Callum Radford

Haven't been on here for a while so thought I'd chuck up progress of my 910 so far!

14 hours ago, JustHarry said:

I doubt its registered since the wof ran out in 2004......

I believe that the reg was on hold and he has put rego on it while on lockdown where no wof was required, pretty cheeky!

Just now, BlownCorona said:

It's a friken cool car man it'll go like a cut cat with that motor, and I'm super excited for the car dad bought from you. 

I should get him to put a build thread up on here as we finish it off and get it on the road. 

I can't remember if I had a build thread on here for it or not but definitely would be keen to see one for it! Hayden said that it's all planned out for paint already!

The roof no longer contains rust! Just a little bit more sanding and the roof will be in primer After that there isn't a hell of a lot to do apart from sand! Also have a rust free drivers door lined up which makes me happy haha, so sick of rust! Also got a trueno front bumper apposed to the pfl Levin one I already have, but after purchasing it, I realised that trueno bumpers are a lot longer then the Levin ones, so the Levin bumper will be staying for now! Got a woodgrain nardi and a few little stickers etc too, love buying we bits and pieces for the wagon!

Got a starter motor reconditioned, and the wagon is starting again which is a relief! Also applied some bog to fill in the repairs on the roof haha, looking kind of solid now! Just a few more coats in general areas and ill begin sanding for paint! Scored me some Work Equip 01s out of japan for cheap too, 13x7 -2 and 13.7.5 - 10 should have the wagon sitting pretty! Just a 6-8 week wait now haha, aiming to have the wagon done in time for there arrival.

Also im not too sure whats happening with all the pictures

Thoughts on black bezels guys?

So the majority of the rust has been fixed, just one strip of metal to put down in the back where the tailgate rests on. Its pretty much just bogging and sanding now, then paint! I got my Weds Tri-Spokes yesterday, think I might run just the 7s on the front, they fill out the guards really nice, will be sweeter when I get some smaller tires, and put the 6.5s away for a rainy day, and keep the MK1s on the back, really want to swap them out for some 7" Hayashi Streets, maybe when its finished, im spending too much time worrying about wheels haha. I scored some roofracks too, you might only just be able to see them in the pics, so ill take some more photos later. Cheers

Got some more rust along the roofline fixed, only a few wee patches left to repair now! Also scored this green scuttle panel thanks to WhangareiKE70! It is sooooo much more straighter than the one I had! Will get more pictures this weekend

Have you considered chucking an MX5 turbo motor into it? Ive seen it done and they look like the pull along quite nicely! Would also be keeping a mazda heart in her. Good luck with the build man, tidy wee B1600 you have there

Got the windscreen out and started to fix rust around the top of the windscreen, also continued repairing rust along the roofline. The rust is getting less and less which makes me happy also scored myself some twin heady taillights, they aren't in the best condition, but they'll come up good with some paint! Will post some more pictures tomorrow of all the repairs Also please ignore the disgusting dumpy in the picture, it will be replaced by something much nicer Cheers

Thanks guys! have a lip sitting in the shed for it too

The AE86 bumper is not that big. The lines on the bumper also pretty much follow the lines on the KE70 guards too, so it doesn't look that out of place. Thanks for the feedback and that disgusting picture though.

be4ver, I live in Ashburton, so you're more then welcome to pop round and have a look! Just hit me up with a pm

And im pretty sure the tyres are 14 185 60s, think they might even be 14 175 60s

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Build thread: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/43666-my-1982-ke70-wagon-build/

Now, ive left out little bits and pieces, but this is pretty much all the progress upto now! I will endeavour to update you as I go from now on! So at the moment, the wagon is sitting like it is in the below pictures, the rust is getting repaired, and I will begin to prep the panels for paint. If youre wondering why there is only one door on the car, this is because I wanted to see how it would look - colour and trim wise. The wagon will be white, with black trim and black rubber strips. None of this chrome shit! Haha. Also, im building up a supercharged 4k. I have recently acquired an 4k efi setup to help run the supercharger, an SC14 which im getting cheap Its a big supercharger for a wee engine, but it'll work! I also have some more wheels coming 14x6.5 and 14x7 Weds Tri Spokes, cant wait for there arrival! Here are some pictures for you, will get some more this weekend! Cheers

In order to get this sitting right, the guards had to be cut and a lip was welded onto them (don't cry all you twin headlight feigns, its worth it!) So this was the result after making a lip and screwing it on! Yet to be finished off, but you get the idea!

As with many KE70 owners, the twin headlight conversion sounded and looked really good, but the price at which it was going to cost me was ridiculous! So I settled on a swap for a factory recess front two door wagon for my old mk2 wagon. I got it for mainly the front panels, but also scored some interior goodies, and have since sold it on. The two door wagon did not include any lights, grill etc, but I found some for cheap locally. Also got an additional two recess light/grill setups haha.

Then the idea of running an AE86 bumper!! I fell in love when I saw the picture, and I knew I had to do it, its different and that's what I love! So I found an AE86 bumper for $150 and grabbed it. I sat it on to see what it looks like and I was happy with it!

Next up, I began repearing rust, which popped up along side the roof lines the not so rusty looking shell was hiding some dark  secrets, all the shit that comes with owning Toyotas though! Also saw this picture which got me thinking.....

After that. I played around with some of my flat front parts, tossing up how I wanted the front end looking, also swapped over the rear suspension!

Next thing I did, was to make both cars one. This was done in very legal ways, so don't get all suspicious I paint stripped the grey shell after stripping it down. Three 2l cans of paint stripper later and the paint finally came off, this stuff was some thick shit! After a sand up, the engine bay was painted, and the adjusties and engine was swapped over. She ran pretty much straight away with no hiccups, was stoked!

Also got some 14x7 SSR MK1s for her to sit pretty on

Hey guys. My Corona has been in the shop for a while, and as I want a daily, I decided to get a KE70 wagon. A workmates son had two of them, one had been crashed into the rear, and one was a donar body, but both were live, and both were complete and pretty much running. The crashed one had a worked 4k in it, running on twin carbs, had adjusties, reset leaves, lovely looking modgies.... also had grey diesel front interior in it which was a bonus! But the best thing would have to be that everything was certed! As for the donar body, it wasn't the prettiest thing, but I needed the body, and it had a few decent bits on it! I got both cars for $500

You can see that the blue wagon has seen better days!

Thought I'd try and bring this thread back to life a bit. The coupe has almost been fully repaired, rust and panel wise, and will be returning home soon to have its new heart put into it. I got a 3SGE Beams and 6 speed gearbox about a month back for $1400, which I thought was a pretty good price! Other than that, very little has been happening to the coupe. In other news, I recently got a 1988 MKII LX76 (Diesel power!) Wagon for $250! Just need to do a few things to get a warrant, then its all legal and ready to hit the road! Put my Hayashis on it for a bit, and am thinking about leaving them on there, and looking out for bigger sized ones for the coupe. Will try and get some pictures of the corona, and chuck em on here soon! Also, the guy panel beating my car has found another coupe out on a farm just out of town, just waiting on him to go and pick it up! So excited to see what its like.