1976 Mazda 1300

[LowStandards]

That lasted long didn't it...

Yup, Mazda 12a ;D

[akku]

excellent stuff. Nice to see this one prgressing and being doen right rather than a flurry of wob, rattle cars and stickers

[LowStandards]

Got 2 'new' front doors coming soon as well, one with minor grot around the mirror mount and one with slight surface

don't worry ak, the bodys still highest on the agenda before the engine etc...

[jettadeluxe]

Jul 16, 2008 8:47:20 GMT LowStandards said:

So, I appear to have bought one of these



A prize of nothing for the first person to guess what it is... (yes, i'm aware its and engine before anyone gets funny)

Is it an engine?

What do I win?

[LowStandards]

So i managed to grab an hours work on the car this weekend.

I took these


Put them here


Making



A before shot


Yup, the wheel is now in a steady relationship with the arch, its nice to see them finally getting along.

Next the front, oh, wait, i ran out of time



Ah well, i'll get that done tonights

My new fav pic

[LowStandards]

Sorted the front out last night...

Now I did some clever Math in my head, then realised i'm wibblepoo at it so just lopped 2 coils off and hoped for the best! What would you know, its bought the sills perfectly level ;D





Oh, close...



So to recap
Before:


After:


I like it, its not exactly a hard slam, but it just seems right. Plus 3inch blocks scare me, the axle already looks like it could fall off under acceleration as it is... I guess the front could come down another half-coil, but for the time being i'll see how she settles...

[akku]

Looks great. Doesn't need to be "too much", just needs to be right. See how she settles, see how it looks and drives but I might be tempted to agree about another half coil at the front.

[LowStandards]

Currently in me Garage:




;D Thats all ;D

[LowStandards]

Right, mot and tax is out, so the rebuild can begin.

First a couple of pics of how she stands






Not in bad nick, dodgy front wing and 2 dead front doors and thats about it!


We all know a good rebuild starts with a strip down



That wings not as bad as i thought under the gaffa tape, might be repairable



Pulled it off (it kinda fell off) and was happy to see the inner wing only needs a few patches (unlike the other side)



Here you can see my previous welding and rust treatment has held up well



Few more panels off the front end



Front doors gone, rears are fine, they'll come off when the respray begins



Attack the rear, you can really see how good the body is on her!



Panels off and stored


New front doors, the blue one is perfect, been waxoiled from new, the red one has some surface knocking about and that little hole, a lot better than the ones on her with no bottoms!


End of play last night! Today the interior will go if it stops raining!

[Speedle]

i missed this thread completely but i love this little car! looking foward to seeing the resto in full swing!

[michiel]

Good to see you are rebuilding it, nice work! Just today a lhd copy (1977) of your car went on sale here... coincidence? Probably. Tempting? Yep...

[LowStandards]

Tiny little update, for some reason I just don't seem to have the time at the min! Spent a couple of hours this Sun on her though, call me strange, but working in the frost with the sun shining was oddly satisfying!

First job was to cut back the grot completly


Found out why I was getting a trickle of water in the pass footwell, under the cracked brittle tar was this hole through the bulkhead, nice easy repair though!


Now on the other side, i'd cut the rust out, then overlapped the plates by a few mil, but this side I wanted to do butt joints so I could smooth them down and, well, just get better at them really.
The plates take a lot longer to make, so much so I only got two in, but i'm really pleased with the results




You can see my first attempt at using the joggler in the pic, to make a stepped joint. It turned out pretty well, but the step was to far in, hence the 'gap' around the weld (little square patch on left)



Only managed to get one plate ground flush, but i'm dead happy with it!




Oh, if my stalkers reading, please stop, its just getting a little weird now...

[Speedle]

some top fab there chap! excellent work!

[lae]

Hey very nice! All this work on cars makes me wonder why I put off doing one little scabby wheel arch... I should go out and buy a good project

[LowStandards]

UPDATE:

Finally getting round to sorting my lil car now, had a w ank time recently due to a breakup, but i'm back on form and want to get my car mot'd so i can go JapShow this weekend.

Few more repairs first

Front valance, both edges were gone, so cut out and fresh let in


Finished the inner wing, happy with this, everythings flush!


Bonnet lip repaired


Both rear arches repaired


Started on some cosmetic stuff

Bucket seat in



Funny adapter thing for the gauges


Start of the paint scheme




Hopefully she'll pass her mot and i'll be driving Pod in her, she wont be pretty at all, but she'll be there at least. Then i can get on with the spray job.

Which as a little sneak will be like this, satin black valance, bonnet, roof, boot lid and rear valance. Nato green every where else!

[michiel]

That looks pretty good!

[Speedle]

love it! top job so far mate!

[yoeddynz]

looking forwards to seeing it at japshow!!! I'm bl--dy well hoping there will be a good turn out of old J cars!

[LowStandards]

Not gonna make the japshow in her kid, i threw her back together but wasnt happy driving her looking like wibblepoo, so she can wait... I'll still be there though, so hope to meet you!

[yoeddynz]

doesn't matter if it looks shi t. :-) still a cool little car in any state!