El31. The Other Other '86 Corolla

[20v4agteEL31]

get to see my little black beast next weekend. Plan is photos and inventory of the parts inside the car so the transit company will think twice before stealing stuff. 15 days transit time from brisbane to perth and it will be in my garage. Can't wait. Bought an auto AE93 for 900 bucks for the wife too. Might do a thread when i get some wheels and suspension for some before and after action. Update next week with pics of the EL31 and its 18 months of neglect.

[TOMsGPTurbo]

Looking forward to your posts, can't wait to see it on the road.

[20v4agteEL31]

 

And here it is. In my garage at last. Oil filter and spark plug change, charged the battery, started first go like I never left.

 

 

Token wet Matte black shot. As shiny as it will ever be.

 

 

Clean and complete. The styrofoam box that was sitting on the front seat during storage has marked the dash. Little annoying.

 

Little bit of rust here and there to pretty up, hopefully i can do a better matte black job than the last bloke that did it. Shouldn't be too hard to top considering they didn't mask anything, sand anything or remove any of the old crusty GP turbo decals. Might try nato green. Dunno yet.

[carbonboy]

Yay! She's back in your possession! :D None of the transporters got sticky fingers did they?

[nerfbat]

awesome news mate..!

looking forward to updates

[20v4agteEL31]

Yay! She's back in your possession! :D None of the transporters got sticky fingers did they?

not that i've noticed man. But it has been 18 months. The only thing i can't find is the turbo timer, but I'm pretty sure i threw that out anyway. Even the moderately expensive tools i left in there were untouched.

awesome news mate..!

looking forward to updates

cheers man, will be sooner rather than later. Busily sanding.

 

And now for some pics of my crazy russian counterparts….

 

and i want these wheels just quietly

[carbonboy]

Ahh, EvilTwin's ROH Casino's.....you might have to take a number & get in line for those methinks. There's a few of us! :laff:

[TOMsGPTurbo]

Glad to hear that your baby made it home safely, thanks for posting the pics of your car, their really motivating :)

(and the other pics from Russia!)

[20v4agteEL31]

been doing some bogging and sanding on the overly nasty bits, not that bad considering the neglect. one more bit of visible rust to deal with then i'll start stripping it back and see what i find. Fun times.

 

 

was thinking of a factory 2 tone look. Not sure yet, might just leave it matte black.

definitely want to find a similar front lip to this though.

[20v4agteEL31]

More priming today. Lots of sanding. Rear and roof in primer, rear quarters next I think. Dent in left rear to have a bit of a bash at, learning as i go. Think the roof and rear look pretty good. Decided on the two tone idea, seems to make more sense logistically for some reason. Would love to find original GP Turbo side decals from somewhere. Been looking but no luck so far. Anyway my progress for today...

 

 

 

first time painting something this big… think I'm doing alright so far, going to do as much as i can myself. Any advice appreciated. Thanks for looking.

[TOMsGPTurbo]

Looks good Andrew, what colour are you going to go with? RE: Stickers, I was looking too, but couldn't find anything, you might have to get them custom made.

[nerfbat]

hi mate

if you get desperate

Andrew from Signs on Time in Toowoomba, did some up for mine.

he may still have the scans saved ?

http://www.signsontime.com.au/

ask for Andrew and tell him Zowie sent ya

[20v4agteEL31]

Looks good Andrew, what colour are you going to go with? RE: Stickers, I was looking too, but couldn't find anything, you might have to get them custom made.

Not sure what colour yet. might do the two tone black and silver pictured above. I like the idea of white for the engine bay with a bit of a wire tuck and move a few things around to tidy it up. Not too Honda Civic style though, just make some room.

 

hi mate

if you get desperate

Andrew from Signs on Time in Toowoomba, did some up for mine.

he may still have the scans saved ?

http://www.signsontime.com.au/

ask for Andrew and tell him Zowie sent ya

Thanks mate, I'll have a red hot go at finding some originals first but I'll keep it in mind. I found a website with toyota part numbers for my model, might look into my local toyota parts department ordering some in amongst other things.

[TOMsGPTurbo]

Not sure what colour yet. might do the two tone black and silver pictured above. I like the idea of white for the engine bay with a bit of a wire tuck and move a few things around to tidy it up. Not too Honda Civic style though, just make some room.

 

 

Thanks mate, I'll have a red hot go at finding some originals first but I'll keep it in mind. I found a website with toyota part numbers for my model, might look into my local toyota parts department ordering some in amongst other things.

 

Share the link Andrew! I wonder what goodies I could order :)

 

P.S: If you need close up of the original GP Turbo stickers let me know.

 

nerfbat, hwo did your copies turn out?

Edited May 8, 2013 by TOMsGPTurbo

[20v4agteEL31]

toyota.epc-data.com/corolla_ii I'm yet to call toyota and try the numbers out but it looks hopeful. I reckon you could order pretty much anything.