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Karl La Follette
Karl La Follette SuperDork
3/11/13 8:16 a.m.

I picked up a chiltons maual at the car show saturday night get me an address if you want it pik of manual

singleslammer
singleslammer Dork
3/12/13 8:41 p.m.

That is awesome! However, there will be almost nothing left of the original car/suspension once I am done.

singleslammer
singleslammer Dork
8/5/13 10:45 p.m.

Finally! An update.

I have cleaned and rearranged my garage to promote starlet work. Got the front suspension pulled out because my Miata donor showed up a few weeks ago. Thanks psteav!

Next step is pull the stock axle and strip the Miata. Anyone need parts?

Also looks like I might go grab one of Yamaha's SHOs. This will make a killer donor and give me everything I need for the motor swap.

Psteav and I also checked the Mazda transmission for fitment and it looks good. The shifter even lines up!

singleslammer
singleslammer Dork
8/6/13 10:57 p.m.

Hey look it's an SHO motor in a starlet!

yamaha
yamaha PowerDork
11/12/13 10:31 a.m.

In reply to singleslammer:

Any updates on this beasty?

singleslammer
singleslammer Dork
11/13/13 2:17 p.m.

Sorry man, I haven't started pulling the miata apart yet and that is the next step.

yamaha
yamaha PowerDork
11/14/13 11:55 a.m.

In reply to singleslammer:

Its all good, I had to find your build thread to link over to the "Sho swap registry" list.

Theres been alot more than I even knew about

singleslammer
singleslammer Dork
11/14/13 1:48 p.m.

Sweet, thanks man!

singleslammer
singleslammer SuperDork
5/16/14 12:19 p.m.

After a LONG hiatus, the starlet will be getting some love!! I really doubt I will make the Challenge this year or maybe within budget but I want a sweet street rod and this is what I got! The miata will be taken apart coming Sunday!

ClemSparks
ClemSparks PowerDork
9/15/14 2:28 p.m.

I was at Singleslammer's house this past weekend and wanted to report some progress that I saw.

It appears there has been a near-miss situation and the Miata donor was able to avoid rear-ending the Starlet in the driveway. The trunk latch apparently failed in the process (and it's not visible here, but the rear suspension evidently separated from the car as a result of the evasive maneuver).

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But that's not the progress. Here's the progress:

A furniture dolly has collapsed from passage of time and exposure to the elements.

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Every little bit of progress helps!

Clem

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/15/14 2:54 p.m.

That furniture dolly is now oni kyan style!

singleslammer
singleslammer SuperDork
9/15/14 6:50 p.m.

You didn't get a shot of the Miata rear end removed. Well crap, I need to take one I guess...

saruken
saruken New Reader
9/25/14 3:52 p.m.
GameboyRMH wrote: That furniture dolly is now oni kyan style!

This made my day.

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