Sweet looking sedan that and an extra sweet looking coupe so far. Cant wait to see more progress. Awesome matey

Nice job! easy to get carried away isn't it, you just start buying a little stuff here & there & soon it seems to turn into a weekly crack habit

you look like you're going thru the same amount of rust repairs I had to do & probably more - keep it up, it'll turn out great!

This thing is looking nice Kitch,
motor looks good too...

can't wait to see more pic's

Nice work!

So I have had the car at my mates for the last 6 months, and he has been doing all the repairs as a fill in job. As always a lot more than I thought was involved in repairs. We have had to patch quite a few holes in the floor, and rebuild completely the bottoms of the A pillars, the front apron, he has also formed up complete new inner and outer sills for each side, new wheel well patches, Formed new rear guard flared lips, inner & outer layers. floor patches, etc etc, seems to be never ending but we are almost there.....
Plan to get all repairs primed, then get it home to prefit engine and do all the new fuel lines, wiring, and the likes. I am largely delooming the engine bay, as the MS2, EFI & EDIS contribute to quite a bit of reduced clutter under there.

Thats about where I am at really I guess....

Attach file:

---

  axlestands.JPG (26.96 KB)


  boot area.JPG (23.89 KB)


  floorwell.JPG (22.49 KB)


  flare.JPG (16.24 KB)


  flare2.JPG (22.86 KB)

So the A15 that played up in my sedan, I had stripped and checked and rehoned #4 bore and put another piston in (can only assume a bit of broken valve spring got in somehow and garked the piston/bore). Put back together and mocked up my ITB setup. I have Megasquirt 2 & Innovate O2 sensor etc to control things. have an exceedy clutch etc, 60A to go with it. Also got a 4.1 H165 ute diff rear end, I need to strip and overhaul. obviously with lessons learnt with the Sedan, and realising how boring driving a standard A12 is on standard suspension, I have decided to modify the coupe somewhat. Will be going JDM style, lowered, camber, bullet mirrors, mild metal flared guards over techno racing wheels (14x6.5 up front, 14x7 rear), Mk1 Rabbit spoiler. Will be painting original red, and thinking about maybe running BRE style vinyl over the top.

Attach file:

---

  A15ITB.JPG (177.74 KB)


  camber 001.jpg (18.89 KB)


  chin001.jpg (47.08 KB)


  flo july 001.jpg (20.47 KB)

So back on to the Coupe, I had some front end work done last year; Ute front x-member, 310 lower control arms, Nolethane bushes through out, Koni adjustable rear struts. Front Struts with HSD coilover kit, D2 Camber plates, S13 Brake upgrade. New Ball joints, and I just brought in new steering idler, tie rods & drag link etc. Blasted and powder coated all the metal work. Just need to get some new leaf springs and a few more nolethanes for the rear.

Attach file:

---

  flosuspension002.jpg (38.18 KB)


  koni.jpg (38.64 KB)


  pcoat stuff.jpg (50.87 KB)

So the sedan distracted me for quite some time.
I played around with various wheels, ride heights, and motors & gearboxes.
ran a hot A12 & 5 speed, for quite a while.
then September last year I built an A15 for it, with hot head, cam , 40mm dellortos etc, 60A box. Unfortunately I broke a valve spring just after I run the motor in, which really hacked me off. Feel out of love with the wee car for a while, and when I was approached to sell it as a rolling shell, I reluctantly let it go. (although it went to a good home, as Greg Murphy brought it off me to reshell a SSS he was building). some pics of below, of when it was looking good just before I sold it.

Attach file:

---

  wilbur.jpg (23.93 KB)


  wilbur2.jpg (69.72 KB)


  wilbur3.jpg (84.92 KB)

So, fast forward to August 2008, I was having a lazy surf on the web at afternoon tea as you do at work, and jumped on to trademe, and what do I see but a stock standard 1200 Sedan, Mikan orange, 100% complete, owned by a Nana, that had had a wee smack in the back corner and written off. $500 buy now! woo - hoo hit the button immediately on the auction. Paid the price with the wife later..... thought that I could pull the punt out, tidy it up, and recomply it, for a couple of K and be rolling in the summer. Unfortunately I got carried away, and after the required panel repairs, we threw on new guards, had all the rust cut out and patched, and resprayed it all. Some new wheels, and some chrome and bits, new carpet, new window rubbers, door seals, serviced the motor, etc etc Unfortunately the wee "in between" project ended up costing me about 8K to get up and running, but I had it tidied up and on the road in 10 weeks, to make our annual NZdatsun Cruise to Akaroa!

Attach file:

---

  wilbitrnew2.jpg (81.22 KB)


  wilburnew3.jpg (191.61 KB)


  wilburpaint.jpg (43.48 KB)

It's nice when you can put all the new bits back on. What colour you plan to paint it?