JiP Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 (edited) Ok, i've had the car for eight months now and i've spent well over five grand ($5,000.00+) on getting the car on the road. Since then i've done some minor adjustments and slowly, yet surely, she is progressing. I just thought that i'd post some pictures of her and the way she's developed since i rescued her from being wrecked. I rescued her from my brother after he ran it into the ground. She was never serviced and he was pumping the wrong fuel into her for well over a year until she just gave up. He couldn't even give her away so she sat in the yard rusting away. First thing was to have her towed out of the yard and down the road where she was getting a reconned 4K installed plus alot more. Soon the $1,700.00 quote turned into $2,600.00. Below are photos of her just before she was towed away... More pics to come... Edited July 31, 2008 by JiP_01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 Looks pretty schmick mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiP Posted April 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 (edited) I went to get the engine swap approved and the roadworthy and was given a HUGE list of thing that i needed to do. Like all tinting needed to be removed, rust on gaurds (left/right), pitman arm, tie rod, wiper blades, wiper water tank, radiator shroud, There was a hole in the exhaust, in the end i had to replave the whole thing incluging extractors. There was more but i can't remember. Slowly i started fixing her then my broke booster shat it self. I went to toyota to order a pitman arm and they charged me $140.00. They told me it'd be 10 days, two weeks later i rand and they told me it'd left japan and should be arriving any day. At the two month mark I was pulled over by the cops and given a HUGE fine. I rang toyota to find out where the hell it was and they told me the part was discontinued. I wasn't happy. :lolcry: Heres some more progress pics... These are after i bought her home, I polished her up and took photos at a work function. I damaged the rear demister scraping off the tint so i got myself another window for twenty bucks. Here's it being installed. Edited July 31, 2008 by JiP_01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 What was wrong with your tint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiP Posted April 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 (edited) The tint was all bubbled. Next up i picked up seats from the wreckers. They were seats i really wanted and i wanted them just in case they crushed the car. Funny that the next time i went to the wreckers for the rear windscrean the car was gone. Here are more photos of the old seats... I had the headrests on for a while. If you look at the rear windscrean pic you can see them. I like the look without, even tho its illegal. Looks 60's. Edited July 31, 2008 by JiP_01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiP Posted April 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 (edited) Most recently i've redone my dash. It cost me a overrated but was worth it. Edited July 31, 2008 by JiP_01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiP Posted April 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 (edited) Today I cleaned Lolla. More than usual. I spent hours detailing her engine bay and even took the seal off the boot. It was amazing at the amout of "krudd" that builds up there. If i never looked there i wouldn't have found all that shit and my boot would have rusted out. Here are the pics... The underside of the bonnet was covered in "Krudd" so bad it was a brown/black colour. Sadly i have no before pics. I soon plan on changing the air filter to a chrome one and am planning on putting this metal mesh stuff over the hoses. I also want to bet my rocket cover and my brake booster chromed. And maybe my shroud. Lastly heres the boot seal. Edited July 31, 2008 by JiP_01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiP Posted April 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 (edited) Here are the latest of pictures. I've been polishing her chrome lately so she's been looking great!! I just love chrome!!! And i just LOVE my EXHAUST!! In the earlier pictures i had two chrome mud guards on my front two panels. I may end up putting them back on after i have her painted. Does anyone else have this, or was this an aftermarket addition the past owner had placed on the car?? Another thing i didn't mention is that i tracked down a passenger side mirror and removed the dodgy old one that couldn't stay still. Jon. Edited July 31, 2008 by JiP_01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrselfdestruct Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 Looks cool man, can I ask you what the exhaust is and how does it sound? Also where did you get that dash restored, looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolla__Boy Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 You should lower it a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiP Posted April 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 I got the dash restored at a place called dashboard restorations. There is a thread all about it on here. They are up in brissie. Click Here for their site. The exhaust is a 2" sports exhaust system with a cannon muffler. And she sounds mean!! After i picked it up and was driving home I couldn't wipe the smaile off my face. Out of my group of friends she's the best sounding exhaust. Thats what they say and I agree. I will lower it eventually, but I need to focus on other things first. Hopefully the next thing to go on is my 5 speed thats been sitting in the garage for about a month. I feel confident with this car, that she wont break down on me. I've spent that much money on her that she should be right. But alot of other people still think of the stereo type, that since its on old car it must be unreliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke70pussywagon Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 love the cannon i agree with geoff it should be geoff spec hight :lolcry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 wow - this project is lookin HOT ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedway_rolla Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 Looks "PHAT" man good job and good luck :lolcry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 I love this car... cars like this give me so much inspiration not to scrap my sedan project! I love the rims, they're 15's, yeah? Wouldn't happen to know what they are called, would you? As Snoop Dogg would say, this is the shizzle my nizzle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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