not to rip off RX tuner but the title is appropiate, and to Skylance, the pics i promised. sorry pics are big, still a noob when it comes to this stuff.

first off access any damage, as you can see, its minor



and alittle of the 12a getting ready to get yanked
alittle more to come, stay tuned. MUAH HAHAHA

 

good for you now get ready for the nightmare of rust and stuff that does not show itself until later on and it kinda goes like Cha cha I am a rust spot and I will ruin your whole day.
Good luck and if you need advice just ask bin there done that.

Mindaugas

 

cool man, i appreciate it. there are a few bad spots, like where a battery puked all over the front quarter. but shouldn't be too bad. got work to order a welder so it'll be available soon. one of the guys is a metal worker and the other a welder. but will ask for some advice down the road, saw the work youve been doing on skylance's.
laters more to come, with any luck, engine and tranny are out tonight (if all our girlfriends will let us

 

Glad to see the SA's finaly getting another chance at Glory


I'm doing my '79 GS to '79 GSL-SE project:

She needs alittle rust repair as well.... mainly in the wheel well and surrounding areas inside the car. Minute rust on the exterior!

I'm doing a swap out to bring her up-to-date with the GSL-SE since she was the SA's GSL-SE of her 3 years as the SA GS model metaphorically speaking of course.

Her swap consists of:

-GSL-SE Power windows
-GSL-SE Rearview mirror with Map light.
-GSL-SE Power Mirror, yes only one mirror, drivers side
-GSL-SE Electric gas door opener
-GSL-SE Rear wiper with squiter
-GSL-SE Newer carpet used
-GSL-SE '85 Dash
-GSL-SE Vents with Fresh Air Ducts from an '85 GSL-SE
-GSL-SE Leather Seats
-GSL-SE Leather Door covers with map pockets
-GSL-SE Full Suspension
-GSL-SE Brake Booster and Master Cylinder with all connecting hard and soft lines
-GSL-SE Clutch Master Cylinder
-GSL-SE In car Wiring Harness
- '79 GS to '85 GSL-SE Electronic Ignition with Direct Fire from '88 SE
- '88 4 port 13B from SE with T2 Tranny. * Later on down the road*


--Last but not least.... GSL-SE Badge for the back left or should I leave that off?

Does this qualify as a '79 GSL-SE ?

What do you guys think..... If I had a camera I would snap a few pics but alas I do not.
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Cheers,

 

i totally agree. the point of this restoration is for race purposes. will be Barely street legal, just to drive to a track. going to rock out the 12A just to show how bad *** alittle 1.1 can be. the only badge we're gonna keep if the little Rotary Engine one on the back. i like your idea of the GSL-SE on the SA ( my puerto rician friends call it "the 5 letter" or "cinco lettra")
and you need a camera, wanna see some pics. the SA's will rock out again!
were you the one at the gap that said he was gonna put the "SA-13B-REW-GSL-SE" or something like that on the back?

 

no, I wasn't at the gap. I wish I were though. I didn't have the money to take a vacation like that at the time. I was busy buying parts for my '79 and '93. I will be next year with my '79 SA *refit*.

but that would be cool to put a REW engine in a '79... ungodly fast.

the color is charcoal grey. but is faded glory... she needs a repaint and undercarriage resprayed. I was thinking of rhino lining the under side of the car and the trunk space so no more rust will form and especially in the wheel wells.

Whad do you guys think?

 

Those are gonna be tight little cars! It will be nice one day when we've got all 3 of our SA's at a local meet!

It's usually just me around here, and right now, it's still in project phase. So, it hasn't been out lately. But that will change, hopefully by mid-summer I'll have her done!

Hmmm. I think I'll have to get a vanity plate. I dunno. Maybe all the SouthEast SA owners should come up with something and we should all get it with a slight variation! That would be cool! If we had to have license plates on the front of the car, I would take "!TI 3VOM" in a heartbeat! That way when I'm behind someone and they look in their MIRROR they would see "MOVE IT!" lol

Anyway, that's quite a way off. Good luck on the builds guys!!!

 

if you do the wheels wells in the liner make sure it matches the color of the car
and still LMAO at the "TI 3VOM"
"once more the SA's will rule the galaxy!"

 

Ditto. Especially that last line!

 

Cheers and good luck guys on the SA *refits*. I know when we get all of ours done we are going to have to meet up somewhere for some..... "show and tell" haha!

Keep 'em comming and let the SA's rise again.

BTW do we all have '79's? If so... thats funny.

 

dropped the motor and tranny last night, at work now, but will post the pics when i get home, inotherwords, BUMP

 

I'm stuck on the wiring for the '83's 12A in my '79. I can't figure this thing out. how do I get the stock '79's engine wiring harness to work on the '83's 12A....the '83 is a complete long block with emissions and everything.

 

im guessin use the standerd wiring for the ign and alt im putting a street port 12a from a 84 with 84 trans and going to use the factory 79 wiring harness and the shifter hole has already been cut for an 84-85 tranny

 

I'm guessing dump the emissions and plug and play as best you can. I just got to remember where everything went to.

 

ok heres the pics as of late:


the worst of the rust is from a battery leak:

THE TRANNY AND MOTOR ARE OUT!:




about all for now, trying to decide on where to start for body work, where to mount the cage and what not, stay tuned. more pix to come as we move on.

 

Nice... get some deruster from advance auto parts... in bottle and looks green. spray it on the rust, let it turn black after 2 days. Then get a sander with some 500-600 grit sand paper and sand it away. Next get some 1000 gritt sand paper. sand over that to a smooth finish. spray it with some primer and paint and voila!

I have done this to my SA and it looks stunning.

Keep us posted and good work!