Old"N"New 38'S

[ijg033]

G'day Chris , Yeah I think It'll look good although now I'm going to replace the Chrome Mould with a Slightly thicker one , I'm also going to add some old school looking stripes & pin stripes as its very plain with nothing on the side with no Body protector strip which I removed , Body repairs are 1/2 done & I'll be primering in the morning ,

 

I like the look of the supra rims on you coupe & almost bought a set years ago to put on my Electric Blue Wagon , Nice neat looking coupe of yours ,

 

G'day Josh , Thanks for the comments , I like you van as I think there heaps cooler than wagons but when you have to pay Commercial Rego on them this is why I buy wagons , Heaps cheaper & same inside capacity ,

 

OK I've semi worked out where this car is going now , I've pretty well scrapped the idea of putting carpet or vinyl in the back & Tinting the windows , I'm going to fit new Black Capet to the whole car , I'm also going to paint all the brown vinyl including doortrims black & fit a new board to the piece for the inside the tailgate , I'm thinking of Blacking out the sills & around the top of the doorframes & continuing this on the tops of the doors inside & blacking out the body coloured paint on the inside rear including the tailgate , I'm going to fit side rear & rear venetians

 

I also want to lower the car & will be fitting lowered coils to the front & having the rears reset lower & have a extra leaf fitted to the springs ,

 

I'll be fabricating a towbar for it that'll fit inside the rear bar & will be barely noticable without the tongue ,

 

I also want to fit mudflaps & will be adding extra chrome moulds to certain locations which will be revealed in good time ,

 

I'm chasing the following parts , I've put up a wanted ad but thought I'll add it here too ,

 

Uncracked Daspad ,

 

Centre caps for Standard wheels , Will upload pic tomorrow of required type ,

 

 

Manual undamaged centre console,

 

Front lowered coil springs ,

 

Rear & rear side venetians , (I know I can buy new but someone "Might" have 2nd hand)

 

B Pillar RHF corner trim plastic piece , Will upload pic of required part

 

 

Overflow bottle ,

 

Front & rear over riders KE30/36 will fit too ,

 

 

 

I had the RHF gaurd off today to hammer the dents out & also knocked the dent out of the rear 1/4 prior to filling ,

 

Pics of repairs coming

 

Cheers

 

Dave

Edited January 19, 2011 by ijg033

[ijg033]

OK , here are some update pics of the repairs , there in Primer now ready to rub & paint .

 

I'll then be fitting a Custom Period Side stripe & Pin strip , The new Chrome mould for the wheel arches & roof gutters will also be added then , New Chrome Trim rings will be added also , I found some NOS period mudflaps & have a trick up my sleeve with these but I think I'll only fit rear ones , unsure of the look with front plus I'd have to find another pair , Also found some Wire Mesh headlight covers lying around so these are a must for the old school look ,

 

More updates as its progresses towards rego , I think I'll be regoing it in the 1st week of Feb so I have a bit of time to get it looking good by then , Some things will be done & others as I go ,

 

Cheers

 

Dave

 

Took gaurd off to knock the dents out

 

 

 

Knocked most of the dent out ,

 

 

 

Surface Rust only NO Holes :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Little bit of rust , Its been treated & Filled for now but will be welded When I paint The whole car inside & out , as a Colour change is definitely on the car when the engine cops a Turbo more than likely .

 

 

 

 

Edited January 19, 2011 by ijg033

[ijg033]

OK , I've done a little bit of playing in the engine bay to day , I needed to reset the Valve clearances & reroute the heater pipe that was above the ignition leads instead next to the Dizzy ,

 

I went over board & Highly Polished the Following items , The Rocker Cover , Thermosat Housing , Heater Pipe , Distributor Housing , The Ignition Coil & the Fuel Pump , I painted the Dipstick , Vacuum advance unit & Master Cylinder cap ,

 

I need to paint the engine block Black & polish the Timing Cover, Inlet Manifold & Head but i'll do this when the engine is rebuilt/turboed , Then the Polished items will stand out more ,

 

I'll probably paint the air filter Black in the next few days as I think it'll look better ,

 

Here's a couple of Pics , Might try & get some better ones & I'll change them ,

 

Cheers

 

Dave

 

 

 

 

[TOM]

Hi Dave nice work on previous 38's and on this beast so far, who would have thought it would come up so well after seeing the ebay pics! I love the colour too - almost as much as my gold 38...

 

Can't wait to see it painted and done - seeing this gets me more enthused about doing mine. It's funny as I need to fix the same gutter on my wagon except there is a small hole which has gone through to the inside, and my arches have gone in the same spots too except slightly worse again.

 

I was hunting for gutter moulds at a local wrecker today but couldn't find any originals or substitutes that could be fashioned to fit. I notice your old 38's didn't have them and they both looked fine without, but will be keen to see what you come up with if you manage to put some on yours...

 

Hope it's all coming along well!

 

Cheers,

Tom

[ijg033]

G'day Tom , Thanks for the comments , Yeah my 1st wagon had 1/2 of the Plastic Gutter Moulds on it when I got it but soon ditched them & even back then they were to hard to find so I didn't bother with them ,

 

OK , Update on the Current Wagon , I've added Pintstripe , Custom Side Stripes (70's look), Wheel Arch Chrome Moulds , Doortop Chrome Mould , Chrome Gutter Mould , Bit of Chrome mould across the Front , Rear Mud Flaps with TEQ Toyota Logo's inserted into them , a couple of TEQ decals on the rear 1/4 windows & a Funny Toyota Sticker for the rear window ,

 

I need to seal the hole up around the Shifter & a couple of minor other things & I should be regoing next week ,

 

Here are some pics , I'll post a couple of the ebay pics as they'll dissapear soon so it shows before & after , Any comments on whether or not I went overboard on the ad ons ,

 

Cheers

 

Dave

 

 

As Bought off ebay ,

 

 

 

As it is now

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ijg033]

Hi All been a while since I've been online , So heres a update of whats happening with my KE38 , Basically I've just been driving it other than Some Idiot hitting the RH side of the car lightly damaging the gaurd , both doors & dogleg area , I've knocked most of the damage out but haven't repaired it due to New plans with the car ,

 

Today I pulled out my XB ute's old front spoiler (Slight damage in the middle so replacing it) & decided to fit it to the KE , Alittle bit of Cutting & Filing & its fitted , I need to Fibreglass the centre flange ends back inside so i can bolt it together in the middle but I think it looks pretty cool ,

 

Near Future plans are to Tint windows , Fit XYGT Door Mirrors , Fit XYGT Petrol cap & surround include Filler neck & Body section , Removal of door & tailgate locks Remote Doors with Button inside for Tailgate , Graft Nissan Pintara FWD front Wheel arches to Front gaurds , Possibly minaturize a XYGT Shaker & fit that through the bonnet , Driving lights to be added to the grille , I'm going to paint it Candy Blue & possibly add Blue Metal Flake or Blue Pearl to the paint , Window frames & sills will be blacked out , Trim is going either White & black or straight black Dash will have extra gauges fitted , Engine is going to be Turboed with a new exhaust & i may even hide the engine bay wiring . The car will also cop lower front coils with new struts , reset rear springs with a added leaf , Crossed drilled & slotted rotors for the front , Wheels & tyres will be 15x7 front & 15x8 rear with 205/50 & 225/50 tyres .

 

 

Anyway here's a few pics of the front spoiler treatment , Tell me what you think & if anyone wants to know how hard it is to modify one of these XBGT spoilers to fit a corolla let me know & I'll try to explain the best I can

 

Cheers

 

Dave

 

 

 

 

 

[ijg033]

hello

 

 

Cheers

 

Dave

Edited January 18, 2012 by ijg033

[ijg033]

test

 

Dave

Edited January 18, 2012 by ijg033

[JJT036]

Your cars are insanely cool Dave. Of course you feel welcome on here, but (IMO) the majority of the members on here are more into *E7* Corolla's.

 

I'd love to know the updates you've done to this beast. :y:

 

Josh :cool:

[Chillin]

Your cars are insanely cool Dave. Of course you feel welcome on here, but (IMO) the majority of the members on here are more into *E7* Corolla's.

 

I'd love to know the updates you've done to this beast. :y:

 

Josh :cool:

 

 

In addition i think a lot of members use the forum purely for the technical/ for sale section. I do think people are very interested in you progress (especially the older members). More interest will come to you thread as more people see you around the forum. I myself jump in at any chance to comment on a rides thread and encourage good work, others may read and take in what you have contributed and quietly admire.

 

You clearly have a large background in corolla's and have much to contribute to the forum, so please don't take the lack of interest in a rides thread as a not welcome card

 

Keep it up!

Hayden

[JJT036]

In addition i think a lot of members use the forum purely for the technical/ for sale section. I do think people are very interested in your progress (especially the older members). More interest will come to you thread as more people see you around the forum. I myself jump in at any chance to comment on a rides thread and encourage good work, others may read and take in what you have contributed and quietly admire.

 

You clearly have a large background in corolla's and have much to contribute to the forum, so please don't take the lack of interest in a rides thread as a not welcome card

 

Keep it up!

Hayden

+1. :yes:

[B.L.Z.BUB]

If you don't add to a thread how can we stay interested? You did all that work without even a few updates here and there?

C'mon man, we have short attention spans and there are plenty of threads with updates, often weekly, to keep us interested.

[ijg033]

Thanks Josh , Hayden & Reed , seeing that I did get a Positive response from you guy's I will return to the Forum & now update my cars thread as progress happens ,

 

OK , since last update I've done a quick 5% window tint job on the wagon , I've also purchased another 4k engine , Extractors , I've also purchased a set of 14x6 Bathurst Globe wheels ,

 

Engine is going to be Supercharged with a AMR500 Supercharger running 1.5:1 ratio Mounted directly ontop of the Inlet Manifold , I will be machining up a Snout for the supercharger so the belt will be inline with the lower pulley , Weber Carby will be mounted directly ontop of the supercharger , Every Component made out of Alloy on the engine will be Highly Polished including supercharger , Air intake will be via a minutare Shaker bonnet scoop mount to the engine with a hole cut int the centre of the bonnet , Mild cam & 30thou pistons are going in the bottom end & I'll be modifying the sump with wings for increased Oil Capacity , I will be running twin 1 1/2 exhaust straight off the extractor splitting 1-4 & 2-3 so you'll hear the individual firing in the exhaust ,

 

The Bathurst Globes I've restored them , bought new wheel nuts & tyres have been ordered , New Firestone 185/60/14 for the Front & 195/60/14 Firestone for the rear , These wheels should be on tomorrow so will add pics of wheels on car , Need to sort out centre cap issue though ,

 

Car will be getting lowered soon with 2in lowered springs in the front & reset rears with a extra leaf added ,

 

Driving lights will be mounted infront of the grille n the next few weeks ,

 

Anyway here's a few pics of the Head Porting & Wheels as bought & after my resto ,

 

Cheers

 

Dave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 18, 2012 by ijg033

[Oh-KE]

Loving it! Big wagon fan here.. Really like the work you have done so far. The paint has come up great!

 

Globes should look cool too, but not sure if i like the front lip. Looks a little odd to me.

 

 

Keep up the good work!

 

Cheers, Chris

[JJT036]

Plans for the Supercharger and Exhaust sound awesome. Can't wait to see that happening. :y:

 

Not sure if you're all for Tyre Fat-ness, but you could probably fit 215s under the back arches Unmodified. I've got 14x5.5" R31s on the back of my panelvan with 215/65s on them, and they clear and fill the rear arches. I'm not 100% sure it would work on 6" wide wheels, but it's a suggestion. :yes:

 

Keep up the progress. :)

 

Josh :cool: