Ben-89

Looking good Cam, the condition of the passenger side of the car is damn straight too. All you need to do now is to paint the front and rear beaver panels beige to make it look complete. Are you after a matching a left hand mirror? if so let me know as I have if you want to buy it.

I found a left hand mirror toady, but its off a Corona st 141. It needed a little modding for screwing on but with some drilling and test fitting it works perfectly. Looking at it from the outside is barely noticeable as it sits quite nicely in the corner of the door frame. Making the existing holes larger to suit.. Holes are aligned, even though photo dosent do it justice. Mirror is secured. Now lane changes can be made a little easier. Removed adjusting knob so it matches the drivers side mirror. And its done!

Car looks very sharp Andy ;). Are you interested in selling you're standard passenger door mirror, or are you going to keep if the mods have to be reversed? Looks great though.

It should be stamped on the block between the distributor and starter motor. It would be much easier to describe with a photo but its the best I can explain...

The mags look great, so do both cars. Should have added my ke70 and ae71 to the group..

I am into fast things Paul, how can you say that :dance: This is enough for me what I have now, MAYBE a manual conversion may happen but I don't see it happening for a while... I'm still up for the Skyline too, don't worry.. :y:

Hey hey hey Jesse, settle down there! Two cars are enough. The red one my daily and the white one for the occasional runs. I like cars that go fast but I have more important things to save my money for. It may sound weird, but I like things that are orginal especially if they are mine. Maybe if I had a big lot of land with a big shed like Paul I'd probably haud all these ke30-ae71 Corollas and keep there for 20 years in good condition so they go up in value... In terms of me modifying a car, it would be never ending put it that way. Because once you start you can't stop! Glad you like the thread mate. :dance:

The Corolla looks perfect Vince, Identical to mine. Gold pinstripes suit it perfectly.

Thanks Matt, everything went really smoothly with reg and insurance. Once its gets a proper service like new air and fuel filters along with oil and oil filter it should improve it again. Because the mobile mechanic already the plugs, points, rotor button and condensor with denso or Toyota item that I saw they are okay. I like manuals a lot, but this is growing on me every time I drive it as dosent struggle to get moving along. Only on the freway it gets a bit vocal but I can put up with the sound of a 1600 though. We should get some other Corollas together and head for photos somewhere... :dance:

Photos look good mate, especially the fender mirrors. Was the Corolla getting a bit hot in the top photo?

Drove the ae71 around yesterday from Greensborough to Campbellfield, then Back to Greensborough then to Ringwood and Kilsyth and home again before going to Thomastown on a task of finding some parts but had no luck. Anyway the drive though was preety good. My mate was quite impressed with how relaxed the car drove up through the hills etc,etc, as he has a vs Commodore. I filled a full tank of fuel on Friday night and did the majority of driving yesterday while today was little. A total of around 170km has been covered and the gauge shows I have just under three quarters or just over 1/2 half a tank of fuel left. Is that preety good economy for an 1.6 auto. Its not driven hard, but has had the occasional kickdown needed for overtaking. The plugs and dissy components are new, but the air filter, fuel filter and oil will be replaced shortly. Personally i think the city runs are a bit better than highway as the car isnt revving as much at 100km, If I get 200km to half a tank i'll be happy, and that should equate to say 10L/100km? If I didnt sit on the Ring Road it would have had better economy I'm guessing. Opinions appreacited. Bought some Septone Wheel paint to repaint the faded wheels and Forever black for the bumperbars which came up perfectly, will add some photos. Since the car had been on the road I havent had a decent photo with it, so here is a couple. Myself and dad. Before. Now.

Mate, All I can say is keep it as it is. The integrity of this Crown is superb, just look after and enjoy it!

I decided to take a few more photos but this time when daylight was fading... I didnt like the Nissan ad in the back ground..

Very nice mate, looks like mine :thumbsup: werent you considering selling this? Its good if you decided to keep it and ones like yours in that condition are getting hard to find.

The Corolla is now insured and registered and I must say no matter what the road condtions were the car did it with no worries at all. Very pleased with how it turned out! Heres a photo for your satisfaction..

Thanks mate, yours is spot on too. Look after it mate!

Keep it silver mate, silver looks nice for this model. Welcome to the club too!

The black carpet looks good. Instead of the usual blue and browns. Keep up the good work!

No worries Troy, glad to provide advice :lol: Even if you and a few mates on a weekend did it, its possible. Or do a little bit every afternoon. These will taken care of :P

Thanks Jesse, the ke70 is part of grandpa so the car is always there to remind me of him. He had a funny saying as he was opposed to car modding which went like this. Keep in mind broken English as he spoke "If the car was born like that, that is how you leave it".. I remember before I got my l's he used to watch me reverse up and down the narrow driveway at his place and see how my clutch control was. He referred to it as auto school - very funny and memorable when you think about it now. Here is a photo..

Thanks Cam, it makes them look different in a standard sort of way. Especially since the majority are being modded up.

Troy is it?. I think I have seen you're name on 86driving club maybe. You have a nice your self by the way! You'll need the following: 1, Cutting compound - like a gritty paste which is watered down slgihtly so its smoother. (Dependant on how bad the paint is.) Just polish all the edges/high spots first by hand so you don't thin or burn the paint. 2, With a buffing machine - the one which looks like an oversize angle grinder and a good lambs wool buff pad polish all the vast flat areas and be generous when putting on the polish or else the paint will be burnt or will have dull finish. I mention to use the buff on large flat because you can also tear the buff padd or it can get caught. 3, Once all the car is polished with the cutting compound, then you can if you want polish the car using a normal cream/wax polish. I used a generous amont of polyglaze diamond finish all over the car before giving it a final polish by hand to remove all the powder finish and then its done.

I agree with you all the way Luke, this car was meant for Gav, No one else.

More... Hmm Hi. Cam vs 1.6

As dad drove home the ke70 yesterday I took the oppurtunity to take some photos of the pair...