Rodgerramjet's Ke55.

[RogerRamJet]

Hello Brethren,

 

Picked this up in my new hometown of Cairns. It’s a 1979 KE55 Corolla. It comes tinted, lowered on Kings / Monroes, with some nice 16” rims, fully resprayed in the original colour of Kingston Blue. It’s got the stock 4K with a 3sp gearbox. First carby I have owned, and first RWD for that matter :hmm:

 

Here it is.

 

 

I don’t have any interior shots on me at this minute, but will update that later.

 

I haven’t done a lot to it, but I’m in the early stages of planning what to do. I have put the boss kit on it, run a tacho, air:fuel, 12volt, oil temp / pressure gauges. I’ve been trying to track down a 4AGZE/SR20 for it. I might also be looking at a 5K, and if anyone has a 5K + gearbox please let me know.

 

My main and first plan is engine. Other than that, I will endeavour to tackle some of the minor rust bubbles, central locking, new diff (probably a hilux of pintara diff) exhaust (4-1 headers into 2 ¼” pipe).

 

I've been trolling the yahoo.jp auctions for some aftermarket option parts for the KE55, but I'm not 100% familiar with the parts list for the KE55. If anyone wants to track something down from Japan let me know, as I work with a guy in Japan who loads freight for JDM parts for me to distribute. I do this at no extra cost or profit, more of a hobby.

 

Ill keep this updated with my progress.

 

Thanks,

Pat.

Edited September 2, 2010 by RogerRamJet

[cuzzo]

Looks overrated man!

 

How is cairns these days?

[Clapped out]

Looks good fella, get on top of the rust before it gets worse. Rust in cars love the tropics!

 

cheers phatke30!

[charl]

Nice rolla mate!

[SLW42]

Very nice ke you have there sir, I wish mind were as nice :hmm: