Hey gents. Placing this thread here for us Corona fiends to use to share info and ask questions rather than destroying each others build threads with garbage. Mods please move if this isn't in the right spot ;)

 

First question I've been wanting answered - who has the spare wheel mounted in the spare wheel well inside the left hand guard? And if so, what is the tyre profile? At some stage mine has been changed to a wider profile and she won't sit in there anymore lol

 

Feel free to ask questions/share ideas in this thread guys.

Edited January 27, 201412 yr by Mark90

Nice to see it done! Ill go have a look for you now Mark, mines still there and intact :P

 

Edit: Mines 165 R13, and seems to fit in there :) Also ive been meaning to ask, my car is stamped RT81 on the firewall, however, it has the circle gauges, and rt80 front and back. Also it hasnt got the high back seats like RT81's. Its pretty much an RT80 with RT81 stamped on the firewall? I wanted to know what you guys think of it being stamped 81 but having all the 80 features

Edited January 27, 201412 yr by Feral4K

great idea mark!!

 

one of my spare cars is an rt81 that looks like an rt80, only difference is the motor, they come out with a 12r instead of 2r, and the first rt81 and rt80 came out with a l43 gearbox i think its called, built in bellhousing peice of poo haha, then the rest have w40,appart from that they are pretty much identical, i dunno why they kept calling the later rt81's that instead of going rt82 or something, i also have a rt81 that has the late bonnet and guards and dash, but it has a different shape grill to marks, and hasn't got high back seats or disc brakes, so i'd say its the next one from the rt80 look alike, and i have to late rt81's with the high back seats, and the nice looking grill, and discs haha

 

 

EDIT : oh and in NZ they had rt83 coronas, they look like the 2 later rt81 coronas but had 18r engines I'm pretty sure, although it could have been an 8r which looks the same, but they had then put a 18r in its place

Edited January 27, 201412 yr by glenpos

great idea mark!!

 

one of my spare cars is an rt81 that looks like an rt80, only difference is the motor, they come out with a 12r instead of 2r, and the first rt81 and rt80 came out with a l43 gearbox i think its called, built in bellhousing peice of poo haha, then the rest have w40,appart from that they are pretty much identical, i dunno why they kept calling the later rt81's that instead of going rt82 or something, i also have a rt81 that has the late bonnet and guards and dash, but it has a different shape grill to marks, and hasn't got high back seats or disc brakes, so i'd say its the next one from the rt80 look alike, and i have to late rt81's with the high back seats, and the nice looking grill, and discs haha

 

 

EDIT : oh and in NZ they had rt83 coronas, they look like the 2 later rt81 coronas but had 18r engines I'm pretty sure, although it could have been an 8r which looks the same, but they had then put a 18r in its place

 

Mine must be like your spares car because its 12r powered as well not 2r and w40 gearbox'd :)

Ha! Never knew there was an RT80 looking RT81 lol. Mine had the W40 box :) loving the 5 speed now though!

Great idea for this thread!

 

I'm finally giving my 'rona some love. Got the engine running again and it drives better than it ever did. Still needs a proper tune. Also just did all the brakes with new wheel cylinders and flexible hoses.

 

Mark, my spare is in there still with what looks like factory original goodyear tyre on it AR78SR13 165 R13. So old and dry and rock solid! Not sure if I'd trust it! :P

 

I know this isn't a marketspace thread, but I have a few bits and pieces I don't need if anyone wants them:

Mark's spare RT81 grill complete with cracks and missing clips

RT81 rear quarter pillar vent things

front indicator/parker lenses, original ones from my RT80, fairly faded - I got some NOS ones for mine

and not really corona-specific, but I have a set of 4 jellybeans to suit. 13 x 5.5. Two brand new tyres and two with decent tread (50%+?) Photos on my build thread. Would look good on a slammed 'rona

Thanks heaps for the tyre size guys! The one on it is brand new but I might go out and get another one just so it fits. So annoying having it sitting in my boot loose lol.

Soooo mine is the same profile, I just thought it was supposed to stand straight up in the dip on the left hand side of the boot (my metal bracket that holds it up has been removed, but I still have it). Never realised the wheel sits on an angle with the metal bracket. I get how the bracket clips onto the centre of the wheel, but there is a hole in the bracket I'm assuming a threaded rod goes through with a plate on the back?

 

Anyone got a pic of the complete setup, should be a nice project getting one made up to mount the wheel right. Sorry for the long winded post, just wanna see the whole setup so I know what to look for :)

 

Thanks!

ill post pikkies of my setup tomorrow...

Thanks man :)

Glen, oh keeper of the thousand spare coronas!

Would you happen to have a badge for the back end of an RT80?

Fits in the cross-shaped mark on the right hand side, can't remember what it was.. an ami badge?

Just to the right of the number plate?

 

I have an "SE" badge there.

yeah, can't remember what mine was.. don't think it was SE. You can see the shape that it's supposed to be though

Looks the same shape as my SE badge to me and you should just have AMI badges in your front guards :)

 

hmm.. Definitely the same shape.. Perhaps it was an SE badge then.. Need glen to confirm, I'm sure he's seen the most coronas out of all of us :P