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Project UFO ! Restoration after over 7 years of neglect


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Engine bay is looking good mate :thumbs: the hard work has paid off and I also like that crinkle paint finish.

 

Cheers Andrew, happy with how it turned out

 

Looking good mate. Are you doing the inlet crinkle black too?

 

Thanks Jay, Yes I will be but waiting for the weather to get worse as I always start working on the car when the weather is nice on the weekends :( and it annoys me that I cant drive the car when its all in bits. :( I havent decided whether to attempt the inlet myself or let Rob do it....

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Engine bay is looking good mate :thumbs: the hard work has paid off and I also like that crinkle paint finish.

 

Cheers Andrew, happy with how it turned out

 

Looking good mate. Are you doing the inlet crinkle black too?

 

Thanks Jay, Yes I will be but waiting for the weather to get worse as I always start working on the car when the weather is nice on the weekends :( and it annoys me that I cant drive the car when its all in bits. :( I havent decided whether to attempt the inlet myself or let Rob do it....

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Looking good, must be a happy supra:cool:

 

cheers :thumbs: i hope its blooming happy!

 

Naz how many tins did you use mate for the parts you painted?

 

Tempted to try this myself.

 

I would say 2-3 cans for the heat shield, cam covers and spark plug, I didnt want to get to the bottom of the can and have it spitting so the cans I used werent totally empty either. Give it a go mate, its fairly easy to do and it looks great and is durable to high temps, and muck etc.

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Iky, Lil (manos) (local supra members) got together last night for a photo session and a coffee. We didnt expect the fog but it added some good "halloween" atmosphere to our pictures :)

 

Just posting 1 of the edits I did of mine, Manos may create a thread with some of the other photos.

 

http://www.photographybynaz.co.uk/Supra/supra_halloween.jpg

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My speedo is now working, it was a real simple fix, bought the COG part of the speed sensor from toyota (£18) and it appears to have resolved the issue but I need to go on a good run and fully test my cruise control. My Rev counter still remains non functional but I intend to take it apart this weekend for some more further investigation. There arent many plans for the car at the moment, getting married next year so I need to limit my spend with the car, undersealing is top of the cards though. I could be buying some real carbon bits if Pauls black friday sales are good, Mrs owes me a present or two :) Other than that I intend to paint the throttle body during my few days off during xmas so there wont be much updates for a while.

 

Submitted a few pics for the calendar including this...

 

http://www.photographybynaz.co.uk/Supra/calendar_supra.jpg

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Good work on the sensor mate, you think you'll be sorting everything else over Christmas?

 

You considered just getting a whole replacement unit?

 

I have heckler PCBs and tbh the rev counter failed around that time, so Ill be taking it apart, I did try Allans spare cluster in my car but had the same issue?? I do have other jobs to do around xmas time thats popping into my head, my rear reverse camera is mucky that I can not see it so that needs cleaning, and at the same time I will change my rear light cluster as the driver side one has a small crack in the corner. I would love to also make my own LED light conversion similar to yours though

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Mine are nearly finished mate, only something I'd ever do if your car was off the road or you could get a spare set mate. Takes up too much time!

 

Is the reverse camera a normal eBay one? Been meaning to get one for a while.

 

Page 5 #68, its a small ebay one I bought from China, does the job until the bodyshop took it apart when spraying the car and it must have shit inside it as I cant see. I would go down the wired route, these are wireless and sometimes "fuzz". Ideally I would of liked one without the darn parking lines too, there horrible!

 

Including my current, I have 3 sets of rear lights mate at the moment LOL starting a collection.

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