March 15, 200917 yr comment_328067 Can't believe our luck! My brother just bought a ke10 as a project for us. Its a ke10-B, an update 10, with ke11 dash, but still just a K. Apparantly this car spent time in Tokyo, before being inported into Aus. (Has got AMI badges tho) Lived in Darwin, survived cyclone Tracy, although a tree went thru the windscreen and smashed up the dash. Then was shipped to Adelaide, before coming to canberra about 25 years ago. We spotted this car no more then 500 meters from mum and dads house, out front, under a gum tree. The owers were going to sent it to the crusher, we saved it with only a few days to spare! AND we got it for $200!!!!!!!!!! This is about all the rust on the car. Its pretty straight, just poor paint! Edited November 11, 200916 yr by sammo Report
March 15, 200917 yr comment_328073 Nice good save and cheap will look sweet on the road one day. Also any good factory stickers on it try to peel them off and scan them up into my sticker thread I am collecting them from Toyota's. I wanna get a few photo shopped and made like new again for my KE15. Cheers Cameron Report
March 15, 200917 yr comment_328083 That is an awesome find aye!! Can't really go wrong for $200 can ya? Good luck with the project. Report
March 15, 200917 yr comment_328094 Absolute bargain! Well done mate. That grille looks pretty good. Be sure to take lots of pics once the work begins. Report
March 15, 200917 yr comment_328099 Wow close call ha. Makes me sad to think about all the classics that weren’t fortunate enough to dodging the big crush. Report
March 15, 200917 yr comment_328124 Havent seen a 68 ke10-b before, does it have the early or late tail lights?? Looks like a bit of work but an awesome find, get into it and get another '10 back on the streets! Keen to see more pics too... Scott. Report
March 16, 200917 yr Author comment_328433 Thanks guys! Will def get more pics up. At the moment, we just wanna check it out, get under it, see what it needs mechanically, and go from there. Plans include disc brake front end, re do inside, and new paint! Report
March 19, 200917 yr Author comment_329509 Excuse the crappy phone pics. But as you can see, no rust! Its got a bit of surface rust inside the guard, but thats it. Also AMI build plate says june 1969, not 68. Report
June 1, 200917 yr Author comment_349165 Progress has been pretty slow, but have got both front gaurds off, Repainting inner gaurds with anti rust/chip paint. Started sanding back rest of the car. Pics to come... Report
June 23, 200917 yr Author comment_354366 Quick update, the sanding continues...have taken the rear passenger window out, everything appears to be rust free. Boot will need a bloody good clean. Everything is coming together...slowly... Pics are a couple of weeks old... Report
June 23, 200917 yr comment_354371 Its the same as mine Ke-10 B made in 69... whats the chassis number? might be close to mine Report
June 24, 200917 yr comment_354445 Nice car, Sammo. Will be good to see this car cruising around the Canberra streets in the near future :) Report
June 24, 200917 yr comment_354447 Wow what a buy and saving from the wreckers. If only they saw these forums they could have sold it for thousands. lol Or probably wouldnt sell it Report
June 24, 200917 yr Author comment_354581 Nice car, Sammo. Will be good to see this car cruising around the Canberra streets in the near future Thanks dude! Yes this one will be back on the road, and it will be driven! If only they saw these forums they could have sold it for thousands. lol Nah, the old couple who had it, I'm pretty sure knew very little about cars, or for that matter, what they had! Pics to come... Report
June 25, 200917 yr Author comment_354758 As you can see i had a helper with me! Edited June 25, 200917 yr by sammo Report
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