Popular Post rxtoy Posted August 9, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted August 9, 2017 I've been chasing this thing for years, had the money out of the bank to buy it at one point but the owner changed his mind. He's finally decided he's moving overseas and everything has to go. I struggled to put the money together but the girlfriend really likes it too so she loaned me the amount I was short by It's a pretty much rust free 1968 KE15, comes fitted with an auto but no motor. It's leaf rear, coil front. Apparently they were transverse leaf front stock so I'm not sure if someone has fitted KE20 front or maybe there's a JDM version or something. It comes with a Borg Warner disc brake diff that has been narrowed for a later model Corolla, I need to measure to see if it's actually skinny enough, R31 struts and front brakes, coilover sleeves, a set of watanabes, a G52 box and bellhousing to suit, plus a 7K-E. I've still got to pick some of the bits up, and I've got no idea whether I'm going to fit everything at this point. I'm pretty tempted to just find a earlyish K motor and manual swap and get it on historic rego Unfortunately now I'm flat broke so motor will have to wait a month or so Pics from when I went to check it out this time when I knew it was for sale: 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rxtoy Posted August 9, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 9, 2017 Took me a few days to get organised then I went and picked it up on Sunday, was helping my mate move out of his workshop too so it turned into an eleven hour day pretty quick. Was still mega stoked, I didn't really believe it was happening until we were unloading it at my place 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rxtoy Posted August 9, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 9, 2017 And here she is tucked away in until I've got some coin to throw at a motor and whatever else she needs for rego. Needs a good cut and polish, I know a guy who's pretty talented at bringing old paint back so I'll have a chat to him and see what he recommends. Hopefully the paint is savable, I like the thought of owning a 49 year old car with original paint 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rxtoy Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 When I was helping my mate clean out his workshop I saw a random old Toyota steering wheel, I grabbed it thinking it was off an MX22 he stripped a while back but now I've had a Google I'm thinking its very likely the original KE15 one. Way better than the rusty aftermarket shitter that was there had a good look through the interior, door cards and roof lining are mint, seats are pretty much totally fucked from the sun. Will keep an eye out for decent KE20 interior in black. found the original service book, with vouchers! Hadn't even used the 48,000 km one, the dash shows 52,000 so I'm wondering if it's actually only done those km's. First owner had her until at least 2000, last rego paper showed a pensioner discount. Original tool kit was missing one spanner, and had a dirty Nissan screwdriver ive got these MX22 hubcaps which I wouldn't mind using but it turns out that 14" wheels in 4x110 only came on R100's, and people want drug money for the, these days so I may need a plan B cheers Matt 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxtoy Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share Posted August 20, 2017 Pushed this out of the garage today to give it a wash and see what I'm actually dealing with, tried polishing the boot to get rid of the surface rust, it's better but still needs more work and I pushed it all the way up the driveway purely for a pic with the crown, GF was very unimpressed when I told her the actual reason I made her help. It's TINY compared to the crown also picked up the rest of the stuff that comes with it, except I've missed the struts I just realised. 7K-E and G52 box fit nicely in the back of the daily And I got the wheels, 14x7 and 14x6.5 watanabes, minor positive offsets, I'm pretty stoked with these! Although they require a stud pattern change to 4x114.3 can anybody ID K sumps by eye? I need a 4K one, this came with, no idea if it's the right one cheers Matt 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rxtoy Posted October 1, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2017 Massive progress......... 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxtoy Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 /endjoke thats mates sedan that he just picked up for parts for his KE16 i did however pull a 2K? And K40 out of a KE26 so am making progress again cheers Matt 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxtoy Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share Posted November 2, 2017 I've actually been making HEAPS of progress, decided I wanted to get it to the car show I help organise on Sunday, Toyotas at the Quay, so I've been putting in lots of hours. Cleaned the engine and box, replaced everything I could think of/easily get, painted a bunch of stuff, cleaned up some firewall rust, modified the KE26 gearbox crossmember, did all the associated manual swap stuff to the formerly auto KE15 A friend bought me extractors so fitted those and got a new exhaust made. Home tuned the carb, had massive problems getting it running right and it's still not quite there drove it to the exhaust shop with just headers which turned into a 4 hour mission with lack of power, a carb rebuild, a loss of clutch cable, a breakdown, pushing the thing out of traffic twice, side of the road bodge ups, etc. fun times when you're rushing things Still got lots more finishing touches but it's running and driving fairly well so I'll let the pics tell the rest of the story. Oh, and a mate loaned me his watanabes, I'm not much of a fat tyre fan but these things really suit it. Still need to take an inch or so out of the height in the front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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