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hahhaha thanks yeah i know thats why I'm stripping it to bare shell to make sure there is no more rust cross fingers :hmm: see ya jimi

GREAT NEWS EVERYONE!!!!!! THE ROLLA IS HOME !!!! YAHHHHHHHH :dance: Here she is.... The only rust i have found so far... not to bad hey I'm so happy to get it home so i can start working on her after looking at the sills etc i found not much rust but lots of surface rust WIN !!! :lolcry: Love to hear from u guys??? see ya jimi

hahhaha i thought it was that one :hmm: does a mean skid but theres a time and place for that right guys!!! see ya jimi

Update.... I will be picking up the rolla this weekend !!! regardless if my dad like it or not cause i want something to work on and to get this thing going :happy: I'm thinking of asking my mate if i can leave it at his place or something and work on it every weekend to get it done!!! I would like to get the body done by feb and if i can get it going by feb that would be awesome cause then id take her to Queenscliff!!!! :dance: Hope to get pics up soon guys and love to hear some feedback regardless if its good or bad :lolcry: see ya jimi

Update.... Went to winton on the weekend for my birthday for the fun day :happy: i was lucky enough to go in the first sesh and did a few awesome fun laps before the temp gauge creeped up heeps :blinks: so went into pits asap stoped the car opened the radiator cap carefully and put some water in while it was running and it started bubbling BUGGER :bash: ive blown the head gasket. So i packed up and headed home :blinks: So ive been trying to to figure out whether to pull the head of and fix her or try and buy a new engine ???? I'm sure ill figure it out and hopefully something comes if i do find a new engine ill prob save this engine for the KE17 :lolcry: Hopefully i can fix her soon and get working on the other rolla :happy: see ya jimi

wow looks good mate keep it up :happy: see ya jimi

thats ok mate i asked my dad and he told me :happy: see ya jimi

There known as a cosmics, which happens to be a copy of a dunlop pattern from the 60's not sure on brand but look on inside??? see ya jimi

thats ok mate i just need to fix my system :hmm: think it needs a amp ??? see ya jimi

The best speakers ive found that a good price are KICKERS ive got a set of there 6x9 in my rolla and its awsome great bass and sound :happy: see ya jimi

oh ok lol my bad but def lol :bash: see ya jimi

Update.... Went on the treasure hunt and was having lots i=of fun and not doing to bad then psssss and temp gauge was out the roof :bash: pulled straight over and top hose burst :blinks: luckily it was a little hole so got some scissors from a mate and cut a bit of put hose back on.Found some water on side of road and put it in to get me home :happy: BUSH MECHANICS :lolcry: I fitted the new manifold the other day and now she doesnt sound like a lawn mower yahhhh :laff:, while i had the car home i decided or nagged by dad to fix the cooling system so pulled a few hoses of and reversed flushed her and found dark brown water in heater core :blinks: thermostat housing was stuffed and same with thermostat itself so found stuff in shed and put it together then found a hole in heater core outlet :bash: so now ill have to buy a new one and fix it grrrrr :( Dad has also decided that he will buy my sis another car and let me buy the rest of him :laff: so ill save up get the diff fixed, lowered king springs and decent exhaust and ill be set :wink: and also fix the panels and other little stuff see ya jimi

Close forum plz as i am stripping the car and will not need this thread anymore thanks see ya jimi

Was looking through some pics off the net at Torquay hot rod show and found this... this wouldnt happen to be u would it cause ur looking good :happy: see ya jimi

I know where there is a ke35/55 not sure lol but it looks complete sitting in a paddock just out of geelong !!! It has been sitting there for a couple of years now with the window down so the inside would be stuffed and it looks to have lots of rust :hmm: see ya jimi

Update.... After driving the little girl around sounding like a lawn mower :blinks: dad found a manifold from a guy in Melbourne who is known as "Captain corolla" So hopefully will have it running a bit better lol :lolcry: Changed the tie rod ends tonight after i finished work put them on drove down the road and arrr it was a scary drive :blinks: so will book to get wheel alignment tomoz through work hopefully not to much This weekend my car club I'm in is running a like treasure hunt sort of thing so dad decided to get his sprinter out and will do it with mum where as me and my sis will be in the 70, hope to get heaps of pics for u guys and one with the two old girls together :happy: see ya jimi

I'm def going to this guys seeing how its in my backyard (Geelong) haha :lolcry: Hope to bring the ke70 or if I'm lucky the little ke15 sprinter out for a spin and to show off :happy: Hope to here all Melbourne guys toot as they pass the Ballarat turn off on the new highway as i live next to it lol :laff: see ya jimi

looks good mate keep up the good work see ya jimi

yeah mate u could do a great build there maybe even a beams engine, or just go 20v what ever fits ur budget omg that sounds like it will be one sweet ride :wink: with this does this mean u can light weight the cars to the extreme????? hmmm sounds like u could get one sweet light rolla :lolcry: see ya jimi

hahahha yeah that doesn't matter the main thing is it will get done :happy: unlike ours :glare: lol see ya jimi

wow that looks good as mate an ur getting all those little jobs no time till ya get a vid of it driving for us :wink: see ya jimi

OMG thats looks so awesome mate :blinks: keep up the good work see ya jimi

Looks sweet as mate :blinks: see ya jimi

Hahahah oh dam that would suck :wink: oh well just have to weld it better next time :wink: see ya jimi

looks good as mate hope she went ok in the hills lol :lolcry: see ya jimi