Project new 86

[JonnyAE86]

Hi everyone, finnaly decided to open the thread for my new 86,

making a long story short, I had a lot of 86s in my lifetime, but this particular one was with me for 10 years (mint and massive spec)





I moved from Portugal to the UK at January this year, got excited with some skylines and decided to sell it, stupidest mistake of my life, the car is now with a happy owner in Sweden. (krullbully here on the forum)

After realizing no Skyline would ever make me as happy as a Corolla, decided to bid on some in Japan, went to see some around the midlands and south, but ended up buying a rust free and cheap project from the Netherlands, another LHD) (previously owned by Barry at RacingMinded here in the forum as well)

Here is what i got:





Work has been carried out at a very slow pace, cause i work with cars all day, and get lazy to work on my own after i leave the garage


Engine and gearbox out:






Painted the engine bay






Cutted the dashboard to fit the roll cage and tested all the electrics
before starting on the wiring loom.




Painted the interior this weekend





this is it thus far, plan is to go with a beige body - black bumpers combination, kouki rear and some other bits, will start rebuilding the engine as soon as interior is finished.

[oldskull]

so the car will be the same color as mcnsport 2doors ?

[JonnyAE86]

Kind if Oldskull, my inspoiration is this:



but i will go with a more "yellow-ish hue" to run away from all the white 86s going on at the moment

[oldskull]

ah I see let us update!

[banpei]

Great to see that car ended up with you!
Isn't that the 4-AGE TVIS ITB-ed Sprinter with Redline strutbar, Tociko dampers, and small driving lights mounted that Speedhunters posted earlier this week? (Loved the photos but had a good laugh at the feature. )

[JonnyAE86]

Yeah this is the one, it belongs to a middle age constrution worker in Japan, how epic is that?

First time i've seen it was in Caseys blog and i just fell in love with it.

A new picture from today:



Meanwhile the engine is now on a stand and ready to be disasembled

[JonnyAE86]

Copy paste from my blog:


If your into building cars then you know that once things
start to look like you planned, you cant help but smile
and even haste things a little bit in order to finish your
beloved project.

Most people that surround me know that when it comes
to cars im never 100% happy with the way I built a
cetain car... there is always something that "could" be
miles better.

In this particular AE86, I am in the mindset of "that will
do for now", something that I never thought I would do,
but I know for a fact this will be driven hard, and keeping
thing not perfect sometimes help you out in driving like
you just dont care.

So far, the wings are back on the car and color tested,
some engine bay bits are now in place and the headlights
and grill were refurbished from nasty to aceptable.

The engine is still in the stand, hoping for a free afternoon
to see how damaged it is.

Check out the new Bride seat on the second pic, a tsunami
survivor from Alans car that found its way to the Corolla
after a nice clean.

More updates soon enough!

[JonnyAE86]

Here showned in the reverse order, the before and after
of todays work, sanding and painting the front end,
its starting to look good!

Roll cage is now padded with FIA approved flame proof
padding for a bit more confort and safety, and dashboard
installed, hoppefully for good.

Updates soon!

[JonnyAE86]

Just a quick update on how things are going, nothing special
really, just decided to do this post to thank Zax for the
steering rack brackets I got today.

Sometimes when you think money is what makes the world
go round, life bites you in the ass and proves you otherwise.
This is exactly what happened here, I got a set of brackets
for free, asking nothing in return (not even the money for
shipping to the UK), from fellow AE86 Brother from Croatia,
Zax.

The brackets were painted in white and will remain in this
color to remind me of the generosity of a total stranger...
but a a Corolla brother at the sime time.

I added a pic of Zax's car doind what he does best - Drifting.

"Hvala brate Zax, ono što vam treba mi samo reći"

[JonnyAE86]

Doors, windows, strips and mouldings, rear lights and all
out so start the body works.

Found some rust patches under the sills, and under the
quarter windows, but fortunatly they are easily repaired,
also, was not feeling the yellow cage so decided to go for
a full black interior.

More updates soon.