New distributor cap is on... wasnt that fun to find so for reference this was the one to look out for:
Door handles are off and after a trip to the rubber plantation we have started making new gaskets for door handles and taillights... which are actually a combination of rubber sandwich between lens, housing and panel. Not fun to cut by hand.
What else... front bumper is back on and realigned, two damaged wheel studs located (will have to bang them out and replace), original number plates still being beaten back into shape.
Still need to drain the coolant and replace all hoses... hopefully some time soon!
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Gosh its fun finding basic parts for these... anyway old cracked fanbelt is off and replacement installed. Waiting for new distrubutor cap and rotor on order. Back seat has been pulled out and about a tonne of sand / gravel cleaned out of the interior from under the seats. Only one 10c found under rubber floor covering ;-).
Number plates are off, panel beaten and we are cutting a self adhesive template so as to spray them back to former glory.
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As per usual things take much longer than they are supposed too!
Anyway, the temporary clear indicators are on (temporary until a new original one can be discovered at least), and a new panel has been cleaned up.
Thank you Tone from ausrotary for supplying new grill, garnish and also light surrounds, which we've retro fitted until we get around to getting some screws of the correct thread :)
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Jonathan of Japanese Restorer magazine http://hometown.aol.com/japaneserestorer/index.html has been a wonderful help!
Little by little things are making progress. A new choke cable now makes her startable on the cold mornings, air cleaner assembly has been cleaned up, and new front clear indicator lenses fabricated. I still need one of the original clear lenses if anybody out there has one. In the mean time (pics coming soon), we have managed to grind two temporary ones out of prismatic clear perspex.
The search for a complete set of badges is almost complete, managed to find these on ebay... was advertised as 2 x Capella badges with a few extras for the hell of it. It was the extras that caught my attention! A full set of individual letters for the boot, a spare rear quarter badge and one of the two required 1000 badges. As for the RE and Capella stuff... might hold onto them in case of an RX2 making its way into the family later on.
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Time for some pics from last weekend!
It will be a while before the weather is good enough for spraying acrylic so tried a small section of paintwork with a good cut and polish... hoping to help make her respectable enough to visit a mechanic for a good check up later on, and alas, under the sun fade and dust its not too bad!
Front section and valance after much degreasing, a few sections will need light panel beating and rust treatment, but overall pretty good.
Look at that bright original magenta!
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