Abeja Roja (The Red Bee) 1973 Toyota Corolla

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. Author: Michael Yount   As you've likely seen in other posts here, the little car has a...

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. Author: Michael YountI decided to pull the exhaust system off from the header back.  It had...

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. ---------------------- Author: Michael Yount   As mentioned in the last post about the A/C, I...

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. ---------------------- Author: Michael Yount Set about to recharge the A/C on the Corolla.  It...

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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. ---------------------- Author: Michael Yount Test drive went perfect.  No noises or contact...

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 --...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...