[82_in_FL]

I am stiil making progress just have not posted any updates recently. Got the rear of the interior freshened up and put back together. Tail panel is not in yet so I have access to taillight and bumper bolts.



The flares and 85 rear spoiler are painted.



I cut and buffed the flares and got them reinstalled after cleaning the black edge moldings and reinstalling them with some weatherstrip adhesive.





I also cut and buffed the hatch spoiler and sunshade but still have to install a new set of weatherstrips and reinstall it.



Slow but steady progress!

 

[RedP85]

WoW!
That is one nice Terra Cota MK2 👌
Raptor Racing just happen to have this spolier trim kit in clearance sale today! (if you don't already have one)

 

[Camsdad66]

Car is already stunning, and not even finished yet! I'm drooling a little bit.

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[82_in_FL]

Still making slow progress. Working on wipers and got the fronts converted to use replaceable blades but the rear they do not seem to make an adapter that puts the blade on the upper side of the arm like the original so break out the hack saw and make two cuts



Redrill the locator hole



Weld it back together in the proper configuration.



Paint to match the arm.



Got the windshield glued in but forgot to take pictures.

 

[82_in_FL]

Windshield is in and moldings painted and installed along with the side mirrors.





Interior A-pillar trim was sun deteriorated and had some cracks. A simple redye was not going to work so I wrapped them with some of the same vinyl I used on other interior parts. Took some heat gun application to get around the ends and used some Weldwood HHR contact to stick in down. Came out well.



Dash is back in along with the gauges and controls. Verified that all the switches were functioning before reinstalling. Some were not and needed a good cleaning of contacts. Cruise main switch, rear defrost and rear wiper were being difficult but got them all working.




Haven't done the lower dash panels yet.

 

[RedP85]

You have some serious restauration skills. 😍
Getting closer and closer to hit the road!

 

[Camsdad66]

Myself and others have said it before....that car is gonna be a STUNNER! Dang it looks good! Can't imagine the hours involved, and I know previously you has said you don't even get to work on it as much as you want to. (Story of most of our lives!). Keep it up! Looks like you're in the home stretch now!

 

[gejef71792]

Lovely work kip it up


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[82_in_FL]

Thought I would post an update of what is happening with my Supra project since I haven't updated in a few months. September 28th was a bad day for us here in the Naples/Ft Myers area of south Florida. Hurricane Ian decided to flood out my home with 3 feet of nasty saltwater so most all of my time has been spent dealing with insurance claims and cleaning out the house to prepare for repairs. The Supra is safe though in my shop at a different location. I just have not had the spare time to do any work on it. My finished car projects that were in the garage at the house did not make it out alive. My full custom 1949 Chevy pickup and my 1973 Trans Am were totaled out and sent off to the insurance auction along with around 70000-80000 other cars from the area. I just did not see me getting the time to rebuild these cars in the near future.

After having lived in the same house for 45 years and going through many hurricanes I can say I have never experienced anything close to what Ian did. The wind was not too bad but the storm surge came in so fast and unexpectedly that there was nothing to do but put the important stuff as high as you can and shut off all the circuit breakers.

The Trans Am was picked up from auction by a You Tuber and is up and running again but still needing a lot of work. They drained 6 gallons of saltwater out of the engine before any oil came out! Amazingly it actually ran well after a new ignition module, carb and fuel pump. The pickup is still stuck at Copart waiting to be auctioned.
I will post updates when I get back to working on the Supra.

 

[JCC]

looks great and just noticing it has an LS1-V8, wow!

sub'd

 

[Camsdad66]

Thought I would post an update of what is happening with my Supra project since I haven't updated in a few months. September 28th was a bad day for us here in the Naples/Ft Myers area of south Florida. Hurricane Ian decided to flood out my home with 3 feet of nasty saltwater so most all of my time has been spent dealing with insurance claims and cleaning out the house to prepare for repairs. The Supra is safe though in my shop at a different location. I just have not had the spare time to do any work on it. My finished car projects that were in the garage at the house did not make it out alive. My full custom 1949 Chevy pickup and my 1973 Trans Am were totaled out and sent off to the insurance auction along with around 70000-80000 other cars from the area. I just did not see me getting the time to rebuild these cars in the near future.

After having lived in the same house for 45 years and going through many hurricanes I can say I have never experienced anything close to what Ian did. The wind was not too bad but the storm surge came in so fast and unexpectedly that there was nothing to do but put the important stuff as high as you can and shut off all the circuit breakers.

The Trans Am was picked up from auction by a You Tuber and is up and running again but still needing a lot of work. They drained 6 gallons of saltwater out of the engine before any oil came out! Amazingly it actually ran well after a new ignition module, carb and fuel pump. The pickup is still stuck at Copart waiting to be auctioned.
I will post updates when I get back to working on the Supra.

Very sad to hear about your misfortune, along with many others in your area! I'm in Louisiana and also no stranger to them damn hurricanes! Glad your Supra is OK, been following your progress for a good while. Hope everything gets better for you and you can resume work on that awesome car!

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