Laurel C31 parts, please help me out!

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Re: Laurel C31 parts, please help me out!

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I will definetly keep hanging here on your forum, even thou' I'm far from NZ. Right now we have winter here in Finland, so Laurel is sleeping it's hibernation. I took couple crappy quick-shots before I covered him up. I can share those with you..once I get to my home computer.
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Here you go:

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Maybe I set up my own build-topic for this family jewel later on. Let's keep this topic on the rails..
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Outstanding Jay thank you. A very very mint looking Laurel !! Full credit to you for preserving it in such great condition, one family owner cars survive the odds !
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Well guys, I found all the parts i was looking for! Luke helpt me get in thouch with the Trademes eller
So now parts came from all over the world:

JDM grille and chrome trim for bonnet and headlights from New-Zeland
Wheel arch trim and bonnet trim from Bahrain
Fenders from Belgium
Bumper beam from the UK
Extra headlights and extra trim from Lithiana

I managed to find 4 doors, 2 fenders, a bootlid and bonnet in rust free condition overhere in Holland at a guy who owns 4 C230 Laurels, 3 C31 Laurels and 7 C32 Laurels!

ImageIMG-20170127-WA0004 by Jelmer Eppinga, on Flickr
ImageIMG-20170127-WA0007 by Jelmer Eppinga, on Flickr
ImageIMG-20170127-WA0001 by Jelmer Eppinga, on Flickr
Imagereceived_10202540834039363 by Jelmer Eppinga, on Flickr
Imagereceived_10202540829479249 by Jelmer Eppinga, on Flickr
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ImageIMG_20161230_130542910 by Jelmer Eppinga, on Flickr
ImageIMG_20161230_130519678 by Jelmer Eppinga, on Flickr
'83 Laurel C31 VG30DET
'86 Laurel C32 LD28T
'84 Patrol 160 L28ET
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Jayceon wrote:Here you go:

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Maybe I set up my own build-topic for this family jewel later on. Let's keep this topic on the rails..
That is a great looking Laurel! Same color as mine! Weird thing is that as rare as the C31 is, overhere in Holland are 4 Laurel C31's in this color!
'83 Laurel C31 VG30DET
'86 Laurel C32 LD28T
'84 Patrol 160 L28ET
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Oh sweet mother of all jackpots Jelmer! You've been busy..

I'm drooling after that minty-looking bonnet trim. :drool: Can I ask where in the world did you manage to find one? I think, I've searched through like half of the interwebs already. Right now I'm thinking Japan or south america is the answear.

Did you buy all those 3 hood ormanents or just one? I got to get one also..

About the colours.. I think Finland and Holland have been getting the same colourscheme. I know for sure that we have had this metallic-red, brown, silver and light green. This red we have includes golden metalchips in it and is quite hard to mix.
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Jelmer Laurel C31 wrote:Well guys, I found all the parts i was looking for! Luke helpt me get in thouch with the Trademes eller
So now parts came from all over the world:

JDM grille and chrome trim for bonnet and headlights from New-Zeland
Wheel arch trim and bonnet trim from Bahrain
Fenders from Belgium
Bumper beam from the UK
Extra headlights and extra trim from Lithiana

I managed to find 4 doors, 2 fenders, a bootlid and bonnet in rust free condition overhere in Holland at a guy who owns 4 C230 Laurels, 3 C31 Laurels and 7 C32 Laurels!
Wow what a fantastic result.
Very keen to see the fruits of your labour as the parts come together.
"It's ok, we know what to do...we talked about this a lot on the internet."
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I also did this to the C31:

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It's a VG30DET engine from a Chima/Cedric/Gloria; 3.0 V6 24v with a single turbo.
'83 Laurel C31 VG30DET
'86 Laurel C32 LD28T
'84 Patrol 160 L28ET
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Jelmer Laurel C31 wrote:I also did this to the C31:

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It's a VG30DET engine from a Chima/Cedric/Gloria; 3.0 V6 24v with a single turbo.
Adam (Torqued) will agree with this engine choice :burnout: :burnout:
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