1982 Corolla Ke70 Complete Restoration From Norway

[eiriksmil]

Brought home some brand new roof mouldings from Toyota today, apparently they still had some in stock! :)

[eiriksmil]

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 ;)

Edited July 18, 2010 by eiriksmil

[eiriksmil]

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:

[altezzaclub]

I like the wallpaper Erik! Is that the motivation to get into the gaage? :(

 

I hope its warmer than my garage in winter!

[eiriksmil]

Not my art :( Not just me renting there, in addition to my two Corollas parked there there's a Mk2 VW Jetta and a Corrado.

I have no idea about the heat in the winter there, hopefully it's good but it's cold enough in there now in the summer :D

[Toy-Yoda[RL]]

If it gets real cold in there, you might want to look into one of these Jet Heaters.

 

They're bloody amazing for heat output, just don't point them at a car, or anything flammable, the solid brick wall should be fine :(

[eiriksmil]

Lots of progress to report.. errr

 

[7shades]

You cleaned up the garage? :P

[eiriksmil]

Something like that yeah.. :D haha

Nah, we've been putting some real work into that place for the last couple of months, plus I bought a Cressida which needs as much work as this Corolla, but it's not being built to the same level. On this one we're talking loads of chrome, 4AGE, air ride, paint to perfection.. In other words, lotsa $$$ and time, sadly I have none of that now :P

[Sam_Q]

good to see this thread is still going. Love the garage too

[Spencer[RL]]

Mk2 Vr6 ??? 1 of the sillyest cars Vw ever brought out.

[eiriksmil]

Sam_Q, thanks dude :) I gotta snap some pics of the whole toy barn one day, that's like 1/6th of me and a friend's car pad :)

 

Spencer, VW never brought out a Mk2 VR6, even though it's a common swap. Also, that's a Mk3.

[Spencer[RL]]

:bash: oppsss silly mistake!

[eiriksmil]

Haha, it's okay. It's sort of a shit box, but I love the way the Mk3 drives and looks. It's a car with character, like old Rollas (compared to say an E10 which I also got, great car but lacks soul), plus they're stupidly easy to build and the VW thing is huge in Norway, so the shows are always good :)