Gaijin

[Gaijin]

Baz called me and asked for more paint.

 

A good opportunity to check out the progress.

 

 

Upon arriving, my car was the only one there, they said I was an angel with my timing.

 

- perhaps a large hairy smelly one.

 

We are up to 1litre of caprithane for the roll cage,

 

4Litres of base colour, since I will paint all the underside, rear end, cabin etc.

 

Otherwise they have blocked back some of the panels and body a few times, so its starting to get a smooth skin.

 

Baz and Clint reckon they are on time to get it out in another 2 weeks.

 

The rear subframe needs to come out to spray the rear end of the car, covering over the tar based underseal.

 

They will apply some more modern based underseal that is sprayed on, before the colour goes on. This will help minimise stone chip damage underneath.

 

The wheels, those dodgy black n red stripe jobs, are to get their rubber removed, sanded up, and painted a single colour.

 

Then we can vote 'the money or the bags', or perhaps the lack of either.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[acf321]

Wow ... this car is completely amazing. Puts a little tear in the corner of my eye

 

I can really only think of one appropriate response.

 

wanna race ?

 

[garvice]

Looking good mate.

 

wanna race ?

HA! You are kidding aren't you? I know that your car is incredible rebuild, but this is a bit more of a performance upgrade then your L24.

[MaygZ]

This is the most amazing project I've seen.  Love the vision, the updates, the photos and the quality of work.    Keep it up please.

[acf321]

yeah ,, Garvice.. the joke's on me ..

 

Think i'd need an Enzo to keep up with this thing!

 

 

[ZD44TT]

amazingly documented.

 

i always come back for this build when I miss having a zed : ).

[Gaijin]

OK.

 

Remainder of pics from Bazs shop where the car was painted.

 

The shite camera makes it look brown.

 

Its a really straight light gun mettalic grey with darker gun grey for the flimsy bits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Gaijin]

OK no.2

 

What happened.

 

Court action is completed, great outcomes for me, house is sold, ex is gone burger, kids back home.

New projects, new house, new GF, blah blah blah

 

 

 

 

Welcome home Gaijin, I have missed you.

 

 

 

The silly thing is that it now has a brother.

It arrives next Sunday.

It is very similar in nature to this car.

 

I couldnt say no.

 

1972 TA22

480hp

980kg

Street

5 years on the road being developed.

Street/strip/road/track semi automatic weapon

 

Anyway, wrong forum for this little lucifer,

 

back to the real deal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the colour seems to make the chrome work standout, which was the plan all along you see.

[Zedman240®]

Ooohh..its getting closer! Excellent work yet again... Colour suits it very well and cant wait or the first start.

[MaygZ]

I just had a twinge .....

 

You will have excuse me for a moment.

 

I'll be back shortly 

[zzzzed]

aww why wont the pics work for me  :-\

[zzzzed]

ohhh nice.. now i see them. this will be where mine is in about 6 months... I hope   

[Brabham]

Looks nice, where did you find the headlight covers for the G nose from? Also where did you get the G nose itself from? Cheers.

[luvemfast]

Love the pic with the coilovers through the headlight bucket 

[zzzzed]

Love the pic with the coilovers through the headlight bucket 

sort of like my avatar.. Not that you can see it when its that small

[Gaijin]

Looks nice, where did you find the headlight covers for the G nose from? Also where did you get the G nose itself from? Cheers.

 

Hey,

 

Both parts were a cash and trade deal with a zed club member in NZ here.

GNose is a single piece mould as per original one.

Headlight covers are genuine new units from ebay = $ouchee

 

 

No mucking about here.

 

Start at the easier end for now.

 

Take out rear subframe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bushes for subframe to body need swapping over

Easiest to do them now...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

diff bushes need to be sourced and chucked in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rear brakes need completing, been rebuilt, just a quick spray and in.

 

rear lower arms could do with a strengthen. Its a gaijin copy of the Nismo options. Very high tech stuff this cardboard.

Since Ill get a local engineering shop to press in/out the bushes, they can weld up some plate to the lower arms until such time as the TIG turns up.

 

 

 

 

[NZeder]

GNose is a single piece mould as per original one.

Headlight covers are genuine new units from ebay = $ouchee

hmm just might point out the original is a 5 piece setup not a single piece I have 4 of the 5 original parts for my G-Nose. LH headlight bucket, RH headlight bucket, top centre section, lower section and the urethane bumber = 5 pieces

[Gaijin]

WARNING

 

THESE SUSPENSION ITEMS ARE NO LONGER OEM GENUINE NISSAN ITEMS

 

VIEWERS BEWARE

 

Before,

sophisticated templates cut out with kids snips,

welded in using 2mm plate

paint applied

 

Had to press out one bush again so it didnt melt out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I believe Ive spent more on this rear end than a 2nd hand skyline complete...ergh.

 

Subframe bushes in - Autolign in Carbine Rd

Good fast service, cheap prices.

 

Diff mounts are not listed under ER34, but S14 Silvia, but fit well.

 

Rear end shoved together with little love.

Some bolt threads stripped from panelbeater/painters lack of love.

 

Ill need to replace a few of them

Might even need to get that one camber arm the right way round, doh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dug up the rubber trim that heads around the FAKE super wide ZG arches and gaurds

also used the clips that cover the screws, looks pretty tidy.

Could do with a minor adjustment later.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While AUtolign were sweating over the bushes,

 

I mucked around with the rear end.

Need plenty of parts, rear lamp rubber gaskets, straighter lamp garnish? panels etc.

Decided to keep the original rego plates, look period.

Rego still live, smart boy...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stainless roof channel chrome given some lovin and clipped in

 

Ill get some new quarter panel badges for xmas if Im lucky.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thats it for this week.

Collect TA22 0800 tomorrow.

 

 

[RB30X]

Someboby slow this man down.

[ZD44TT]

skid vids next hehehhehe

 

awesome job.

[Gaijin]

Cant wait for the xmas break, there should be a bunch of progress,

 

but,

 

my new ride has arrived after a fun weekend road trip around the North Island of the country dodging cops and other nutters on the road.

 

Now please pardon the shift in brand.

 

Ill have a link some stage soon to the appropriate site for the continuation of this cars build and development.

 

Its a 1973 Toyota Celica Ta22

It has a 4cyl 2.0l engine from a  ST215 Caldina GTT (the ugly station wagons).

Engine is totally stock internally.

 

All power adders are external.

 

The chassis has heaps of work done to it, coil overs Bilstein and Carrera rears.

Camber, castor plates, bushes, Evo 8 brakes, LSD...

 

It has 400hp at the rears, it weighs complete all fluids/fuels 1060kg.

TD06-25G turbo, 800cc injectors, Link G4 ECU, Elec water pump, elec boost control etc...

 

It will teach me plenty about what driveability Im after in the zed.

This car requires some work before Im completely happy with it.

 

Car is completely legal and engineered.

 

 

 

 

Collection location

Not ready for the PepperTree just yet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just to state the obvious, I didnt build this car. I bought it as is.

I will start mucking about with it. It will be kept driveable while I put the zed together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other random car shots that were in the same location as the collected TA22,

 

FD3S race car 550hp @ wheels,

 

 

 

 

Corvette, engine blew up soon after purchase, go figure...

1UZFE & GT35R would work well....

 

 

 

 

 

To replace the love of the TA22, try a Datsun 1200 instead,

12A PP,  mid mounted, flat floor = lovely car!

 

 

 

 

[RB30X]

Pics aren't working for me, photobucket bandwidth exeeded or something?

 

Anyway, If its the Toyota model I'm thinking of I reckon they are a bit of alright as well. Also prone to rust as the S30's but similar styling. A few people I've spoken to agree these might start to rocket in price as well.

[FLEXZED]

Pics aren't working for me, photobucket bandwidth exeeded or something?

 

Anyway, If its the Toyota model I'm thinking of I reckon they are a bit of alright as well. Also prone to rust as the S30's but similar styling. A few people I've spoken to agree these might start to rocket in price as well.

 

my son has a ta 23 all original and is in the procees of doing up another motor for it and rebuilding the match number origial, has been offer over $8k for his and its in a ok condition, photos on my members journal

 

Loui

 

[Gaijin]

Since owning the Toyota, I have been driving around like a hooligan.

 

I was chasing a motorbike - newish CBR1000 from Kopu to Hahei turn off, before the tick tick time bomb went off, 20kms later (100m before the Whitianga town sign) the rod from cyl 1 went through both sides of the block spitting sufficient oil out to cause a fire on the turbo side.

I put the fire out with cabin mounted extinguisher and drank the three cold beers still in storage on the back seat.

 

The biker was in some shock as to what the f**k was following him at those speeds.

 

I had to laugh so as not to cry.

 

Engine out, new 2 piece rotors and new pads ordered, new engine arriving this week, light flywheel etc etc. It should be together by next weekend.

 

 

 

SO now that car 3 is down, back to car 2.

Now the GF has flown the coup, I have no more excuses.

 

Begin then!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks Glenn Martin for the crane ! Enjoy the vinos and the smelly nappies!

 

 

 

 

 

 

All I need in the garage that reads over 30 deg Celsius in the day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note the welded up water pump, it runs the housing but nothing inside. The electric pump same as the toyota will do the pumping and job of the thermostat.

New cambelt, idlers tensioners etc. Timing needs looking at later.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apparently good for 400ps, we will see about this. Copper mix, should be driveable though.

Light Cro-mo flywheel from Japan

Replace and clean up thrust bearing and fork in gbox completed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have a problem. As per usual, change one thing buggers up everything else. Im sure I said this before. The new frame rails had a slight kink in them increasing the overall width between them. The new ones dont, so the radiator needs to be chopped and re-welded at the lower end. Thanks Hayley for the welder use approaching. More wine required.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The above shots and work were completed over a period from 8am until 4am on the zed. One long drunken shift.

The toyota will absorb some time this week when all the parts turn up so wanted to fulfill the promise of getting the engine in the zed at least before going back to work Monday.

 

Happy New Year to all, make the most of it, life is short.

[MaygZ]

Did the photos from the post work??  Or is it just me?

 

I love this build post.  Please keep it up.