thats some nasty rust there

To be honest i reckon having a cage in a daily driver would be a lot worse than having it lower and stiffer, makes the car a bit useless for daily duties, plus at a guess you'd get more cop attention

 

Well, you don't need a full FIA bramble-bush in there, just an open rear cage with no diagonal to hold the roof up in case you tip it over. Use small thickwall tube say 33mm OD and 4.5mm wall thickness, and if you tuck it right up against the roof its not noticeable. We welded extensions on the tube at the joins and bolted it in.

 

Really, the rust is no big deal until have an accident. The car just folds up around you then...

By the time you've got the materials and put it in you might as well hunt down a cleaner shell. I think perhaps you turn the car into a two seater with a cage as well (legally? that could be wrong).

Well I've had a think about it, We'll band-aid fix the rust and repaint it. If she loves the BLAT I'll hunt down a nicer one then sell her daily =) Done. hehe

First cop that walks along side that car to do a Random breath test in his right mind WILL defect it. Patch that rust before your gf takes it out and do not take it out fri/sat night lapping

Saying that though, Whenever I get pulled over in the Celica they don't mind the rust.

In all my time of owning 82's I have never seen rust in the roof on one.

 

Ours had a fair bit in the driver's side rain channel, both repaired and re-occuring...

shit, put me in town your in. I have yearly inspections. a little spot of rust in your sill or wheel arch is an instant fail

Hiro Protagonist if the rust repair was done right it should not be reoccuring

Oh I will say, I have an AE80 with surface rust that I better get on to in the roof channels

Rust doesn't matter for rwc in qld unless it's structural or an obvious danger, i.e hole in the floor or it would slice someone open if you hit them.

Hiro Protagonist if the rust repair was done right it should not be reoccuring

 

It wasn't (previous owner)...

Me and Amber took a trip to U-pull-it today. We went to get a battery bracket for the BLAT because the battery was held in with cable ties...

 

We ended up grabbing a digital clock and a tacho out of another Seca that was there, She installed them by herself =P I'm very proud of her.

 

 

 

No more shitty analog clock and lack of tacho.

 

 

She did good =P It's nice knowing where the redline is now too.

was the plug behind the dash for the clock ?

MarcusEstevez

Yeah, was all plug and play, made life easier =P