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I've now got the car into the new garage, here with a set of pre-facelift fenders I sourced: And the world's nicest Rolla next to it:

Let's see them :(

If I may hijack this thread a tad.. 13x8 ET4, 175/50-13, how does that sound?

I have no experience with KE55s.. However, if the axle is similar to those found on KE70s, or if you can modify a KE70 axle to fit, you can get a 100% progressive locking TRD diff for an AE86, or a stock AE86 diff which as far as I remember has got atleast some locking. Having say a 40% locked diff or a progressive locking one (expensive) is great for sliding about. What sort of engine will you be going with? If you've got a stock 3 or 4K, or hell even a 2T, you don't even have to THINK about the diff until you've got more power.

Yeah it hits the steering column joint when trying to get it out from the back :D

I've got the started removed from the bellhousing, my only problem is that it's so tight around there that I can't physically get the starter out of the bay! Do you need to drop the subframe/engine in order to get the starter out? Or do you perhaps remove the exhaust? Did you guys get it out from the top or the bottom?

Yo.. Just wondered how you guys usually go on about removing the starter? Do you remove it from the top or the bottom? Do you remove anything else? I have a left hooker so the intake, carb, intake mani and exhaust mani sits on the engine, the brake booster and pedal box sits on the firewall and it makes it really cramped in there :D

The death of a 4K is in other words as spectacular as the experience of accelerating a 4K car itself :P They use a hell of a lot of oil.. I always had to top up mine a litre between 3 and 5k km..

Doesn't look like a lot of serious rust though, surface rust bar the lower portion of the pass. door I guess from looking at those pics. But f@$k.. A good spot of floor and frame rail welding if needed, an engine, a set of coilovers and wheels and this car would be f@$king awesome. I hate ratlook when it's forced but this would be just so right to leave as-is :laff:

I dunno if any of you remember this project at all.. I can't recall exactly what happened, a lack of motivation and better things to do I guess. Lost what was important to me (building cars) but found some new things in life I realised was worth pursuing.. :laff: Moved back to Oslo in May and the car is still located in the southern part of Norway. I've found a place to store/work on it now though, so I hope we can get the car collected this week.. As it was after I got it out from the workshop it called home for 9 months: And into the new shed, where my Charade was chilling this winter. Like I said, hope to dig the KE70 out of that cave this week ;)

Haha yeah.. Unless you were serious and not being sarcastic, then wtf are you on about..

Yeah, so wrong on many levels. Mostly because it's an old car, I don't like it when people try to modernise them. Like it's said before here, periodically correct mods are winnar. This was borderline for me, especially considering that white 'Targa' lettering, but overall I think it looked pretty good:

Guilty as charged :)

Yo.. Some of you might know/remember me.. My new daily is starting to come together so I guess I could show what I'm driving now.. From this: To this: Guess which one is the most reliable? :laff: Oh, and I haven't sold (or scrapped..) the Rolla, I couldn't, never. What it needs is some wide wheels and a good four-five inches drop :wink: All in due time...

There is only one rusty Rolla that looks really cool.. It's from Japan, driftcar, quad lights, silver car with lots of battle scars and rust, it's awesome. Would never call it a rat rod though. Oh yeah, and the white one is a piece of shit Rolla, that was my point.....

seabiscuit, the car is mine. And yeah, it's just an ex winter beater.. Shitter for sure. Looking for wheels for it now though :blinks:

You summed up my thoughts perfectly. Slamming an 80 year car on OG but worn paint and throwing in a V8 and restoring the mechanics is cool. The paint has patina. Building a hot rod and painting it flat black is equally nice, but it doesn't have patina - it's still brand new paint, albeit flat. It reminds me of another term I hate, ratlook. How the f@$k can grinding down your paint on selected areas of a car and throwing on a roof rack be considered cool? This is already confused with the original post in the first reply. I hate seeing 20 year old cars with as much shit possible on the roof and a rusted bonnet or whatever else you might find 'creative'. Someone managed to say I had done well in building a ratlook car with this, I got so annoyed by that...

You make my life sound pretty cool, haha :happy: It's pretty good though but we can trade, wouldn't mind heat and sun on Aussie soil :yes:

I've fancied getting some wide 13s or 14s under the arches just to see.. Think it could look cool :yes: Just hard to find around here.. It's not off topic, it's a good question as I believe there are differences here from the early cars :huh: The lower chrome strip sits on the grill, it continues around the headlight surround (housing the parking lights) and meets a strip on the bonnet. I researched this when buying the 4-lamps and grill and realised I needed a new bonnet to not have a double chrome strip :happy:

Ironically enough I'm gonna source a set of pre-facelift fenders to fit my 4-lamp JDM set-up I've got laying around for it ;)

This is: And I love it ;)

Toyota and boxes is nothing new, they did this ten years ago with the Yaris/Echo Verso ;)

Really hope this goes to a good home.. If you could get RHD cars rego'd here in Norway I'd put down a deposit two weeks ago myself :)

Ship it up to me! :P And add a HD-EG from a DeTo with that shipment so I can get some power out of my G100 Charade :(