Hi Guys

 

Thought i might share my first corolla project with you

 

Just picked her up on Saturday

 

Car - 1975 KE35 Coupe

 

Engine/Transmission - Stock 3K/2 speed auto (Not for long thanks to beerhead :nervous: )

 

Interior - Autotechnica wheel, Kenwood cd (looks pretty sad), otherwise stock

 

Exterior - Rust in bonnet, Drivers guard and slight damage to nearside headlight surround

 

Wheels - Factory Alloys

 

Not to distant future plans - Manual conversion, Hot 4K (Balance everything, bore 60 thou, Port 'n' Polish head , Cam grind,

Twin webers, Extractors, exhaust etc), Bodywork and respray (not mustard yellow lol), Suspension, Brake upgrade, New interior, Stereo upgrade

Edited October 11, 200817 yr by KE ping it real

It’s the one from ebay?

Good to see it found a home! Love that brown dash!

 

Keep us posted…

Ahhh I love hardtops they look so cool! Haha.

Yeah it is from ebay and i was lucky to get it apparently

Yeah it is from ebay and i was lucky to get it apparently

Good to see such a clean original KE35 :nervous:

Looks quite nice and respectable as it is. At least it's a good starting point for a project. :lol:

I've seen people start with a LOT worse............... |blink|

 

Good luck with your build :lol:

I've seen people start with a LOT worse............... :nervous:

Yeah but those people end up bogging the car up and selling it to a newby.

 

Nice find dude, I'm loving the wheels. You don't see many of these around.

Thanks for the comments guys

 

I have a slight change of plan for the engine though :abuse:

 

Now i plan to run a turbo 3K similar to one i saw described on another thread

 

I've found a 32/36 weber to run as a blowthrough setup and also found a K & N Plenum/Hat for the weber so i don't need to fabricate a custom box.

 

Has anyone used one of these Plenums before?

 

Do they work well?

Yeah but those people end up bogging the car up and selling it to a newby.

 

Nice find dude, I'm loving the wheels. You don't see many of these around.

 

I quite like the wheels for stocko's aswell

 

I used to have a set just like them on an old sprinter i had

Another change in plans for now - back to the 4K upgrade!!!

 

I managed to purchase a KE55 from the for sale section and am going to put the engine out of that into mine

It is a 4K with twin carbs, cam, extractors and exhaust

 

The car also has a lot of panels and parts i need which mine is lacking/need replacing

 

Can't wait to get the car up here from melbourne as i haven't actually seen it yet(only photos and what my mum has seen)

 

Gunna tear into it this weekend & try to get some progress happening

 

I'll keep ya posted :dance:

Took out my centre console today in prep for the 4spd manual conversion from the 2spd auto

 

VERY excited to take my rolla for a proper rap!! :dance:

Hey!

 

Just ordered our new number plates - what do you think????

Very cool! BTW if you decide to chuck the auto box, i'll take it off ya hands!...

MY DONOR CAR ARRIVED TODAY!!!!!!

 

So excited

 

Took it for a spin as soon as it got here (unreg :D )

And it sounds farken awesome

 

INDUCTION NOISE GOOD :hmm:

 

took some pix

 

Will do the transplant on anzac day long weekend - toooo far away

Finally put my 4k into the project car yesterday

 

And after a lot of f%&king around (rewiring the starter and alternator) we finally got it started at about 7pm

 

All thats left to do is - Install manual pedal box

- Cut shifter hole further forward

- top up g/box oil and bolt on shifter

- put dash back together

- put radiator back in and top up

- put bonnet back on

- re-install exhaust

- add fuel & ENJOY

 

Of course i still have to do - bodywork, respray, interior, suspension, wheels, stereo etc etc

If you havent alredy done so, remember to hook up the wires for the auto gearbox lockout switch or you'll be goin nowhere real quick :y

 

CHEERS

Ryan