My Ta22 Celica 'resto'

[Rowdy]

Keep going G-man. It'll be all sorts of half arsed awesome once it's kinda done ;-)

who the hell is g-man??? and i'll admit its not an A grade resto... more of a D grade. D for deffered i'll come back to everything in a couple of years and do it all properly then. at the moment i really want to get the skyline back in the shed.

1JZ conversion is pretty easy to do,Even with stock turbo the old ta22 hooks along and makes alot of modified turbo cars look extreamly slow due to power to wieght ratio

Most even go auto

man, its a wide engine bay, but not very long... ive seen the pictures, but im really not sure i cbf stuffing around with a long engine in there. and i hate autos

SO; its been a while. and ive been doing a few things...

i bought a 5spd gear box, a radiator and a set of extractors cost me 240 schmackos all up. Rad has a fresh core, extractors look almost new, and the gearbox... well its a 5spd

ive been getting stuck into the body, and currently have the front guards, bonnet, doors, front valance thingy, and almost the boot ready for primer. there was rust in the doors, which was a bitch. but i did my best cutting it out and welding in new sections, and to be honest, im pretty bloody happy with the way theyve coming up. ive never done anything like this before, my only welding experience is industrial welding, mostly with an arc, stuff thats 3mm plus. so trying to weld .6mm sheet with my new tig was a bit of a learning curve

there was a bit of a dint in the front left guard, and i pushed it out as much as i could, but the very front of the guard is sitting a little high still... so new guard, sometime in the future. and the front valance thing, down the bottom at the front, it has copped a fair hit at some point, at which time the previous owners bogged over the damage with nooo preparation at all. so i sanded and chipped all that off, rubbed it back bare and got the 'ol persuader onto it. came up a treat

my mate simon came around to help block back a few panels (and knock back a few bundys)

i got off my ass and drilled out a paint nozzle to 2mm for my spray putty gun, and bought another 125 buck compressor to tee into my existing one. i now get 242 ltrs of air a minute for 250 bucks, plus the hose from rydell not bad. this will do me for a while anyway.

The car as it sits atm

i also pulled all the wheels off to check bearings and brakes- they look brand new! so, score on that front. there is also no rust in the floorpan, or anywhere on the body of the car really(sill panels not including)- most of it was in the doors. im pretty happy about that

i got my new carpet yesterday, and im actually really happy with it. the mould is pretty good, and i spent an hour today cutting holes for bolts and what not in it. it makes the car interior look like its on its way to being finished, and makes it a much nicer place to be.

i was all set to install the new dashpad when i found i have misplaced a heap of nuts that hold the back of it down- doh! and theyre an odd thread, more of a screw thread. aghhrr, i'll find them.

thats it for now, im flat out at work atm, and will be for another few weeks. hopefully the better weather on its way will also bring a coat of paint and also some fender mirrors! man i am so excited about them.

so i leave you with a picture of socks on my sisters cat, as held by her boyfriend.

[danbevsta]

always loved this car, good luck man

[Rowdy]

always loved this car, good luck man

thanks mate

[Oblivion]

If you have done already, but look on the ToyMods forums...helps of folks on their with RA and Ta projects.