My Beast, My Baby And My Firts Car

[Lukey]

Hi all

I have been hanging around rolla club for a wile and i thought i would tell you all about my car and what i have done to her and what i am going to do and a little bit of infomation on when i first got her

 

I first got her just before my 15th birthday. It was in a wrecking yard and i saw it and i could only see the right had side of her and i thought that it must have had a crash on the other side but i went in and had a look and it was fine. I asked the man about her and why she was in a wrecking yard and he said that it was a old man's and that he had died and his family couldnt bear to see it because it reminded them of him too much, so they basicly gave it away.

 

The wrecking yard wanted $1100 for it but i talked them down and got it for $500. The car has a bit of rust just under the door on both sides and also has some just under the back tail lights other wise the car is in perfect knick the interior is perfect no rips in the seats and no cracks in the dash and the am radio still works.

 

Car: 1976 KE35 coupe

Colour: Yellow

Engine: 3kc

Mods so far: Extractors

Things needed to be done: A tiny bit of body work and a little bit of rust and a new radiator

Things to come: 5spd, nikki carb and prob lots more

 

Pics coming Tomorrow i hope

 

Thanks you for your time Luke :wink:

Edited November 23, 2006 by Lukey

[Lukey]

sorry for that computta stuffed up dunno what happeds anyway i have pics

 

rims before and after

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[towe001]

Nice find

 

Or should i say good score dude

[Lukey]

Hey Thanks man

 

The 5spd is hopfully coming this weekend will keep u guys posted

 

thanks Luke :jamie:

[Sloth]

Nice, this sounds like the beginning of a beautiful story, sounds just like my story (i went to the wreckers looking for a door and a guard and bought a whole corolla). Just keep at it!

 

It amazing how much nicer a car can look when you get it home and give it a wash and a clean than it does at the wreckers. Couple of little tips is you are going to be "doing it up": its amazing how small things will make it seem a lot nicer (mine had a bright blue interior, so we resprayed the vinyl with some black vinyl spray from kmart, looks awesome), try and plan out what you want to do with it (make a list, even if its just a mental list and try and set goals)

 

And the biggest tip of all: shop around and keep your eye out, you never know what you might stumble accross (my story is full a stories about how things just fell into my lap)

 

Nice find.

 

P.S. You've got a console too :) they are great!! (you can mount a new head unit there and remove the AM radio from the dash - look at the pics of my ride). You need to be careful what size 5sp you get, mine sits a little further back and we had to cut a new whole, not a KE35 console won't fit around the stick :jamie:

[Rolla__Boy]

Putting the head unit in the console is a terrible idea, 3 screws and the whole console, along with your head unit is gone.

 

All you need to do is make sure you get a KE55 5 speed, not a KE70 5 speed, the KE70 ones have a different extension housing and they will need modification to mount into a KE35

[TheNOBBLER[RL]]

Someone like emoticons!

 

I have to say this looks like a great start for you, I had basically the same car for my first daily and it gave me quite a few memorable moments!

 

Good luck with it all!

[Lukey]

Hey Thanks all ill

 

I'm not going to put in the gearbox in this weekend i have decided to rebuild the box.

The nikki carby is also coming this weekend but i will put on the weekend after.

Thanks for all the imput i shall keep all posted have a good one

Luke :y:

[Teddy]

Lets keep it nice now ladies :y: