RedKE30

Hey all, My name is Sian, I'm 18 years old and about to undergo VCE exams. I joined up about a month ago while looking for a car to buy. Bought a KE30 4 door. http://www.rollaclub.com/board/?showtopic=24173 Good to be a part of this club, It's helped me already. Cheers Sian

This car is so clean, I love it! Rep it for the KE30's, yeeahh boii. I love that grill to, almost wish i didn't have square headlights on my car. Got any plans for the car? Slam it, black stockies with chrome dress trims? :P Observe. Needs to lower with bigger stockies though.. Nice car mate, Sian

Bought myself some goodies for the car today, will hopefully take care of some noises and make the car drive better. -Front wheel bearings -Pitman arm -Idler arm Ripped off a wheel and got my first look at the spacers that had been used to fit the S13 rims. Not exactly safe. Will definitely be getting some better ones, probably made custom. Out came the wheel bearings, looking pretty ratty. In went the new ones. Decided to put the stockies back on, actually looks pretty good.

One white and one red when you've got more. :wink: Cheers Sian

Scrub that, get a group of friends and then hide in the front yard for the night.

I live in the S.E burbs of Melb. Don't think anyone will be seeing this baby on a cruise for a while. Fix list is growing and funds aren't all that good :P

Haha nah I couldn't compete with Lolla :P

What a tough looking wagon. Maybe I should have bought a wagon instead of a sedan. Keep us posted.

Will do sir! Lolla the Corolla is actually the reason I became interested in the KE's :cool: . You've done a great job, keep it up.

Why thank you. The colour is great, but you should see the dodgy backyard paintjob. Will post pics.

He wanted $1400 but I got it for $1300. Check new pic for damage, and the front bumper needs replacing. It looks good from a distance and in photos, but up close the paint has scratches, few small dents in the car, little bit of rust. Has to be expected though from a '77, although the respray is apparently only about 8 months old. Cheers Sian

Hey everyone, My first post on this forum. Enjoy my story 8/. In August 2007 I bought an AE101 halfcut from NSW, $1750 shipped to Vic. The 4AGE in the cut failed compression tests, so the guy threw in an extra 4AGE and box. My first automotive purchase, I was pretty proud of myself :). The Donor Engine/box/loom etc came out and off she went to the tip. The original plan was to plant the 4AGE into my brother's AE80 when he took it off the road and handed over the keys to me. Went along with that for a little bit, started dismantling the car. Fast forward and I'm driving a FWD car daily and starting to get sick of it. I couldn't stand the thought of building a FWD car. So I started looking around for a KE70/AE71 to put the 4AGE in but all the ones I found were either rusty, too expensive or located outside of Victoria. Then I found something even better, and paid the deposit on the night I went to look at it. Introducing my 1977 KE30 Corolla, picked up on Saturday, 4/10. Damage :) (There when I bought it) Apparently this car used to be a Tint-A-Car courtesy vehicle, not sure how long for. Interesting bit of history anyway. So after having this car sit around for ages I change my mind, and decide that this car is too much work. Rust around both screens, big smash in rear quarter, rust in same rear quarter, rust in gutters and a rust hole in the RHS rail. Big mistake paying 1300 for the thing, but hey, we live and we learn. Started to look around again and found 2 KE55's on ebay, one auto and one manual. Went and had a look, and decided to wait on the auction. The auction ended under reserve, and the cars were relisted with an $850 buy it now price. Bought them instantly. So now I've got these two ladies in my driveway. Mum isn't happy, 2 cars need to be gone in 2 weeks!