1973 Toyota Corona complete build

I am in northern california and currently picked up my first corona its a complete restoration project thought I would show it off as I progress ....

CAR: 1973 TOYOTA CORONA 4 DOOR DELUX
T85 MODEL WITH 18-RC MOTOR








finished power washing engine and car lol
I want to pick up a media blaster...

Finally got my shocks in and picked up a set of mid-range speakers






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i just bought some lowering blocks and am planning to cut my front springs once i get to my new house

just got my 2" lowering blocks for the rear ... im moving this weekend to a house so its time to get busy on the corona im thinking 1uz motor for the corona

So I finally got to my new house and have my. Newborn situated now its time for my corona I started tearing her down yesterday night .... ekkk I found more rust than I anticipated ill let the pictures do the talking





trunk



front winshield

At work I took a long lunch and started blasting my headlight pods and hood prop I think it came out great ...
Some more progress im so happy with the result

before




after

ok so after work i went to the paint store and bought some primer/sealer to prevent rust and painted the items i sandblasted





oh yeaahhhhh just like new

this is how the car sits as of now

i decided to take this build slower so i lowered the front cut springs (working on the rear blocks) and installed kyb shocks all around



i found rear shocks werent even attached lol

i "rolled" the font fenders lol



heres how the front looks i need to take rubber bump stops off their touching



i have all four supras 2 just need tires

this is kind of how i want the inside to look

Very Nice.

Just bought some exel-g shocks.

Hows the ride with the cut springs?

Actually the ride isn't that bad .... where did u get ur shocks at and price ... I bought mine on parts geek.com were 23 plus shipping

I ordered mine from Baxterautoparts pick up next day for $32. They only have the fronts though. So I'm thinking of doing the KYB ajustable gas shocks, which I believe are around $44.

Yea, I was having a hard time sourcing some stuff, and that parts geek came through. How long did your shocks take to get in?

I want to say max 3 days they have a lot of basic items I need

so this weekend i picked up some tools to work on the rona and cleaned up the garage i should be back at it during the week for the mean time here is a nice pic i took today with my eos rebel


i cant wait to put tires on the front so it can have matching supras all the way around, I also bought primer and sand paper im going to sand it fix body and primer it for now until i can save enough to paint it

some more pictures enjoy

Its looking good. We're both on out way.

Grab some blue magic chrome polish and some steel wool. Really brings back a lot of the shine on the chrome.

i removed the antenna and started to shape the metal to fill the hole



also welded the holes on the door for the rear view mirror I plan on buying fender mirrors

started on some body work also








painted a section of the paint im using its krylon olive green satin .... im saving in order to media blast the whole chassis and get professional body work and paint done to it

gutted the back seats and started cleaning inside it was soo dirty

what kind of welder are you using?

Lincoln mig 3500hd

dam been soo busy lol havent got a chance to work on the corona except sanded and painted the roof