PureRage Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Something different... A friend of mine has had a wish for quite some time. To find and restore a classic japanese car.And he had found his muse. If you are a true car guy, you have feelings for a car, you can look past the flaws, rust and damage and see what she can be, someday...In this case i felt sad and sorry when i saw the car for the first time. For this particular car has had a rough life and was abused and abandoned. She would probably end up on a scrapheap in the not too distant future.The mission was to try and save this piece of history and restore it to full glory. My god what did we get ourselves into... I present to you: '71 Toyota Carina TA12 One of only 5 remaining TA12's in the Netherlands at that time. The good things: Car still had all paperwork and was complete. Meaning: Most bits of the interior and exterior trim was there.The bad bits: She's rotten... very very rotten. engine was dead, but she was "freshly" painted... although not in the way we like it. the engine bay: well, let's get her inside and start tearing her apart so we can have a good look at how bad she rly is. nothing a bit of paint can't fix.... right? the mighty 2T engine. allthough seazed up, rusty and an allout disaster at this point did i mention that we might have bitten off more than we can chew? finding replacement parts for a pretty rare and forgotten car, that's going to be fun. so we need to restore and salvage as much as possible.like this power brake cylinder.... right... and with a bit of luck we found a spare bit of rust someone had found it in a haystack while cleaning out a barn. we asked one question before buying it: Does the crank still turn?the answer was yes so we picked it up for scrap value. we realised we had to strip the car down to the last nut and bolt in order to do a full resto on her. we thought dor sills were optional with this model car as this model didn't have any brakes were in great condition aswell nearly done with the breakdown In order to do all the welding it would be usefull to be able to turn the car on it's side or upside down.so we made a set of A frames from wood. wood? yes... wood. plain simple cheap timber y0 the hinges: and bolted on the car: makes working on the sides and bottom sooooo much easier time to clean the body back to bare metal and get rid of all that paint muck on the car *meanwhile across town in my friends garage*work continued on the engines and he was doing a bit of headwork, flowing ports, seating valves etc. Meanwhile the restoring of various parts is going quite well. a before and after shot replacement sills going in copying and replacing bodyparts bit by bit still have a looooong way to go any guesses what this is going to be? the old radiator support was too far gone. so JW (my friend) made a replacement from scratch and now for some tasty engine pics.as we had 2 engines to play with we had plenty of choice in parts prepped and painted block preparing parts takes soooo much time but the results are hard to argue with JW coulden't resist doing some custom valvetrain work and replaced the spring system with clamps the stock ride height is soooo not done in this day and age so whe will sit a little closer to the ground. By doing so there was a need for roll center adjusters.Why buy if you can build it yourself? Found a set of Mikuni carbs instead of the ori single carb too bad they didn't fit so let's create an adapterplate engine comming along nicely in the meantime bit by bit is getting a full makeover. often little parts are overlooked like door hinges etc. but JW is restoring each and every single part. also found the perfect set of rims for the car: '76 wolfrace rims the bottom of the doors was badly rotten and needed replacing welding parts of fenders together to make a decent fender again meanwhile the bodywork was held up a while when i blew my GTT engine and the Carina was left on it's side against my garage wall while i rebuilt my engine. after my GTT was back on the road the work continued and most of the welding is done test fitting the panels to see if the welding didn't warp the engine bay too much test fitting the rear axle to figure out how to fit a swaybar to the rear.the cas didn't have this stock so needed to be custom made meanwhile parts left and right were nearing completion such as the tailgate: JW managed to find a few original emblems 3 guesses: a hint when carparts meet artwork and let's lighten and balance the flywheel because why not? a reminder what the front looked like: during construction: getting there and men can sow too! sandblasting the whole body to get rid of the last bits of paint, rust etc. coating the underside inside fitting suspention on her old wheels for the first time in almost 4 years!! a lot of hours spent on getting the body rdy for primer epoxy coating the long and tedious work of sanding/filling/sanding/filling commences JW managed to preserve the original hood as we found the car. will be a great table for a photoalbum of the build on car shows the engine bay was painted in speccle paint. not something you see a lot but it gives a cool effect and it masks the welding seams a bit and some more sanding... i can't tell you how much work sanding is. everytime you think it's perfect, you take a step back, check it all and find a slight indentation or other small fault and you can fill it again until it's perfect. and finally! primer day! and yes, still in my garage. everything in this build is DIY and at long last: paint! now the fun begins!rebuilding the car bit by bit.boxes and boxes filled with restored parts are waiting to be assembled remember the part about a guy and a sowing machine? fitted te correct wheels brand new bumpers fitted the swaybar a couple of before and after pics as a reminder what it used to be JW himself: engine bay brakes horns Still a lot to do but she's come a long way and the true definition of a DIY guy is JW, everything you see is done by himself with the occasional help from me.the car has not left the workshop once since it got here 4 years ago. not for sandblasting or paint or anything. will post updates once something more is done on the car Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Socks Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 WOW.... Literally WOW.... That is some work, some engineering and the car has come out stunning! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JordanEP91 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Bloody hell that was rough, but my god you have done a good job fair play looking forward to see more progress Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TurboTobz Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Hard work pretty amazing work too well fucking done! Great progress indeed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Really enjoyed reading that Thats some effort you guys have put in !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
morgey Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Epic, I'd love to have the patience and skill to do something like this! Kudos on the work guys! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Addymk2 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Holy mother of God... I saw the 1st few pics of the paint and the rot and thought: fuck that. But wholly mother of God that's amazing. Good effort and I can't wait to see the end result! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Amazing effort! IMO the colour choice spoils what is other wise a fine restoration Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fozzie Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Literally cannot believe what a turnaround you guys have done on this, the finished parts look stunning! You should definitely be proud mate, major kudos for all that workmanship. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Azz Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Absolutely speechless, what a build that is phenomenal !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vizzioarts Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 That is some outstanding work! Serious amount of man hours into this I'm sure, but excellent result in the end! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maddox710 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Amazing really amazing I'd love to hear them carbs roar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zeldoz Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Wow... That's dedication!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PureRage Posted December 25, 2013 Author Share Posted December 25, 2013 thx for the comments lads still far from done and there will be loads of troubleshooting to come but we'll get there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drongo boi Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Awesome project pal mint woik! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ste91 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 One of the best projects I've seen, a lot of time, effort and skill has gone into this, that shell was ready for the scrap yard most people wouldn't have even attempted to restore it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mattyD Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Holy shit! That's the best build I have ever seen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie5414 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Jesus that is epic. Love that colour on old cars too. The lathe work is unbelievable! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PureRage Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 and we have a "small" update she's ALIVE!ran for the first time yesterday. note that the carbs still need adjusting, we had only half of the exhaust fitted and after 3 minutes we managed to find the correct setting on the choke.took a while for the fuel to get from the tank to the carbs so lots of things that still need attention but we are happy as f00k that she ran! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOFf-07zIuA&feature=c4-overview&list=UUCCc-qKSO3vuL1n4vgm06HQ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maddox710 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Ah the joys of carbs, great work getting going Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky boy Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Martin your work is awesome bro I dont know how you find the time to do all these projects but hats off to you dude that is outstanding Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pick1 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Awsome work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
motion Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Damn!!!! THIS is a Projekt!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shorty Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Savage work! Bloody fantastic effort. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starlet-Joshy Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 This is fucking brilliant!, Outstanding works lads, great build looks awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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