if i sell it, i'll be swapping the brakes and the rear bumper as mine is a bit dinted up from old granny owner, its got a near perfect one!

 

pics of inside a bit cleaner

 

 

 

Edited May 28, 201313 yr by glenpos

ok well iv'e almost got the engine and gearbox out of the rt80, i'm pulling the 12r out of the red corona, putting a w50 on it that i have, giving the engine a coat of paint, pulling the front end out of the blue one, painting it and swapping so i have discs up front, and bosster too obviously, and painting engine bay aswell,

 

:D yay haha

well got the engine and gearbox out, clutch and brake master cylinders off as I'm swapping the, wiring is mostly out of the way, grills out, might get paint on the weekend, then tidy all the wiring up

I used power plus "magnetic silver" for the grill and trim on front of my RT81. I think it looks pretty good and close to original colour (maybe a shade lighter). Go to a Supercheap or shop that sells power plus and take a look at all the silvers.

what for?

HA! Whoops, I thought you said you were painting the grille. Way past my bedtime :/ I'll be quiet now hahaha. Bet you'll be glad to have disc brakes!

haha nah :D i do agree though it looks good and close to the colour, yeah should be good, the drums did work quiet well but just have to push alot harder, but yeah the discs felt so much better just driving around the dirt side road in the blue one

got a bit done today, got paint, seems quite good and was well priced too, engine bay is sanded, unused holes filled just need sanding, front end is out, hopefully will paint tomorrow :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

well the engine bay is painted, looks pretty good, its a flittle bit darker green but not much i could do as i dunno what colour it is haha, still looks sweet though, i couldn't clear it coz its too cold and was going white, but got it pretty shiny and will just buff it, looks so much better than before!! can't get pics coz its too dark in the shed and you can't see it very good, can't get it out coz its got no front end haha, will swap it when it stops raining....

thought id put some pics up, looks funny because its in the dark shed, can't wait to get it out in the light :P

 

 

 

looks pretty sweet... Tempted to do mine now! :P

But still thinking about selling it. My mother will kill me when she gets home from OS in August and finds me with 5 cars :P

thanks mate haha, i got the front end out of the blue one, put mine back in it, now just have to get the engine etc out of the red one and start cleaning everything up

got the motor and box out of the red corona, motor seems quiet good, pulled the gearbox off and the 5 speed bolts up to the bellhousing, just the w50 has 2 bolts at the top that the w40 doesn't, still has 5 to hold though haha, very happy, will start cleaning up the engine and front end tomorrow, gonna wait for a warmer day and just give the engine bay another coat of green then clear it, when i went out thismorning the paint had gone all white from it being soo cold, buffs out but to hard to buff all the engine bay in all the little bits.

 

the 12r out of the red one has a good heavy duty clutch plate too!

 

 

WAIT!! So if I want a W50 behind my 12R... All I do is use the W40 bell housing and she bolts up?

thats right, arent i smart haha, wait until iv'e finished the conversion and i'll tell you if there is any other things, but, speedo cable looks like it will fit, tail shaft fits, reverse lights are the same, shifter position looks close, bellhousing seems all good, only thing is gearbox mount is back a bit on the w50 so will need to modify the x-member, not hard though, once iv'e done it i can make a conversion thread if you want?

 

will make it much nicer to drive as mine revs to 4000rpm at around 100kph haha, so a fifth gear will do it wonders

Edited June 2, 201313 yr by glenpos