My 1972 KE25 Corolla Coupe

[awex]

Hi,

My name is Trond, and I live in Kristiansund, on the mid-western coast of Norway. I figured I could tell you a bit about me and my new project before I start posting pics

Almost all of my cars have been japanese. Most of them have been modern AWD & turbocharged vehicles, and while that was good fun, I`ve always been dreaming about a proper old school japanese car. My first experience with a semi-old rwd toy was my AE86, which is now owned by another member on this forum.
http://www.aeu86.org/viewtopic/project-m...e29/t/3232
I did some fun mods to this car, but I did the kind of mistake that still keeps me up crying all night; I sold it. Yeah, i know, it was stupid. Say no more...

So, as the need for a old school toy grew, i bought a Datsun 180B SSS, which could look something like this: (click to enlarge!)

Edit:
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Unfortunately, it was rather rusty. As I`m buying a house that requires some restoration (keepin` it old school), I`m probably going to spend most of my time and money there. In other words, I had to put my Datsun on hold. But when I was looking for a cheap daily driver, Morten (who bought my hachi) told me about a superclean KE25 for sale in the northern parts of Norway. Thank you Morten, I think I finally can forgive you for buying my car

I called the owner, but he had sold the car the very same day for a price that was lower than advertised, and way below what I was willing to pay for it. I got the number for the new owner, and called him the next day. I asked if he was willing to pass it on to me, with a profit of course, but he said the same as I would have said, "no way"... He had been trying to get his hands on this car for several years, so he had no plans on selling it. He was quite a nice guy, and he had several other classics, like 2 x Datsun 610-body 180B SSS in good shape (lucky bast**d) and a 160J SSS.

I figured the battle was lost, he was clearly a proper enthusiast who knew how rare these cars are in Norway, but desperate times calls for desperate measures, so I sent him an SMS with a final offer. He told me that he`d save my number and call me if he ever decided to sell the Corolla or one of the 180B`s (I told him earlier that since he didn`t want to sell the Corolla, maybe he could at least sell me one of the Datsuns? No luck...).

The next day, while I was about to buy a pretty clean 2-door KE30, I received a message from the owner of the KE25. He had thought about the matter, and he decided that he really had enough cars, and he was afraid that he wouldn`t have the time needed to take care of the KE. He figured that it was better that it was in the hand of someone who could use and maintain the car. I didn`t tell him all my plans though, since he was the kind of guy that kept his cars stock. That might have made him change his mind! I stretched my daily driver-budget a bit, but I really think it`s worth it!

The car itself is in near perfect condition (according to earlier owners and pics). It has been owned by a Toyota-dealership from new to 1986, where it spent most of its time as a showroom car, and from 1986 to 2004 it was in private storage. The car has only 72.000km on the meter, that`s an average of 2000 km pr year!

Well, enough of my boring talk. This is how the car looks today, pics taken by the previous owner a couple of days ago.