1973 TA22 Toyota Celica - Patchwork quilt

Been away for a few days R&R in various parts of the country so not a huge amount to update on. However as usual there has been a bit going on behind the scenes.

Not sure if I mentioned it before, but I have been working on resurrecting a kart project for a good mate who used to race it with his dad many years ago. Anyway with twin boys himself now and his dad sadly no longer with us, it was time to see if the pile of parts I turned into something he could have back (and in time use with the boys) actually works. So it got liberated from the shed ready for some tinkering time at the workshop - was almost as if it was made to fit the discovery




Good news is that after a bit of priming it did fire and wants to run, bad news is that the brakes need an overhaul and so that prevented any proper seated testing. With 25-30hp it should be rather rapid when it gets going!

In actual Celica news, I did manage a brief bit of time to pull out the 2TG one again


I now need to remove what's left in the engine bay and carry on with the stripping/tidying of the rest of the shell, as well as some of my earlier... err 'repair efforts' - you live and learn as they say.


I also need to tidy the storage system so I have room to work on the next stage... which was somewhat interrupted by a few days away in Shropshire where distractions included:

a visit here


seeing plenty of these


spending the day messing about on this


and wandering around this place


All for the sub-plot purpose of visiting the great bunch over at MPR to discuss a future project and collect something I'd been trying to get my mitts on since Feb, which also fitted in the discovery rather neatly


and should look more like


to be used on the celica like this


Exciting times. I just need to finish stripping a few more parts and work out a way of joining the two together now...

I build my own rotator but this is much more sophisticated with all the adjustment posibilitys.
you may know this but it is very important that the rotating axles are on the same height as otherwise a lot of stress can go into the tool andd strange things can happen

Peter

Wooohooo !!

Great to see you back Sam.

Merry Christmas and the rest.

Shop looks lovelt.

That looks a rather nice space to play in.

Thanks gents.

It is indeed - much nicer for building than the previous environment. However let's just say that's not even scratching the surface... there's a reason we moved so far

The A35 even has a nicer home


Will be at a certain event next weekend so will say hello if anyone also visiting.

Great to see you back,
Your new workshop looks excellent,
Looking forward to seeing future updates on your threads,
Nigel

Hi Glen

Yes, we were still searching from what I recall.

Think of it this way, whenever you see these property programmes on TV they have 1 or 2 sensible options and then a wildcard... yup you guessed it, we went for the latter.  Other half was working locally to here that weekend and did the usual 'wonder what's available' search and came across this place previously owned by a car restorer for 32 years. She hastily arranged a viewing, I then got an excited phone call afterwards, so arranged a second viewing so I could see it, and after a few twists and turns due to COVID etc. we managed to get it in Dec and the rest is history. 

Decent sized house, large enough garden, but the real kicker was lots and lots of man cave/storage/garaging/workshop space, plus a spray booth.

So to answer your question, that's how I now find myself living in Norfolk

Before anyone says it, yes it's all very well having the space but you will fill it, I agree. A drunken vehicle purchase (long story) has already been made and might be making an appearance this coming weekend 

Brilliant. Well done. 👍👍

Nice fabrication work, looking forward to seeing how it all goes,
What about the "drunken purchase" ??
😁😁
Nigel