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crandalucks last won the day on August 22 2022

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  • Birthday 02/01/1964

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    RS40 Crown Deluxe Sedan
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    1963
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    New South Wales
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    Classic Cars

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  1. Recently, having finally got the Crown home, I did a very minor cosmetic restoration. Basically spurred on by looking at it, and being crapped off by 5yrs of dust + fingerprints of me & tilt tray driver being all over bonnet & boot, I pushed it outside & washed it, then attached its headlight surrounds & hubcaps.

    Although very far from the truth, looks ready for a cruise now. 😀

     

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  2. Just made a post in original thread: put a wanted ad on Gumtree, and ended up with two! Got one already via eBay, and the other is in the post.
  3. Well I put a wanted ad on Gumtree. First another Gumtree user gave me a link to someone on eBay that had one, bought that. Then a guy on Gumtree says, "I got one of those!" So I bought that too. I've got the first one, and the second one is on its way.
  4. My 1963-4 RS41 has owners', engine & chassis manuals; what I don't have is the body manual. Does anyone have one that I can buy?
  5. Thanks for your response Tony 🙂 One resource I don't have is the RS40 series BODY manual - while I do have the ENGINE & CHASSIS ones. Would be interested in obtaining the BODY one.
  6. So now for an update........ In the intervening years since I first posted, Dad has gone upstairs, we're now in our own house (paying off our mortgage not the landlady's), and I've recently had built a nice big shed in which to home this Crown, its Valiant and Sunbeam sisters, and lots of other stuff. The shed took about a year from go to whoa, at least nine months of that due to COVID, disrupted supply chains, COVID, lots of encores from La Nina, COVID....and of course COVID. All that aside, now that the Crown is here, I can start to get down to tin tacks, and commence some restoration at last! Dad had begun the process of getting the car going again, by removing some of the engine's ancillaries, such as radiator, water pump, carb, dizzy - but not much more. He did buy a brand new cam (still in its Toyota wrapping!). So not far from the point where the old 3R can be removed. Among other things that need renewing, the rubbers/seals for the doors/windows, boot & bonnet are all a bit crumbly as you might expect. I've already contacted 3 different old auto rubber suppliers, but have yet to hear back. Any other tips for who I should contact? I'll pop in some more recent photos soon.
  7. Car was sold June last year - to someone who was interested in preserving it for what it is.
  8. Just to let you all know, the MS65 specific manuals were recently sold.
  9. Item: Sundry Toyota factory workshop manuals Crown repair manual - 2M engine group Corona repair manual - RT series body group 2R engine repair manual 12R engine repair manual (with 2R inclusion) 21R/22R engine repair manual (with 21R-C inclusion) Location: Dapto, NSW Website: Here & Gumtree https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/dapto/textbooks/various-toyota-workshop-manuals/1174615940?posted=true Item Condition: Used Reason for Selling: Not required by me/to make available to people who could best use these items Price and Payment conditions: $25 each negotiable or $150 the lot/payment by bank transfer please Any additional information: Shipping: Will ship to requested address/postage cost additional to agreed item(s) price Pictures: none at present Contact Details: Contact me by Private Message
  10. As I continue to sort through all of the - everythingunderthegoddamnsun - that is in my Dad's house, much to my relief, I recently came across many, many Toyota workshop manuals. Including the ones I need for this car, namely RS Series Engine Group and RS Series Chassis Group. I was fearful that I'd find no such thing, as my OM was fiercely old school in so many ways ("don't need a bloody workshop manual, I can figure it out!"). FWIW there are other workshop manuals for other toy motors; this will be a subject for another post.
  11. now on carsales.com.au https://seller.carsalesnetwork.com.au/my-ads?advertId=5058110
  12. 1st pic shows how it had been "living" (more like dozing) for the last nearly 40yrs. 2nd pic is a little bit of a sneak peak, showing how good it still is. 3rd, 4th & 5th pic after it had been hauled (with 25% protest - see above) out of the garage. Prior to bath, but that was coming......... 6th pic - that classic cockpit 7th & 8th pic - getting aboard the tilt tray for its new temporary home down south.
  13. Hi Warren, thanks for responding. I did try that, but I was unable to get any purchase on anything inside. Presumably you mean the two grommet-covered rectangular "windows" located at 10 & 4 (as you face the brake drum). I also tried a hub pulling device, which was bringing the drum away, interspersed with some hammering on the drum at various angles. What eventually worked was getting a lever on studs 1 & 3 (plus lots more mother's ointment ) and applying 110kg of me. This was the straw. Did a bit more of that, then popped the wheel back on to make it turn more. It does now, albeit reluctantly - but at least enough that it can be gotten onto the tilt tray, off again and manoeuvered into its storage garage.
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