madKE35coupe Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 (edited) more details to come guys ;)........................... ok thats long enough. for the life of me i can't remember the year model (71 i think?). ok so story is, this is my brother in laws ke20, that hasnt seen the road in over 6 years. he was driving home from work one day, and the engine started making horrible banging noises :hmm: not being very mechanical minded, he creeped it back to his place and parked it under a tree in the back yard, which is where it sat for a few years. few years after he moved house, and when they had a bit of a get together i thought we could drag it to his new place and have a look at the motor(after i had been working with a few mechanics thought i might as well have a go).....few too many beers were drunk that night, as a result it ended up with the top half of the motor in pieces and the block and sump just sitting in the bay, which is how it sat for probably another 2 years. ok this is taking ages, so long story ashort, they moved house again, so the car needed to be stored, ended up on my parents property. :( sadly had sold all my rollas and ronas, was at my parents the other day, thought i might have a bit of a peepsie.....and considering how long it has been sitting its in rather good shape....desperately in need of a cleanup and manual conversion :P but ill run the toyoglide for a while before i get that serious. so we are up to today, as of which i need to organise a trailer so i can pick the beast up.....no doubt more pictures and details to come in the near future :) and don't worry i will sort this god darn camera out and take some bigger photos :P Edited June 30, 2012 by madKE35coupe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSF Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 this is one of these "this summer..." type posts. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madKE35coupe Posted May 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 (edited) will hopefully be getting out there this weekend :) might have to check the rental currency for matt's tilt trailer :hmm: Edited May 25, 2012 by madKE35coupe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyinwall Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 can't wait to see this one come back to life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHATKE20S Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 Awesome to see another KE20 coming back from the brink of extinction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.L.Z.BUB Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 will hopefully be getting out there this weekend :) might have to check the rental currency for matt's tilt trailer :hmm: Rum :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madKE35coupe Posted May 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 Lol reed you know all too well :) as long as he isn't racing we should be all sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerfbat Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 very nice mate..! can't wait to see her resurrected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono.C Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Looks pretty solid! Just needs some lovin' Just planning to do a restore? or trick it out a little? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_ke55! Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 looks nice mate, whats the plans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madKE35coupe Posted May 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Bit of a debate in that category at the moment.... as matt is trying to convince me to turn it into a street/sprint car. I honestly wont get the time to race, but I would love to give it the race look. Low, loud and pushing the engine to the limits :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undertaker_is_the_best Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Bit of a debate in that category at the moment.... as matt is trying to convince me to turn it into a street/sprint car. I honestly wont get the time to race, but I would love to give it the race look. Low, loud and pushing the engine to the limits :) thats what you should do mate make it racey but keep it clean at the same time should come up good yet another find from out west lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madKE35coupe Posted June 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2012 spent a few hours at matts on sunday talking carby's and rebuild kits....getting antsy to start the build :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madKE35coupe Posted June 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 so a customer of matts has a mildly worked k series motor and close ratio box up for sale, as he upgraded the motor in his racecar.....that deal could be in my cards if i play them right. speaking of racing, will be out at morgan park raceway tomorrow to help matt with the rx2, and possibly get some ninja shots of cleanup's improved production ke35 coupe :D and any other interesting cars out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerfbat Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 sweet mate..! good luck with it.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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