Ok so my KE25 is at the panelbeaters at the moment and although i am going to be working on it while its there, i can't start it as the bloke there has got to get an SLR5000 out the door to get mine in... So now i have got some inspiration to get my old girl up and running so the mrs can use it as her daily.

 

Now i have owned her for 4 years and in that time this car has been absolutely perfect... Its the best car i have owned. And i have owned 35 cars now and counting..... Plus i bought it for $1200 and its the third most expensive car i have bought.

I love everything about the car... They are so addictive. The engine is great, i love the shape, the performance and economy... So much to love.

I have had many a road trip in my old baby including a 6000 km road trip to Ayers Rock (from Campbelltown NSW). It never missed a beat and we were averaging between 120-140 km/h driving around 10 hours a day...

 

The only things i have had to change are the alternator, about three batteries (due to crappy alarm system which is now gone), and i snapped a timing belt which did nothing to this (i believe they are a free spinner)...

 

So at the start of 2011 i decided it was time to part ways with her, (sad day, i didnt want to but finances plus the fact i had 5 cars at the time). A "mate" of mine offered me $1200 which i agreed to but he told me that he had would need to pay me off over time as he was restoring a sandman at the time and he was discharging (Navy), so i agreed to let him "pay me off"... After 5 months and only paying me $300 he decided to drop the car at my house (one week of rego left), while i was at sea... (cheap bloody rent that)... So when i got back i found the thing pretty trashed. Alarm wires had been cut cos the remote battery went flat, dash had been smashed, didnt start, plus he took my bloody rims. So she was garaged.

 

So with some inspiration from getting my 25 project rolling and reading some other ae82's build threads on here i decided to get the old girl goin again...

 

Plans at the moment are just to get her rego'd so the mrs has her own daily, (we share a 3.0L diesel Hilux 4x4).

After that I'm not sure. My dream has always been to put a 4AG-ZE in her, so who knows.

 

 

Oh forgot to mention, when i got the car back i was also missing my airbox, gearknob and he had changed the steering wheel...

Which meant i now have a 4 speed gear knob no airbox and a saas steering wheel.

 

NOT FOR LONG... I have recently acquired an airbox and gear knob, $150 spent replacing parts i alreay had on...

Now searching for steering wheel at the right price... These things are bloody expensive but i have to have one to keep the origanal look I'm after.

What other parts do you need?

love it mate..!

glad to see another '82

What other parts do you need?

 

Heaps... Would love a new interior but postage would kill me to Cairns. Been looking round here through wreckers n 5h1t but nothing. U got bits???

 

love it mate..!

glad to see another '82

 

Cheers mate. Wanted to put it up sooner but wasnt sure if i was keeping it or not.

Bottom line of my signature :P

 

Main thing I don't have are spare twinky wheels, sold one to a forum member a while back but keeping my couple.

No worries Trev... I you come across one let us know.

Got some bit today... New airbox and gear knob. Happy face.

 

 

So now she is a 5 speed again...

 

Also fitted the airbox but not sure where one of the vacuum hoses goes to... Some help please?

 

 

Maybe one of these?? Also is there some reason why all the vacuum pipes off the back of the throttle body are all plugged up... Normal or not?

 

 

Also this one on the back of the TVIS unit.

Also found some wiring with no partners...

 

This ones down the off side of the engine bay.

These are behind the airbox near the firewall.

 

I anyone has any pics of how these things might wire up properly that would be sweet.