I got this ke30 1974 mod a few weeks back for money.

Its a 2 door and i hear there not real easy to find, got it off a friend of a friend.

ive got a ke30 4 door that my mate crashed and its still got alot of goodies on it that are coming across into/onto mine.

 

what I'm goin to do.

-full re-colour

-4age engin convo (pickin it and a box up this weekend)

-corona front struts

-wheels

-re-trim dash cause its cracked as, but not to worry

-new door trims ans carpet

-sound system (on way)

-lower it and make it look tidy all round pretty much

-i would like to put a g or t series rear axle setup in it but am not to fussed yet, i have originals that will do the job for now.

-not sure if i liek to idea of tinted windows yet

 

 

here is what it looks like atm

 

a few question if anyone could answer that would be great,

 

1 is there an easy way to clean the engine bay and take off the paint or is the good old hand gonna have to rub it all back?

2 wats everyone think?

 

cheers

 

hope you all enjoy watching it evolve, ill put up pics soon as anythin worthy comes along

Edited October 28, 201015 yr by skd30

looks great

 

as for the engine bay I don't know bt maybe one of those air driven hand held sand blasters? you would need to cover your windscreen with a rubber matt or something first though

Alright its been well over a year and not a whole lot has happened but it about to happen. Ive been at uni all year didn't do much work at all but it time it got back on the road and out of dads shed lol.

 

 

Scratch everything i said at the top of the post...things have changed.

Heres whats happening now due to lacking funds from uni and not working lol.

 

 

IT STAYING STOCK haha...I'm doing a full overhaul to get it looking nice and tidy again (i got it looking like shit as the pics show). new carpet, seats, try do something with the dash, paint the full thing inside out and engin bay, tar the underside etc, etc....just a general clean up.

 

 

Theres a few goodies still going in

 

-some camber Noltec camber tops on ke55 struts and brakes with stiff lower springs

-5 speed box

-stereo system that ell to the trick, 2x 6x9", 2x 6", sub and amp, all clarion...nothing to fancy

-some pretty chrome steelies

 

Think thats about it

 

 

Heres some pics of what i was like and whats been happening the past few weeks, I should be all done by end of feb.

 

 

 

 

 

 

So there some pics, bikes are the other things i spen money on so thought ide stick that in there.

 

As you can see my drum arnt to flash, there off to the engineers next week.

 

I had a top hat style piece made up to replace the very rusted out piece under the radiator that so might have picked, local sheet metal fabricator made that up for me.

 

Happy to hear any suggestions if you notice anything I'm doing dodgy.

 

Paints holden commy "red hot" the colour you see on the new ones getting around...I'm using 2 pac paint.

 

With the rear springs theres an extra leaf in there turned upside down the lower it and stiffen it, ill have to see if that get through bluey...if not ill deal with it then

 

Let me know what you all think.....

Edited January 12, 201016 yr by skd30

here a bit of a post revival, ive just edited the post above

heres the wheel sound system and freshly cleaned and sprayed (with rust guard paint) steering box

 

 

Why no 4AGE anymore?

Ive got about 1500-2000 to get this on the road and maybe some mother father sponsors if i need a little more....but thats no budget to fit a 4age in do engineering and rego. I was a chippy when i go that ecar so i had income..now I'm a uni student and tight as lol.

 

I plan to keep this for a fair while and eventually 4agte it. but that a few years off yet.

good to see you have not givin up on it yet. what stage is it at now

Theres primer on all panels sept the boot (doing that tomoro), engine bay and inside of car is also primed. Pretty much up to rubbing it back now. All the rust is taken care of, wasn't much there. Borrowed a mates tar gun to do the underside, probs do that some time in the next week.

 

The 3k was running when it came out of a crashed ke30 4 door but it pretty easy to turn it over using the flywheel so I'm thinking it might need rings. Ill get a comp tester tomoro in town and will soon know if it healthy or not.

 

My dash has 3 pretty bad cracks in it so going to take that in this week and get a quote to get it fixed up...ill see what they can do.

 

So I'm gonna spray the engine bay and inside than start putting it back together and get the outside of the car done by someone who knows what there doing.

 

 

The car has to be on the road by the end of feb so should see some changes over the next few weeks.

 

 

So thats where its at

 

few more bits painted up

If you get your dash reconditioned / redone sortta thing. I pretty sure its really expensive. Judging by other people's threads.

Good luck with it all tho. Get more pics up .pls.

-Lachie

Edited January 21, 201016 yr by lachiereeves

Can't wait to see this beaut on the road. Shame about the 4AGE plans not going through

 

But I fully understand. had similar plans for my AE82, going back to uni this year, so they're all scrapped and it'll just be a basic cleanup ;)

 

Still, love the 2 doors!

it cost me 300 bucks 5 years ago to reskin my dash

hey guys, yeh I went to a local guy he said round 1500 haha...brush that, ill learn it myself for that sorta money.. But he did say theres mobs in sydney and stuff that do reskins...ive gotta look into that yet but ill let you know how it goes. i havent done much on the car the past week, the old boys making me work every day I'm here, got feb off so will get into it more than.

nothing overly exiting but here some pics.

 

 

Picked my drums up all machined, invoice in the mails so no idea what its cost me yet...I'm assuming cheaper than buying new ones.

 

 

Moddified spring pack....pulled everything out under the back ready to tar the underbody

 

 

 

 

Got some new idler arm bushes, the rest are on order for the steering?suspension components.