KE70restoration/20v

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16-07-12, 13:28
murtyboys14

KE70restoration/20v

Here is my ke70 corolla that iv been tipp'n away at since last Christmas,between college and working. My plan is to get the body into good shape again, then to complete 20valve conversion. I want to keep the cars original stock interior, to keep its retro feel, but improve mechanical performance with modern components. This will be a road(Sunday driver)/ odd track day car, when ever its finished.....

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When i got this car a good few years ago!! At that time I didn't have the confidence in my ability's to complete such a project, so i sold on to a mate and regretted ever since....
when i got the opportunity to buy it back last year i jumped at the chance. As I knew i could manage it now, and the work involved in restoring the body back into decent shape as these pic's show its condition!!

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My mate didn't do a tap of work to it since i sold it to him at that time... but he did gather up some of replacement panels, which made life easier for me!!

So when i went to start work on it last Christmas I kinda walk round it for bout 10mins scratching head thinking "where to start"....
So i picked the worst spot....

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Up dates later!!:afro:
16-07-12, 14:20
murtyboys14

At this point i moved on to the rear lower pockets, starting with the easier one to motivate me to get stuck in to the other side :undecided:

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Next!!
16-07-12, 15:07
murtyboys14

Then on to the passages side, which is pretty bad shape....:shocked:

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Now at this point while I was working on this side of the car, I had to replace a section of the rear arch. i couldn't find a replacement one anywhere so i improvised by using a front wing cutting away what i need to suit the rear arch..
Now its not a perfect match, but its pretty dame close..bit of filler it'll be sound!!

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Time to weld her off!!!

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small bit under the taillight need do to!!

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On to the spare wheel well Next..
16-07-12, 15:09
RB Seanie

Top class work murt,as usual.Be a dinger when its done!
16-07-12, 15:27
murtyboys14

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Originally Posted by RB Seanie

Top class work murt,as usual.Be a dinger when its done!

Sound bud!!
16-07-12, 15:36
LarZ

This is going to be a lovely car man. Keep tipping away at it, good quality work too!
16-07-12, 16:24
murtyboys14

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Originally Posted by LarZ

This is going to be a lovely car man. Keep tipping away at it, good quality work too!

cheer's lad!
16-07-12, 18:57
murtyboys14

So on to the boot wheel well, as you can imagine trying to find a panel to replace this...would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Well all i could do is take a measurement and find a boot wheel well as close to it as possible and make it work!!

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where there's a will there's a way:cool:

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Out with the old in with the new'ish....;)

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16-07-12, 19:38
kenny046

class work dude really love restoration threads, love to see it with a screaming 20v in it keep up the good work and pictures
16-07-12, 20:30
Coby23

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Originally Posted by kenny046

class work dude really love restoration threads, love to see it with a screaming 20v in it keep up the good work and pictures

yea i wish i was able to go at restoring cars like that id go buy anything just to restore it
16-07-12, 20:33
liamcrowley

Thats really good work lad, keep it up!
will be a cool yoke when your finished!:p
16-07-12, 20:33
galway joey

thats a fare challenge you took on mate but its no bother to ya, keep up the great work..:)
16-07-12, 20:37
K series steve

sweet lad,i love it,must put up a few pics of my own ke's if photobucket ever decides to work again.!!

why cut up a perfectly good wing tho???
16-07-12, 20:37
akasod

looks good dude your tipping true it nicely
16-07-12, 21:03
murtyboys14

On to another surprise i found the other day....just when you think ur near there :rolleyes:

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16-07-12, 21:13
murtyboys14

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Originally Posted by K series steve

sweet lad,i love it,must put up a few pics of my own ke's if photobucket ever decides to work again.!!

why cut up a perfectly good wing tho???

Couldnt get a rear replacement arch lad, its easy enough get front wings..more to the point the spare wing was one of the replacement panels that came with the car so i just used it for the hell of it!!
16-07-12, 21:22
1jsoarer

Lookin good buddy!!
16-07-12, 21:25
murtyboys14

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Originally Posted by 1jsoarer

Lookin good buddy!!

sound ted!!!;)
16-07-12, 21:26
K series steve

Quote:

Originally Posted by murtyboys14

Couldnt get a rear replacement arch lad, its easy enough get front wings..more to the point the spare wing was one of the replacement that came with the car so i just used it for the hell of it!!

wings are very valueable tho,:(too late now sure,best of luck with the rest of the build:D
17-07-12, 11:15
murtyboys14

This is where I hope to end up, but with my own twist to it :grin:

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17-07-12, 20:55
tezdude

Great work fella, some tasty welding too cant wait to see the finished car!
Tell me where did ya get replacement panels?
17-07-12, 22:03
murtyboys14

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Originally Posted by tezdude

Great work fella, some tasty welding too cant wait to see the finished car!
Tell me where did ya get replacement panels?

Sound mate, panels came with the car when I bought the car back. but the previous owner got them from Toyota.
18-07-12, 16:13
feeker75

awsome lad best off luck with this project !!!
18-07-12, 23:12
hoges147

Nice build, lookin forward to seen more update.
Besta luck wit it!!
19-07-12, 02:02
shaneh

id love to get this deep into a restoration haha
must buy a good mig welder and an old car to tip away at.
tasty lookin work lad fair play
29-07-12, 02:36
murtyboys14

http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/...0/3b439684.jpg

Just got this picture from the original owner, the day they bought there brand new ke70 :cool:
31-07-12, 15:43
crossy

really cool car man. Seriously good metal skills
01-08-12, 16:31
murtyboys14

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Originally Posted by crossy

really cool car man. Seriously good metal skills

sound bud!!
17-08-12, 18:58
LSD is Addictive

thats serious bit of mig weldin .......
17-08-12, 19:15
kev.skyline

good stuff dude, look forward to seeing it with a 20v.
that picture above is class.
17-08-12, 19:18
Void_The_Warranty

Brilliant work man, decent welding, least your not afraid to get stuck in there and use a grinder ! haha
04-09-12, 19:27
murtyboys14

Did bit more work on the ke70 today...also found another few hole to add to the to do list!!:rolleyes:

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04-09-12, 19:35
Danny O' Sullivan

good work man keep it up
06-09-12, 20:55
murtyboys14

Wiped out the engine there today, hope to be collecting the 20valve engine and all the other bit at the end of the month :D

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06-09-12, 21:23
K series steve

nice work man!
09-09-12, 17:53
richy180

some fantastic patch work ther...whr are you getting all the cut out frm?or are you making them up urslf???love the work so far keep it up :)
09-09-12, 21:07
murtyboys14

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Originally Posted by richy180

some fantastic patch work ther...whr are you getting all the cut out frm?or are you making them up urslf???love the work so far keep it up :)

Sound lad, am all the material that I'm using for the " patch" work is cut from sheet metal. First I cut out the rusty part, then cut cardboard template of it, and transfer on to the sheet metal, handy!
25-07-13, 22:00
akasod

well lad how you getting own with this now are you still at it or is it finished yet ?