And it is welded:
It’s not the most beautiful, but it is rock hard.
Sprayed it down with rust converter / primer, that’s why it looks so black.
I also had a go on a lot of surface rust underneath the car. This car is almost ready for winter.
Only need to touch up the undercoating.
So. Where there’s rust to see, there’s a lot more that you don’t…
Anyway, one weekend of work later the bottom of the car is rust free.
And sprayed down with undercoating that is now intact again.
This was the biggest hole.
I also installed some mudflaps, and they work very well 
After months of f*ing around with cookie cans, pvc pipes etc.
I finally succesfully have a normal way to mount a “sport” filter.
I bought the air intake case from a Suzuki Samurai (sj413).
Made the exit hole bigger to be able to fit the original rubber ring.
To fit over the throttle body.
The threads on the screw holding it down stop halfway. so i threaded them to the bottom. and i had to bend the legs of it because this intake case is a lot lower than the original.
afterwards i sanded, primed it (with rust converter) and painted it with wheel paint.
Once it hardened i made a hole for the air temperature sensor.
Made mounting hole a little bigger (because it did not fit by a few millimeters).
and voila.
The tube going to the “top” of the filter is the stock way of providing air.
I just cut it to length and put it againtst the top of the filter.
I have plans to add another tube from the bottom of the car towards the filter to shoot cold air at the filter.
When i stop the oil leak at the distributor i’ll clean it all up and put a new filter on.
The sound is crazy! It now has a really profound intake sound.
The tubes are now so much shorter and way larger.
I almost can’t believe the car could even run with the stock tubing and filter.
It really did restrict in this case!
The RPM’s increase much more rapidly and a bit more steadily on WOT.
It not only looks better then the retarded way the previous owner did it.
It also works a lot better because the way the previous owner did, it still had to suck trough a very little hole.
Now, not anymore.
Also the mudflaps are working great!
That intake hat looks great! The stock intake hose going into the top of the filter looks odd though. I personally would just remove it.
Yes! I love intake sounds!
It looks odd indeed.
Until i get the other pipe ready i’ll have to keep it for some cold air.
I got some new chairs!!!
The old ones were way to big and to high up.
Also i couldn’t sit straight in front of the steering wheel.
DIY frame:
NEW CHAIRS!
Known as the " SS 52Z "
Very nice, looks much tidier. Though I do like the old seats, just not their condition.
Update after a little while.
I removed some rust from the front of the roof.
not the best job, but i look at it as removing a tumor and leaving a scar.
Just a few days ago i also removed the 3d brake light.
Then another update, i acquired myself a set of pretty much new winter tires for 60,-!
Thus rubbing occurs… only when charging a speedbump or speedbumps in corners. but rubbing none the less. as seen on the picture below.
The height of the car has also changed a lot! it sits way higher than it did before.
For the rubbing part i-am thinking about getting some of these things.
Seems like it’s barely rubbing, so you could probably just role the wheel wells.
I was thinking of that, but the weel wells have a plastic inlay.
if i roll the wheel wells further out the plastic sheet has nothing to rest upon.
Why remove the third brake light?
I guess it is not a legal necessity where you are but why mess with it?
Its legal for cars build before 2001
Because brake lights are ugly and cover a large portion of the trunk window.
