Ok i have been meening to do this for a wile.

So hears the story....

I had first seen the rolla that my mate got from his granny years before and was very jelous.

Then we had a job together and I picked up my mate for work everyday and walked past his rolla EVERY DAY.

I could not let her just sit there, so i saved enough moola and took it off his hands.

He had done some mods that are obvious in the pics. (Sigma mags, Steering wheel, sterio,exaust tip)

But she was mostly stock. inc 3k

Hear is some pics before i bought her.....

more to come soon....

Edited August 24, 200917 yr by DouggehKE30

Nice, got pics of the inside? So what year is it?? 76 or 77?? I'm gonna take a guess at early 77?

psst! take off the toyota badge!

psst! take off the toyota badge!

 

YESH WILL DO!

on the list of stuff already.

 

Not sure on the year will check later.

 

Ok this is the inside a couple of weeks later. (nothin changed since i bought it, exept boot stuff)

Things on the list, taco-clock, steering wheel.

Note the 2 demister switches. the other one turns the amp off (why?.... WHY NOT??)

These are the after pics of the boot.......

It originally had a big sub box that took up most of the boot and the panel that hols the amp came out more. and you couldnt get to the spare wheel.

I made a small box behind the sub to make more room. (now regret coz sounds like poo)

And made the amp mount hinged so i can stash stuff behind the amp like tools, jack, drugs etc

More to come soon.......

Ok after it had its first wash in years>>>(just noticed that the grass is all dead still. not any more)

Note the granny dent. first and hopefully only dent it will ever get.

on the outside i have changed only the exauset TOO LOUD! now have Pee-shooter and the rubber the other ones were sitting around for years.

The list for the outside> front badge-orginal, lower a bit, stocky rims-white walls-hubcaps, vanetions(inside) sunshade.

 

interior looks delicious..........nice boot too. hit the rims with some autosol :lol:

interior looks delicious..........nice boot too. hit the rims with some autosol :P:

 

Why thank you

Interior is delicious :cool:

I'm guessing to make them shiny? mmm i like shiny things :lol:

Is autosol the brand? would it be in car care or with the lubricants n stuff?

Just ask at sprint auto parts, they'll know the stuff.

Use Autosol on the chrome, buff it well with an old T shirt or something, then grab the windex and go over the chrome again, it will really glisten in the sun

Just ask at sprint auto parts, they'll know the stuff.

Use Autosol on the chrome, buff it well with an old T shirt or something, then grab the windex and go over the chrome again, it will really glisten in the sun

 

Cheers mate. Sounds like a good stuff. :P:

(like your display pic too. :lol: took me a wile to get it though)

Next up. i put the PEE-SHOOTER on. I can hear my self thinking now :lol: (not much of that going on but i can hear those monkeys with the cymbols)

car is a bit dirty. mmm might give her i nice bubble bath then a rub down with some mmmmmmmmm(weird? yea i think so)

please don't tell me that "i could have just done this......." because i know NOW that i did this the wrong way.

 

At some point my friend got offerd a KE30 with a 3T, tinted windows heap of other crap.

He wanted the moter for somthing. So i claimed the rest and paid half.

He then never wanted the moter, so i ended up with the whole thing. was going to put the 3T, but Dad convinced me not too.

His valed points were, need bigger brakes, no where near legal, need to cut hole for gear stick, hydrolic clutch etc etc.

I am now selling the 3T

 

So at the end of june I bought a 5k off dads mate for $500 (rip off i think :hmm: ).

As most of you know who have ever driven a K series with a 4 speed that its not nice over 80k/h

So went to U pull it had a look around and found a 5 speed in a KE70. $95

Shead full of rolla shit.

Dad did his "mesurments" to make sure that it would fit. He said it will fit. and worst case i will have to make a SMALL knotch in the gear stick hole in the floor.

Having this in mind we went ahead with putting in the 5k with the 5speed.

After dropping it in and putting in a couple of bolts, modifying the gerbox cross member. as you do.

I looked in the gear stick hole, and was very disapointed to see no where to put a gear stick. just the top of the box. :bash:

Thus meaning that i had to CUT A HOLE IN THE ROLLA!!! :eatlead: :n: :n:

 

After mesuring and weepin for hours, i did the dredded and got the hole saw out. sat down with it in my hand thinking that it wasnt that bad with a 4speed, or You could have just put the 3T in.

Note the towl on the seat to wipe up my tears.

MY mesurment were spot on and the sick came strate up through the middle of the hole :y:

Made a nice plate to go over existing hole.

Just need to make a new center console, because the other one doesnt fit now.

 

The only other problem that we found was that the 5k had another hose off the back of the head. so i just blocked it off.

 

P.S. From byeing the 5k to driving away in the rolla, was 4 days.

It needed to be done this quick as i deliver pizzas as a living and needed a car.

Thats why i didnt wait for another gear box.

 

Thanks for reading. will post more soon.

Sorry to hear about the hole being cut in the floor. BTW the 3T conversion originally didn't need a hole cut in the floor and I can't see why it was - when I had it I never had any problems.

Whilst on the subject, what are you doing with your 3K and 4 speed? would you like to sell? Both of mine are almost cactus.

REPLY..

Keeping it for now. (not realy sure why). But i will get back to you soon if I decide to part with it.

 

Pics of under the bonnet......

Nice and clean.

New steering wheel. :blush:

I wanted the more original look. So i stole the steering wheel from "the yellow rolla" wreck that i had.

It is kinda anoying where the horn buttons are because i allways press them acadently.(speeling)

But it is more olds-cool :dance:

Note no center console because of the 5 speed shifer moving :bash:

WoW, tidy interior. You think the horn on that one is annoying?? Try a KE35 steering wheel on for size...

 

I can't even hold a street directory in my lap and drive without the horn going off!!

 

 

And is that a KE70 shifter?? Looks abit far back. If not than you need another console with the brackets still intact so it can be anchored down.