Well, thought i would finally get some pics and details up of my beast.

Not so much a project as a daily banger/runabout.

Long story short, I had always wanted one of these since before I got my license. Ended up getting distracted by a few Escorts (the Ford variety) and then a long line of BMW E30s and 2002s.

Got tired of loading up my wagon with gear in the back, and realised having a ute would make more sense. The 1200 killed 2 birds with one stone. I missed having a toy car after selling all my E30s and a 1602. So the ute doubles as fun/project and work hack.

Anyway onto the good bits. So far.

Stanza front end with ex-e30 coilover hardware (same 51mm strut diameter). Cheers to Scott at Mad Dat for the work.
Brakes sorted by Mark at Mobile Brake Repairs. Top bloke and great job. Ended up with an unboosted 13/16 m/c
1.75in exhaust cos I was sick of the flutter from an old leak.
SSR MKIIs, 13x7 et10 in front and 13x8 et0 in the back

And thats pretty much it, other than a few small details. Plus a bit of a body tidy up to come. (it cam with extra panels etc)

Plans? nothing major, probly an a14/15 swap down the line. Have always been tempted by twin webbers, but never been down that road. Although Kristian (srb210) seems destined to convince me to sr20 it. We will see.

And a few pics, that are less incriminating than the Brokeback Mountain thread.

Cheers,

Jake

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Yes yes yes! ive been wainting too see more pics of this man! looks great :) gunna leave it at that height for practicallity or lower? soo much potential man its well on its way!

Get the 7's off shift rook and the 8's off benzo im guessing?

#OOPS#ING AWESOME MAN! how a 1200 should be :) HOT~!

Oh cool!, I cant wait to e-mod the hell outta this thing!

For the record im also keen on nutso a14's with twin dcoe's

Jake, yeah, spot on with the wheels man. what can I say, the ae86 boys have taste.

Would like to bring the height down a little bit, but for practicality, its spot on at the moment. we'll see.

e-mod, kristian, you just stick to the broom handle diff and pointer stick leaf spring mods.

a15 may happen sooner now that its all legal.

awesome wheels man, love those SpeedStar Mark IIs!

Ive got a set of mk2's on the way for my ute 13x7 0 and 13x7.5 -5's should be here in two months :(

Not alot of good if you cant drive it man soo keep it practiacl, for now :P

oooh, fresh mkIIs sound sweet jake

I had 13x8 -6 beans on the front and 13x7.5 +10 mk2's on the rear and wanted a matching set in decent offsets, wasnt happy with the rears

MK2s look amazing on this Jake!

Should get them polished and paint rears orange to match, I have a contact who will polish the set for ~$120.

I have a Datsun in the works now too, when I have suspension/wheels/tyres sorted we have to drive.

Ah cheers Benz.

So whats the Datsun? Details, details.

Plan is to get them into a full set. PM your polish man ... I have a few contacts but that price sounds damn nice.