1969 MS55 Restoration - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

crown69 · 01-03-2010, 09:17 AM

Hello TNers; restoration of my 69 MS55 is nearing completion, almost 2 years and several hundred euros down the road. I documented every stage of the process in pics. Enjoy.

General shots when I got it.

Time to get down to work! Lets go

crown69 · 01-03-2010, 09:29 AM

and now, the engine

new radiator

and brake and clutch masters

crown69 · 01-03-2010, 09:53 AM

The hood

the rest of the car going away for final bodywork preparation

which starts right away

first glimpse of colour(FINALLY!!!) on the exterior

JohnAE82 · 01-10-2010, 11:45 AM

That is one awesome car, great job!

Bitter · 01-10-2010, 02:48 PM

very cool, would you ever consider a 7M-GTE swap?

verlaryder · 01-11-2010, 01:28 AM

Amazing job! The early M engines are possibly the smoothest, most vibration free engines Toyota ever built - so smooth they don't feel or sound strained when doing 3500 RPM on the highway. American inline 6's of the 1960's and 70's are so loud and coarse sounding at 3500 or even 3000 RPM they sound as if they are ready to blow up!

crown69 · 01-11-2010, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bitter

very cool, would you ever consider a 7M-GTE swap?

no, since I got ITS OWN engine; if I got her without an engine or if it was screwed up beyond repair, that would have been on top of my option list, along with the 5m. So its all to original specs, complete with chrome wheel covers and whitebands

hychar · 01-14-2010, 01:57 PM

That is an awesome restoration. Beautiful!