1972 Toyota CROWN MS67

varelse
I know, i am also on oldschool.co.nz, my facebook friends have grown on that side of the planet and as we speak parts are on their way from Australia, and have been from japan, thailand, new zealand,... but luckily also uk, the netherlands, germany, swiss, france,...

Finding parts for a CROWN is a real challenge but I kind of like that but also get fed up with it sometimes...

Finally i am getting close to finishing the work on the fuel tank.

Found 3 holes, applied some tin, rusttreated the outside, then treated the inside with restom products...



replaced some lines to the breather thingy



and this weekend got some black paint on the outside.



Still 1 broken bolt to drill out and get some padding where there was some between fuel tank and booth floor and where the spare wheel is touching on the outside and get it back under the car.

Some finishing touches...





M4 hole drilled but not tapped yet as it is a blind hole and my M4 tap isn't suited for that, need one that starts cutting real thread faster (you guys know what i mean...)

No, I won't daily it as this is my daily:



but i will drive it regularly at evenings or in the weekends if the car lets me...

I now have working lights... (kinda was my fault they didn't work and it shrted out all the time but I really don't like the electrical part of restoring a car, I'm pretty much clueless all the time...)





Still no indicators though. They work if I turn on the hasard lights, so all 6 together work but when only using left or right they blink one time, then they stop, then I need to tap the box that controls the blinking part of it and then they blink again one time and stop again so will pull that box this evening and check if I can clean that thing or see something obvious...

If anyone has tips or tricks, shoot.

I think at one time they went ok after pulling all the bulbs, somewhat clean the bulbs and sockets, but that magical repair was temporary apparently, but it can't be much to get them working again I suppose (again, I'm an electrical noob)

Thanks for watching.

If tapping the relay resets it, surely the flasher relay just needs replacing?

May be some kind of corrosion in the relay from standing a long time as everything is improving as I am testing. Now they work always when engine is running, with or without lights or high beams, just don't when not running and lights are on... the magical world of electrics...

Did it! This is now road legal!

Have to get its own registratieon plate now and insurance and such mut possibly driving it by this weekend...

At the control station this morning


At the gas station on my way back home


Still some stuf to adress like coolant overflow bottle seems jammed, radiator cowl is missing, pitmanarm could do with less play, diff marks its territory...

Stoked

Been driving this for about 300kms the last month and a half



All is well, except for the play in the steering, that will be first to solve once winterstop has started.

Done a few small local meetings



And decided on the wheels. XR4's it will be to start with. Goods came in to refurb my 7.5 wide pair for the rears.



I have 6.5 and 7's that are refurbed but would like to have the 7s in the front and the 7.5s in the rear, so next is some sanding and polishing...



Thanks for watching