Thread: Courier Project Underway

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Well this might interest you, or someone:

http://boise.craigslist.org/pts/380227983.html

sweet I'm already on it, Thanks

scotter that does look like a great deal . For a days time looks like that is a super truck for the value. May have some thing you could use or do different .

My oldest son wants to do a Courier 4x4 conversion and that truck would be the perfect start for his project.

Originally Posted by scotter

My oldest son wants to do a Courier 4x4 conversion and that truck would be the perfect start for his project.

Is that '75 still available?

not sure, I'm waiting for a reply from the seller

Well I got an agreement on the 75 and am picking it up saturday. Thanks for the lead 53fatfndr.

The back half of the cab will get used to extend my daughters 72. everything else will go to the "attic" for future use on my sons truck.

Originally Posted by scotter

Well I got an agreement on the 75 and am picking it up saturday. Thanks for the lead 53fatfndr.

No title on the truck and it's all tore apart. so it will be used for parts. The back half of the cab will get used to extend my daughters 72. everything else will go to the "attic" for future use on my sons truck.

Good deal

How are things coming along?

Haven't done much in the past two weeks as I'm in the middle of changing jobs (working 2 at once right now) should have more updates middle of next week.

Did you pick up the freebie? If so, how was it?


Don

Yes, I fallowed up on the freebie, as was to be expected some good stuff / some junk . I took a few bits of "gold" and helped them load the rest onto one of their rigs headed for the scrap yard. I got some really good sheet metal to work with so it was worth the trip. I have everything I need to extend the cab on my daughters truck now.

Well I went to work on the courier a couple weeks ago on a whim. wasn't really in the mood with my new job and the evening remodel I didn't have much time. Anyways I set out to lay back the windshield and well ... I screwed up while laying it back I forgot to watch my relief cuts under the glass,they turned out to be inadiquite and I distorted the bottom edge of the frame bad enough to pop the bottom edge of the glass out of the seal I wound up cutting the frame totally out and after 40 minutes of fighting (with my sons help) we got it straitend back and the glass mounted properly back in the frame.

Laying the windshield back on a courier is extremely difficult due to the way the cowl and dash are designed, I will never lay one back again on a courier , the amount of metal work at the cowl will probably be half the labor on the project.

On the positive side we got the lower cowl tacked back onto the floor assembly as well as the rear wall of the cab. and after placing every thing where it goes I found that I actually fit without stretching the cab. This is a major deal because it means I wont have to stretch the doors or the floorboards. I also wont have to have any patch panels in the roof because it isn't as long anymore and there is enough metal to cover the cut above the winshield

I think it will look better this way because it is smaller and that is what I wanted was a totally choped in every direction truck.

Sorry I dont have any photos I forgot to take the camera with me. I plan on getting back to work on it this upcoming week and will get some new photos posted soon.
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Well I finally got back to work on the truck tonight. My son, daughter and daughters friend all helped out and we made some progress. We put it back on the frame so weather permitting we can take it outside and do some needed grinding in order ro correct some alignment issues. Here's some pics, enjoy -


After tacking the windshield frame in place



The wedge cut at the rear window


Back on the wheels


This is going to be one tough looking truck


For reference, before the cutting began -


The battery was dying on my camera so I didn't get to many detail shots but I will next time around. It looks like I will be able to work on it every tues and thurs evenings with my new work schedule. I also plan on starting my daughters extended cab soon. It's been tough the last couple of months while going through a career change to get anything done but I'm back on track. I'll try to post an upate a least once a week for those of you following this build.

My dad had an old yellow '75 Courier. bought it from his uncle as a beater, ran it
till the motor died, then installed a new motor, ran it until the transmission came apart going down the road ( literally, he kept driving and got it home tho ). then he later drove it to a local junkyard. this was mid 80's, had well over 300k on it. parts shifter broke so, for a few months, he stabbed a crow bar in the trans to shift it. yours is looking pretty nice. 1 thing about them tho, is I know that the frames tend to rust out. the Courier is also a Mazda truck, a B series but I don't know which. bodies are a little diffrent, interior is the same.