G,day all.
I'm a new member of mysandman.com
I've decided to make a page of my progress on my project car.
recently, I bought this
Its a 1979 HZ Kingswood Utility
Based on the codes
It was a factory : 202 6 Cylinder
M22 wide ratio 4 speed
and bench seat (an odd combo, floor shift 4spd and bench)
3.55 Banjo
Jasmine yellow with buckskin interior
It came with a set of jellybean mags and an alloy bullbar (which i don't plan on keeping)
All of the spares that came in the back of the tub
including chrome trims, spare guards, nose cone, interior bits etc.
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reasonably rust free tub (no holes)
took Bullbar and grille off to get the bonnet open (bonnet cable snapped)
Not too much rust in the floor pan
(but someone exploded a bean in the front seat) NIGHTMARE
Pic of interior (minus carpets)
shows of new bench seat, bean bag shit and an aftermarket steering i wasnt too fussed on.
Empty engine bay (with cardboard box to brush all the bean bags down the transmission hole)
I Plan to use a 202 Blue motor and 5 spd celica box
buckskin trim [before]
Trim [after cleaning]
Body was actually pretty straight
(besides holes for tie rails n shit)
And finally
How it would've looked new in '79
As stated before I plan to rebuild it with a 202 blue motor and celica 5 spd
(i'm only on P Plates, hence no v8)
I have a salisbury diff to put in it.
Gonna get new brakes, new rubber n bushes and new paint
haven't decided between jasmine yellow or cotillion white with blackouts n sandman decals ( i know I'd cope a lot of flack from purists if i took option two, but the decals look so damn awesome!)
Anyway, i'll keep updating this page as i progress
thanks in advance for your support and putting up with (no doubt) a million tech questions
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