RT78 Corona Wagon Budget Build Thread(LIKE A BOSS)

travmac79 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:29 pm

Free car. only gonna spend a few hundred bucks to get it on the road. will be slammed when i find some 15" steelies to throw on it. fixing floor rust soon and hopefully wont take much to get it running.

After its first bath in over 20 years and some black on the wheels so it wouldnt look like a complete pile while i work on it.

Before:

After:

No more Honda wheels!

Tighty Whiteys

travmac79 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:32 pm

Finished up the front passenger floor patches today. Started on the drivers side and will finish up in the morning. still going to coat the whole floor in POR15 after metal work is done.

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during:

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travmac79 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:22 pm

Floors all welded up and POR'd. Its not the greatest looking job but its my first time welding old rusty sheetmetal.

floors:

grille and console repainted:

front with new painted grille and badge-less. i think i like no emblems

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72rona · **Posted:** Sun Nov 28, 2010 2:52 pm

Very nice score! looks to be in decent shape too. Can't wait to see how this one turns out.

yellow_sub · **Posted:** Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:54 pm

niiiice! i have an rt72 in the same color. how do u plan on lowering the car?

travmac79 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:40 pm

Thanks guys. gonna make lowering blocks for the rear and chop a few coils off the front. kinda ghetto but it will get the job done

red888 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2010 6:02 am

great job! first time up at bat , huh ? doesn't look it !

yellow_sub · **Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2010 11:55 am

travmac79 wrote:

Thanks guys. gonna make lowering blocks for the rear and chop a few coils off the front. kinda ghetto but it will get the job done

yep thats how mines lowered. not really any other option with out doing aot of custom fab work i've found :/

travmac79 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:29 am

yea i could prob run bags pretty easily with some minor fabrication. But the control system and compressor are more expensive than dirt cheap so yea. lol. I need to get a set of those '85 and up cressida spares to make it truly ballin' first tho.

travmac79 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:04 pm

I found a set of these at the local pull-a-part. They are 14" on a cressida wagon. I dunno how they will look and am looking for some feedback before i go buy them.

aerj · **Posted:** Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:28 pm

they will look good if you tuck em

a buddy of mine has some on his corona and they look pretty decent IMHO

Hoova · **Posted:** Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:53 pm

Hmm fwd wheels are always a little lame looking imo, regardless of the face design. Maybe something with a little more offset and lip? Some slot mags might be found for cheap and have the right era style??

travmac79 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:40 pm

Hoova wrote:

Hmm fwd wheels are always a little lame looking imo, regardless of the face design. Maybe something with a little more offset and lip? Some slot mags might be found for cheap and have the right era style??

Yea that would be legit if i could find a set for under $100. with or without tires.

KresSlyda180 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:57 pm

Hoova wrote:

Hmm fwd wheels are always a little lame looking imo, regardless of the face design. Maybe something with a little more offset and lip? Some slot mags might be found for cheap and have the right era style??

FWD wheels?? Those rims are RWD, bro... they were a factory option from Toyota in the 80's and used on the AE86 Corolla, the Toyota van, as well as the Cressida.

rickiewedge · **Posted:** Thu Dec 02, 2010 2:57 pm

wow!

travmac79 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 02, 2010 3:34 pm

This is what i do during the week at school.

Junior Design Robot

travmac79 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:41 am

I was wondering if anyone knew if there are any brake calipers, rotors, booster/master cylinder, clutch master cylinder or any other parts of that sort from dif cars that will swap over to my 70 corona wagon with little or no mods. Im about to head to the pull-a-part and i figure i will need these parts before i put this beast on the road. it has front disks and rear drums. thanks

robakun · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 2:10 pm

What is wrong with the original parts? Anything from a newer car will not bolt on so it will be a hassle to modify. If you chance one thing, you will have to consider the whole system and make sure what you chage will work.

You do know that the front calipers (or similar ones) were also on the 240Z for a reason right? They work fine when rebuilt correctly.

My MK2 worked fine with the OE system rebuilt.

travmac79 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:07 pm

No I didnt know that. I only know stuff about VW's, newer hondas, and old american stuffs. I got this car for free, its been sitting for 20 years and I dont expect the braking system to function properly. I have nothing against original parts at all, I just have no money to buy new replacements and if I could find stuff that would work in a junk yard for cheap it would be awesome. Can I get rebuild kits from a local auto parts store for these things?

travmac79 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 9:21 pm

Been a while since an update. I wasnt able to come home and work on it because of final exams. But anyways I seam sealed the welded-in patches, cleaned up the interior a bit, put it back in, siliconed the cracked-to-hell windowseal, found another leak around the hatch and am in the process of fixing that with a lot of cleaning, POR and silicone. heres some pics. more soon.

The reason it leaked in the rear. POR'd and gonna fix the seal tomorrow.

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