hey guys, picked up this ke26 on wednesday night, had been looking for another one for awhile to go with the panelvan I'm building. put the bits from my other car that is now sold onto it, gave it a quick cleanup etc and thought i'd take some pics.

the thing is original as, interior is basically spotless apart from the front seats which have a little bit of tearing. the dash is overrated, roof lining is perfect. the first owner was an old dude who always had the rear seat folded down as he always had his dog in it so the rear seat is like new (the car reeks of dog now however lol). its just a standard 3K/4 speed affair, nothing to flashy, but it drives well. needs a few steering arms n shit like that which is normal and needs abit of bodywork, mainly around the passenger side and rear drivers quarter but after that it will look overrated as. in terms of rust theres basically nothing at all, only minor surface rust on the roof where the old dude had roof racks on it etc, so I'm wrapped about that.

everything works and feels solid in this car, all the doors even make that nice 'thud' sound when u close em hah. its not registered atm so i chucked on my old SA plates from my ke20 for the time being. but will hopefully have it on the road soon.

heres some pics anyway, i can't type anymore lol. let me know what u think!

 

Edited April 12, 200818 yr by Sim

very very nice.. what size wheels are they??

Looks very good. Whats with an old dude driving round with wheels and whitewalls like that!

 

slam it and leave the rest how it is and cruise....

the rims are 15x6 i think, off a saab 9000. it didn't come with those wheels btw lol, when i picked it up it was dead stock, original 12's with hubbies. i put the sunvisor on, my saab rims n shit like that from my old car :).

ill be lowering it once i get it roadied and registered n all that. took it for a spin down to the servo before to get some fuel, gets a fair bit of attention, i guess its hard to miss the colour lol.

WoW dude, that wagon is shmick, very nice work!!

great buy.. will look very nice once lowered..how much you pick it up for if you don't mind me asking?

Edited April 12, 200818 yr by poodle

thanks for the comments guys :). i got it for $1,000.

taking it to work on monday so i can chuck it on a hoist n see exactly what it needs for roadworthy, doesn't look like it will need too much though.

fffffuuuuukkkk yeeaaaaaaaa son.

 

cheers, scott

fffffuuuuukkkk yeeaaaaaaaa son.

 

cheers, scott

Thats right Scott, these guys are finally seeing the beauty of wagons. :lolcry:

EDIT You are the lucky one who owns a pano aswell....well done mate. :P

 

btw Those Saab rims look awesome :)

Thats right Scott, these guys are finally seeing the beauty of wagons. :P

EDIT You are the lucky one who owns a pano aswell....well done mate. :P

 

btw Those Saab rims look awesome :)

 

You have to love the Wagon, my entire family owns them. Dad owns a XD(302 :lolcry:) ,I own a Sigma, Mum owns an AU, uncle owns a XC, other uncle owns a XE.

 

Thats one sweet car mate, just hope you don't get the coppas noticing the lack of a rego sticker.

haha thanks for the comments guys. ever since i got my panelvan i wanted another one, n this was too hard to resist buying! the 2 will look wicked side by side now once done!

i don't plan to do much to it, gona get my mate to fix up the panels and respray it (same grandpa colour of course, stands out like dogs balls lol), retrim afew things in the interior, lower it and yeh.

will make a cool little cruiser i reckon.

ha yea the only rego sticker still on it is from 1989 so its a little bit out of date, lucky for me tho cops couldn't care less about old corollas :).

sweet wagz this thing is fukin sick!

 

rims look maaaaad! oh f@$k ye,

 

i f@$kin love these wagons, can't seem to find myself one tho, when you want to sell i will be there with the cash in a second ay!

 

haydo.

very very nice man! love the white walls

yeh i was prety lucky to come across this one, i won't be selling it anytime soon though :), unless i find another panelvan lol. i like this one too much already tho haha.

heres how its looking atm, taken off all the tie rods, idler and pitman arms, so i can replace them all. also taken off the lower control arms and sway bar so i can replace all the bushes n get the lower ball joints replaced. after thats all in ill be replacing the leaf spring bushes and she'll be sweet.

after that my mate can go about fixing up the body n respraying it (original colour of course), then ill get the thing lowered and get some fender mirrors fitted, when i find a set. will make a mad daily, can't wait :dance:

also, found a set of brand new KE26 tailights in spain which I'm tempted to buy for the panelvan altho they are like $200 :jamie:. it will be worth it tho.

 

Edited April 20, 200818 yr by Sim