1986 Daihatsu L70/L80 Mira/Handi

ill-minded · **Posted:** Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:02 pm

For those curious... No, they weren't a straight bolt on. <__<;

It does get a lot of people stopping to exclaim how small they are though.

Harley · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:38 am

This thing looks amazing with 10's on it!

Camshaft · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:34 am

Saw this in the wheels thread...had no idea this was your car! It looks so tough!

ill-minded · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:51 pm

Thanks guys.

It looks pretty tough in the flesh too. If the paint wasn't so terrible, it'd probably look a whole lot neater, but I can't really afford a proper spray just yet. Maybe in the future.

ill-minded · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:47 pm

Here's some better pictures.

Camshaft · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 10:53 pm

OMG, I love the boso ring on this little guy. You're my f&$king hero.

ill-minded · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:03 pm

Aww shucks. :oops:

Apparently this looks really tough while it's moving. I wouldn't really know cause I'm always the one driving, haha. The tsurikawa clips the road whenever I hit bumps, so it's pretty funny hearing the "tick... tick tick... tick" as you're driving along.

l'il fella · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:14 am

Looking great :tu:

I haven't touched base with you for a while, but have been following your progress.

It's seeing your Handi that makes me decide to hang on to my mine, one day I want to turn it into a motorkhana special. Time is my biggest enemy at the moment.

Look forward to seeing whats next

Dave

ill-minded · **Posted:** Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:15 am

Thanks.

I'm kinda running out of things to do with this car that don't cost an arm and a leg, so it'll probably stay how it is for a little while now. Hopefully it shouldn't give me too much trouble in the meantime.

You may be interested that I'm going to be parting out the spare shell I've got, so if you need any spare parts, just send me a PM and I'll see what I can do. I've got a mate locally who has first dibs on any parts, but I think he'd only be after the hubs and a few little random bits. It's fairly complete still, besides missing the motor and box.

Also, probably your best bet for a motorkhana build would be to raid an M100 Sirion or L700 Cuore for the EJ motor. 1 litre, DOHC, EFI, etc. I'm finding that a lot of the EF heads crack between the exhaust valves and the spark plug hole, which is making it a little annoying to try and build my spare motor.

ill-minded · **Posted:** Fri Jun 24, 2011 5:01 am

Nothing much to report, just did some colouring in.

Camshaft · **Posted:** Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:52 am

A fun weekend project would be usings some trim reconditioner on those bumpers and making them black again. There's a few products I use; not sure what you have access to in Oz. If you can't get the stuff I use i'll be happy to send you some, since it isn't hazardous.

mrflibbles · **Posted:** Fri Jun 24, 2011 4:22 pm

looking good, getting the bumpers looking more blackish would just make it awesome!
My sister inlaw has one of these and i have dibs on it when she is finished with it, it was origionally a carby motor version but after doing 2 heads (yes they cracked in the same spot!) we found a complete efi version that had been smashed in the rear. We swapped the efi motor, 5 speed and air conditioner into hers and its a little rocket now, im not allowed to modify it yet though!
gotta say yours looks great with those wheels on it!

Furai · **Posted:** Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:12 pm

That looks wicked!! Makes me even more envious we dont get 2 doors, just so cool!

So is the front mount Oil cooler and Boso pipes coming next?

ill-minded · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2011 8:08 am

Thanks guys.

I did start to clean up the bumpers last year and got halfway through the front with just scuffing back the crappy faded bits, which is why the passenger side looks a bit darker than the driver's side. The rear bumper doesn't actually look too bad as is, but I'll probably find something to refurbish them and make them look a little neater.

If I can scrounge enough funds together, I'll hopefully get some progress made on the spare motor and build that up, but it's kind of on the back burner at the moment since I have other things to save for at the moment.

As much as I was keen to go bonkers on the original shell (which is now being parted out if anyone is chasing parts) and do a full sharknose conversion with large works fenders and 13x8/9 steelies, I kind of like having this pretty simple. A hatch lip might be on the cards later on, but that'll probably be the extent of exterior mods. The front end definitely needs to come down another 1" or so though. I'll probably drop the rear another 1/2" as well while I'm at it. I need to replace the front struts first though, cause they've seen better days. *bouncy bouncy*

Joyride · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:00 pm

how did you fit 10 inch wheels on the handi? :shock:

ill-minded · **Posted:** Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:42 am

Hopes and dreams were a big part of it.

<__<;

ill-minded · **Posted:** Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:59 am

Started pulling apart my old shell. Pretty much going to gut it entirely for all the spares then get the shell taken away for scrap.

Camshaft · **Posted:** Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:09 am

Dude, that Ironlak paintjob came out pretty good! :shock:

ill-minded · **Posted:** Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:44 am

Before it faded, it actually looked pretty cool. But then it faded and now it just looks like hell, haha.

Got most of the crap I had stacked in the back sorted out so now I just need to pop the glass out, drop the fuel tank and wait for a mate to help me roll it out into the street and rip out the suspension.

And some antics I had before I started to strip it.

Joyride · **Posted:** Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:48 am

if you have nothing better to do, would you do me a solid and weigh the rear side glass?
i'm trying to reduce weight and i'm thinking of using thin sheet metal instead of the glass..

cheers :tu:

1986 Daihatsu L70/L80 Mira/Handi

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