Hey, first post on here. I'm a mechanic at Toyota, love old toyots of course!
I'm in New Zealand and heres my 1979 ae70 corolla GL hardtop.
Bought it end of 2007, and slowly been doing stuff to it since.
It originally had 3au, 4spd man, s series diff, a few kms on body, was champagne, but had a quick respray in red. looks alot better! had most rust cut out too.
Always loved the 4ages, and decided i was gunna put one in.
this is how it was when i got it
painting engine bay in my garage
and then 4age
Engine:
4age smallport from ae92
standard everything
pod filter
2.25inch exhaust
KE70 rack and pinion conversion, with column, x-member etc.
AE86 T-50 5 speed
AE86 2 piece driveshaft
MA45 T series Disk brake diff
MA45 front struts, solid 10inch rotors F/R
Custom coilovers. 8kg front, mk5 cortina springs rear
14x6.5 and 14x6 watanabe wheels with poohs offset.
Got it certed, wofed street legal etc.
still a bit high in the rear
Now for my 14x7.5 -5ish volk mesh on the back with more low. and the watanabe 14x6.5 on front
Heres my car now with guard mirrors from an ae70 SE, at a classic car meet, and at 2 different taupo track days,
on 14x7.5 techno phantoms with slicks =P, and 14x7.5 volk mesh.
Note i have steel bumpers =) not huge ass plastic ones.
Thats just a few i have. that was back before feb 09. i redid everything after that.