next up for the wagon

so i need to pull the wagon tranny back off and see whats really going on with the starter and all that junk. along with a new fuel pump that i need to order and install i would like to do some cutting...

its been an ongoing idea to cut and make room for the drive shaft and diff, but i never did it. i think now that i will be pulling it appart again, its time. I recently was kicking around Speedhunters and saw a corolla wagon that was pretty low. and i thought to myself... man... my wagon is too high... as i scrolled down i slapped myself in the face when i saw they had done what i had wanted to do... which makes me mad. not because they are the first to do it, because this has been done millions of times, but because their wagon is lower than my wagon...

I want to see what i can do in hopes of keeping my rear seat. Im thinking i may have to do some cutting and stuff to that too, but whatever, i have a couple of them, so i never hurts to mess one of them up. LOL. Measure not, and cut twice right?






















i think i wanna get rid of the leafs and link the rear though, run some coils or somethin. no more of that air shock crap... just wanna keep it low and yah... low.

a few new/old items :)

So today was an adventure somewhat. went for a drive from sunnyvale to Vacaville to berkeley back to sunnyvale. about 250+ miles. the truck did fabulous today

anyways the reason for going to vacaville was to pick up a few parts for the sedan and also see if this guy had anything else interesting, which unfortunately he didnt... oh well.

anyways i picked up a set of Rocker Panel trim, which is hard to find, no one has it, but i came across someone with a set. I actually only needed on to complete my set, but i could always use an extra i figured. the other item that I picked up was a set of tail light trim. nicely polished and repainted, looks pretty nice. I wanted an extra set so I can paint one sent and have a stock set :) Now i just need to decide how I want to paint the extra/not as good set.

datsun sedan

I need to work on the cars more... but anyways. the sedan is getting cooler kinda as the days progress and I spend alittle time with it. still a long way to go. but its getting there.

personal reminder of Parts needed/stuff todo:

-shave wiper holes one cowl

-more body junk (paint and stuff)

-front camber plates

-maybe smaller tires in front

-need a front grill (triple S grill?)

-bluebird-U emblems?

-paint marker lenses

-paint side window trim (powder coat?)

-paint bottom of hood (Pink?

-rear deck panel (make? have made? speakers?)

-front speakers, subwoofer?

-window (someone please help me!!!!)

-have rear window reput in, and find clips for trim

-side trim clips

-lots of vinyl! (rear wheel lip, windows, and where ever i can find a place to put one)

-bolts for rear shocks

-washers for motor mounts

-new carb?

...man this list is getting kinda long... i think ill stop there for now.

heres some pics to hopefully motivate me :D

Q is in LA??

So I got word from friends that my old Q is now in LA. Hopefully in some good hands. at times I miss the car... mostly cuz it was automatic and the A/C worked lol. jkjk. it was a fun car while I had it. :D























maybe one day ill see it again.


...strange thing is, my type R and 4door integra are also in LA now too... wonder why those SO cal guys buy my cars. (?_?)

Food hangover.

So last night even though being on a healthy/somewhat strict diet, we decided to go eat China palace. knowing that we were going to eat a lot.... Pan fried onion cakes, Beef chow fun with black bean sause, honey walnut prawns, and some rice.

we killed it all...

... towards the end of our face stuffing, we already knew we were in trouble. the feeling of fullness hit us hard and fast. but.... we kept going until it was all gone... after paying and leaving we got into the car and felt like dying. food coma was on its way as well. we got home and watched Skins on MTV, and just after the show was over we decided to set alarms and take a nap.

the first alarm rang, and was ignored. as was the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, even 6th and 7th alarms were ignored.... we were in too deep. but finally we got the strength to get up and I took mimi back home around 4am, and we needed to wake up early for school... which we barely woke up for. this morning was tough and slow, and full of grumpiness. We managed to get here.

I feel like i have a million pounds holding my body back, and a feeling of just grossness. I dont know how we used to do this so often... maybe im just getting too old now... I never really believed that eating healthy and excersizing gives you energy and makes you feel better, but after this, ima believer.



Dear China Plalace,
I will not be back. thank you for the yummy food over the past years, and the company of the flies during hot summer nights.
Good bye,
Russell

sedan's frist drive.

So I worked on the sedan the other day (saturday). Ran around for a couple things, I got tires for the centerlines in the rear, tires for the Enkei mesh for the fronts. The guy at Rich's Tires was being a little pain in the ass, but after moaning and growning and having someone else mount the tires that I chose things were just fine. I tried going to Tap plastics for a window replacement, but they wanted $75 and they guy was pissing me off, so i decided I didnt want it anymore, at least from that guy.



After runnin around I picked up Mimi and headed back to the house. Took the old wheels off, lowered the rear coilovers a bit, rolled the fenders, and fitted all 4 wheels on the car. the rears seem to fit nicely, the fronts need smaller tires or camber plates, or both.... probably both. but for now they will just have to rub a lot.



The car starts and runs, revs semi ok. the RPMs can be brought all the way up now with the timing and new distributor on there. has some hesitating but probably need to get a new carb on there. So I started it up and let it run for a while, warmed it up, played with carb a little bit, but nothing seemed to help. oh well. after puting the car on back on the ground and putting tools away. Me and mimi jumped in and took it for its first drive up and down the street. pretty exciting, since I picked the car up almost a year ago.



Still need to do a lot of sanding, bodywork, and a little paint... not really excited about it, but its should be done so that the car wont look too retarted going down the road. At least one solid color would make it presentable.



as for the wagon. I plan to pull the tranny back off and fit the starter on to see where it is hitting and by how much and what not. sounds not fun, but I wanna do it so I can have another car to drive. plus the wagon is kinda fun to drive once in a while. Needs a new fuel pump as well.... I feel like my wagon has been under a car cover for most of its life with me.



Maybe ill start postin up some progression pictures as I go along. Usually I don't post my cars/projects, but no one really goes on my blog anyways lol. It might be kinda cool to see how it evolves as things are being done.








Here's Mimi takin off the lug nuts ^^ Thanx Love!

healthy time :D

a while back me and mimi started going to the gym. worked out well for a few weeks then we fell off for a few months.... lol. all that dieting and all that healthy stuff, well we fell off on that too. but now we are back at it for round 2? 3? 8? jkjk. doesnt matter what round it is. We're BACK!!!!

-lower calorie intakes per day

-cutting out more fried and processed food

-no sodas (although we didnt really drink it anyways)

-eating more salads and greens

-no eating too late or right before sleeping

-less to no sweets

-idk probably other stuff...

anyways. feels good to be healthy. loosing weight isnt so much my goal, I more just want to be healthy and be more athletic? right now i probably can barely run down the street if Im lucky, so things like that I wish to improve.

maybe one day after all this hard work I be as cool as this guy:

and look what his brand Ambush came out with :D

too bad its sold out everwhere I can find it...

whats been goin on lately?

Nothing.

No time for fun or chillin, just a school some days, and the other days work. one full day off from both, which is usually spent 50%+ studying or doing something that isnt neccessarily by choice. When I get time ill kick around the cars and fiddle faddle here and there. Also still tryin to save a few of my pennies after paying the bills, but that seems near impossible, Although in the end im sure itll be worth it.

Datsun swap meet comin up on sunday morning, maybe me and meemz will go if we can wake up. LOL its a long drive, but hopefully the vendors or people sellin junk will bring some usefull stuff :)

Traveling.. Yes please, and sometime soon *Crosses fingers* Summer time??? :D
Japan? Korea? LA? Anywhere?

I wish the days had more hours in them for free time. and I wish people didnt need as many hours to get a full nights rest.