Well I decided to sell my beige sedan and most of my parts and just buy a better car to skid, most likely nissan. Meanwhile I was looking for a cheap daily

 

Ended up buying this wagon very cheap off "TOM", great guy to deal with

 

Plans are to get it low in some decent handling suspension, 'mild but flush with stock guards' 14s, and just daily it pretty much

 

Specs

1984 KE70 Corolla S station wagon

 

Engine: Stock 4K, small exhaust which sounds ok

 

Gearbox: K50 5-speed, Xtreme heavy-duty clutch

 

Brakes: stock

 

Suspension: Standard KE70 junk, front shocks are rooted, front lowered a little bit thanks to saggy springs, 2" lowering blocks, Boge Turbo rear shocks

 

Wheels/tyres:

front - 14x7 +3 polished MA61 rims (5mm spacers), 185/60 Nankang

rear - 14x7 +3 polished MA61 rims (5mm spacers), 185/60 random

 

Exterior: 'non shine' red paint (I might polish it), straightness, rust, chrome guardtrims, towbar

 

Interior: light blue, collapsed driver bucket seat-ish, fluffy dice, factory icy cold A/C, crap Philips tape player with stock speakers and really bad 4" in rear, tacho dash, 360mm Nardi Classic on 65mm HKB boss, ###### handbrake button

 

Now some pics, brace yourself

 

 

 

 

Got a few little things to fix but nothing major (rhs wheel-bearing, inlet leak (either manifold or carby), and a timing belt)

 

Hopefully have some updated pics up soon

 

Cheers, Ben.

Edited July 8, 200917 yr by benzo

not a bad looking wagon at all mate..... should make for a good daily/parts transporter lol

looks pretty neat, any plans?

Argh. I want a KE70 wagon. They're so practical!

 

Do the rear seats fold down completely to make it Pano style?

Edited June 25, 200917 yr by seabiscuit

I was going to ask what happened as I read your sig...

 

But now I know :y:

 

Good luck with this thing, seems you are growing quite the love for 4k powered rollas :y:

 

It is my opinion that clean wagons are getting hard to find as they seem to deteriorate quicker than their sedan relatives. This is clean enough for a wagon and a good thing to daily in. Just don't go too overboard with wheels etc otherwise you will be visiting defect city again :yes:

 

I will have to come over and take you in my rolla so you can be converted to 4AGE goodness :y:

looks pretty neat, any plans?

 

Read the post. Fix a few things, get it low on some decent suspension, mild 14s, daily

 

Argh. I want a KE70 wagon. They're so practical!

 

Do the rear seats fold down completely to make it Pano style?

 

Yes they do and there is a fair amount of room in the back actually

 

I was going to ask what happened as I read your sig...

 

But now I know :y:

 

Good luck with this thing, seems you are growing quite the love for 4k powered rollas :y:

 

It is my opinion that clean wagons are getting hard to find as they seem to deteriorate quicker than their sedan relatives. This is clean enough for a wagon and a good thing to daily in. Just don't go too overboard with wheels etc otherwise you will be visiting defect city again :yes:

 

I will have to come over and take you in my rolla so you can be converted to 4AGE goodness :y:

 

Yeah wagons and panelvans are definitely hard to find in clean original condition. I managed to get this pretty cheap and its clean enough to drive around.

 

This will definitely remain alot more street friendly than my sedan, it won't be so low and wheels will not be out guards on this

 

This will not be getting 4age lol, but yeah come over man

 

Taking rhs axle out of sedan today (had new wheel bearings) and putting in wagon, and installing tacho dash and Nardi

 

Cheers, Ben.

Edited June 26, 200917 yr by benzo

Has matching MA61s on the rear now, and I polished the rust off the the chrome gutter trims. Didn't end up swapping axles, dash cluster or steering wheel as I spent most of the day doing the wheels.

 

My fingers are sore from sanding and polishing..

 

Have most suspension sorted, hopefully I can have it all here, together and installed next weekend for the Toyota cruise

 

Should handle nicely for a leaf-sprung wagon :y:

 

Cheers, Ben.

I'm glad its going to someone who's going to give it some love mate, although I'm already regretting selling it!!

 

It should handle really well - my last 70 wagon had stock suspension but new shocks and 14" 200B stockies and it seriously handled amazingly - one of the most predictable handling cars I've ever driven, and they are very well balanced for a leaf-sprung wagon!

 

All the best with it mate, you have officially rendered me Corolla-less...for the umpteenth time in my life!!

 

I'm at least 5% less satisfied with life when I'm not driving a KE rolla!

 

Cheers,

Tom

haha thanks Tom mate

 

It should handle pretty good with the suspension in. Can't wait

 

Hope you find a decent ute soon!

 

Cheers, Ben.

So . . . is this going to be a towing powerhouse :y: Or is the tow bar not going to last long?

 

Also I could kind of imagine straight pipes on a angle, on this thing, would be a unique look :y:

 

Loving the colour though

Haha considering taking rear bumper and towbar off when its lowered, I think they looks better without it.

 

I'm happy with the near stock exhaust on it for the moment.

 

I took the tacho dash out of the sedan and put it in the wagon today along with my Nardi.

 

Whats up with wagon/panelvan rear guards. 14x7 +3 is nearly about 15mm from flush

 

new pics are up there

 

Gave it a little stick down a few side streets today and it goes pretty hard for a stock (possibly original 350,000km) 4K.

 

commercials are so much more fun haha

 

Cheers, Ben.

Edited June 27, 200917 yr by benzo

Umm so I chucked in some 2-inch lowering blocks thanks to Dave at AJayPS and Boge Turbo rear shocks which were in my beige sedan when I bought it

 

rear is now low and good, front is still gay and repping gangster lean now

 

tomorrow I have to fix a small problem with blocks and rubber mallet rear guards a little

 

oh and I have an idea for a cool exhaust

 

I am looking for an cleaner AE71 wagon (PM me) so all mods are being done so that they can be transfered to AE wagon when I buy one

 

updated pics tomorrow

 

Cheers, Ben.

Keep one car Ben.... What is wrong with this? just make a ghetto-pig.

 

^^,

Keep one car Ben.... What is wrong with this? just make a ghetto-pig.

 

^^,

 

No he really wants to sell this wagon to me :wink: :wink:

Keep one car Ben.... What is wrong with this? just make a ghetto-pig.

 

^^,

 

lol nah I want an AE71, at least then it will be 1.6 (and can swap 4age easily when I get bored), and will be worthy of keeping.

 

No he really wants to sell this wagon to me :wink: :wink:

 

Yes haha

 

Cheers, Ben.