Ke17 Sprinter Sl

[parrot]

No, part number is unchanged from KE15 to KE17. That's from the master catalog, and also checked in the Japanese KE17 specific parts book

 

75383-19045

 

 

And this is the box the badge above came in.

 

 

[Trev]

Gary you will also be pleased with the progress that has occured on your car since last time you were there.

[camerondownunder88]

Hi,

There seems to be a cluster of KE1X sprinters in QLD..lol

 

I know of another one out lowood way and now yours and mine in Ipswich region and then you say there is one at beaudesert.

 

And I know of about 3 in Brisbane city.

 

Tomorrow Ill get a pic off my car in the shed see its colour. ut possibly different colour different market....

 

Cheers

Cameron

[Clarkeworld]

Hi there,

I also have a 69 ke17 sprinter sl and i just had mine repainted and the badges restored.

I found after a decent amount of research that the checks are usually body coloured.

Hope this helps.

Cheers.

[Project Sprinter]

Jason - that's interesting about the checks being body coloured. What colour is your car?

I still favour my theory - the blue checks were originally intended for Euro/USA market ("export" if you like) and the Japan market (which is considered same as Australia {RHD}) had the green and black checks...and over time both types ended up here in Australia...

This is of course without discussing the red chequered emblems......which appear on non-SL models. ;)

My car also had the glass with the greenish hue - don;t know if that ties-in anywhere in this saga?

Edited December 31, 2012 by Project Sprinter

[parrot]

Not sure about that. Unfortunately the badge is not visible in any of the brochures I have, which include Japanese, Australian and us market. Would love to see anything you found clarkworld. US market didn't get any SL's as I understand it. And also unsure if any corolla's went to Europe prior to the E20's. On my white car, all the colour has disappeared from the original badges.

 

Then we haven't even started discussing the boot badge, which I think was available in either a gunmetal type colour or red!

[parrot]

Greenish glass is SL spec

[Project Sprinter]

Parrot - I've seen the bootlid "Toyota" badge in both white and blue backgrounds...

What about the grille emblem - my car sports a white background behind the big C, but I was always lead to believe the SL's had a green background....

Edited December 31, 2012 by Project Sprinter

[parrot]

The centre grill badge is definitely the cream colour

 

You are right about the centre boot badge though. I had only ever looked at what I described as the gunmetal badge straight on. If you angle it, it is in fact iridescent blue also. The other colour is red. There are two part numbers for this badge, with a change made Feb 69.

 

 

 

 

 

Which further makes me think the turquoise colour on your SL badge is either a touch up or fading of the blue over time, otherwise it would have more than one part number. The ones I have originally came from Japan.

 

 

For completeness, I may as well mention that the grille SL badge is identical (in plastic) as the bootlid SL badge. The only difference being that the badge for the grill is mounted in a bracket.

[Project Sprinter]

Parrot - thanks for the pics on the grille and boot badges (fantastic). I hadn't seen the red boot badge previously, and I suspect the "white" ones I have seen actually have had the colour faded out...

 

The grille badge is identical to that on my car.

 

I too have the "SL" badge front and rear of the car - its silver with red out lines. These are really nice design, but impossible to find anybody with some brand newies...but as my wife keeps reminding me on a race car brand new is not always the optimal approach!

 

Back on the side badge (alongside B pillar) - the turquiose conspiracy has some momentum with two others here in QLD having the same colour... Can't pin this on having been a QLD thing though, as my car was originally sold through York Motors in Sydney.

 

There is also a car in Newcastle that claims to have had white checks in the emblem, and the owner as you could see here in this chat, mentioned that matched the colour of his car's body. Mt guess on that is a touch-up at some time in the car's life.

 

So back on turquoise; I'm wondering whether that this colour was an end of run issue - sort of an oddity that occurred but with no direct reason. My car is a 1969 model, but I haven't been able to check with the other owners here in QLD (mostly as the owner at Beaudesert is not a Rolla club member).

Edited January 5, 2013 by Project Sprinter

[parrot]

It may be one of those unsolvable mysteries....... Whatever, deeper blue or turquoise, they still look great. I'm pretty sure they were all Japan built, so shouldn't be any regional differences when it comes to badging I wouldn't think

[parrot]

This is the grille badge. As above, same badge for the rear just without the bracket.