mikeys toy

I still have Whitey; my 81 ford courier Still have both the 71 Plymouth Crickets (hillman avengers) still have my 58 DeSoto Krispy got a 70 bug! Thank God for acreage!!

Got out of corollas a while back, my fleet currently consists of; Krusty, the 61 Komet The Heep; 82 jeep Casper; 1961 Dodge D300 The Brick; 1985 vulva 245 with 72 164 front clip

started doing some work; lower sill is this blood red color while the rest of the car will be semi-gloss black

ours came with 8r-c's then 18r-c in '73

little rust;

moar pics

Carb is junk, but I think it's wearing around 3:91 gears. It's in the same range as the Cricket and it has 3:89. 60mph @ 3,000rpm in 5th. NOT 3:58's

wrong coast!

I sold my '66 valiant quick for $675usd and bought this TE72 wagon for $400usd. The car was really well cared for by its original owner, it always went to the Toyota dealer for everything but things he could get a better warranty on. (Exhaust, brakes, tires, batteries.....etc) The car had 40,000mi on it by the time it was a year old! The po was a carpenter and used it like a truck; he even bragged he had 8 sheets of plywood strapped to the roof. Overall; it's pretty clean; it's condition belies the 275,000 MILES on it. It doesn't smoke, knock, use oil. Trans shifts perfect, it's supposed to have 3.58 gears, but feels more like 3.90. When I found it I was told it needed a new carrier bearing. When I test drove it, I found it needed a u-joint; when I bought it I discovered you can't change the u-joints, but found an '80 in the junkyard for $65usd.(twinlights if anyone's inerested) Waterpump was loose, so it got changed. Thermostat got changed as well. It gets hot in traffic, so I just today mounted an old mercedes fan I had lying around. While I was at it, I straightened out the bent valence. It had an intermittant miss especially when wet so I suspected plugwires. Sure enough two were burned through. I'm completely out of money, so I siliconed the holes, filled the ends with dielectric grease, and closed the plug gaps to .15. When I get a job or sell something I'll get wires. It has no exhaust after the cat, but is really quiet. The tires are bald. the fuel guage doesn't work. Overall I still think it's a great car; I got offered $1200usd for it last night! It will be semi-gloss black (to hide numerous dings and some minor rust) someday; I'd really like to get the chrome bumpers, but the shipping would cost more than the car....

its actually a te72 and that bumper is from the earlier model... '79-'75

thats been the biggest problem; regional differences

anything is fixable with a lot of money....

Daisy died a terrible death at the hands of a ford focus

Got moved out to Washington state, Sold my 1966 valiant cheap and quick, and got into an '81 TE72 wagon! the po thought it needed a carrier bearing; I drove it and found it to be a bad U-joint. The car drives like it has 75,000mi but actually has 275,000mi on it!! Found out you cand change the u-joints so I found another shaft at a junkyard for $65. It's a 3TC car, T50, 3:54 gears (I think) No a/c, but has the rear wiper/washer dealio. Little rust around the rear quarter windows, bottom of the left doors, no holes; just pitting. Pics to come.......

well SOMEBODY likes to shop at Oreilly!

I gave up on it; the front drag link mounts were no longer attatched to core support..... I did get to drive it on the trailer when I put it in storage.

.....driving along and coolant starts spraying out of your am/fm, cassette, 6 disc indash stereo........THAT'S the worst!

I sold it and that happened a couple of months later. I covered the windows using .18g steel. I always wondered if the welds would hold, looks like they did....

you guys didn't get those?

I think I like YUORs the best; I like the blacked out steelies. I'd still go with the wing mirrors, or better; peep mirrors

there are conversion kits on eBay for around $300usd

Define "fun" I'm waffling back and forth between junking it and saving it.....

Just bought this VERY rusty '71 KE26 for $50usd. It was written off in 1979 after a VERY minor fender bender (didn't even break the headlight or wrinkle the core support) And the P.O. bought it and started pulling parts. He bought a '74 Corolla fender, lower valance, grille, lights and latch. He never got around to putting them on....... So 31 YEARS later I buy it without being able to see it very well, and dig it out. The frame and core support are rusted through and the engine was stuck.....I thought it was a goner. After giving the cylinder a weeklong soak in PB blaster the Marvel Mystery Oil it came free. Last night I hooked it up to some fuel and it runs! It might be able to be saved after all........ Watch here for updates. And to all my old friends.........I've missed Rollaclub!

Damn you guys!!! Youre making me miss Daisy; my old KE18...... I just bought this '71 KE26, but it's been parked since 1979 and is VARY rusty.

I ended up using KP61 springs cut down and had no problems....