Some of you may remember me from my turbo AE86:

 

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/68849-ae86-4agteall-the-gear-no-idea/page__p__678061#entry678061

 

I've continued the Sprinter theme and aquired a genuine KE17 SL. I have been on the search for along time for one of these. When this one came up in WA, I had to jump on it.

 

After the deal was done and the car sent over on the train, it landed at my place. I finally came home from work 2 weeks later and have been able to have a good look at it. I'm very happy. It needs work, but what 45 year old car doesn't???

 

 

 

 

 

Fantastic news! I know you have been looking for a while, so welcome to the club!

Fantastic news! I know you have been looking for a while, so welcome to the club!

 

Yeah I actually was going to PM you telling the good news! haha I'm a little excited.

I'm excited! How excited must you be!

I spent the day just tidying a few things up. I hated that radio there, so started to remove it. This led me to the horrible wiring under the dash, next thing I was removing the remains of an immobiliser/alarm and a heap of other random wires that didn't do anything.

 

 

While I was down there, I removed the centre console to vac the carpets. I found the gearboot had been fitted poorly and wasn't actually fitted over the stick. I cleaned the carpets up and correctly fitted the boot.

 

 

Refitted the console, then removed the Toyota seat covers that were on there. Seats are vrey dirty and the drivers is cracked. There will be a full retrim in the future, so I can live with that for now.

 

 

 

I removed the aircleaner just to see the condition of the filter and have a suss at the carbs. Everything seems good and is quite clean.

 

 

 

 

Lastly check out this grandpa mod sunshade. Pity they drilled into the A pilars to fit it:

 

Redwarf put me onto the replacement air filter element to use which is a Ryco A337. Nothing else comes remotely close. It is also available as a direct replacement in K & N E2970.

 

This filter is 47mm high compared to the KE15 55mm hence the foam packing on yours.

 

Looks like the seats have been previously retrimmed. Underneath you should find the original holes for the factory headrests, with luck. Dave (savvanagt on ebay) has a set but wants $300 for them. A cheaper option that also fit are Mark 1 VW Golf headrests. If you are going to retrim anyway, could do these at the same time.

So I gather the seats and dash should be all black without the white inserts?

 

I need to put together a list of things I need.....Finding some of them is going to be interesting. Will be buying heaps of those NOS and reproduction parts on ebay too I think.

 

 

Yes, definitely all black. Hopefully you won't need too much. The only things that are really impossible things are the seals.

Ok cool.

 

So these are no good? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TOYOTA-COROLLA-KE15-KE16-KE17-DOOR-SEALS-L-H-R-H-/120757044203?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item1c1dae43eb

Well they are the only choice you have and I believe the door seals aren't supposed to be too bad. I have a complete set of the thai rubbers for mine but I am of a mind to try KE25 door seals which can still occasionally be found genuine. The thai boot seal is absolute rubbish.

 

The Qld rear quarter repro seals need to be cut and mitred to fit or you get a kink at the sharp bend.

This is awesome. nice find.

 

My favorite part is the location of the ignition key. I would love an in dash ignition key!

 

looking forward to more pics and updates.

Was wondering WHO bought it , know a few guys that where thinking of buying it . But well done to you , not many SL's about any more . Hopefully it will motivate me to start turning my 2 x ke15 INTO A ke15/17 weekender. Still collecting bits , but the end is in sight , not many bits to go before I start a ground up resto.

Edited May 28, 201511 yr by airocobra

Stoked you're happy with it & planning on keeping it original.

 

Would be gutted if it got chopped up.

Gonna keep an eye on its progress for sure.

Stoked you're happy with it & planning on keeping it original.

 

Would be gutted if it got chopped up.

Gonna keep an eye on its progress for sure.

 

Yep, no way this is getting modified to fit another engine or anything silly like that.

 

I have found that one of the most important things you need when restoring an old car, is another car for parts! Found this one on the weekend. Has disc brake front, aftermarket suspension and swaybar, overrated rear bumper and good chrome trims.

 

 

 

I also got 6 of those 13 x 5.5 performance wheels in the deal too! Not bad for $500.

 

Not much else to report, have finally tucked the car away in the shed:

 

you are on a definite roll at the moment