TarmacAttack Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Hey doods, After the death of my last KE55 sedan at a khanacross i was in search for another one. In a little country towm outside of canberra i found this: Its a 1979 KE55 sedan and its awesome! Another granny car but an apprentice mechanic was doing a headgasket and snapped a headbolt and they ceased opperations. So after weeks of me going to for a drive again and again i finally got them to sell it :) So the plan is to put my motor in it and make it very nice.. Teaser pics.. No cracks here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJT036 Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Looks very cool Lance. Good find. :y: Josh :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drkbrth Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Looks straight! Any big plans after new motor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarmacAttack Posted December 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Looks very cool Lance. Good find. :y: Josh :cool: Cheers mate, if the people i got this off didnt want to sell i would of been down to grab your KE36 next week :) After treating the last one probarly abit too rough (khanacross's, dirt roads, drifting in the wet, water crossings etc) I have decided to keep this one fairly standard and put some pride an effort into it. Its got minute rust( only a 10cm bit on the boot seal, and some surface stuff under the numberplate area) which is easily repairable. Its going to be my daily aswell as a nice cruiser that holds its own when out and about. As i have my fun/fast car in the shed. I'm going to pull the stereo out of the old one and transfer it over and make up a new subbox. Aswell as 4" speakers in the front door and splits in the rear. Its got a sweet factory leather steering wheel cover which is woven all the way around by leather straps which i have no idea how to get off, so its staying on :) I may make up my own 2" exhaust and get the front struts bend 1-2 degrees. I'm unsure whether to lower it or not though.. So ill decide that later.. Anyway tomorrow is the day i pull the motor out of this one and the aim is to have the thing insured and registed by next thursday intime for the summernats cruise :) Ill let you all know how i go and take lots of pics.. Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan G Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 hey mang, i paid $300 to get my struts bent. was it worth it? NO what i recommend is sigma lower control arms witch give around -2 camber. also max your caster out aswell. i aslo recommend chopped eb rear springs for extra "go kart" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben-89 Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Looks great and original, Those stripes are absolutely priceless! Please keep them on, Love it :) You know that steering wheel cover is atleast as old as the car, as you said you had to wrap them and stitch them for a snug fit. A much cleaner car to breathe a little life into :y: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarmacAttack Posted December 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 (edited) More pics from this arvo Some bird must of been building a nest Edited December 30, 2011 by TarmacAttack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarmacAttack Posted December 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 No engine :) Decided to give the headlight panel a respray, as 32yrs of bugs and grim had weathered it away. Resprayed the front bar :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke20rolla Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 At least you painted the headlight panel the right colour. It looks wrong when people paint that panel the same colour as the car. Keep up the good work. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarmacAttack Posted January 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 1x doner car (my old ke55) with 300,000km 4k Pulling engine out of doner car No engine :) Got none of the new motor in as i still gotta degrease the engine But its all done and started first time :) Ill upload a videi later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarmacAttack Posted January 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 (edited) Start up video http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b80/Evil_rex/922a410a.mp4 Edited January 1, 2012 by TarmacAttack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarmacAttack Posted January 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Corolla is now registered and driving :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke30muzza Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Think its time to bump this bad boy up there and give the people want they want to hear lance, more updates :y: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeph_KE70 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarmacAttack Posted March 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Updates? None really marcus. I covered up the front speaker holes made from the previous owner with speaker covers. It needs a service and wash as i have only washed it once since i bought it :( Project evo has been getting all the attention lately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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