My Ke20 Restoration

[Mighty tas rolla]

Gday everybody just letting you know i got yet another rolla this time somthing a bit different a ke20 that was advertised on here not that long ago anyway i picked it up today (thanks 71 ke20)

managed to convince dad to let me put it in the shed so i can start work on it straight away.

Plans are to respray and repair a few little rust spots

decent set of wheels

get all the seats redone and interior all good

and just stick a 4k with 5 speed in for now anyway

heres some pics sorry for the quaity but my phone is poor

 

 

 

 

 

also came with some spare panels

will get some better pictures tomorrow

cheers

***edit***

i am also going to keep track of how much this car will cost to rebuild so here goes

 

Car $150

Trailer $32.50

Petrol Money for dad to tow trailer $20

Edited July 5, 2008 by Mighty tas rolla

[78_7kRolla]

Looks alright mate. Now you have to divide your time and funds between 3 rolla's!

 

Good luck mate

[Doogs]

Looks pretty good from those pics, a good starting point for your project.

 

Nice to see another 20 being done :D

[Mighty tas rolla]

Looks alright mate. Now you have to divide your time and funds between 3 rolla's!

 

Good luck mate

 

yea thats going to be hard but i guess the 55 is pretty right so its really only 2 but i don't know how I'm going to do them both before the year 2050 lol

[Mighty tas rolla]

done a list of bits i will be needing:

Roof lining

rear window

dash top thats not split into 3 bits :D

carpet

rear bumper (mines mangled)

thats all i can think of so far I'm sure there will be heaps more

[ke30dude]

Just some interesting info for you :D

 

http://regostatusp.dier.tas.gov.au/pls/mot...mp;Terms=Accept

[Mighty tas rolla]

thanks for that ke30dude i couldnt work out how to do that lol

 

anyway has anyone got any ke20 spares as il be needing some bits soon

 

cheers

[PHATKE20S]

YAY another KE20 saved from scrapmetal......... :D

Looks like a straight example you got there mate?

 

Well Done :lol:

[Mighty tas rolla]

YAY another KE20 saved from scrapmetal......... :D

Looks like a straight example you got there mate?

 

Well Done :lol:

 

thanks yea it is very straight only has 1 spot of rust in the engine bay and thats it so I'm happy with it can't wait to get cracking

[Mighty tas rolla]

hi guys a short update

i spent all morning cleaning out my little ke20 and started to work out what bits i am missing heres a bit of a list

 

2 bonnet bump stops

Roof lining

dash top and front (facing driver)

carpet

red door trims and rear trims where there would be a door in a 4 door

Rubber kit(inc window rubbers, doors,boot all that) ebay

1 side corolla badge

 

if anyone has any of these bits please pm me

 

cheers

[charl]

feel the eny......

 

i hope your projects all work out man.

 

cheers

[Mighty tas rolla]

feel the eny......

 

i hope your projects all work out man.

 

cheers

 

Thanks mate yea the poor yellow ke30 has been put back again mainly because this car is cool and i want to take it for a spin but thats not going to be for a while :P

[PatW]

is the car gonna be purple when the project completed? I'm imagining very hard how a nicely resto toyota in purple...........

[Mighty tas rolla]

is the car gonna be purple when the project completed? I'm imagining very hard how a nicely resto toyota in purple...........

 

no mate it wont be purple but i don't know what color yet

[Mighty tas rolla]

 

as it will sit until i finish of my ke55 hopefully only a bit over a month