orrite peoples.... champing at the bit for a small nudge of slap n tickle freddy styles

finally starting to get a bit of motorvation back. Anna has a full time job again, so the savings - and spendings - plan is back on track.

Waiting to pickup/recieve adap computer and plug in loom from kaizin... life saver cos i REALLY didnt want to learn how to wire up an engine. Kinda over learning

He also has a complete trd clutch and lightened flywheel for me so all im missing is the gearbox. Keep missing the good ones on ebay, but have found a local wrecker with w58. Only prob is he wants $880 for them. Im guessing beggers cant be choosers though so ill just save a bit more and hand it over

So got my welder for my 30th



and the COOLEST welding helmet ever ...arrrrrr

then realised welding aint my biggest skill



soldiered on and started to improve. Had some pointers from a good mate and things are looking up.

Initially i was going to remove the mounts totally... but im getting over it and just want it and running for the annual. So after realising i couldnt get the mounts off too easy in the car, i welded the first cuts up and changed tack....





the altezza mounts have horizontal mounts, not angled mounts like the 4a series. So i did some careful measuring and chopped the top of the mounts there to form the base for the horizontal plates. They are also about 3 cm different in height, so that is why they look a little different.

The welding isnt the prettiest, but for every weld completed i hit it with a 5pound sledge really fucking hard to try and break the weld.... none broke



this is an example... the small over lap was belted till it folded near 90 degrees and the welds were still spot on





and the almost completed mounts...



They have, since this photo, recieved a vertical rib about 2 inches wide welded on to the main vertical stay to eliminate bowing, and a second "pad" welded ontop... so the mount face is 6mm steel. - oops its done on the right one

So with the mounts sortedish i set about seeing if it was going to fit the way i thought...



on two wheels for the first time in months...



dash bar and wheel refitted to stear with



then rolled to its new home... only real downer so far is finding out the new big brakes rub the wheel a bit



i have a very slight rise to the garage door... and here was my dodgey solution... block and tackle will rule the earth...



this is as far as i got befor i started to hit snags to my one man fitting party



the exhaust manifold was hitting the fierwal and i couldnt get enough height to angle it in myself

so here is where i ended it tonight...



getting there peoples.

then its a long LONG list of small painful shit to sort out

oh yeah... on a recent trip to sydney i spotted this......











well cool....