Ke26 restomod project

[wenisman]

Sorry everyone following, life events took over and I didn’t find time to work on Kevin. But I’m back now, and to get back into the saddle I welded up some table blocks that will come in handy later

 

 

i haven’t welded anything that thick before and so trying both inside and outside welds was an interesting experiment

[wenisman]

But then I started on a small task that is now snowballing. There was a rusty section on the drivers side guard

and a little section on the base, I used the small English wheel to put a curve in a section and it seemed to match well

 

 

 but that’s where all my good intentions came undone. As I planned the cuts I realised I would cut through the support frame on the inside. So I started to part the seam of the metal so I could extract the frame support… except the outer skin started splitting and not coming off the frame

 So I have been sitting and thinking for a while. And if I need to remake the edge of the panel then so be it, will remove all the rust anyhow

 

Edited September 3, 2025 by wenisman
Clarification

[pogopins]

Good to see you posting again, Geoff. The whole project turned out to be a huge snowball 😞

I saw the MCM guys put a 2TR in an old Hilux recently. It looked to be a pretty tall engine. You sure it'll fit in there without a scoop?

[wenisman]

@pogopinsI didn’t see that mcm, but I’ll check it out. The 3rz fits without the scoop, nugget garage has the 3rz in a ke10. But the 2tr uses the same block so I’m hoping it will fit… I will need a new oil pan and to get the engine as low as possible but I guess time will tell. Worst case I’ll go back to a 3rz

 but I will post soon for the guard, I’m going through the motions of getting the brace out.