Scrapyard Find - My 1981 Corolla KE70 :-)

[205 gti]

A guy who works in a sandwich shop in bradford has got one of these, I was chatting to him about it the other day. Great cars, his is gold and totally standard. I'll try to get a pic in the coming weeks.Loving the mods, looks ace.

[uncle silvia]

Always interested to see pics of the remaining UK ones!! I keep meaning to contact the DVLA to see how many are left over here as the Irish keep buying them all up!!! If that guy ever wants to sell it let me know!!

[mk2_craig]

 

There ya go, seen here last summer.

[uncle silvia]

ooh a late spec facelift one with the bigger headlights and the plastic bumpers!! They dont look so special without the chrome IMO but still cool none the less

[uncle silvia]

UPDATE

 

I thought it was about time on a little update on my Corolla!!

 

Ive been saving for some suspension to lower the bugger propperly but it hasnt stopped me getting some little details from home and from as far as Japan itself!!!!

 

First off I got these pressed Alloy No. Plates made for that old skool look.............

 

 

 

 

 

Im heavily influenced buy the Bososoku Movement in Japan so I wanted some little details for my car!

First off I shipped in a few bits from japan..............

 

Tokyo subway Grab Ring.............

 

 

 

And I threw in a Retro Corolla key ring too............

 

 

Then I had another parcel arrive today with some more Jappy bits from a guy on Retro Rides!! ;D

 

He Kindly offered me his last Hang Ring (Rolo anyone ) but he felt he had been delayed in sending it to me?!?!?!? (not at all really!)

 

Anyway he decided to give me some freebes for my troubles ..........

 

 

 

 

 

He even wrote a warning note on the back of the beer mat saying people will say silly things about the ring on my car!!!!

 

I don't know what the sticker means though???? Any ideas????

[Split_Pin]

Looking great there - I like the retro Japanese look you are going with too. Like the Stahlberg model too - need to check E-bay for one of these for my collection!

[uncle silvia]

Cheers, Im just itching to get it slammed and fit some of my other new toys!Watch this space

[Hertz]

UPDATE

 

I thought it was about time on a little update on my Corolla!!

 

 

Tokyo subway Grab Ring.............

 

 

I don't know what the sticker means though???? Any ideas????

What's a subway grab ring all about?? Looks like a shower curtain ring to me

 

Looking good by the way!

[uncle silvia]

I was waiting for that question!! Its actually a grab handle from a Japanese subway train and is used as a Bososoku symbol for a low car, and as they (used to be) stolen from the trains it was giving 2 fingers to the law and saying "yes ive stolen it and i dont care!!"

[Milford Cubicle]

But now they must have the opposite meaning, people buying them just to complete the 'scene' look?

[uncle silvia]

Yea its a bit like that now but I do like the "Scene" LOL It doesnt really bother me as its still a bit different for this country, its not like the states where this sort of idea is getting big now!!

[scrappylad]

Cool car. I like.Not normally into mods of any kind (yes I know I have alloys on my car but they're coming off as I've got original steels to go on!) but I don't mind on this, as A. it looks good & B. it was saved from a scrapyard !Good skills.

[uncle silvia]

Cheers.

 

For the record, all my visable mods will be of period japanese parts as I want the "look" without ruining the overall car!!

IMO mods can actually inhance any car if done propperly!!

 

I will NOT be fitting BK racing crap to this vehicle!!!

[uncle silvia]

UPDATE!!

 

And now one of my BIG parcels arrived today, can you guess what it is??

[retrogeezer]

ying & yang??

[Mr_Bo11ox]

its a 'JDM' front grille arrangement!Hey I can't believe this car was in a scrapyard, mental.

[uncle silvia]

oh yes

[retrogeezer]

I did know what it was....and like MrB says, unbelievable that it was in a scrappy - it's lovely.

[Negative Creep]

Glad to see it's all coming along nicely. Just tihnk of all those rare and interesting cars thrown away because people didn't want them any more

[uncle silvia]

Glad to see it's all coming along nicely. Just tihnk of all those rare and interesting cars thrown away because people didn't want them any more

My thoughts exactly!! Thats why Im here!!

[VWPowered]

defo come along wway from when you first got it, looks mint geezer

[uncle silvia]

Another new purchase for the Corolla this week!

 

Total cost £17 New

 

 

Yes I know its a Ripspeed one but the welds are really good, its the style I wanted and its not actually that Big so it will be just right!! Cant grumble for 17 quid!!

It has been obsolete for over a year now in work, so I did a store search and I got the last one in the country hidden away at the back of another Halfords store room!! So i had it sent to my store! The price had dropped off to £20 then less my staff discount!!

 

Ive spoken to an exhaust builder and Ive been quoted £128 all in for this to be fitted along with the rear half of the system in stainless!! (the front half will be done later with the 4 branch manifold )

 

To give you some Idea, its smaller than the one in my Sig below \/ \/ \/

[web]

Nice find! What wheels/tyres are the 8-spoke? Look like 195/50 on 15x6?I own the daihatsu-facelifted version of this car... still got some major repair work to do though.

[uncle silvia]

UPDATE!!!

 

Yes and this time its a mix of good and bad!!!

 

Well I parked my car outside my mates house over night and this is what I found in the morning

 

Someone had hit my bumper AGAIN on the same corner that got hit last time last year!! Its bent the bumper and the bracket, ripped my plastic end cap in half and dented the front panel under the headlights, all of which need replacing or repairing this time!! Unfortunately no note was left and it was a hit and run!!

Hopefully i should be able to get the bumper no probs as my supplier owes me a new one as this one went rusty after only a few weeks and is faulty! The rest ive got to buy myself!!!

 

 

 

However, on a better note I have got myself a new set of winter rims!!

These are Proper JDM yO TyTe etc etc Watanabe light rims running Dunlop Cut slicks (although street legal they are crap in the wet so are gonna be changed). Ive got a soft spot for these as I has them on my old CRX too, although these are wider with a bit of a dish!!

The best bit is they cost me nothing as i swapped them with a local guy with an AE86 as he liked my wheels with the polished lip!! Job Done!!

 

Heres some pics..............

 

 

 

 

 

The wheels are 14x7or7.5 with my old ones being 15x6 so they fill the arches out nicely!!

 

As you can see Ive also Added the chrome strips on the rear lights as per JDM models too!! Im an attention (to detail) whore LOL.

 

Watch this space for my summer wheels coming soon

[uncle silvia]

UPDATE!!!!

 

 

Finally i have an update for you all!! :thumbs:

 

Well the Corolla went for its MOT this week and it failed!!

 

To be honest Im not upset as Ive done well to have 2 years of MOTs not costing me a penny on such and old car!!

 

Well it failed on fecked Exhaust, Rear brakes and a 10p sized hole in the inner arch!! Not to bad really!!

 

Well the exhaust was dead and rusted through so I used this as an excuse to get the exhaust I bought earlier fitted! As the whole exhaust was pretty cack I ended getting a full stainless system made up for it from the downpipe back, by Paul at Alan Jefferys in Plymouth!

He did a top job and it sounds nice and deep without being too loud!!

 

Heres some pics of the finished article....................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also While the car has been off the road this week and ive had a week off with good weather, I started to fix up the bodywork and the damage to the front end!

 

There was a few rusty bits on the doors and rear arch so ive sanded, treated, filled where nessessary and painted to get it back looking nice again!!

Its not perfect but it cost me next to nothing to do and it will last till the car eventually has a full respray sometime!!

 

Heres some of the pics of the work.........................

 

The damage before...

 

 

After I removed the bumper it revealed this mess.......

 

Filled the hole after straightening the front panel..........

 

Primed......

 

Da Daaa......... looks a bit better............

 

Brand new bumper...........

 

I havent got pics yet but i painted the back of the bumper with silver hammerite as these are cheap copy bumpers and do corrode unfortunately....

 

Ive got a mate whos gonna polish up my Dished wheels for the summer and im onto that suspension and Quad headlights next!!!

 

Watch this space!! :thumbs:

[outlaw118]

Cool; I'll always have a soft spot for these; I learnt to drive in one, was gold, 1.3, about 4 years old with 200k+ on it. Was replaced halfway through my lesons by a Rover 213S, which racked up about 5000 miles in it's first month!!

[uncle silvia]

Nice!! My mate learnt to drive in a beige one!!I let him have a drive in mine a while back and he loved it LOLAhhh the memorys lol