Lances "New" Ke55 Sedan

[TarmacAttack]

Hey doods,

 

After the death of my last KE55 sedan at a khanacross i was in search for another one.

 

In a little country towm outside of canberra i found this:

 

Its a 1979 KE55 sedan and its awesome!

 

Another granny car but an apprentice mechanic was doing a headgasket and snapped a headbolt and they ceased opperations.

 

So after weeks of me going to for a drive again and again i finally got them to sell it :)

 

So the plan is to put my motor in it and make it very nice..

 

Teaser pics..

 

 

 

No cracks here

 

[JJT036]

Looks very cool Lance. Good find. :y:

 

Josh :cool:

[drkbrth]

Looks straight! Any big plans after new motor?

[TarmacAttack]

Looks very cool Lance. Good find. :y:

 

Josh :cool:

 

Cheers mate, if the people i got this off didnt want to sell i would of been down to grab your KE36 next week :)

 

After treating the last one probarly abit too rough (khanacross's, dirt roads, drifting in the wet, water crossings etc) I have decided to keep this one fairly standard and put some pride an effort into it.

 

Its got minute rust( only a 10cm bit on the boot seal, and some surface stuff under the numberplate area) which is easily repairable.

 

Its going to be my daily aswell as a nice cruiser that holds its own when out and about. As i have my fun/fast car in the shed.

 

I'm going to pull the stereo out of the old one and transfer it over and make up a new subbox. Aswell as 4" speakers in the front door and splits in the rear.

 

Its got a sweet factory leather steering wheel cover which is woven all the way around by leather straps which i have no idea how to get off, so its staying on :)

 

I may make up my own 2" exhaust and get the front struts bend 1-2 degrees. I'm unsure whether to lower it or not though.. So ill decide that later..

 

 

Anyway tomorrow is the day i pull the motor out of this one and the aim is to have the thing insured and registed by next thursday intime for the summernats cruise :)

 

Ill let you all know how i go and take lots of pics..

 

Peace

[Evan G]

hey mang, i paid $300 to get my struts bent. was it worth it? NO

 

what i recommend is sigma lower control arms witch give around -2 camber. also max your caster out aswell.

 

i aslo recommend chopped eb rear springs for extra "go kart"

[Ben-89]

Looks great and original, Those stripes are absolutely priceless! Please keep them on, Love it :) You know that steering wheel cover is atleast as old as the car, as you said you had to wrap them and stitch them for a snug fit.

 

A much cleaner car to breathe a little life into :y:

[TarmacAttack]

More pics from this arvo

 

 

 

 

 

Some bird must of been building a nest

 

Edited December 30, 2011 by TarmacAttack

[TarmacAttack]

No engine :)

 

Decided to give the headlight panel a respray, as 32yrs of bugs and grim had weathered it away.

 

Resprayed the front bar :)

[ke20rolla]

At least you painted the headlight panel the right colour. It looks wrong when people paint that panel the same colour as the car.

Keep up the good work. :wink:

[TarmacAttack]

1x doner car (my old ke55) with 300,000km 4k

 

Pulling engine out of doner car

 

No engine :)

 

Got none of the new motor in as i still gotta degrease the engine

 

But its all done and started first time :)

 

Ill upload a videi later

[TarmacAttack]

Start up video

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b80/Evil_rex/922a410a.mp4

Edited January 1, 2012 by TarmacAttack

[TarmacAttack]

Corolla is now registered and driving :)

[ke30muzza]

Think its time to bump this bad boy up there and give the people want they want to hear lance, more updates :y:

[zeph_KE70]

sweet!

[TarmacAttack]

Updates? None really marcus.

 

I covered up the front speaker holes made from the previous owner with speaker covers.

 

It needs a service and wash as i have only washed it once since i bought it :(

 

Project evo has been getting all the attention lately