79 Aurora White to Black T2 Project Car
12-21-10, 12:11 PM
#1
79 Aurora White to Black T2 Project Car
Its winter again up here in the Great White North but its going to be fun getting the SA I bought a couple years ago into full project mode .
I am going to start this new build thread on the project to date and progress over the next few months .
As a starting point , heres a couple shots of the car . It started its life an Aurora White '79 with an 11/78 build date ( has the right hand hood prop rod) and sunroof. VIN 521396
I paid $600 for it in the spring of 2009. It had a rust free body and the previous owner had swapped in a red GSL interior , GSL diff and GSL rebuilt 12A. The stock suspension and rebuilt 12A went into my '79 Limited which had a badly smoking 12A. and sold the Limited for $2800 this fall. My Re-speed suspension on Limited was removed for this project and kept the GSL diff.
I also sold the swapped red leather seats from it for $300, a RB header for $200 and a brand new alterator for $100 . So I actually ended up paying net of 0$ for it
and have $2800 from the Limited to get things going.
I am going to have some fun with this project and do whatever to the car I want. With the Limited I felt obliged to keep it totally origonal , which is how I sold and it should stay. In the end I wanted to have a "custom" '79 . And this car is definately going have a few changes made to it.
The gold Cheviot rims in the pictures I gave to my father in law for his Blue 84 GSL he is fixing up.
So here we go
I am going to start this new build thread on the project to date and progress over the next few months .
As a starting point , heres a couple shots of the car . It started its life an Aurora White '79 with an 11/78 build date ( has the right hand hood prop rod) and sunroof. VIN 521396
I paid $600 for it in the spring of 2009. It had a rust free body and the previous owner had swapped in a red GSL interior , GSL diff and GSL rebuilt 12A. The stock suspension and rebuilt 12A went into my '79 Limited which had a badly smoking 12A. and sold the Limited for $2800 this fall. My Re-speed suspension on Limited was removed for this project and kept the GSL diff.
I also sold the swapped red leather seats from it for $300, a RB header for $200 and a brand new alterator for $100 . So I actually ended up paying net of 0$ for it
and have $2800 from the Limited to get things going.I am going to have some fun with this project and do whatever to the car I want. With the Limited I felt obliged to keep it totally origonal , which is how I sold and it should stay. In the end I wanted to have a "custom" '79 . And this car is definately going have a few changes made to it.
The gold Cheviot rims in the pictures I gave to my father in law for his Blue 84 GSL he is fixing up.
So here we go
12-21-10, 12:27 PM
#2
"Betty" has been stripped and is on the rotisserie getting ready for new paint over christmas . An old friend, Ike, who painted my Limited and an old '85 Cutlass is doing the work as a side job for cash . Ike works in a local mazda body shop during the day. Almost no body work is needed on the shell.
The paint is going to be a 2 stage water-based BASF base BLACK with clear. The rockers are going to have stone guard as well as the lower engine bay . Interior currently is coated with POR15 from the previos owner.
If you look close , Joe , the guy pointing at his face "I'm Joe" in the second picture is the rotary wizard who will be doing the T2 swap work. Great guy ( and Dan) who did the nice work on my 89 Vert. See below for that project.
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...+rebuild+paint
The paint is going to be a 2 stage water-based BASF base BLACK with clear. The rockers are going to have stone guard as well as the lower engine bay . Interior currently is coated with POR15 from the previos owner.
If you look close , Joe , the guy pointing at his face "I'm Joe" in the second picture is the rotary wizard who will be doing the T2 swap work. Great guy ( and Dan) who did the nice work on my 89 Vert. See below for that project.
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...+rebuild+paint
12-21-10, 01:01 PM
#3
The springs , rims and tires going on the car are these:
Re-Speed Race Springs and CO kit . 200 front , 125 rear . Have new Tokiko Blues for shocks
Konig Rewind Rims , 15" - Silver ( from GoodWinracing), with "Rotor" cap covers (from Greece Rotary guy)
BF Goodrich Raised White Letter Radial TA's , 195 / 55
Also throwing some Mazda mud flaps on as well
Re-Speed Race Springs and CO kit . 200 front , 125 rear . Have new Tokiko Blues for shocks
Konig Rewind Rims , 15" - Silver ( from GoodWinracing), with "Rotor" cap covers (from Greece Rotary guy)
BF Goodrich Raised White Letter Radial TA's , 195 / 55
Also throwing some Mazda mud flaps on as well
12-23-10, 03:12 AM
#7
Neat thread. Will watch with interest. You pulling the fr. suspension for the re-spray? Presume the eng comp is getting painted too? Brave man going with Black. Looks grand when spotless but shows every swirl, scratch and dust particle...
best of luck on the project. off to a good start-
Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska
best of luck on the project. off to a good start-
Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska
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01-27-11, 09:57 PM
#9
Neat thread. Will watch with interest. You pulling the fr. suspension for the re-spray? Presume the eng comp is getting painted too? Brave man going with Black. Looks grand when spotless but shows every swirl, scratch and dust particle...
best of luck on the project. off to a good start-
Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska
best of luck on the project. off to a good start-
Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska
I hear you about the Black being a fussy colour to deal with . I have owned 4 black vehicles . I will likley get this we sanded and detailed which does help with the marking . At least this has been my experience with y vert that had ir done. I get my Black Jeep professionally detailed every two years to get it fresh again .
That thing looks sick...! Subscribed to build
01-30-11, 09:59 AM
#21
Those Black SA interior door panels your sending me will help a lot in the red to black interior swap . The panels were one of the last pieces missing except for the red headliner which I may paint with SEM while its still in place
03-28-11, 03:57 PM
#25
Miles , your panels did arrive , thanks .
Hopefully the upcoming shots may include a new ReSpeed Prototype SA gas tank with baffles and sump that Sam is going to work on . He has my old tank to work from . Who knows , this product could pusuade a few more to go T2 swap , or supercharger , if you really needed any coaxing .
I am also getting the SA tranny rebuilt with new bearings and synchros . Stay tuned for some pics of that effort.
New brakes next , then the engine
Hopefully the upcoming shots may include a new ReSpeed Prototype SA gas tank with baffles and sump that Sam is going to work on . He has my old tank to work from . Who knows , this product could pusuade a few more to go T2 swap , or supercharger , if you really needed any coaxing .
I am also getting the SA tranny rebuilt with new bearings and synchros . Stay tuned for some pics of that effort.
New brakes next , then the engine