Ke20nut Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 (edited) Hi guys and girls. as u may remember i was going to build a ke20 . I had posted pictures of the bare shell and set myself a year to build it. In the meantime my lower back has been giving me grief. To cut a long story short , my girlfriend and i were driving out one night to pick up some pizzas, and as we were passing a MacDonalds i noticed a mustard ke20 parked in the car park of the maccas. i did a hard left, the gf shit herself and said what the hell, then she realised . I pulled in next to it and started eyeballing it badly. It had a smashed front. At first i thought it was dumped. had no reg on it either. I said to the gf shit that thing could come up alright. She said leave your number on it. Which i put on a bit of papper under the wiper arm. Within 3mins a young guy rang me and said he is interested in selling it, cos it was a one owner in gr8 condition when he got it but he ran up the back of a brand new XR6 (he had no insurance). 2 days later i bent him on price and got an absolute bargain. It needs a little work, but nothing really too hard. The radiator support is a little bent but i think me and dad will be able to straighten it out easily. I have a spare front which i will put on the car EG: bonnet , bumper , grille RHF gaurd and the lower valance. Interior is quite clean . Its a little dirty and could do with some vinyl cleaner on it . This thing will be my daily cruiser now. It wont be immaculate but will turn out very tidy. Unfortunately i can't post pictures of it yet as my girlfriend went back home to america for a month and i gave her my camera cos hers was on the blink. I will try lend another camera and get pics up asap. This makes it my 6th corolla and now my gf is definetly convinced i have an addiction to rollas :) Edited March 25, 2009 by Ke20nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason KE30 Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Sounds like a good deal. Any other plans for it aka Respray? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ke20nut Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 na paint is pretty good, might just spray the new front on it for now , then ill see how i feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen20v Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Glad to hear you've saved a 20 from being wrecked. Bamboo too which is a great classic colour. Will look forward to photos and to seeing this corolla being restored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ke20nut Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 it wont be restored , just cared for and repaired. It is very clean, and just fell into the wrong hands to be admired. But now i have , just rang dad and told him, he said what another car. He was impressed with my ke10 find , and he will be impressed with this find also . I'm so happy tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doogs Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Sounds like quite a find, good job. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drc_ke20 Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 congrats to the new addition to the Rolla family,LOLz! hope to see pics soon pls,good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tally Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 wooot woot woot KE20's fighting back!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ke20nut Posted March 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 yeah thanks , i am flat out . I took the damaged front off it tonight , and straightened the radiator support, and starting putting the new front on it. I got impatient and couldnt wait till i got a camera. I need to borrow one tom night then ill post pics of it and the damaged goods . Looked alot worse than it was the damage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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