Diamond in the Rough - my 1985 Toyota Tercel build

Nice work and digging your progress and updates! Thanks for letting us join in on your fun @ArizonaComa!

This thing is gonna be as good as when it rolled off the assembly line.

 

Same here

 

Love this thing, keep it coming
Would love a little 4wd tercel wagon one day

 

This was so much fun to read through and makes me nostalgic for my 87 FX16 GTS, I really wish I would’ve kept that car. You’re putting hella good work into the Tercel, keep it up!

 

you gonna be able to get this old girl up and going for the upcoming tercel meet in Colorado this year? ill be at it with my buddies but ill have my dual sport to ride around.

 

Sadly I won't be able to make the meet & greet this year.
The Tercel manual swap has been on a bit of a pause, but I am expecting to get back to business in the near future.

 

Hope you're not planning on selling! Then I'd have to buy it haha

 

damn! that sucks you got a few more months to get her going before the meet! but i get it lol

 

I never uploaded a picture of the reman’d power steering rack installed.

No other recent progress to share but I’m getting back to work. Some holes to cut, pedals to route, and an engine to rebuild left!

 

hows the progress so far?

 

pretty nonexistent lately!

work has just been kicking my ass a bit lately; lacking motivation for the project.
not to mention the usual Phoenix summer heat.

 

ah i feel ya! you see all the pics on the tercel page from the trip? it was a great one!

 

I saw the pictures, it looked like a great time! I look forward to going to a meet & greet down the road.

 

for sure man! it was a great time minus me hitting a boulder... but other then that a great time indeed! next year they are thinking wisconsin even thou me and my buddy are trying to get them to change their minds to like tail of the dragon area for roads and trails..

 

Cool project! I’ll watch for updates.

 

In truth, I’m also preparing to move across the valley soon.

I’ve been reluctant to dig too deep into the project when I know it all gets transported to a new location soon.

 

The Tercel wagon shell and all my parts for the 4WD manual surgery have been safely transported across the valley.

I have a LOT of work left to do getting the house set up not to mention the garage, but we are heading in the right direction to get back to work on this manual surgery!

 

hell ya man!

idk where the next tercel meet will be but hopefully you can make it next year!

 

Real nice update

 

Things are falling back in place, very slowly but surely.

I really did have to start at square one on the project after the move. When I showed up to the new place, I didn’t even have a work bench or toolbox.



I’ve since acquired a new floor jack, and a “new” Craftsman toolbox I scored for $100.

You can see that my current “work bench” setup is less than ideal - this will be replaced with a proper work bench & vise this weekend.

Progress really came to a halt on the Tercel 4WD manual project, but I think now that I’ll have proper tools and equipment in place things can start to get moving again.


Patiently waiting…