The Blue Groper Ke20

[rawKe20!]

hey guys and girls its time i share my corolla with its fellow folowers!

 

details.

 

it is a 1974 ke20, it is toyota be86 bright metallic blue. it cost me $2200 which was deer considering i hadnt even finished paying off my escort panevan before i wrote that off. when i got it it had a locked diff with a 3k and stockies so i blew that diff in no time. that was the past!

 

i have done all the work i was able to myself with much help from my amazing mother.

 

now it has :

>5k

>32/36 weber

>extractors through 2inch to an exhaust dynamics 2 inch muffler

>stage 2 cam

>lowered stiffened leaf sprins with heavy duty gas shokers

>5 speed k50

>free diff

>13X 6 hotwires

>venetians

>two saas bucket seats

>new moulded carpet

>all interior back to original,

>sony explod headunit with pioneer 6 inchs in the front, 6x9 in the back and a 12inch sub in the boot

>grandma visor

>thermo fan

>ke70 radiator

>retractable seatbels

>all new tirod ends and pitman bushes so she steers a dream

 

 

now some pictures form start to now. (sorry if there not real good quality)

Edited May 20, 2008 by rawKe20!

[rawKe20!]

some more pics

Edited May 20, 2008 by rawKe20!

[ScottKE1X]

Help from you Mother! how cool is you mum!!??

 

Why does this look familular to me??

 

Thought about whitewalls??

 

oh and what happened to the esky??

 

Scott.

[benzo]

I wouldn't exactly call it grandma spec, but it looks good dude. :)

 

Different to most KE20s. Must go good with the 5k.

 

whitewalls would look good on her.

 

You sure the rear is lowered 2 inches? Looks almost standard, I've just put 1.5 inch blocks in the rear of my 20 and its much lower than that...

 

As for the esky Scott I'd say maybe rolled going by his sig. :S

 

Cheers, Ben.

Edited May 16, 2008 by benzo

[PMP020]

its very BLUE!!!

 

not realy grandma, but cool none the less.

grandma means original. this bad boy is anything but OG.

 

youve put some hours into this puppy, congrats with the outcome.

 

cheers, scott

[Felix]

Sorry dude, but I liked the look of it in the first pics better. A set of nicer wheels would have set it off nicely.

 

Don't know about you guys, but I think the "ol'skool" look with venetions, sunvisor, slammed with whitewalls, is getting pretty boring with EVERYONE doing it on anything and everything.

 

Anyway, each to their own. It is your car, do what makes you happy.

[Murd 55]

Don't know about you guys, but I think the "ol'skool" look with venetions, sunvisor, slammed with whitewalls, is getting pretty boring with EVERYONE doing it on anything and everything.

 

 

agreed thus my uniqueness. though most people don't like it. i think it looks quite sweet!

[Sim]

cool 20, specially with the 5K. but damn, those rims u have on it now look horrid :S, wtf are they?

[Raven]

Sorry dude, but I liked the look of it in the first pics better. A set of nicer wheels would have set it off nicely.

 

Don't know about you guys, but I think the "ol'skool" look with venetions, sunvisor, slammed with whitewalls, is getting pretty boring with EVERYONE doing it on anything and everything.

 

Anyway, each to their own. It is your car, do what makes you happy.

 

Totally agree with you there dude.

 

There is nothing eye-catching about whitewalls and venetians in my books.

 

Do something different!

[ke rollin 20]

Don't know about you guys, but I think the "ol'skool" look with venetions, sunvisor, slammed with whitewalls, is getting pretty boring with EVERYONE doing it on anything and everything.

 

 

 

well as you said each to there own and in the end its what you makes you happy,

 

but the whole idea of the white walls, vanetian blinds, hubbys and so on is that it looks original and adds a bit of

spiffyness(new word) to the old rollas aswell, and as for slammin them on there bottoms well it looks mad and handles well... :yes:

 

i know you said that you think "everyone is doing it" but i know that i would much prefer and so would a few other people to see the original looking whitewalls, vanetians, eg on the ke1x ke2x and even some other models,

 

rather than seeing some ke10 with 17" gold rims, flaired guards, super dark tint, no original interior,and a momo steering wheel! i mean come on! :n: its not nice to look at, it burns your eyes,

 

but hey each to there own :y: :P :yes: :yes: :yes: :y:

 

by the way nice ke20 don't mind it, hows it go with the 5k?

 

cheers haydo

Edited May 18, 2008 by ke rollin 20

[Felix]

but the whole idea of the white walls, vanetian blinds, hubbys and so on is that it looks original and adds a bit of

spiffyness(new word) to the old rollas aswell, and as for slammin them on there bottoms well it looks mad and handles well...

 

I'm sorry, but running 12" tyres on a car that sits on the bumpstops shouldn't be in the same sentence as the words "handles well". 12" tyres are crap for handling and are not very safe when it comes to actually going around corners, braking, driving in the wet, and in general avoiding all the other idiots out there to keep your pride and joy in one piece. A slammed car with limited suspension travel would only handle on a super smooth surface like on a racetrack. A slammed car is good for posing, not handling and is a quick way to get defected by the boys in blue.

 

rather than seeing some ke10 with 17" gold rims, flaired guards, super dark tint, no original interior,and a momo steering wheel! i mean come on! thumbs_down_trans.gif its not nice to look at, it burns your eyes,

 

I agree totally with 17's looking way out of place on an old car.

 

I'd much prefer to see cars with period mods to suit the era of the car. There are a lot of wheels out there that would suit this the car nicely. Hotwires and jelly beans while still very common today were a popular fitment back in the day. A nice set of old 13 or 14" dragway 4 spokes all polished up would suit this car perfectly with the metallic blue, and allow fitment of performance tyres.

Edited May 18, 2008 by Felix

[benzo]

Totally agree with you there dude.

 

There is nothing eye-catching about whitewalls and venetians in my books.

 

Do something different!

 

 

I have to disagree and I know at least a few will agree with me....

 

I am a big fan of the jdm style old school toyotas etc like in Ravens avatar, but how is an old school Corolla, say a KE11 or KE20 in condition better than new, fully restored back to original, slammed on whitewalls, with venetians and sunvisor not eye catching.

 

The amount of looks my old KE20 got was proof enough, and that wasn't what I'd call overrated.

 

As you say though, each to their own.

 

Imagine how boring it'd be if everyone drove around in stock VN Commodores :yes:

 

Cheers, Ben.

[Sim]

i'd have to disagree also, my old white ke20 got massive amounts of attention when i had it on the stocko hubbies with whitewalls, venetians and nana sunvisor, mainly because people just didn't see that sort of thing around my area. when i got my new wagon and put the nana visor, hubbies n shit on it n took it for its first drive down to the servo i got so much attention it was bizarre. i haven't taken it out since then.

u can't deny that the traditional look of hubbies/whitewalls etc isn't eye catching.

i also don't mind the look of 17's (nothing bigger however) on older rollas, if its done tastefully. which sadly alot of people can't pull off :yes:.

[benzo]

i'd have to disagree also, my old white ke20 got massive amounts of attention when i had it on the stocko hubbies with whitewalls, venetians and nana sunvisor, mainly because people just didn't see that sort of thing around my area. when i got my new wagon and put the nana visor, hubbies n shit on it n took it for its first drive down to the servo i got so much attention it was bizarre. i haven't taken it out since then.

u can't deny that the traditional look of hubbies/whitewalls etc isn't eye catching.

i also don't mind the look of 17's (nothing bigger however) on older rollas, if its done tastefully. which sadly alot of people can't pull off :y:.

 

gunmetal FR17s with whitewalls :yes:

[Sim]

f@$k yeh, thats why my next set of rims for the wagon are gonna be charcoal/grey. I'm thinking B45's of Challengers.