Jono.C Posted February 26, 2011 Report Posted February 26, 2011 (edited) So it's happened. I finally have a ke10. It's rusty, spider infested and crap. but it's mine :blush: After a once over i've discovered it has a 4k in it and ke20 front disks. There's a fair bit of rust and dents and it looks like i'll need new front guards and bonnet and possibly some pateches to weld in. I've got my plans and i'll start working as soon as this rain stops :glare: Here it is: new pic added cheers Edited February 24, 2012 by Jono.C 1 Quote
67Rolla-Ken Posted February 26, 2011 Report Posted February 26, 2011 Very nice. Looks reasonably straight in the pic... but there's a lot we can't see :) Please add to the Corolla Database. Interested to see if she is a 67 build or not. Everything I can see looks 67, would like to see what dash she has. Quote
Jono.C Posted February 26, 2011 Author Report Posted February 26, 2011 (edited) g'day, yeah it's reasonably straight, a lot of rust and dents, a lot of work, nothing lines up.. heres what the guards and doors are like: You could be right, it may be '67, i'm going off what it had on the old rego sticker, it has the early dash in it, number is: ke10 242 802 Edited February 26, 2011 by Jono.C 1 Quote
67Rolla-Ken Posted February 26, 2011 Report Posted February 26, 2011 (edited) Not too bad, I think my guards were worse (front inch was bog). According to the Toyota Model Identification sheet anything below KE10-260001 is 1967 built. This contradicts what some people have written on the Corolla Database thread but I'm sure these people were just going off the registered date not the build date. Edited February 26, 2011 by 67Rolla-Ken Quote
parrot Posted February 26, 2011 Report Posted February 26, 2011 Welcome to the elite club! None of thatmodern tat here. That looks like surface rust after someone has played with it. Hopefully the bottoms of the doors and the rear guard pockets look OK? Bit of work, lick of paint and it'll be perfect! Quote
Jono.C Posted February 26, 2011 Author Report Posted February 26, 2011 (edited) Had a play with it today and got it running! (you'd be more suprised if you'd seen the engine when i started :lolcry: ) Chucked on a carb, leads, fixed the battery wires and the ground, adjusted points, did the timing and she started, not first go mind you. Went to move it around the yard i forgot i hadnt put the throttle cable on, did that, went to take off and the throttle jammed on full throttle, with straight pipe this way annoying :lolcry: Also discovered i had no brakes!! :blinks: Then got into a bit of bodywork, mostly cleaning up the bog the previous owner had put on. long way to go. Jono Edited February 24, 2012 by Jono.C Quote
67Rolla-Ken Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 She's not pretty but all the body lines look good. Nothing a bit of hard yakka wont fix! :lol: Keep those pics coming! Any idea what those front seats are out of? Quote
Jono.C Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Posted March 1, 2011 No idea, i thought they where factory? they're pretty torn up Quote
ke20rolla Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 Those seats are out of a Ke20 corolla, they should have a lever on the sides to work the back part. Quote
Jono.C Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Posted March 1, 2011 They have a push in lever to slide it back and forth and a wheel that you spin and it adjusts the backrest Quote
Jono.C Posted March 3, 2011 Author Report Posted March 3, 2011 Now i've been thinking. There aren't too many ke10's out there different from the norm. So i was thinking, what could i do to make mine different. And i thought, What about a 60's hotrod/ Military theme. Flat green paint, Wide steelies, Whitewalls etc. Something different. Here's my inspiration: Just with Jdm fitment with wide steelies and whitewalls etc.. Any thoughts? -Jono Quote
KEI069 Posted March 3, 2011 Report Posted March 3, 2011 That's just cool Best you get started now Quote
Jono.C Posted March 3, 2011 Author Report Posted March 3, 2011 (edited) haha yeah i'm a fan of that style, just trying to work around the weather at the moment. Having trouble finding the parts i want :( Edited March 3, 2011 by Jono.C Quote
KEseventy Posted March 3, 2011 Report Posted March 3, 2011 (edited) would be kinda cool if you rolled the body as is, just add wheels, quads and lowness................. Edited April 23, 2011 by KEseventy 1 Quote
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