Nz Style in Australia

[slpery86]

new page because lots of pics coming!

alright, bit of an update.. I spotted a yellow ADM AE86 for sale with mint blue interior! so i decided to buy it!

but firstly, was looking for zenki trueno grill, a guy was selling silver panda bumper grill and eye lids cheap so i bought it all



anyway, the yellow sprinter was in melbourne, which is very far away from brisbane where i live

i worked 6:30am - 12:30am on the saturday, didnt get much sleep, flew out at 7:55 sunday morning, arrived quarter past 11

the guy picked me up from the airport in a red gt86.. disappointing he drove slowly the whole 45 min trip back to his place, but im not particularly fond of the new "86" anyway..

got to see the car, pretty happy with it! passenger seat isnt good and drivers seat isnt perfect but overall im pretty happy with it



LOOK AT THE FLAMES!



he also had brand new kouki corner lights and a mint foglight model kouki grill which he sold to me for $290 which was good of him.. got the factory seats, stereo and steering wheel with it too, some brand new door hinges and a pack of suspension bushes



then i left his place and headed up to see a friend, then took off to the other side of melbourne to pick up the some wheels. this is how my mind works, "wheels for sale in melbourne, pick up only, hey im going to melbourne, BUY THEM"

they are weds southern ways mesh, 15x8.5 -10 all round





centres are slightly concave which is pretty cool

then on my way home! left about 2:30pm

drove into the night, only stopping for fuel.. so happy the car came with a cd player!



cos i drive such long hours at work ive learnt to manage fatigue quite well. i can let the car drive itself with very minimal input, basically drive semi-conscious, just alert enough to keep an eye on what’s happening and just enough energy reserved to be able to react to something unexpected

round 3:30am i realised i had been on the road for 13 hours and awake for almost 22, i was driving into a storm and the car was aqua-planing a little in some places. i could feel my concentration slowly slipping away so i decided i better pull over and sleep at the next town

woke up, sunny as, got back on my way





got it home in the arvo, took a few pics





a/c that works!



and the main reason for purchase, the interior, so epically clean! not perfect, but fuck, 1983.. heres a pic of my interior as it came in the car as a comparison



and the new cars interior













sweet!

worked tuesday, wednesday, boss said have thursday off cos it was quiet due to all the rain in the "sunshine state" lately.. perfect timing to do the interior! woke up and my legs were so sore, could hardly move, had only had 2 days off work in 76 days, guess the 19 hour drive finally ruined me.. was supposed to work friday, woke up at 6, so sore, went back to sleep.. woke up at 9:30, called my boss, he said stay home, all good.. thought i better get into it so got started







thats as far as i got, and that took 3 hours, was in so much pain.. my flatmate had been spray painting gundam toys in the garage.. but i didnt know he was painting inside the garage with the door down, so naturally my whole car was covered in red overspray, sigh.. so gave it a wash and rolled it back inside





then today after the rain in the morning, there was a little blue sky in the arvo! legs still hurt but being active at work has helped a bit, so got stuck into it again



got all the dash and bits out, changed the clutch master (tired to change the slave too but its different aus -> jap), got the carpet out, wasnt too bad underneath.. thought itd be paint stripped and rusty cos of the clutch fluid but its sweet.. so few coats of degreaser cleaned it up nicely



interior



so yeah, coming along! got a mate coming over tomorrow if the weather holds out, will be much quicker with two people.. take the interior straight out of the yellow into the white, put all this stuff into the yellow then for sale! already got a dude waiting with cash, but i keep saying im busy cos i dont want him to see it with the interior cos later it'll be different.. my interior isnt too bad, but its not the best either..

road trip was awesome, mint interior will be awesome, mesh wheels are awesome, pretty happy so far! it was worth the drive and the effort

cheers guys!