Tyron Devine Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Hi all my name is Tyron devine im 18 years old and kind of new to the starlet world. Im studying motor body vehicle repair I have been looking for mounths and mounths to find a damiged starlet gt or glanza for a college project. But where i live they are like gold dust not many of them around i visted my local vehicle salvage websyt and came across a lovely mk1 gt turbo in white. I could not belive my eyes so went down that very day to check it out and to be honest i fell in love with her lol this was 3 weeks ago by the way. It had minour front end damige It needed a new bonnet drivers side headlamp and the slam panel had seen better days plus the front bumper had a few minour cracks nothing i cudnt plastic weld in college and get back good health. Lol apart from those minour draw backs it was a buety started first time engine sounds lovely drives like a dream pulls well was very happy and got it at a good price to. Anyway heres a few pics from when i went looking at it and when it arrived at college. Here is a picture of the engine as it came when i bought it as you can see the slam panel has seen better days. Hope you all enjoy And here is my car getting delivered at college and ounce the new slam panel has been welded into place few panels awaiting primerPic for you guys And after a good few hours with the wire brush and d.a sander Also got the area i sanded in primer that day doing the engine bay bit by bit as i am not removing the engine yet Also sanded down the crossmember and slam panel and headlight rail as im going to be haveing a nice shiny new car thought i would treat them areas to oo also chassis legs heres a few pics for you guys when sanded down. So thats most of the sanding done for now still lots more to come heres a few pics in primer ready for paint The car also came de wipred with a gromit in but the bolt had seazed so i cut the old rusty bolt of welded a plate and smoothed it all in will look really smart ounce ive painted it heres a few pics so farLooks tatty ino but just you guys waitAnd after abit of bodyfillerAlso been very busy with a few dints around the car nothing major but i want this starlet to be close to perfect when finished so repaired every little mark / dint lol heres the car how it stands at the momment hope you all like. also got the bonnet on today but isnt sitting flush as i havent got the bonnet catch sanded down and in primer yet :/ heres a few pictures of the car which i dug out for you guys heres a pic of the japspeed exhaust system it came with Qwick update for u guys i forgot all about these i got the air scoop and underskin of the bonnet in paint to hope you like And here is underneath the bonnet will be painting the top very soon Thanks alot cheshireglanza for these parts at such a great price Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Russleh Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 work so far looks good man. finally got the whole image code thing to work then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyron Devine Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 work so far looks good man. finally got the whole image code thing to work then image yes writting spelling no haha it sucks im half asleep will have to correct it all tmorrow when im alive lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gtmuzz Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Looks like a clean one bud, was interested to see wat u had lol seen u asking loads about them, keep up the good work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyron Devine Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 Looks like a clean one bud, was interested to see wat u had lol seen u asking loads about them, keep up the good work ye i had a little mivering stage lol boys and there toys cheers pal just need to sort this pissing thread out its a joke but i can not be ars*d tonight lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sanchez Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Looks good mate, like the way you have gone about things, seems you have done some homework and have gone about things properly The car looked mint with the front smashed in lol, cant wait to see what its like when you have finished with her!!! lolSo how much you pay for her? And how does the whole college course work? Future plans? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyron Devine Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 Looks good mate, like the way you have gone about things, seems you have done some homework and have gone about things properly The car looked mint with the front smashed in lol, cant wait to see what its like when you have finished with her!!! lolSo how much you pay for her? And how does the whole college course work? Future plans? lol ye i did look rather good lol only minour crash the guy wanted 1300 but there was no way i was paying that as it needed new bonnet slam panel headlamps etc so haggled him to £850 which isnt to bad engine is in perfect condition came with a few ok mods to front mount fmic full japspeed exhaust and other bits and bobs right college were to start lol i had the choice of working on other peoples cars customers from the college or buying myself my own project for myself to work on and learn at the same time if u get me lol plans hmm quadlight conversion and just leaving the engine how it is for a few mounth until i have got some money to upgrade more fussed about the outside now as engine is sweet lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raz Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 thats nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sanchez Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Ah sounds sweet mate, got it for a bargain price then which is a bonus!So when its finished, its all good to drive it on the road?Oh and please dont put quadlights on a mark 1 lol you can still get the sqaure lamps from Toyota i beleive, it will look MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINT! with a fresh set of headlights on Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stulet-GTT Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Dude thats a nice little project ya got going, really brought the car back to its glory..Like sanchez said dont put quads on a mk1 keep the squares, im sure i seen someone selling some earlyer, might of been on TGTT...I see ya done the rear wiper, but why didnt you do the lock at the same time??? there is a pull cable so dont need the lock... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stulet-GTT Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 There ya go...http://www.toyotagtturbo.com/forums/showth...0985#post910985 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyron Devine Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 Lol i aint to keen on the square lamps and i have already got some matey im going to sell them as ive came across some quads for £35 with grill so had to snatch them lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan5793 Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 great little project there buddy! I did the same thing with my EP91, bought it as a little project while i was at college doing body repair too, didn't respray the whole car though lollook forward to what you do with her. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyron Devine Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 great little project there buddy! I did the same thing with my EP91, bought it as a little project while i was at college doing body repair too, didn't respray the whole car though lollook forward to what you do with her.thanks mate yes im giving her a full respray under the arches the full works lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stulet-GTT Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 quads for £35 with grill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyron Devine Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 yep bargin ino needs abit of plastic welding but nothing i cant fix lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyron Devine Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 Dude thats a nice little project ya got going, really brought the car back to its glory..Like sanchez said dont put quads on a mk1 keep the squares, im sure i seen someone selling some earlyer, might of been on TGTT...I see ya done the rear wiper, but why didnt you do the lock at the same time??? there is a pull cable so dont need the lock...i was thinking about doing the rear lock to but say the cable failes ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Awesome restoration, can't wait to see it done I may need some advice off you if I have to get my GT repaired rather than converting the NA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyron Devine Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 Awesome restoration, can't wait to see it done I may need some advice off you if I have to get my GT repaired rather than converting the NA Thanks alot amjad and ok pal no worries Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LukeSR Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Awesome work dude Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyron Devine Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 Awesome work dude cheers luke Quote Link to post Share on other sites
00joeindastarb0 Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Looks tidy mate, can i have it when your finished Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyron Devine Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 Looks tidy mate, can i have it when your finishedthanks bud Hmmmm lol maybe ill think about it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_D Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Mint little project mate, nice to see another one being saved Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyron Devine Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 Mint little project mate, nice to see another one being saved cheers mate and ye i seen it had to save it lol going to keep her now for many years hopefully Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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