majordad

In February 1969 I purchased my KE10 Bill Buckle Corolla S in Sydney and having now seen this the Grill tells me mine was a 68 not a 69

What a beast and rare as rocking horse poo. Funny abouth the drum brakes not being to good,they did not improve much when the Corona came into play, i had one of the first 4 on the tree Corona's in 1965 and when you hit the brakes hard it was a lottery which way the bloody thing would dive left or right. The Corona 1600S was ok discs on the front made the difference. majordad

Have look in Forums/Motorsport, thread Historic Motor Racing Grp NCKe10. Communicate with a few of the guys in the thread and you will learn a lot. majordad

[pmp16, He and the car live in Toowoomba, he bought it off me originally majordad

Boys, I traded my old 4 on the tree 65 Corona in on one of the Bill Buckle Corolla S models in 1969. It was a rocketship for it,s day and yes it dealt with many Valiant's off the lights. No LSD though. Blocks in the back and a block in the front transverse spring lowered it 1.5 inches, re welded widened 12 x 5" rims, head mods, extractors and carby work and that was it. Best little car I ever owned 104 mph genuine. majordad

Around 12 years back when I was researching a group Nc Ke11 build up which i completed but never raced I was given a guys name who worked in the Valley here in Brisbane who used to be an AMI factory driver in the late 60,s and early 70s.Since forgotten his name but he raced ke 10s, 11s and 20s and he had an album full of photos from various tracks notably Lakeside in a Ke20 which he reckoned handled better that the 10s and 11s due to slightly longer wheelbase majordad

Another option could be lowered kings or whatever + take the struts to a suspension shop and have them drop the lower spring plate say 20-30mm which will give you 50-60mm total drop and retain more suspension travel. You will need to put in some shorter shock inserts possibly Rx7 mazda will do the trick. Majordad

RX7 Fronts could do the trick, Konis did the trick on Ke11 lowered 2" + Majordad

Boys, I believe the article could refer to the Bill Buckle Corolla S a dealer modified Ke10. I bought one in 1969 came with ported and polished head, extractors, sports exaust, modified carby, bored venturi and rejetted, 1 1/2 inch lowering job with blocks and widened (5" Steelies). For there time they went like a rocket, brilliant little car loved it. I swapped the original carby which had a flat spot in it which was annoying as all get out with an adapter plate and a 36/36 Weber downdraught off a Fiat. Was not a great succes as the spindle in the thing was worn and it always ran to rich. The thing would do a genuine 104mph flat out 7000rpm in 4th. I actually spotted one here in Brisbane around 15 years back couldn,t believe it. Majordad

Macca, I am sure I have seen small single axle trailers at race meetings so don,t think it is a problem. Biggest issue will be tow ball weight you don,t want exceed the tow vehicles towbar limit. majordad

Sorry Cameron, have not been on here for a few weeks. The HQ shock was worked out by City Suspension as an option based I guess on Piston travel for ride height and rebound/valving for stiffness. No idea what formula is used to figure that out Cheers Majordad

Robert, This is the set up I had on a KE11 built some years back reversed eye flattened springs with extra leaf, fitted with Koni shocks for HQ wagon of all things. Stiff as all get out and very low as photo suggests. Set up from City Suspension here in Brisbane Majordad

Henry, Lowering the front only will look a bit odd. Back when they came out a lowering block was used on top of the transverse leaf spring that would drop it around 40mm max. Same up the back blocks will do it. These days however resetting the springs is the done thing. Flattening the front leaf will get you upto 50mm + but then you will have to replace the oil strut with an insert shocky. RX7 Mazda will fit in the tube and have the right length of piston travel. Only problem is getting the strut body and spring back in can be a bitch. When setting up the front of mine which was more than a 50mm drop had to have the coil spring reset as well. Rear same thing reset leaf springs with reverse eyes will drop it 50mm + and HQ wagon Shocks will have correct piston travel. Down side of all this is suspension travel will be so reduced it can be a very choppy ride especially with stiff shock valving. Any half decent suspension place will be able to do the job of spring reset. Cheers Majordad

Gav, Just curious about the colour, is it original ? Reason I ask i bought a new KE10 in 1969 off Bill Buckle Toyota Brookvale which was a similar blue but lighter and metallic with light beige trim. Didn,t think there was another shade of Blue available then. Mine was known as a Bill Buckle Corolla S came with widened wheels 1 1/2" lowering job (blocks) ported head extractors and some carby work 2K 1066 all from the dealer. Was an absolute beast for its day used to leave old slant 6 Valiants in its wake. With your group Nc aspirations to will find the regs will allow 13" wheels +40thou bore, pretty much open head mods and upto twin 45mm webers and KE15/17/20 discs up front. open slather on the suspension as long as transverse leaf spring is retained up front. Cheers Majordad