thanks man
people here are nice. I have been a member of other car forums for the longest time but this site has the most concerned members! I wonder if i should have been a mazda guy in the first placel ol!!! i was brought up by toyota fanatics but any help with would be greatly appreciated...

 

so i drove to moreno valley last night to pick up some seats
Angel was another cool dude gave me a heck of a deal with the steering wheel and side mirrors props to you bro... I hope that you will roll again with your beast

sw4 by nakahachi, on Flickr

installing the side mirror
sw13 by nakahachi, on Flickr

sw3 by nakahachi, on Flickr

is there a difference in seats the brackets not bended on this one i shouldnt have thrown away my burnt one so i can swap it just got a long bolt to secure it down

sw4 by nakahachi, on Flickr

sw6 by nakahachi, on Flickr

time to change woot woot!!
sw1 by nakahachi, on Flickr

sw2 by nakahachi, on Flickr



sw9 by nakahachi, on Flickr

sw11 by nakahachi, on Flickr

sw12 by nakahachi, on Flickr


and the driver side

sw7 by nakahachi, on Flickr

 

sw8 by nakahachi, on Flickr

 

just chilling today been 2 weeks working on this baby and dont have funds right now

fuel pump hanger
fp by nakahachi, on Flickr

taking out the burnt connector
fp4 by nakahachi, on Flickr

fp2 by nakahachi, on Flickr

fp3 by nakahachi, on Flickr


finally
fp1 by nakahachi, on Flickr

this **** really works soaking on rust remover clr had been sitting for years in my cabinet


fp2 by nakahachi, on Flickr

fp by nakahachi, on Flickr

 

lots of hard work. much respect! keep at it!

 

dude...this is amazing! Even Jesus would not resurrect this FD

 

lol! this is the funniest comment.

Gotta to chill for a while 2 things got no more money to spend at the moment
and wife getting pissed!!! Im sure you guys has one of the issues one way or another...

I have been getting a lot of free parts thank you guys so much
There's so much sympathy going on over here. This is not an easy task but you just have to dream and be consistent about it. I already anticipated a 3 to 4 year wait

I might just do some body work since that takes time will see...

My car might not be the best but it will run i guarantee

 

I may have the cruise control part lying around if you need it. Otherwise it's going in the garbage.

 

thanks bro but i dont think i will install the cruise control on this one
i appreciate it though

while i was looking at my pile i didnt realize that this came with the passenger headlight cover so it made my morning good so i dont have to buy anymore

light1 by nakahachi, on Flickr

cracked again so i fixed it
light by nakahachi, on Flickr

installing it

light by nakahachi, on Flickr

hl2 by nakahachi, on Flickr

hl3 by nakahachi, on Flickr

we decided to go to san francisco for a drive and visit my folks but wife didnt know
i will be picking up some parts !!!!

 

cool i was able to pick some more parts here in san francisco

thanks shane for the tail lights

kit1 by nakahachi, on Flickr

efini rear bumper i forgot his name lol

killer bumper
kit3 by nakahachi, on Flickr

kit2 by nakahachi, on Flickr

and door panels and extras from gtu

kit by nakahachi, on Flickr



cant wait to install this

 

i love the determination, but hope you plan to keep the car forever. disclosing this restoration would drop the value like a rock. this isn't just a rebuilt title, this is a "from the ashes" title.

 

this is a challenge for me on how i will transform this car to be descent not perfect

but we just have to wait and see the light at the end of the tunnel

even me i dont even know when im going to give up but at least i tried my best

that spray paint primer is just temporary i still need to sandblast and stitch weld the

chassis

do you really think this is the worst car ever been restored?
probably for someone who doesnt want to get their hands dirty or have no time work on it

but theres always a buyer for everything

 

ive seen worse restored and sorry to tell ya but this isn't proper. a proper restore involves stripping all the rust off with media or acid, restitching the welds and reinforcing the rotted areas and then treating the bare metal properly.

the way you are going about it, the car would turn to a pile of rust as soon as it left the western states.

do i think it could be restored? yes, i've seen cars from the 40's that were ***** of rust turned into immaculate restorations, however those cars had been treated as above and took months to just rehab the body and frame at professional shops for 10's of thousands of dollars. do i think an FD is worthy of that kind of attention? while it certainly is an awesome car it isn't worth that amount of work unless you intend to keep it for a long while before attempting to make a fraction of your money back. doing the work yourself certainly cuts the budget by ALOT but only if you do it the right way.

if i was looking to buy this car and someone pointed me to this thread and i paid anywhere near blue book i'd be on the fence for filing a lawsuit. i've already seen FDs come into my shop that had half a front FD welded to the back of another FD. sure it looked ok until you really looked hard at it and knew where to look, that car immediately became worthless to sell. so unfortunately if you're building this for a means to sell it... mmmm yeah.

that's a long haul car, just enjoy it and the hobby of building it.

 

door panels fits good still a lot missing but its cool

dp2 by nakahachi, on Flickr

dp1 by nakahachi, on Flickr


freaking hot today tired and sleepy but decided to work on it
its good i didnt throw away stuff so i reused the bracket

dp9 by nakahachi, on Flickr

sanded it again
dp8 by nakahachi, on Flickr

painted

dp by nakahachi, on Flickr

installed it
dp7 by nakahachi, on Flickr

now for the bumper

dp12 by nakahachi, on Flickr

dp6 by nakahachi, on Flickr

 

center garnish and lights

dp5 by nakahachi, on Flickr

dp4 by nakahachi, on Flickr

dp11 by nakahachi, on Flickr

and at last

dp3 by nakahachi, on Flickr

dp10 by nakahachi, on Flickr

 

From the first images my thoughts were no chance.. After reading thru this, I'd say there is no chance you will give up. Keep it up man, this is absolutely awesome!!

 

before the night ends
took out stuff that was left soaked from rust solution

fp2 by nakahachi, on Flickr

sw by nakahachi, on Flickr

sw2 by nakahachi, on Flickr

i realized that i have an extra sway bar bushing by prothane and use it instead of buying oem bushings just have to mod it
i got tons of parts that i saved from my previous builds

sw3 by nakahachi, on Flickr

quarter of an inch long so i got to cut it

sw5 by nakahachi, on Flickr

sw14 by nakahachi, on Flickr

perfect

sw13 by nakahachi, on Flickr

install it under the car

sw12 by nakahachi, on Flickr

sb by nakahachi, on Flickr


[img]https://farm6.staticflickr.com
/5804/21046908698_c89ef23765.jpg[/img]sb1 by nakahachi, on Flickr

sb2 by nakahachi, on Flickr


i tend to do small things at a time everyday
at the end of the month you wont realize that you have accomplished a lot
thats my secret in building

 

and i wasn't trying to sound discouraging, not that it appears to have anyways. lol.

 

its all good

 

Hey man, good work on this project!
Its obviously a labour of love. I really respect you making do with what you have.
I have no doubt you will get her into a condition to be proud of. By all means, you should already be proud of what you have achieved!
Keep it up pal

 

Great work so far, bringing it back from the dead proper!

 

This thread is fun to watch!

Can't wait to see more progress.

 

i just finished working on a camry water pump and timing belt plus suspension
so im beat up plus hot weather

looking at my pile decided to work on the fuel lines
it wasnt that bad

fl by nakahachi, on Flickr

scrub scrub scrub
fl2 by nakahachi, on Flickr

paint paint paint

fl1 by nakahachi, on Flickr

and install

fl5 by nakahachi, on Flickr

fl3 by nakahachi, on Flickr

fl4 by nakahachi, on Flickr

just something simple today

 

Absolute legend...subscribed

 

The way you work on cars..Hmm..Idea!

Can you take a look at my EX's face and see if you can "resurrect it"?
(like your car,it wasn't anything to look at but in the long run it may turn out ok..lol!)