Many have commented already I realize, but those speakers were released in September 1974 according to the global Pioneer site. So they'd have been the latest and greatest at the time.
Your videos are priceless I am just glad you do not your charge your viewers per view because you could make fortune. Thank you. Your videos are pure joy to watch.
I like how you mention how long something takes. It really shows everyone how/why it takes so long to restore a car. People also should keep this in mind when having a car repaired and why it costs so much due to the amount of labor. My dad use to restore old Cadillacs to detailed as OEM new and I learned a lot doing that. My favorite part was the final buffing and detailing the cars. When done, BOOM! put that baby on the showroom floor. I miss those days.
Whenever you use the small sanding wheel and time lapse, it sounds exactly like my dentist’s drill. 😱 I can’t imagine what you’d have to go through without Charlie’s engineering & fabricobbler skills. The heart transplant is going to look factory. Thank you, Sarah. 👍👍👍
That’s definitely an aftermarket speaker. It came with a factory pioneer setup, they likely blew eventually, and then the next owner replaced it with aftermarket pioneers. You can see where they cut the door skin to sink that larger magnet in behind the factory grill. 🖤
Its easier to fill those holes if you put a piece of copper behind to act as a heatsink. The weld won't bind, and it'll also give a nice, relatively flat surface on the weld
There’s a company based in Canada that specializes in factory decals and stickers for many vintage Japanese vehicles, they might be able to help you out with that orange sticker for the door lock
Excellent attention to detail to ensure the drivetrain won’t sound like a Chineseium Washing Machine when assembled. Sarah you are so much fun to watch, you’re lucky to have Charlie assist. 😊
Those speakers were the “thing” back in the 70’s. I put them in the ‘77 Dodge van I built out in ‘78 along with a Pioneer head unit and 100w amp. That was considered powerful back then. Never blew them up and the sound was pretty decent. BTW those mini screws were used in Toyotas for years. Remember taking apart a ‘95 Corolla and finding them on the door handle trim pieces.
Mark where the bell housing touches on the transmission tunnel. With it out of the way a few judicious thumps with a lump hammer will give enough clearance without cutting and welding anything. You won't see it because it will be under the carpet/centre console. Worked on my Range Rover Classic.
Ya what Angel said...lol I like that whistle biscuit for paint removal. Thank you Sarah for saying how long it takes to do the work that you go through in time lapse. May y'all continue to have a gcod one. Have fun take care
Leather spats over your shoes when welding or burning. 10:12.....a heat sink for welding thin material and no warpage. I learned something new today...........................thanks Charlie.
Stripping and grinding...muffins and biscuits...set it back down on the old 2x4. This is getting so wild! Your close up footage and editing is getting us right there with you, Sarah. Right on, Fabricobbler. Tocar el asunto exacto, Angel!
Thanks for the update. I just hope the clearances you have are ok for torsion rotation when the engine revs up or is used in gear downchanging. I hope you have heaps of rear wheel traction in the end too. Looks great. Most Celecas of that era in Australia are pretty rusted out.
Great job on the video folks! Thanks for making it. It's never a waste of time to make sure you have a clean workspace. Detailing the car before you took it apart was a solid choice.
These videos are going to become a "How To" guide to anyone else wanting to do this swap, and once people see how hard a stock UZ pulls in a lightweight chassis, it's going to be very popular.
Those door speakers are valuable because they are a matching set of speakers including the rear box speaker that's very popular with classic jdm people and Bosozoku.
Hey Sarah, I have tried just about every home spun paint removal method. I just did a 46 Ford with that thick cellulose black paint. Messy! The aluminum oxide disks on the angle grinder will speed up the process a bunch. Not too aggressive. I can do a whole large car in long day with those discs. You will probably need two or three to finish that small car. As they wear in they become more rounded. Do your sharp edges while they still have a square edge a then move to the open areas of the panel. The hobo freight ones work just fine. Your high to med build primer will smooth out the uneven texture left behind easily. That car is going to really move with that V8! Cheers from NM.
Currently sporting a crater in the top of my foot as well. A piece of welding slag made it through my lace up boot, not much you can do about it. By the time you get your boot unlaced and off cussing is of no further use.
Not surprised that those Pioneer speakers are still OK. Pioneer was one of the (if not THE) premier Japanese stereo manufacturers and they were absolutely killin’ it in the ‘70s. I have a 1976 Pioneer SX1250 Home Stereo Receiver and it is unbelievable. 70 pounds of old-school analog awesomeness built to last for centuries! I love Japanese stuff…..
1970's Pionneer stereo and car equipment was the best. All of my siblings had Pioneer equipment in their homes as well. All that stuff was heavy duty and lasted forever.
I have a carbon fiber shround around a cone style air filter on my Lexus SC. It goes about half way around. You could use this as a rain sheild and put a cone filter up through the center of the hood. The front hood hinges would keep the gap tight, sort of like a shaker-style hood scoop, straight into the throttle body.
As pioneer fan for more than 30 years and sold tons of pioneer car audio I tell you that you can't go wrong with pioneer TS series speaker those ts-100 they are not powerful but give you crisp sound for front speaker but you can upgrade them with higher model that give you some more base 😉
Copper welding spoon, makes welding holes closed a lot easier. Weld will not cling to them. Very cheap at Harbor Freight. Every welder should have one.
Dear Sarah, Rookie pilot (aka Angel food cake) and Charlie (last but definitely not least). Dependable auto truck shows in unfortunately not often viewed vid a really great and extremely simple inexpensive way how an engine hoist should be constructed in the first place. I was blown away and I will definitely improve my engine hoist by adding such an inexpensive hand/manual winch. I hope you like the improvement too. Best regards, luck and health in particular. To all of you of course.
After a digging those speakers were first released on September 1974. Pioneers website does not say were they were made. If I had to guess they were made in Japan.
Nice Aluminum Voice Coil Covers on those Vintage Pioneers. It gave everything that extra little kiss of Treble. I doubt they were listening to Kiss on those things though -because they're not blown
Amazing the work you have put into this project ! ( I would have started in with a smaller crate engine ! ) Always enjoy watching and learning what is involved in these projects.
Hi Sarah I love this build I have modified many cars in the 80's. I was wondering if you intend to add capacity to the oil pan anywhere to recover the amount lost. If you have space this era of engines always did well with a remote filter and oil cooler.
Happy Friday Eve Sarah!!! Fabricobbler Charlie to the rescue!!😁 Digging Angel's Spanish translations. Definitely some work going down on the old Celica, great to see the progression. High5 to Charlie and Angel!! Stay excellent!!!😎
