So the other day, Yuta and I borrowed my uncle's truck, rented a uhaul trailer and spent forever driving up there and back to get the shell. Driving a gigantic truck with a trailer is a little scary man, but we managed.
As far as the shell goes, I may have jumped the gun on this one. I was really stoked on how clean the shell was but man, after taking a closer look (I should have probably done this earlier, hahaha) it's gonna be so much work. I don't think the previous owner really knew what he was doing, quite at all, and his taste in color didn't exactly ring any bells either.
He seems to have lost a ton of shit, or so he claims, interior is all gone, didn't even know where the bag of bolts were to give me, failed to include info on the fucked up driver side fender until I got there, painted the engine bay shrek green (didn't mask anything off) AND spray painted the panda scheme on a perfectly OEM white chassis without masking carefully to boot. He didn't even finish the god damn job.
And what the hell was my excuse for buying all this bull shit? That it's a "clean chassis." Jesus man, what was I thinking?
Yuta: initial midnight
I want to build a more street friendly car so that's going to include full interior and new carpet. Hopefully I can get the heater and some tunes working too. I plan on swapping over the s13 suspension and KA and whatever bits I can, HOWEVER, instead of taking the bits I want from the s12 and swapping over, Yuta thinks it might be a better idea to try to sell the s12 as a full car without the wheels since it runs. If I can get 5-6k for the car then I'd sell, but if around 3k then I'd just take what I need and part out as planned. Thoughts? Advice?
!!!!!Also, please hit me up if you have or know anyone with corolla parts such as interior and yada yada yada!!!!!
have you gone mad?
ReplyDeleteim looking forward to the progress!
ReplyDeletePrepare to feel the burn bro.
ReplyDeleteMy advice... Leave the shrek green with the blue xmember. LOOKS GOOOOOOOOD!
ReplyDeleteman thats ugly. i remember meeting that guy once, his gts was pretty ugly
ReplyDeleteman u have ur work cut out for you man that 86 is gonna need some TLC. well if you want lmk what bits u need as far as interior and shit etc and i can pile it up for ya panels n shit. try and sell the s12 as a whole if that doesnt work man then commence the partout as stated. i hope hung gets the shell he'll take care of it.
ReplyDeleteUgh.
ReplyDeleteSo you're going to need to take the whole body apart, strip it down completely and take it to bare metal. Then reshoot it in the right color.
Then, you're going to have to beg, borrow and steal to find a clean interior that matches.
After that, I am assuming you aren't going to be keeping the bullshit SR5 rear end, so there's either the GTS swap or whatever custom fab needs to be done.
Did you just get bored having the cleanest S12 on the planet or... ?
good luck man, SR5's are not the funnest cars, GTS Swap it and get the GTS suspension
ReplyDeletegonna be a sad day when the S12 is sold, GLWS
dont sell your s12, turn it into a dedicated track car.
ReplyDeletehonestly, how much work would it take? pull the fenders out so the tires down rub and you can get it a little lower, run slick tires, gut out the interior and weld in a cage. youre 90% there already!
WTF man, what do you mean SELL S12?! You have absolutely no moral right to do so! :)
ReplyDeleteMake S12 a street-friendly everyday car (just take it a little up over the ground :) ) and make this mainstream-oriented ae68 a driftcar with stripped interior and all the stuff like this.
Man, you own one of the worlds most famous (if not the MOST famous) S12 and just sell it for 4-5k to build an ae86? :(((
omg you are selling the s12? hahaha
ReplyDeletewell i woulda wanted it but i agree with everyone else... its your own unique car, why sell it? plus even though id wanna make mine pretty similar (lowered on some oldschool wheels with s13 suspension parts), i wouldnt want the exact same car. its much cooler than an 86...
why are you parting the S12 anyway?
ReplyDeletegive the s12 a slightly more practical stance and build the ae86 as a drift car
ReplyDeleteHenry my name is Eric I am seriously a massive fan. I want to buy an s12 and make it awesome like yours but in my own way. I totally agree with everyone when they say that you should make the s12 a daily once again and make the ae86 a track car. the heartbreaker has touched to many hearts to just get rid of it!!!
ReplyDeleteNOOOOOOOOOO! Ship the s12 to Spain and sell it to me! heaheaheaha!
ReplyDeleteJust kidding. Actually, I agree with the guys who say you should keep it as a daily... but anyway, they are both great cars, and I am sure you´ll do a great job with that hachi roku. It´s just we´re jealous.
Good luck Henry!
86 for a s12??!?!?
ReplyDeletewhats wrong with youuuuu