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uncle silvia
Joined: 03 Apr 2007
Posts: 8
Location: Plymouth, UK
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 Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:49 am Post subject: Im New!! My KE70!! |
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Hi all 
I'm Scott and live in the UK.
My other car is a full drift spec Nissan Silvia (see pics!), but its a bit harsh on fuel to use every day for work, so I went looking for something cheaper to run, interesting and must be jap to use as a daily driver!!
I never expected this  ............
Here is my 1981 Toyota Corolla KE70 1300 that I picked up a few weeks ago!!
This car is so clean and origional, I couldnt believe it when my friend brought it around!
It was owned by an old gentleman that passed away and his family just took his car to the local scrap yard! The guys at the scrapyard thought it was too good to scrap so sold it as a whole! A friend of mine knew i was after something "old skool jap" and when he saw it in the yard he told me about it! To cut a long story short............ Its now mine .
This car has all the O/E parts and lots of bits like Toyota floor mats, tool kit, Books etc and even has some maps from 1981  !!
Its in really good condition to and only has some rust on the bottom of the drivers door!! The car looks like nothing has ever been inside it and nothing is used, broken or worn!!
I am going to do some mods but mainly in the looks department (see bottom pic),as i want to keep the running costs down for cheap motoring LOL! Probably an exhaust and filter though!!
Anyway, heres some pics
My Future plans.......... :
Oh and Ive modded it a bit already LOL!!
When I bought my Silvia it had a white and chrome NARDI TORINO steering wheel in it which quite frankly looked awful in that car!
I was going to sell it but didnt get round to it!
The standard Corolla steering wheel was really thin and was horrid to drive with! Then i remembered the white steering wheel I had and wondered what It would look like!
It turned out that it really suited the age of the car and kept with the Retro Jap theme!!
With a stroke of luck we actually had the correct steering wheel boss kit on the shelf at Halfords (where i work = Discount LOL) for my car and it went on a treat!!!!!!!
What do you think????..............
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Cars:
- 1981 KE70 Toyota Corolla
- 1994 S14 Nissan Silvia - Drift Spec
- 1991 Jaguar XJ6 4.0
- 1977 Mini Clubman - Bright Pink And Shortened 
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jamiemirror
Bunta
Joined: 04 Jan 2005
Posts: 1795
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
1984 Toyota Corolla AE86 (early Levin)
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:50 am Post subject: |
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OMG ! @scrapyard
The car is too clear, why don't keep it original 100% ?
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dollykean
Ryousuke
Joined: 08 Oct 2005
Posts: 162
Location: Paris
1982 Toyota Other corolla
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:52 am Post subject: |
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Hi Welcome here!!!
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Lipinhu
Takumi
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 322
Location: V.N.Gaia - Portugal
1986 Toyota Corolla AE86 (late EU)
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:23 pm Post subject: |
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welcome!
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Filipe Oliveira
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banpei
Site Admin
Joined: 15 Aug 2004
Posts: 7611
Location: Hilversum
1982 Toyota Carina
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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Clean!
IMO the steeringwheel is a bit too white. But nevertheless very nice.
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Sailor Hachi says: "hachini kawatte oshiokiyo" (In the name of the hachi: I'll punish you!)
1982 - TA60 Carina 4dr sedan - family cruiser
2004 - AEU86 dot ORG - daily domain
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Dorito86
Moderator
Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 1129
Location: Sparta, Greece
1978 Austin Mini
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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| jamiemirror wrote: | | why don't keep it original 100% ? |
Great condition!
+1 Please use rusty example for drift car. Keep that one for historic car!
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uncle silvia
Joined: 03 Apr 2007
Posts: 8
Location: Plymouth, UK
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the warm welcome!!
Dont worry, this car is not going to be wrecked on the track!
Its going to be used as my daily driver but will also be kept in top condition!
It is going to be modified but only with period parts, (wheels etc), and will really look the part when its done!!
Another few...........
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Cars:
- 1981 KE70 Toyota Corolla
- 1994 S14 Nissan Silvia - Drift Spec
- 1991 Jaguar XJ6 4.0
- 1977 Mini Clubman - Bright Pink And Shortened
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oldskull
Bunta
Joined: 02 Nov 2005
Posts: 1378
Location: Blaricum, The Netherlands
1985 Toyota Corolla AE86 (early Levin)
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| Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome mate
Nice car, I have seen the photos on driftworks forum. Lovely car!
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- 1985 AE86 (ハチロク) Levin 3 doors hatchback - daily driver
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john84ie
Itsuki
Joined: 05 Feb 2006
Posts: 15
Location: meath
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:14 am Post subject: |
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welcome dude!minty corolla,dont think white is a good colour for you though...so you should sell it to me!!!
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