Cheela's RA24 progress thread Options

[808celica]

got my pm??? frick yea good days.....eat and poop

[cheela]

yeah, i got your PM. and I've heard about the guy, been researching 1gc.com for a while so i'm aware of that option, but i'm bidding on a chrome rear smiley right now so we'll see if i get that first.

and other news. my tail light cracked in half.

[njccmd2002]

any new updates.

[cheela]

yeah should update this thread... gotta get my pics in order. it's all a mess. hahahha. gimme a day or two

[cheela]

alllll right, an update. kinda late but these are from a while back.
I started the tear down on it and found some rust but hey, it's a 30+ year old car so w/e.
stripped the interior and got most of the chrome parts off, lights, bumper, turns, etc.





ugh! that nasty old moldy sound deadening has got to go!


took off and cleaned the lights


HOTNESS


no headliner


damn wheel wells from the inside



ugh!

[cheela]

some more hot pics








got some rims on. what do you guys think? they are Konig Monsoons





now the ugly.

where's my PEDAL!?







Bought some goodies!
dash cap

gas cap

shift boot

mirror


and a smiley bumper for the butt



dent


had no mounts so i was thinking of trying this.


but it won't work



my whole rear end.




This post has been edited by cheela: Aug 6, 2010 - 7:36 PM

[cheela]

gas cap on


door cards off




couldn't get front filler panel off cuz some idiot did this to it



to rebuild or go weber???


more pics of my dash.
one big crack all the way thru.




body filler on the hood was cracking so i stripped it to see the damage.



finally got to the sound deadening. this stuff is nasty!
just chipping away.


i heard you could use dry ice to help it come out but... !



finally see the hurt on the driver's side.




and that's the update so far. let me know what you guys think or if you got any ideas.

for the engine i'm gonna try and get it running right first. so i might stick with the good ol 20R for a bit.
Later I'm thinking about doing a hybrid 20R/22R OR try and find a 7mgte or 1jz and throw that sucker in there.

[Johnnyny]

wow looks like a megaproject 2jz or v8 all the way!

[njccmd2002]

wow, now you have got me worried, what will i find underneath my carpet...

[cheela]

well ur down south so I don't think you'll get that much rust. I hate WI hahahha. But yeah, definitely do a tear down on urs. get rid of the moldy carpet and sound deadening. save u abuot 40 pounds. check those spots that i pointed out for rust. usually it's the wheel wells, floor pans, spare tire well, fenders, and around the windshields. I'm sure urs isn't as bad as mine.

[njccmd2002]

i need that st center cap, been looking for one and cant find one

[cheela]

i need that st center cap, been looking for one and cant find one

there's a few going on sale on 1GC if ur still looking.

click

idk if they're willing to split but ask.

[HectortheRican]

Rim-wise, I think you need to sell those Konigs and invest in some Watanabes. Hands down BEST wheel for any old school Japanese sports car.

[cheela]

yeah, I know they aren't the best. but they're just temporayr for now. I threw them on cuz the stock ones had rotted or something and went flat. so I just needed something that had air. LOL

These are my brother's rims for his civic that he doesn't wnat anymore. I will probably switch them out later, maybe for some celica supra rims.

[HectortheRican]

Good plan!

[cheela]

update,

got some celica/supra rims on. got rid of the konigs. !

took apart the dash a little bit.

finally got it running and idling.

here's a video of it running

[CelicaZR]

Good luck with the restoration
Glad to see another 1st gen saved
I'll post up some of mine soon for inspiration

[cheela]

Good luck with the restoration
Glad to see another 1st gen saved
I'll post up some of mine soon for inspiration

Thanks! I'll need it.

You should totally hook me up with some of those smiley bumpers. I HATE these anchors we get here in the US.

[njccmd2002]

heres to inspiration...

[CelicaZR]

See thread below My other rides

I've since purchased 2 more 1GC, so I'll update the thread soon as I can get some pics