Hong Kong Phooey

[Bamboo]

Name: Hong Kong Phooey

 

Car: KE35

 

Motor & Driveline: 3KC & K50

 

Suspension & Brakes: Yes it has these

 

Wheels & Tyres: These as well. Ok steel and chinese

 

Interior: White Vinyl

 

Body: Bamboo

 

Other: Loud

 

Plans: keep it stock and keep it going

[JJT036]

That looks Clean as. How does it go in they way of Rust or Dents??

 

Josh :locked:

[Bamboo]

That looks Clean as. How does it go in they way of Rust or Dents??

 

Josh :locked:

 

 

Badly. I had to buy a mig welder to repair the sills and LH rear wheel arch. Replaced both front guards. I chopped up the original guards for sheet metal.

 

I don't think it's done that many k's. the original keys came with the car and they're not worn, all the rubbers are A1 and the door locks aren't worn. My guess is 107,000. then again possible 207 or 307 etc.

[jader]

Did you put that mesh in your grill? did the previous owners? or is it stock? :locked: seen this a few times, i wonder is it some rare/ import model grill, or just everyone puts mesh there when one of the teeth things fall out.. since thats what I'm doing, and seems logical

 

very nice looking ke35, shame about the rust though. good luck with it

[Bamboo]

Mesh? I don't think i understand the question.

 

The grill itself looks A1 stock. I know in the 70's toyota used to play with the grills on different spec cars. I had an MX32 with a tooth type grill and the lower spec had mesh.

 

The KE35 I've got is an SE. perhaps the CS has a different grill?

 

Oh and a message for EWT. Love your coupe hubcaps

[silverra23]

That grille was one of the earlier styles, and was also found on the SR models overseas. Can often be found in NZ quite easily.

[jader]

hey thanks for the info guys, always good to learn something new :locked:

[rollas22]

hey thanks for the info guys, always good to learn something new :locked:

 

 

Looks clean bro! as for the grille ive got a few in Perth an a stockpile of nearly all jap spec ke3# grilles sitting in NZ gathering dust... if anyone wants to make an offer on them

[Bamboo]

Jade I'm not sure where you are but I've seen a fair few of these grills at wreckers in vic.

[jader]

I'm in qld. Between cars on the net, and all corollas ive seen, i have probably seen that grill.. 3 times or so. Only just now occured to me. Never looked at a wreckers for a grill though, have way too many at home. And here i was going to custom make version of these stock items :) well i still might since it probably quicker then sourcing one.

[JiP]

Early KE35's has their own grille. Late KE35's shared a grille with the rest of the clan.

[Bamboo]

New photos

[Bamboo]

Got all motivated today. The one thing that was letting the interior down in phooey was the drivers seat base. It was doing the KE vinyl "split". And the foam had pretty much left the party. Found a KE55 seat with the same colour vinyl but slightly different stitching and nice foam. I ended up undoing the staples and stripping them both down so I could use the steel frame from the KE35 seat 'cause it had the mount for the seat belt clip incorporated into it. Shit job, but turned out ok in the end.

Edited June 12, 2010 by Bamboo

[Bamboo]

rest of the pics

[JiP]

Nice work. But are you sure that was a KE50 seat? The belt buckle is also mounted on the seat on KE50 seats. Plus they are bucket seats