We have a day off here in switzerland so i spent an hour at the garage and removed the transmission:
1) Jacked up the rear end and put it on jackstands so i was able to unbolt the driveshaft:

2) Unbolted the driveshaft from the transmission and unbolted  the transmission mount. and out it came:

and out of the car it is

also started to uninstall the fuel tank but have to drain it first

I still have a damn flu, but somehow it got so boring laying around in front of the tv – i just had to get something done. so i went to the garage and started with no special goal in my mind. Seems like sometimes it’s the best to work without pressure

1) Got the clutch slave cylinder out after i had it soaked in WD40 for a few days:

2) Next was the Fuel pump to be removed:

3) jacked up the front end and put it on jackstands and prepared the engine hoist / Lifter:

4) removed the engine mount-bolts and lifter the L24 out with no problems

Big hole here

5) put the engine on an old tire because it’s a great way to store engines

next step will be the dashboard i think. it’s coming along again

First the bad news: I’ve planned to get a lot of work done this week due to swiss labour day and so on, but of course i had to get a damn cold exactly during this time so i’m currently lying in my bed with fever and other uncool stuff…

Now to the good news: I made a few phone calls around the country to different registration stations and Authorities and this led me back to the original car’s documents which i – 50 bucks later – got an original copy from now. This will alow me to get the car registered when it’s done. great – my car has documents

A while ago, the famous JDM legends shop had a contest on their facebook page and, well, i won it
Today a package from USA arrived with a nice JDMlegends Tee and a few stickers, which i will proudly put on my car once it’s done. Great! And big thanks to Eric and Ryan over at JDMlegends!

After the Visit of the Bodyshop-guy i now have a goal again and that’s stripping the black car to bare shell to so i’ll be able to bring it to the bodyshop by the end of the year and have the chassis done in a year probably So i started to push things on the black chassis today:
1) Removed the starter motor so it will be easier to remove the engine (hopefully in 2 days )

also wanted to remove the speedo-sensor but actually those damn screws were stuck, so i let them soak in WD40:

2) Next was the steering wheel:

3) and last but not least the tank lock door thingy. you also might notice a bit of rust underneath which i discovered today after removing some “bubbles” in the paintjob….

anyway i feel like i’m back to the project after now not wanting to do too much before knowing any goal for a while now. Next im hoping to get the engine and tranny out

NEWS Today i had the bodyshop guy here checking out my cars. The plan was to hear his thoughts and get a future plan for how it’s gonna be done. and that’s what happend:
The very nice guy showed up and checked my cars thoroughly for about 1,5 hours and explaining me a lot of things and showing me alot of things i haven’t seen. also he explained about his previously owned JDM cars and the people he knows etc.
Note that he doesn’t look very happy when i made a photo, but afterwords i explained about my blog and then he was happy agian

And here’s the plan:
After checking both cars he mentioned it would make more sense to repair the black chassis and use the white one for spare-pieces because the white is more patched up and damaged while the black has only minor repairs and usual rust spots.
He also mentioned that he’s a fabricator bodyguy and can make any kind of bodypanels by himself.
He quoted me 15 grand for a completely restored base shell including the bolt-on panels. but also explained it could easily be more work discovered at work. im ok with that.
Also he explained how i should continue: Store the whit car like i did, totally strip down the black chassis and have the paint stripped down from doors, hatch, hood, etc and have them primered. Then create a rolling jig for the black car and then i can deliver it for him to work. He also explained about how payment works with this kind of projects and was very kind and nice and seemed pretty interrested in this kind of stuff and has a big knowledge in japanese classics (which is rare in switzerland). In fact he even gave me a few contacts to people in the scene i’ll contact during the next days!
So this gives me a whole truckload of motivation and i’m feeling i know where this project goes during the next months! great

Well after the never-ending winter with shit weather i somehow lost my motivation to get stuff done one the car, but this seems gone right now so i took two days off to get some things done (mostly gardening, but also some work on the cars ) while we have some great weather
1) I was a bit worried how my first chassis would look after a seriously wet and snowy winter (where they throw a lot of salts on streets right in front of the car…) so i uncovered it:

and moved her in a better position, here you can see both of my fairladies:

2) then i got some stuff done on chassis number two: removed the last wires and hoses from the engine so hopefully i’ll be able to get the engine and transmission out soon. (Should get my engine hoist back on the weekend )

3) Completed the paint stripping on the kakimoto valve cover. it’s still wet from cleaning in the picture but looks great. ready for another clean and primer soon

4) Also made a few phone calls to figure out about the missing documents and i found out the car was last registered in an area about 1 hour from here (St. Gallen) and well i have some good news regarding the documents tomorrow. be sure to check this blog tomorrow again. im pretty happy with my progress today and hopefully the motivation keeps lasting for all my car projects. need a serious push to get things done