Interiors and such

So I started working out some of the inteior in the last few weeks, 1st started off by making/modifying the seat mounts that I had for the pair of free seats I took from my younger brother. Tabs were 1st made.
Cleaned up the old rails

Started welding the tabs onto the rails.

Almost there, didn't think to take pics of the finshed product along with the seats mounted in the car, will have to do that soon.

Next started working on the rear deck panel. my old one was crumbled and had holes in it, so a new one was made with a bit of wood.

Andy here cleaning up the wood that was wrapped in a bit of foam

Laid out on the table to spray the adhesive on both panel and black vynil

Putting Andy to work fitting it all up!

Next thing we're working on was the door panels. They'll look somewhat orginal, with the centers but a little different. We'll see how they turn out...

cut the outer sections out of interior cardboard type material, was then traced out on the vynil to see how everything was going to fit.

Masked off the areas where the adhesive shouldn't be...

Once the boards were covered in foam and trimmed, more adhesive was laid out on the foam to cover with the vynil.

Board covered in foam covered in vynil

This will all be assembled later on the door panel we made. it's a bit different and so far it looks decent, will have to put it in the car and see how it all ties in.

Ran out of adhesive, so will have to go back to the interior shop for some more, along with more of that cardboard stuff to make the rear panels. Also just got a pair of 16P calipers, so will have to tear those down and rebuild them.

Lots to do with lots of time, but so little funds!

The way she sits today

Took a picture of this the other day, this is how the Cortina sits. On 4 jackstands and no suspension in the front, I kinda like this photo. Side View

Blew apart the front suspension to get it all rebushed. The strut assembly just looked completely tattered, so everything was blown apart here and cleaned..

Ground down the struts, cleaned up the back plates, installed new ball joints...

A shot of it cleaned..somewhat..

Everything was then painted in gloss black (ran out of satin black)

When rebushing the drag link..what was interesting was taking out these metal sleeves so the poly bushes would fit...but probably never being changed since 1965...taking them out took a bit of heat...

Melting the rubber away...

Rebushed, with new hardware and installed back in the car. Noticed the tie rod ends were in need of replacement, so that's (another) thing I'll need to be ordering soon.

Some pics

So while my dad (still!) has my camera, my dinky camera on my phone will have to do. Last night, I was able to blow apart my front suspension to rebush and replace the ball joints. So much crud on the tie rods! I may have to search for a pressure washer to clean up underneath the car. Also debating if I want to spray some undercoat over the bottom side of the car, or at least just the fender wells.

Lower arms from another subframe I had will make it's way to the Cortina. The old ones on the Cortina were all bent and made the driverside wheel push up into the fender. Cleaned, fresh coat of paint and rebushed.

Picture of the header we were working on. It's a cheapy OBX header, made for a 16 Valve RWD Corolla. Cut/welded/tweaked to fit on the 20 Valver and into a Cortina. Had to add a tab to the manifold so it would bolt up flush to the engine.

Andy here measuring out the tab needed on a piece of stainless

Hopefully I'll have my camera back soon and will have more progress pix.

No updates

Well, it's been a bit, my dad having robbed me of my camera, I have no new pictures.

What I've been able to do so far:

Ran all my fuel lines from the cell to the engine, and back from the engine to the cell.

Made most of my brake lines, the rear is plumbed, and when I rebush my front suspension, I'll have the rest flared and ready to go.

Rebushed the rear suspension, sort of, I realized I hadn't ordered 2 sets of new rear shackle bushes, so I had to reorder one more set.

Lowered the rear with 2" blocks, although I'm debating if I'd rather go with a 3" drop.

Got my Locort wheels primed, painted and cleared.

Got the battery mounted in the trunk.

I was working on installing the trans tonight, but ran into a bit of a problem, there's a 1/4" gap all around and the trans isn't sitting flush with the motor. Will have to pull the clutch/flywheel apart to make sure I have the right pilot bearing. Realized I should buy a new clutch too, so I'll have to order that as well.

Seems like nothing wants to fit just right on the 1st go around on this car. Oh well, I suppose that's part of the fun....

Some old photos

Some old photos dug out recently, top is Scott's Integra..

My 2nd AE86, on it's way to Pomona, only to not be able to run it due to no mufflers..

Bored in H.S. painted the hood after a fenderbender..my 1st AE86

My Astro Van that I bought on a whim..but it turned out to be a friends hauler..so quickly got rid of it.

My 73 240z i had with tripple mikuni 44's

Pics of me and my bros car at my dads old shop.

My brothers pickup from the front

My brothers Celica with Panasports that I later took to put on my AE86

Brothers Celica with Epsilon Mesh

Same with Autobahn Mesh

Brothers 22R running dual Mikuni 44's

Cheech at the Battle of Imports

I don't remember who's celica this was

Tak's Celica

My 1st AE86
Mini Pickup Project I never finished
My 1st Mini!

Anyways, bent most of my brake lines, made my fuel hard lines, now just have to flare this week and install the lines. Hopefully I'll have pix and have finished all my hard lines this week.

The Fuel Cell....

So last night, I got around to plumbing the fuel cell a bit. Went around the garage to see what we could canabalize to grab some AN fittings. Eventually I was able to find most of the fittings from Andy's RX7 and parts off his old Dually. The MSD EFI pump and 300ZX fuel filter ..
found a 90 degree bend and some old -8 lines from the cell off Andy's 7, this is used for the fuel vent. Also to the left of the cell, found a -8 to -6 reducer to be used as the fuel return line. aslo got about to pinstriping a bit of the cell, I think I'll add one more color to it. on top of the reducer, found a 90 degree -6 AN fitting that will be the fuel return line.
Underneath the car, a -8 90 is used and fed through -8 line to the fuel pump..
From the filter on to th engine, it will be a -6 line. I'll have to hit Earl's this weekend to buy line, and a couple more fittings.

Fuel Cell

Finally getting around to installing the Jegs Fuel Cell. Was trying to figure out if I should mount the cell directly into the trunk, or have the cell stick out through the bottom a bit. After a bit of fiddling around, finally decided on just putting the cell inside the trunk. Should be about where it sits, also in this picture, you can see the bedliner that was applied to the whole of the trunk.
Couple shots with all the windows in. still need to install the window trims.
Another of windows.
Another shot.

So next was to make a plate to go inside the hole where the original fuel tank was mounted.

Test fitted.. Next installed the fuel gauge sender unit to the cell. Gave the plate a couple coats of paint, then mounted the plate directly to the trunk, and the cell will be mounted on top of that as soon as I order my AN plumbing.
Some shots we took last night after a quick wash
It's starting to really really look like a car again.



Still have to run brake lines/fuel lines. Install all the new rubber bushings, lower the thing, and get tires for my wheels. but all in all it's coming along.