Author: Michael Yount The Corolla could use some more front roll stiffness. The OEM bar is 17mm. The only game in town, short of a custom bar (at least $600) is Addco. The race car had an Addco front bar ordered some 33 years ago. Amazing. Ordered through Jegs --...
The idea of driving this car is getting more and more exciting. At this point I've driven the car less than 150'. That was far enough to get it off the trailer and up into the garage. Since January this thing has sat on jack stands while being worked on. I think...
Author: Michael Yount Continued with work on gussets -- these two for the firewall brackets. I'll probably bevel that weld seam on the backside/bottom since that surface will have to be ground flat to bolt to the firewall.I used my wooden mock up pieces as templates...
These drip rail moldings were a bit disappointing when they arrived a few years ago. I bought them 3 years ago when I was trying to complete Almost 4. I don't remember where I bought them or what brand they were. When they arrived I threw them on the shelf and...
Author: Michael Yount The unibody on the Corolla is vintage '73 design - which is to say, not the stiffest "box" in the world. One thing that helps a bit is tying certain bits of it together. A roll-cage helps a lot -- but that's beyond the scope of this course. ...
Please subscribe to the YouTube channel if you have not already. Also, find us on Facebook and Instagram as Purist Motorsports. Don't forget to like and share our content. When we were getting Almost 4 the Saleen SA10 #04 chassis project ready for the Saleen...
One of the things I noticed in poking around thus far is that the stereo on the car doesn't have an antenna. Suspect previous owner removed it during the paint/body phase and that, as they say, was that. I recalled having an antenna coax cable extender in my box of...
Please subscribe to the YouTube channel if you have not already. Also, find us on Facebook and Instagram as Purist Motorsports. Don't forget to like and share our content. We had a battle with the exhaust. So it took two installments on the video side to get this...
Author: Michael Yount I've always enjoyed little touches that 'make the car mine' - but look like something the factory might have done. Big kudos to Dave Barton out in TX - he's my go to for helping me make custom emblems using adhesive vinyl overlays. This...
Please subscribe to the YouTube channel if you have not already. Also, find us on Facebook and Instagram as Purist Motorsports. One of the options for a Bleakley Ford Impressor Mustang was a "Stainless Off Road Exhaust". This car had an H pipe on it with cats. Once...
Author: Michael Yount I started with a bit of cardboard to mock up what an air dam might look like. I'd fashioned something similar for the old TE27 Corolla I raced back in the 80's/90's. After shopping around a bit, I went to Lowe's (an essential coronavirus...
If you haven't yet, head over to YouTube and subscribe to our YouTube channel here While working on the video for the suspension we talked about the air dam not being attached properly. It's a simple zip tie affair with the 89-93 rear air dam on the Foxbody...
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