I'M SORRY, GRANDMA: 1986 Cressida moneypit (I mean, project...)

[ExpelI]

I love the progress, and the heartfelt story haha. looking forward to roller vids

[bdkawey]

do a fucking burnout

[kibur]

I love the progress, and the heartfelt story haha. looking forward to roller vids

hopefully soon!!! I'm looking forward to making them after all this work.

do a fucking burnout

[kibur]

No picture updates, but
- Got my Nardi in, found out that eBay hub adapters are fucking garbage. A buddy is hooking it up with an NRG one that should get the job done the right way.
- Front BC's are off and being tig'd up by my buddy Patrick. Might as well do it once, and do it right.
- In the process of getting a digital dash to swap in! For those familiar with this chassis, the digital dash as opposed to the analog one is a cool little upgrade in my book. It looks so much better, and it really has an incredible 1980's look and feel to it.

EDIT: Sike, here's some weldporn for ya via #patfab

[kibur]

The last update on this thread was in November 2015, which definitely reflects how the progress has come along on this car. To call it disappointing would be an understatement, in all honesty.

To make a long story short, practically no progress has been made on this car since then. I have installed the front coilovers, which were fabbed up, but otherwise... almost no luck with making moves.


Not to mention, the wiring for this car hasn't went as planned. Currently awaiting either a friend to get back to me on some plugs I can splice in, or I have to go through, disconnect everything, and send it back to the fella who made the harness so he can rectify things.

edit: I decided to edit this post because yes, I was frustrated with the lack of progress over the past 5 months, but I am working to rectify it and do anything possible to keep this project moving. school wears me the fuck out, but I can't give up on this project no matter what. sometimes I get too discouraged, and then I remember this is my first motor swap and more importantly that car things never go quite as planned.

[saturnstance]

That all sucks.

You're located near philly?

[DER E30]

It sucks how school robs you of all your time... My truck is in the same boat right now.. How much more school left for you?

Keep at it, small steps add up to big progress!

[grayling953]

Sorry to hear about the situation man. If you ever need a hand let me know, I'm within driving distance!

[kibur]

That all sucks.

You're located near philly?

yep, I go to school at Temple and the car is in Bucks county.

It sucks how school robs you of all your time... My truck is in the same boat right now.. How much more school left for you?

Keep at it, small steps add up to big progress!

hoping that's the case! still cracking away at it, ended up making some moves this weekend which provided some good motivation. I have about a year left. I need to sit down with my advisors this week and figure out when I'm graduating, and what can be done to maybe speed that process up a bit too.

Sorry to hear about the situation man. If you ever need a hand let me know, I'm within driving distance!

absolutely! I appreciate it. we've sat down and seriously rectified things a good bit, and I'm pretty happy about that. progress is being made once again now that there is a bit better understanding and communication. you should definitely come out sometime soon though, you're right in reading, correct?

[theseeker411]

Frustrating stuff I'm sure, but the end result will be super worth it.

[PrimeLuxeZ]

I love this car man, will forever have a soft spot for Cressidas.
Keep your head up, I have a daughter and a gf and I still have my Celi which I havent touched in over half a year until recently. But still staying motivated to get it where I want one day eventually as well. Like Der E30 said small things add up.

[kibur]

Frustrating stuff I'm sure, but the end result will be super worth it.

can't wait to take you for a rip in this, CJ

I love this car man, will forever have a soft spot for Cressidas.
Keep your head up, I have a daughter and a gf and I still have my Celi which I havent touched in over half a year until recently. But still staying motivated to get it where I want one day eventually as well. Like Der E30 said small things add up.

what kind of celica? someday if I have money I plan on getting an ra61 and fixing it up for my father. when I was very young, he had an ra61 that he would take me out in, but it got sideswiped and totaled in a hit-and-run by a drunk driver. I hope your project ends up working out for you!

[theseeker411]

can't wait to take you for a rip in this, CJ

That'll be a damn good day man, looking forward to it!

[PrimeLuxeZ]

I have a 6th gen Celica coupe, nothing special, actually just added it here on the build section not to long ago, you may see it floating around. Ahh dude hit and runs suck, sorry to hear what happened to the car was it salvageable by any chance?

[grayling953]

I'm in lancaster, so not too far! Id definitely be down to come up. started working on my cressida so hopefully we can cruise this summer or fall!