bulletpfoof Toyota style a bit of bushman mechanics and typical lack of thinking or any concept of self preservation from myself I got her back

Over the christmas break she will be getting my old mildly worked 2T with the reco gearbox,and new diff centre,I will also put in the RA40 struts and bigger disc breaks off my old one aswell,while this is going on I will introduce my gf to the art of sanding and paint preperation which Im sure she will enjoy

Here are some pics,its rusted in all the usual spots,but should look like a million bucks in a month or so..

Nath

[Updated on: Fri, 07 October 2005 03:42]

thats a nice big rust spot

give it some funky respray colour

[Updated on: Tue, 21 December 2004 03:03]

Ill try and find the original pics so you can compare but here are a couple of up to date ones,







Over the last 3 months I have done the following:

Back to bare metal prep of body
Cut out all rust and fixed with fibreglass as my welder mate didnt come through
KPH speedo
new temp gauge
All window mechanisms fixed front and back
Fixed wipers so now they work
new radiator
Purchesed new doors boot,bonnet,interior, rear tail lights

Its been a heap of fun and if weather permits will be sprayed next weekend..

Nath

[Updated on: Sat, 19 March 2005 02:57]

Woohoo finally finished one!
got my missus 73 registered yesterday.

In its final spec it has,

Near mint interior front and back including fresh carpet,new sports steering wheel mint front and back seats.
Rebuilt 2T and gearbox
All window nylon rollers replaced with rollers
New rubbers all round
All rust cut out(well for now anyways)
Monotorque headgasket kit installed
New lights
Magna indicators
No door locks and central locking installed
GT bonnet flutes
ST front grill
Stripped rear light surrounds

And heaps of other stuff

Only thing left to fix is whatever is making the revs spike 200 rpm all the time????

Anyways here are some build up pics around the time I sprayed it






Home made spray booth

Finished




Id like to put out a massive thankyou to Toymods and the people that have helped me learn so much during the build up of this car,ive had an absolute blast and met some great people along the way! I really didnt have a clue and while im no guru now im heaps more confident in undertaking mechanical tasks and really couldnt have done it without the help from everyone.THANKS!!

[Updated on: Sun, 09 October 2005 02:27]

thanks guys!

What was meant to be 4 months took 10 so there was a heap of swearing and threats of burning the fokker but its all done now

Unfortunately i dont expect it to remain in the best condition after my missus get her hands on it but its not meant to be a race or show car just a comfy reliable ricie!!

Been funny tonight,had the whole dash cluster go out,and wipers kick the bucket in torrential rain Got the wipers working but cant get the cluster to light up at all Ontop of that I cant fit the head deck in due to the heater controls.So still alot of running in problems to fix yet..

Absolutely loving it though! Cant wait to get the other bastards on the road aswell

[Updated on: Fri, 07 October 2005 15:17]