1989 Celica GT-Four - Update:April 2008 Rebuild commences

Post by **Stuart** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:56 pm

Coming on well Andy.

The welding looked strong, but those seats need a health warning. Do you store your car in a ditch? :lol:

Post by **Ben** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:12 pm

lol - nice job mate - but yeh - get some cleaning products on there.

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:58 pm

these seat stains are proving to be mega hard to remove with conventional upholstery cleaner. i might have to resort to degreaser

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:08 pm

This is such a great project thread - I love the progress on this car

8)

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:30 pm

Cheers Dunk

I'm just idly browsing some old pictures of my car, heres the original water/air chargecooler, with the new FMIC laid alongside as a comparison...

Quite a difference, I'm sure you will agree. I can't say there's much lag either :twisted:

Here is it at Bolney 2003. What you can't quite see in this pic is the words "RALLY SLAG" etched on the bonnet in the mud.

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:37 pm

I was a bit stuck for something to do this afternoon whilst Prison Break and 24 downloaded, so I went into the workshop and knocked up a handbrake/transmission tunnel cover. This is just the first stage, it will eventually have a panel cut into the top section where I am going to wire a strong 12v feed to power various gauges and switches.

The alarm LED was easy enough to fit, so that was done first

The passenger seat missing from this pic is still drying out after I cleaned it a few days ago (in the bath!)

Shiny! This panel will be sprayed matt black when I've finished faffing about

Post by **Ben** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:44 pm

Very impressive - nice bit of cutting and bending there young sir.

jungle-jim · Post by **jungle-jim** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 9:32 pm

can one assume you're not sponsored by AUTOGLYM?

coming on nice andy. still bit of a porker though?

mine came in at 1380kg!!

i'm sure the mud added a good 100kg?

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:58 pm

As im using my car more often for weekend jollies, I thought it was about time I had a stereo in it. As luck would have it, a fellow owner on the GT4OC was flogging an Alpine 9833 headunit. I've no idea about car stereo's, all I wanted was something to play MP3 cds. The killer feature of this stereo is the ability to turn off all the illumination and still continue playing music. Great for driving on the A14 at 3am, without being distracted by the glare.

These speakers were in the MIGHTY FIESTA until recently. I made the supporting sheet out of 2mm ally plate, fairly easy to do really. The bolts will be replaced with black ones at some point, today I just made do with what I had lying around the workshop.

Total weight gained is about 10kgs for the whole lot.

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:17 pm

will you be able to hear it Andy?

Bigpower

1989 Celica GT-Four - Update:April 2008 Rebuild commences

Handbrake/transmission tunnel cover

Stereo and 6x9's