Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser

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Still nothing done with the springs, bushes and the camberplates but that has something to do with a certain Celica AA63.

But I did make some progress on the double headlight conversion:

This is only the right side assembly and unfortunately the left side has to wait a bit. And yes I know: it is definitely not the most beautiful glassfibre repair, but it will be hidden behind the grille anyway.

After placing an order for the headlight adjusters (replacement part from a late 80s Land Cruiser) and springs (from an early 80s Lite Ace) at Amayama Trading Co. Ltd I found a new old stock Toyota Corona T120 headlight assembly for sale in our local classfieds.

I was very lucky as it features the exact same parts as the Carina assembly so I’v scavenged the surroundings to replace the lesser ones from the Carina AA63.

During fitting I ran into some unexpected issues:

When removing one of the headlights I noticed the holes in the (zenki) fender do not match the one necessary for the (kouki) headlight frame. Sine I lacked the necessary tools (drill and such) I went back and tried once again.


Then I ran into the issue of a bracket that was welded in place by Toyota. It is right in the way of where I should mount the headlights so I'll probably fix it by convincing the bracket it should face the other way tapping it with a small mallet.

I'll also use this chance to properly wire the foglights as I did that half blind as the headlights were in the way.