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Jingo11
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Great methodical work... will be watching this with interest
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Nice work.

Looks like a nice car. Love the wheels.

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k1ano
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ST185pinjo wrote:
Nice work.

Looks like a nice car. Love the wheels.


Will be when it's finished ! Yes wheels look great, coolers look good on it too :-)

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Great to see another 165 in good hands. Thanks for poating on here Martin.

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So you still have the RC.. Show me more! :mrgreen:



165 looks awesome as well haha! I'd check the AP caliper brackets again though as it seems the calipers are not aligned correctly when looking at the bell-caliper clearance. Paul contacted me before he ordered it, as this set is based on 'my' kit, only for smaller wheels.

I'm currently doing some work on my CS as well, love to see this kind of work! So inspiring lol! 8)

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k1ano
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So you still have the RC.. Show me more! :mrgreen:



165 looks awesome as well haha! I'd check the AP caliper brackets again though as it seems the calipers are not aligned correctly when looking at the bell-caliper clearance. Paul contacted me before he ordered it, as this set is based on 'my' kit, only for smaller wheels.

I'm currently doing some work on my CS as well, love to see this kind of work! So inspiring lol! 8)


I have followed your site for a while and saw the AP conversion a couple of years ago ... I did have some challenges with making sure the brackets were aligned correctly but these pictures were taken before I had got it all sorted ... The disks, brackets and calipers mount correctly now and with the wheels fitted there is probably no more than 1-2 mm of clearance so a good job was done by Paul and AP in sizing them for the ST165 and Roulette combination ... Of course this was based on your original R&D which I thank you for ...

I really hope to get the ST165 finished this year at least as a runner which I can drive ... It is great spending time on it given its exceptional condition and it is like therapy too !

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Hi Martin, its great to see someone like yourself take on the ex-Wiggy 165 as a project. It couldn't be in better hands. Look forward to any updates you have as the restoration/improvement continues. Better still will be to see it running at a show/meet one day!

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Hi Don,

Good to hear from you - been a long time ...

I want to get the car running initially with the intention of doing some drift days at oulton park and then will see which direction I go with it ...

I expect to attend some meets at least in future with it - Rally Day maybe next year ...

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Welcome back Martin!!!!!!!!!!!
It's good to see you back on a Celica... hope to see you soon on your st165!

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mark165
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That's a brilliant write up, thanks for posting.

Ironically, i'm at pretty much the same stage on my 165 (your old one in fact) so the pictures are of a great help.

Keep it up!

Mark
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Another 165 restoration :D ......you wait for years then two turn up at the same time :wink:

Great to hear of another. Post up some pics or progress reports Mark, I'm sure everyone would love to see them.

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mark165 wrote:
That's a brilliant write up, thanks for posting.

Ironically, i'm at pretty much the same stage on my 165 (your old one in fact) so the pictures are of a great help.

Keep it up!

Mark


Hey Mark,

Great stuff, I remember I had some work done on the passenger floor (due to sunroof leak) and the normal sill repairs - which were done very well by a local panel beater who made the sill panel sections ... He couldn't do too much with the rear arches but apart from that I thought the car was great :-)

Any details of your progress ?

Martin

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Any details of your progress ?


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Post up some pics or progress reports



I'll put it in a new thread, in case anyone is interested..
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I need to post some pictures but the latest update is ...

Rear supension

Rear suspension arms back to bare metal, painted and re-fitted with new suspensions bolts
Rear hubs cleaned up, re-fitted and drive-shafts connected
Rear suspension struts re-fitted and whiteline ARB connected
Rear strut brace re-fitted
Rear handbrake shoes and mechanism re-fitted
ST205 rear brake calipers and disks fitted
Blitz Nur-spec excaust polished and re-fitted

Brakes

Old redundant brake pipes and brackets fully removed from front bulkhead and underneath car - this included all rear pipe work and also the front pipes which went to the rear ABS unit
Wilwood brake bias valve installed inside the car near handbrake
Rear brake pipe sections made up and installed inside car, with tee-piece for the rear split to each brake hose
Rear brake pipe made up from master cylinder through bulkhead to Wilwood bias valve
Front OEM brake pipes retained and now tee'd on the bulkhead

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k1ano
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Some pictures upto current work ...

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Rear brake pipes ...

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Work on the front end ... Basically wing removal, any rust treatment, re-painting and fabrication ...

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Bit of fabrication due to tin worm ...

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Front brake work ...

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Soon be running :-)

Martin

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