Ok, im slightly bored at work, so i thought i would start a compendium of the IPRA car which i have and run.
I bought this old AE86 Sprinter thing in 2004 when i was living in Melbourne, because i remember seeing them run at Bathurst in the late 80s, and always thought they were pretty damn cool.
It started off looking like this:
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3033-2/Picture_002.jpg[/img]
With more things wrong with it than you could poke a stick at. Nevertheless, it didnt have much rust in it, and was going to make a good little weekend racer/club car, which i was originally going to keep rego on.
As 2004 wore on it started looking less and less like the old road car it used to be:
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3060-2/DSCF0001.jpg[/img]
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3078-2/DSCF0005_1.jpg[/img]
But i was still going to put a good interior back in it, and maybe a half cage and just use it as a weekend racer.
So i took the 4AGE out of my old FWD Corolla and started to work at RWDing it:
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3114-2/DSCF0017.jpg[/img]
Meanwhile, coilover bits came, and more suspension and driveline parts:
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/5272-2/DSCF0004_002.jpg[/img]
Engines went:
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3129-2/DSCF0007_002.jpg[/img]
And then half of the car went:
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3149-2/DSCF0007_1.jpg[/img]
New Diffs came:
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3173-2/DSCF0003_002.jpg[/img]
And then i decided that the stock sound deadening was too heavy:
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3190-2/DSCF0002_002.jpg[/img]
Note the quality tools used in this photo cough
A bit later in the year i was up in Canberra for the snow, and picked up some trick bits from Ben Wilson (cheers mate), as well as my new suspension, and throttle bodies:
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3249-2/DSCF0006_003.jpg[/img]
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3265-2/DSCF0004_009.jpg[/img]
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3263-2/DSCF0003_006.jpg[/img]
Later still i started shovelling it all into the car:
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3302-2/DSCF0009_005.jpg[/img]
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3324-2/DSCF0011_004.jpg[/img]
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3326-2/DSCF0013_003.jpg[/img]
[img]http://gallery2.plebeians.net/d/3466-2/DSCF0001_011.jpg[/img]
And thats where all my nice little plans went wrong…….