Hey guys

 

Thanks to the ebay posts in here I discovered this little gem and picked her up yesterday. A little bit of drama in all that but its home now!

 

I am looking forward to tidying it up and then getting out and doing some club racing - hill climbs, super sprints and the Winton 6 hour.

 

Specs as I know them - info a little sketchy from the previous owner

 

KE35 Hardtop

2TGEU with Weber 40's

TRD grind cams

T50 5 speed

Corona diff of some kind

Bolt in alloy cage

Front suspension unknown

Koni rear shocks, reversed leaf packs on rear.

Sway bars of some description

Brakes appear to be standard fronts, corona drums on the rear.

Very old Yokohama A008R's

 

Current plans will be:

 

Good clean inside and out

Cheapie respray - white, with some red vinyl racing stripes applied after.

Fit oil and radiator overflow bottles

Get a good tune - getting some fuel being spat out of rear trumpet

Investigate brake options - better fronts, discs on rear, etc

Fit a rear bumper

 

 

Here are some pics

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 16, 200917 yr by silverra23

More pics

 

 

 

 

Edited July 16, 200917 yr by silverra23

Sweet looking 35! Bet the induction sound is crazy! :dance:

SAWEET looks tuff as with the jelly beans nice find :dance: :hmm:

I knew that car when it was racing.... :dance:

Looks tuff as, I bet the 2TG goes well in it.

I knew that car when it was racing.... :hmm:

 

What do you know redwarf! Would love to hear any details :dance:

Good luck mate, will be good to watch the progress on this one!

that engine looks sexual mate ! Can't wait to see the finished product. I'm presuming you are trying to get it race ready?

 

Good luck.

 

Matt.

that engine looks sexual mate ! Can't wait to see the finished product. I'm presuming you are trying to get it race ready?

 

Good luck.

 

Matt.

 

Sure am. Engine bay is obviously the stand out with it. Needs an overflow for oil and coolant, and a tune (Weber guru wanted!) and it will be right to go.

 

The body needs to be painted so its presentable.

 

Interior needs wiring tidied up, replacing the out of date harness, replacing the padding that has all gone brittle in the sun.. etc etc..

 

It really just needs a general tidy up and it should be right for club level stuff like hill climbs and super sprints, where you arent racing as such.

Corona diff of some kind

If thats an F-series corona diff, thats a rather valuable piece you've got there. The sprinter boys are after them because they are close to the correct width for an AE86 and also obviously fit an F-series LSD. Chances are its not though as I think they only came on personal import coronas and they are hard enough to find in the first place.

I suspect its nothing too special.. I might have to take a photo and see if someone can identify it for me.

Another car club meeting over for the month.. one of the guys had some photos of my car in its former glory so here they are...

 

 

 

 

 

Nothing has really happened with the car... have tidied it up a bit and painted some bits that needed attention. Exterior is getting a coat of jam at the end of this month.. then its time for some weber love.. and maybe we can go racing when funds permit!

 

Also got a team logo done by a good friend ... C-Force logo... most of you will be too young to understand!

 

Finally get the old girl painted this weekend. Going in to have a quickie one day paint job on it.. going to be all white.. and then sign write some graphics/stripes etc later. Here is how it looks pre-paint. Windows getting popped out later in the week. Am on the hunt for a rear screen rubbber, found a well priced front one through autorubbers.com.au

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking forward to the "after" photos immensely!

Christ, I think I wrote an article in the edition.......

 

As you probably already know, the celica and corolla were run as a sort of 2 car team. I always liked the corolla more. :lolcry: