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

Post by **Stuart** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:33 pm

In fairness, Andys paintjob is actually pretty good. Mine is only any good if you squint a bit and close both eyes :thumb:

sdminus · Post by **sdminus** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:05 pm

Looks a good project bud. Question re the cage. Is it MSA legal ? Reason i ask is we looked in to cages and were of the opinion that half cages didn't comply

Scott

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:14 pm

sdminus wrote:Looks a good project bud. Question re the cage. Is it MSA legal ? Reason i ask is we looked in to cages and were of the opinion that half cages didn't comply

Scott

i havent checked the rule book (waiting to borrow a copy of the 2007 edition) but it is a sparco cage made from approved materials. i assume it is compliant with their rules. load spreading plates are welded into the car, and the cage was then welded onto these as specified. the front section bolts into welded plates.

in my next project car i will be making my own cage, but thats after ive genned up on the requirements re: mountings and fabrication.

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:21 pm

heres a new pic, starting to apply a few stickers now. my new numberplate and sunstrip should be here by the weekend, hopefully

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:09 pm

sunstrip and numberplate applied

Post by **Stuart** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:11 am

I have to say, I think that looks bloody superb :thumb:

Have you thought about painting the mesh or intercooler to match the rest of your design, as a continuation I mean.

Doesn't look like the same car that I saw at the track in December. Well done

Lloyd@JRD · Post by **Lloyd@JRD** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:54 pm

Looks superb :thumb:

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:15 pm

dalai bigfoot wrote: Doesn't look like the same car that I saw at the track in December. Well done

thanks for that, it certainly does look a lot different from its winter clothing. it certainly attracts a lot of attention now, even the lad who lives a few doors down (never spoken to him before) has asked for a passenger ride in it sometime

i hear what youre saying about the mesh and continuing the paintjob. as far as im concerned the bodywork paint is finished, but i may extend it onto the mesh and other areas - and of course theres still sponsorship stickers to be applied to the rest of the car

:twisted:

cheers lloyd, speak to you soon i hope!

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:00 pm

i started work on an intercooler spraybar/powersteering cooler today

similar idea to this, but without the bottle of nitrous or the pressure fittings...

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:24 pm

we had this installed in the workshop on friday. in the words of Borat, "very nice!".

its SO cool being able to work on the car without rolling around in the dirt!

the picture quality is so cack you cant see the FMIC spraybar/PS coole either :roll: