NoPsi Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 I'ma tightarse and they have great parts interchangeability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesrolla Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 got my first car when i was ten (datsun sunny) then i wanted a torana, couldnt find one in the paper but saw an add for an AE71 van and a ke20-----$100 each i wanted the van and the guy said i could have the 20 aswell for $50, the guy i bought it off said the motor was fu*ked, i have used it as i for 2 years of thrashin in motorkhanas and havnt even done a thing to it, then i got another ke20 then a ke38 for $10 then another ke20 for free, then i got bit by the ke1* bug i got a ke11, then a ke10 and then another ke20 and have collected enough ke1* and 2* parts to make nother 2 cars i still have 4 ke's because i live on a large property there is about 25 cars at my place.......... not all mine though its just because corollas are so cheap and readily avalible, and look Sik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedway_rolla Posted April 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 Dan you wanted a DATSUN SUNNY for speedway? :P Corolla's rule down here my friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolla_4 Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 It all started years ago with the exact same car I am driving now! I was in the market for a new car and I was looking at everything from corollas to commies... I had checked out multiple vn's (*cringes*), even a monaro and then a mate at work rocked up in his AE82. It was clean with rims and lowered suspension as well as a few other mods! I liked the look of it and my mate at work suggested I go and look for a twin cam. His red one at the time was a standard CSX with all the good bits from a twinky except the 4age. It still had the 4ac in it! He took me for a spin and I loved the go cart like handling of it! I then proceeded to go out and buy an original white twin cam. I had that for about 4 years and during that time my mate swapped his red one to a 20 valve! I loved my 16 valve AE82 but I loved the look of his better and with the 20v in it it made it more of a complete package. He then decided it was time to sell it ( he had owned it since new in 1988 and needed to make way for his new lexus and supra) so I made him an offer and now its mine...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke70pussywagon Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 (edited) the pussy wagen turned up at my work in dog standed form as a trade in and i saw it and fell in love got it for $400 and thats where it all began :P Edited April 23, 2006 by ke70pussywagon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtnickk Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 Well got my rolla for a few reasons. Cheap Good for parts NA/Sleeper I like the look of them When i found rollaclub, it then clicked to me that these are thoroughbreds in disguise which is cool Thats why i got my rollas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmac101 Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 (edited) the thing that got me into corollas was learning to drive in my mums corolla doing reverse donuts in my back yard when i was about 10 .lol. i thought the were the best things since sliced bread. not to mention that i thought they were the fastest things on the road......how wrong i was....no affence to anybody but its pretty true. Edited April 23, 2006 by tmac101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 (edited) Over here, Sunnys were doing well (except for this darned Charade thats been at the top for the last couple of years), and they do better on the smaller and tighter tracks. I presume that over in Adelaide you have longer sweeping tracks... the tighter tracks here make the Sunnys coil rear beat the Corollas ghey leaves... But, they're too f@$king hard to find these days. So thats what opened my eyes to Corollas as I said before. Dan. not to mention that i thought they were the fastest things on the road......how wrong i was....no affence to anybody but its pretty true. Haha, sure man, my 1.2L carby POWAAAAAH will flog any car on the road!!!! Edited April 23, 2006 by Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anastasios Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 yea i was moving onto my green p's and was syked up for manual driving so i needed a manual rwd car because i was sick of my vn commodores, i bought my ke55 and never looked back, my car taught me many things mechanically and they just look cool lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMsGPTurbo Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 I was looking for a sprinter as it was made by a Toyota, and I was looking for a relieable RWD car, the sprinter was cheap and fitted the roll perfectly. The problem came about when a certain cartoon came out and everyone became tofu delivery drivers! This made finding a sprinter hard, well one that wasn't returning into the ground. On sunny day whilst reading the classifieds I came across an add for a GP Turbo, curious and a little dissappointed as it was FWD ... I thought it would be ok to have a look and be a bit of a tire kicker, the GP was advertised for 5600.00 and my budget was 3000 max :P I fell in love and the GP now lives in my garage... the rest is history.. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figjam Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 (edited) i first got into corollas when dan pointed some out to me an i loved there body and shape. i then decided to buy one for junior sedans but then scraped that idea and bought a ke55 coupe for a project :P thanks dan lol :P Edited April 23, 2006 by figjam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fayt Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 my dad's first racecar was a ke10 and I'm following in his footsteps, that's all. i got it a bit harder since parts are not easy to find for ke10's and are usually expensive, but it pays off in the end :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faulksy Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 My first car was a ke30. I spend over a month prep the body for a respray. 2 weeks after respray WHAMMM! some knob cuts me off and writes it over. A month later i come across another ke30 with a 4agte Put LSD in before upgrading it to a 4agze among other mods 4agze ke30 was written off by some know P plater crashing in my car when it was park attempting to drift Next pick up was a 4agze AE82 with nevo pulley Sold this to a mate to buy a 20V 4agte AE82 Intentions are now to put the 4agte into my FX-GT Also have a ke10 which has a 4agte waiting to put into it I have also had numerous other corolla's. Namely just a get around cars So why corollas. Well I have never had a problem with them except those that were caused by my stupidity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyldephyre Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 I got given my wagon for free... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolla__Boy Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 I had an XY Fairmont, and some guy saw all the cars my dad used to have out the front of the house, so he knocked on the door asking if we wanted to buy this car he had, and we said no. Then I was at work, and he saw me and told me if I wanted to take the car for free, the key was on the front tyre, and to bring a battery. So we went up there, and chucked the battery in, and it started and ran fine, so I took it home. The car in question was a blue KE35 Hardtop, with a racing 3K and 4 speed...but the brakes were poor, the windows didn't seal, the heater didn't work...So I went in search of another body to use, so I could continue to use this car as a run-around while I fixed up my XY. What I found was my yellow KE35 coupe, and have had it now for about 8 years. The first blue one I drove for about a year, and nothing ever went wrong with it, it was cheap as hell on petrol, and I became addicted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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