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Jo_Rolla's 1983 KP62 Toyota Starlet


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Drove it on the 12s for a wee while, found some Hotwires I liked in Jan 2012.

Sad to see the 12s go, but was in dire need of some wheels.

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Too much rubber on these (185/70/14s or something ridiculous)

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looking sweet on hotties. 185/60/14. Giant finger for scale.

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Picked up some Recaro Fishnets in Feb 2012 in okay condition, chucked one in while I got the other recovered by a local guy in Dargaville.

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Scored these sweet back seats off Hippo on Club-k, he threw in spare black boot carpet as well, legend.

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Had a friend helping with some maintenance.

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Picked these up sometime in 2012. Had grand plans for them. Originally 13x5 I had plans to widen to 13x7. Time and money ran short and I just wanted them on the car. Dec2013

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They're originally from a 78 era KE35

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Got them coated off white and wrapped with some 165/55/13

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Feb2014 Had a go at tinting the windows, pretty stoked with how it turned out,

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pretty dark

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Had these on for 3 years, failed a wof the other day for being too dark, so i ripped the front ones off, all good will need to re-tint with some 35% instead of 15%.

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Mar2014 - Moved to Auckland from Hams. Progress slowed.

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Looking a bit out of place with all these Auckland soccer mums

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Low + Big Bump = No more mirror, flew off and smash on the front pillar. :(

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Picked up a new style from ebay. No good photos sadly. Put the Hotties back on as I was driving 50km daily for work, dropped the revs from 3700 to 3000 at 100km/h.

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I had a bunch of wheel bearing issues across 2014 and was getting a bit worried travelling 50km + a day with no backup car.

picked up a carib for a daily

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ran out of space/motivation/non woffable so I put the starlet in my parents garage where its quietly sat for the past 2 and a bit years waiting for some motivation. Which has finally returned. April2017

first things first,a wof, almost had a clean sheet (Dargaville seems a bit slacker than old Auckland) to say i was stoked would be an understatement. 1 big ticket item. front cross member rust.

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bye bye

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Cut up some box section and welded that in

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Shes now sitting pretty back in my garage with a fresh WOF.

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Scored these fender mirrors off trademe as I cracked one of the bases on my current ones, originally for a nissan, should look sweet.

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Straight off the bat, new engine. Dropped a 5K in (128k's). with the help of @chris rs engine crane. shot.

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Slight water leak around the water pump but other wise runs mint.

List of things to do. 

  • Fix water leak
  • Respray front bumper
  • Drive it
  • Fit fender mirrors
  • Spray a box of spare interior bits with black vinyl and reinforce the centre pillar plastics (weak ass things)
  • Make (attempt) some new door cards
  • Re-tint front windows
  • Future respray
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  • 5 weeks later...

Been taking it out for a few spins around Auckland

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Finally got around to installing the new fender mirrors and some much nicer tail lights i've had sitting around for ages. I only had one of the correct bases for the mirrors, so I went without. I may try and create a 3d model of the one i have and mirror when I get some time. 

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I like these fenders a look more.

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Much cleaner!

Scored myself a little workbench, perfect for the 3D printer.

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Got one of the new wheels on. not sure how i feel about them. Too much rubber for sure. thoughts?

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  • 1 year later...

Lifes been slow again. Got the starlet another clean sheet wof (:grin:) Drove it on and off for about 10 months. Put a new sub in it.

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Had some bad luck on the motorway :cry:

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Had to do some pickapart scrounges

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Got it sorted. water pump decided it was time to go as well, only 50000ks on it, went genuine this time. 

 

Coming up on 7 years with the old girl. 

KP needs a WoF, front wheel bearing and discs skimmed. So naturally I went and bought a weber 28/36 DCD for it instead :grin:.

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Jimmied up my own throttle cable bracket and repurposed the Aisan carb linkage. Works well :thumbright:.

Struggling to get the tune right. Took out all the jets and got the numbers. They dont seem to quite line up with the original values for the 28/36 DCD. From what I Googled these numbers should be okay for a 5k. 

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Had a go at it today, seem to be stable with about 2 and a half winds out on the mixture screw, decent idle with the idle screw backed right off, reved out nicely. Took it for a drive and worked well but after about 100metres wouldnt idle any more. and wouldnt start without some throttle. 

Any help/direction on my carb/jets would be appreciated. 

 

Joel.

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  • 2 years later...

back in 2019 I managed to score an unmolested 28/32 DCD 23 for a 1500 Cortina. Put it on and it actually runs pretty well. Lacks power down low but otherwise seems decent and have been driving it semi often with this.

also picked up a new daily

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been passing wofs with little to no work which im pretty happy about. been told the seatbelts are on the way out so im on a hunt for some. 

Has a nice crank bearing leak which is slowing rust protecting my engine bay which will need some attention soon.

Otherwise I've committed slightly to a repower and have been collecting the bits required to get it in.

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will give it a refresh with rings, bearings, valve seals before it goes back togeather

came with a K50 with a bell housing to fit an A. grabbed a remote thermostat housing from pick a part. and picked up a 200mm flywheel to marry up a 190mm K clutch with a 4a pressure plate

doors are all starting to show their age with some nice rust bubbles so i've picked up some new toys and will have a go at rust repairing and painting them myself.

 

Bonus mini pickup spotted in a friends dads garage

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discussion link is in my signature

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