JW Classic Restorations

Creating a piece or artwork with sheetmetal...

A panel be**er with passion...

Fresh running boards with thick plates. To secure the car for many more years to come.

Reinforcement.

Floorboard out!

Most often, rust don't do damage. Shortcuts and bad welding jobs by previous welders makes the rust spread like cancer.

Reinforce the body frame while we do the repairs on the car. Nothing should run off alignment.

Doors out. Original blue paint visible. Running boards needs lots of work. The rebuilding of an icon. Truly worth.

Fender fender on the wall.. Who's the rustiest of them all..

46 years of rust. yet still a head turner.

Floorboards in good original shape.. Will take out the old sound deadening material and put in new ones.

More metal work and rustproofing to be done.

The inner right fender. Needs lots of work to make it perfect.

Rear quarter panel done. Nice original lines visible due to excellent panel work.

New running boards arrived. for the '73 corona mark ii.

One piece down. . 7 more to go.

Bending and carving a flat piece of sheet metal, into a piece of fender for a 46 year old car, requires an eye of art and skill that cannot be bought. Jega from Ipoh has it all.

Piece by piece.. It's a puzzle, assembling and remaking an icon.

Proper sheet metal work.

Corona Mark II Hardtop Coupe.

As the Corona Mark II evolved into the second generation in January 1972, its wagon lineup was also reinforced, with all models coming in the Deluxe grade and newly equipped with either a 2-liter (18R) or a 1.7-liter (6R) engine. Both engines could be combined with either a 3-speed manual transmission with a column shifter, a 4-speed manual transmission with a floor shifter, or a 3-speed automatic. The van succeeded the rigid axle leaf spring rear suspension from its predecessor, whereas the wagon employed the same coil spring rear suspension as the one used in the sedan and coupé models.

It was manufactured in the Motomachi plant, Kanto Auto Works,Ltd.

This Piece of art was manufactured in the Motomachi Plant in Aichi, Japan. The Toyopet brand name was chosen in a public naming competition. The various meanings of "Mark" are the same as in English (target, grade, fame). "Corona Mark II" can be taken to mean that the car is both "the second-generation model" and "an upgraded version" of the Corona.

The second-generation Corona Mark II that came out in January 1972 significantly departed from the first-generation models in appearance, with the 4-door sedan and hardtop models adopting semi-fastback and fastback styling, respectively. The lineup included 4-door sedan, 2-door hardtop, wagon, and 4-door van models. The pickup was not renewed, however, and its first-generation models remained in production.

The second-generation Corona Mark II offered, in addition to the models fitted with 4-cylinder engines, the L series that came with 6-cylinder engines. The L series extended the front of the 4-cylinder models to house a 2,000 cc inline 6-cylinder SOHC engine (Type M) for the Crown, while adopting original front and rear styling. The engines for the 4-cylinder models included a legacy 1.7-liter unit (6R) and a 2-liter unit (18R) that enlarged the displacement of the previous 1.9-liter engine.

The rigid axle leaf spring system of the rear suspension was replaced with a 4-link coil spring system with a lateral rod. The second-generation model also reduced emissions and boosted fuel economy. In October 1975, both 4- and 6-cylinder versions of the 2-liter engines excluding the 2000 DOHC (18R-G) met the 1975 emission standards, and the production of the GSS model that carried the 18R-G engine was discontinued. In June 1976, a 4-cylinder 2,000 cc engine (18R-U) satisfied the 1976 emission standards.

Paint codes. Toyota reference.
http://www.toyotareference.com/coronamkii

Toyota Corona MKII Touchup Paint Codes, Image Galleries, Brochure and TV Commercial Archives

In search of the original data card & paint codes.

http://importarchive.com/toyota/coronamkii/1973-1976/paint

46 years ago.. A true icon.

A timeless design. A Japanese muscle.

Sketch. Draw. Build. By a Master Welder. Jega from Ipoh.

Cutting off rusted metal & reconstructing it by hand. a work of art.

The restoration of a 46 year old icon. The Corona Mark II 1973. Follow us on this journey of a strip down restoration & master craftsmanship in sheet metal-work.