I'm a Datsun man, i love restoring them.... But i've always been fond of the old Corollas and after owning an 84 KE70 as a rally car i've always wanted one as a dailey.
Anyways, i just sold my car, then my parnter in crimes car broke down, leaving us desperate for a car. It seems that, unless you stumble onto a bargain these days, most people want BIG$$$ for these machines, i so i bought an "in need of love" specimen.
The guy who sold it to me was dodgey as, but i knew what i was in for so i bought it. Apparantly the engine was stuffed, "blown head gasket" or something... choke was stuck shut, thats all :)
Its been resprayed (in enamel) to to hide the half assed rust repairs which were begining to show through again. Time to do the job properly.
The boot is quite straight and has already been shaven for me :lolcry:
PLANS:
cut n shut rust sections
then hit rusr prone areas with some POR15
prep n paint... I'm going with kawazak green at the mo... might change my mind.
electrify the the dizzy. many years ago Bosch made electric dizzy upgrade kits, i have 1 for my datsun, looks like the only difference between the Datto and the Rolla dizzy is rotation direction... quick mod and we are bangin"
keeping the factory steely dans but i might drop the car a little.