ketodriftke70wagon Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Hey guys, thought id share with you a project I've been working on for the past 3 years. It all started when i turned 14. All i focused on at that point was that i could get my driving license in less than one year. So at the time my old man thought it'd be a good idea for me to get my first car and do it up a little in time to get my learners. And also get to know further about cars etc. So i hoped on trade me and started my quest for my first car. I looked at multiple options as my first car starting at honda civic's (yes i know, wtf was i thinking???) right through to Subaru impreza's. After not having much luck in finding a cheapy, as only having an after school job meant that money wasnt that flash. So then i started looking at reg on hold cars and came across a toyota corolla ke72 high roof station wagon for $400. Seemed legit reg on hold, $400, good runner, everything there to put back together (was getting ready for paint), so i arranged a viewing time and went up the following weekend. When i first saw it i was in shock as it looked not near as close as it did in the photo's or description. But as i really wanted a car and i had the money all it needed (as so it seemed) is a bit of tlc, so i gave the man the $400, started it up and drove it onto the trailer for the hour long trip back home. After having a much more intense close up look once back at home i noticed a few spot's of surface rust in the roof, thought no biggy went and had a look on the otherside and the same thing. Got the wire brush drill out and SHIT! both side's of the roof fully caked in with bog hiding the rust. There was no point in trying to fix it as it was pretty bad and found more in other areas of the car. Over the next couple weeks i sold the 4k and k50 for $250 and triangle look a like modgies for $180. I made my money back so looked for another one. My cousin later found one in a junk yard out in the wope wope's and ended up swaping the ke72 for a ke70 wagon and $300. this time i made sure i had a real good look and it was in much better shape. tho it didnt come with motor box or interior but i did keep all the interior from the 72 and i also had a 4age bluetop from one of my old man donor ae82. So anyway that's a bit of my story. here's a few picture's to show what i started with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketodriftke70wagon Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Okay so first thing i started to do once i got my second wagon i started prepping the engine bay for paint. And once again after having and even closer look it looked as though it had been in a accident as the radiator support panel was all rippled and the front crossmember was twisted. So i went back out to were i picked up my current wagon and chopped the radiator support panel and front crossmember off the 72 to spot weld back onto my 70. once i got all that off my 70 it turned out that one of the chassi rails was out further to one side by 20mm. so then another trip out to the farm to chop off the chassi rails. once we finished chopping stuff off there was pretty much nothing left of the 72 so i suppose the owner would have crushed it. Once i spot welded all that on bog it up sanded then undercoated, it was ready for blacccccccccccck. At the time i was unsure as what colour to paint it so i thought black could go with any colour really. Once that was painted i scored an ae86 crossmember off trade me along with and ae86 radiator, hydro clutch pedal box and radiator mounts. Gave the crossmember's and castor arm mounts a lick off paint and customized the ke70 pedal box by adding the ae86 hydro to the side of it pretty much. Then gave the swaybar a clean up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketodriftke70wagon Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Right so next on the to do list was sourcing engine bits to make my 4age from fwd to rwd. Pretty much after a period of 6 months searching on trademe for all the bits, i found all that was needed including a t50 22 spline with a 1000km old 4 puk excedy clutch kit and front half of driveshaft for $750. In that time i didnt do much as i was at school most of time other than buying kyb shock inserts and cobra superlows. Gave the struts a coat of black while they were out of the car. once all the front suspension was freshened up i bought some super pro bushes to stiffen her up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketodriftke70wagon Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 And the time came to freshen the engine up a bit. then put the 4age into the wagon for the very first time :) then wrapped up my 4 into 1 extractors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketodriftke70wagon Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 So then after i fitted the engine i started to do some panel work. the 70 came with a ugly as slant front so i wanted to get rid of that and put a twin headlight conversion in place. At first i was unaware as to how hard it is to find all the bits necessary front the OO=====OO, so i got rid of the slant (didnt bother selling it just chucked it out) and sourced some parts off trademe (i love trademe lol). after buying two bonnet's believing to be twin headlight i opted to buy a brand new repo one. It wasnt a bad fit but it could have been better. And couldnt find twin head valance so bought a repo one too. In total it took me a little over 2 years to find it all (yea i know what ya thinking "f#$k that") but once i had all the parts and put it all on the car it looked awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!. New bonnet New valance Second hand genuine recessed guards (had holes from bolt on flares, bloody bogans!) New bumper New guard indicators New bumper indicators New park lights (from Malaysia) Second hand genuine buckets New bezels and grill Second hand genuine corolla badge And i kept the 72 wiper tray panel as it had the little bump on it that follows the bonnet Heres a couple pics of test fitting In between finding the twin head parts i did some body work and made a front lip out of my 72 old valance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketodriftke70wagon Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Also i came across rs watanabe's 14x6.5 for $350 on trademe, i couldnt stop myself and had to click buynow! Put the wats on my mate's rt114 corona coupe for a wee look before i brang them home.Want to paint them gold with polished lip like theis Want to paint them gold with polished lip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketodriftke70wagon Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Sneeky wee shot i took when i was bored one day so then after i sorted my twin head stuff and acquired some wheels i got stuck into the body work. Got rid of all the green primer as that was just to keep the bare metal from rusting and put some all purpose spray gun primer on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketodriftke70wagon Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Put some more stuff in the engine bay And customized a ae101 strut brace to fit Got some chrome stuff some of my suspension goodies Put my mates hayashi street fins on to see what they look like. they are only 14x6 +7 and the have more dish than my wats :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketodriftke70wagon Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 So after about 3 months of pottering away at the body work i finally got it all done ready for paint bought some 2k paint. got a paint code of a mates ae85 and got the same factory red colour but in 2k. My old mans work mate use to be a qualified spray painter not long ago so i got him to paint her up for me cheap he did a great job! but as i did it in the garage i was always running the risk of a gust of wind putting crap into the paint and which it did in a few place's. Its not bad so we can buff it out thank god! And in the time i was putting doors etc back on for the exterior to get painted my ae86 brakes and power steering knuckles arrived then once i got doors on the exterior got all painted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketodriftke70wagon Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Let her dry for a couple days then started to put stuff on my lip turned out pretty good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketodriftke70wagon Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Had to get some new disc rotors as it was cheaper just to get new ones rather than get them machined so that's it pretty much, this is where i am at the moment just putting the exterior back together now then ready to get carpeted and wired up. will keep you guys updated. Only half painted one wheel. will do them all another day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketodriftke70wagon Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 BIG UPDATE! she runs! got it wired up last weekend and the mighty 4age is aliveeee. but has a wee fuel issue its not the pressure so it must be injectors or injector plugs. video to come later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketodriftke70wagon Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Anyone know how to make another page? lol just realized that this is a rather long page.... haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.L.Z.BUB Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 (edited) It'll roll over to a new page, it goes by posts, not length of posts. EDIT: Looks great BTW Edited August 3, 2013 by B.L.Z.BUB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nerfbat Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Wow..! very nice work mate..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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