A 50 year old Japanesse lady: SRL311 01228

[2mAn]

Picked up a new Racing Quip 5pt Harness.



Got it installed and adjusted the belts to a nice tight fit



Got a few parts from JT, a block-off plate and Grade 8 bolt to replace my threaded rod



Comparison of the rod, the Grade 2 my local hardware store and JTs Grade 8 bolt



Got the block off plate installed, nice piece JT

[Chilezen]

Lol let me get that alternator bracket, I can weld it back together too

[s14brent]

nice roll bar!! great progress being made!

[2mAn]

I guess this paint should work! It’s FOR rollbars




More masking... ( did even more before I finally painted)



And done!



And now a preview of what’s coming soon.



I also finally tackled the alternator issue that popped up, looks like I found the problem...



While admiring that I discovered another problem, bet you’ve never seen this before!



Last but not least, I got Taka back at work again

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Good things coming soon!

[e30vert]

Those welds are so fresh and so clean clean! I need a welder like that for Jeep Roll bar fabrication , but I am in Nevada.
The artsy long shutter pictures are neato bandito!
Its looking good!

[2mAn]

Dropped off the Roadster with Chilezen to have some changes done and he knocked this out of the park.




Amazing welding skills and absolutely lovely work. Great pics too!










With these Roll bar modifications done, Im one step closer to taking it to the track. Still a few more items to get done before Im happy with the status of the rollbar. Also have some other stuff coming soon. Sadly, its become painfully obvious that this seat Ive had for a long time is no longer a viable option for this car and I hope to have a good replacement done sooner than later.

[2mAn]

that really ties the room together.

haha I have a bunch of license plates the need to go up too, but not sure how many holes I want to drill into being that this is not our final home

[jeenyus]

that really ties the room together.

[2mAn]

The new wheel looks nice. Similar to a momo prototipo.

Similar in look, far inferior in quality! haha I will upgrade from this eventually, but its a step up from the previous steering wheel

[mike.bmw]

The new wheel looks nice. Similar to a momo prototipo.

[2mAn]

Sounds sick dude. I have a soft spot for the roadsters, those videos kinda make me want one lol.

It certainly sounds great and its hard not to lean into the throttle! Im getting absolutely horrible mpg, but luckily this car isnt my daily... though I have considered daily driving it since I sold my E30 but Im not going to do that.

Anyways, I attended to something that had been bothering me for a while... the Personal Steering wheel that was on the car. Since I got the car the leather was shot so my "temp" fix 2+ years ago was some bicycle handlebar wrap. It wasnt bad, but after some yanking on the wheel with my last few drives its really showing its true colors and needed to go. I found a great aftermarket wheel that looked great. It wasnt an authentic Momo or Nardi but I loved how it looked so consider this the next "temp" wheel, so maybe in 2023 I will have the final wheel, but who knows!

The problem with this wheel was its Momo bolt pattern and my Personal/ Nardi hub. I couldnt find anyone who wanted to trade hubs and didnt find a Nardi that I loved so I figured lets buy an adapter. Im usually anti adapter, but this was a well built piece. It arrived this afternoon and earlier today I bought that wheel, so tonight was installation time.

The old allen bolts mostly came out easily, all but two and those turned into a problem...



Seeing as how those were not going to be reused, especially being stripped and all, it was time to make a final solution.



Now that its about to come off, heres the final look and final time the old Personal wheel will be on the car



And without further adieu



I still dont know what Im going to do with the horn button, but since my horn has a mind of its own, Im not rushing. I dont like the Momo and the old Datsun one doesnt look right. Any suggestions?..

Another view



The Personal wheel was retired to the garage wall

[rturbo 930]

rturbo 930 I think you'll like these videos...

Sounds sick dude. I have a soft spot for the roadsters, those videos kinda make me want one lol.

[glnr13]

stupid move, glad you guys and your cars made it through safely. sounds really good.

[IceWhite]

Jeez, What a Moron! A Move like that spoils the fun for the rest of the drive.

Love it when you have to slow down for the others in the second Video, Lol.

Also, I could listen to the sound your car makes all day, every day.

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Jesus F***ing Christ. Watching that gave me goosebumps.... yea sure you guys were moving, but that subaru was just reckless stupidity.

Anyway, looked like fun and the car sounds great! I ought to be ready for an autox in 3-4 weeks!