Doc's KE20: - really coming together now

[The Doctor]

robokill Wrote:Hye doc is it me or is the parts car in better condition ? Why not make that one new and place over all the parts?

No, the parts car looks better but was way worse (both sills where completely rusted, 2 big holes in the floorpan etc.).
Mine is just some rust on sheetmetal, if i replace the front fenders it will look way better

The parts car is scrapped allready btw

About the fender mirrors, i don't really know what the exact rules about them are, but APK is only 1 hour a year, right

[The Doctor]

long time no update, but i started stripping of the old girl, after she broke down 1 hour after i swapped in the tuned 4K engine


Ah well, time to move on and fix it properly!
This is what happend the last 2 months (yeah, i'm taking this easy )

front end removed:



a LOT of grot around the front wings:







But everything underneath is quite solid, so i'm a happy camper!




Today i had to wait untill the paint on a car from a friend was dry enough to go on with repair damaging, so i stripped some more from the car:

door and splashshield gone:



all looking VERY good underneath:




other side:



same story, very solid!!



allthough i have slight rubbing problems due to big steering angle, you can see it on the inner fender

Started on the rear, bumperless!


rear lights etc. removed, again looking very solid!!



only place which had some rust was hidden behind the rear bumper and a bit of metal:



won't need welding i think, it's only thick surface rust

Endresult of today:

[Apolan]

doesnt look half bad Doc. So you gonna do a complete rebuild now?

[The Doctor]

yeah, full respray and then build it again, but then better

It goes LOWER and WIDER (WIDAR? )

The rear goes down 5cm, the front needs to match to look good (so i NEED short stroke, because i'm on the bottom of my coiloverkit right now, and still not low enough to look good, let alone be as low as the rear will be )

[Apolan]

hehe i can just imagine the car with the full set of cross fevers The rally theme will be gone yes?

[The Doctor]

yeah, i keep the color scheme, because i like it, but the 4 lights and the mudflaps will be gone

and i will add fenderflares and a japanese style boot spoiler

this is a photoshop i made a few months ago, just after missing 4 XR4 wheels on the yahoo (imagine 8 and 8,5J x 14 on my car )

[Nismo]

How on earth did i miss this project . I spent the night reading this thread! BTW are they many earlier KE around Hollland?

While i was on holiday in Thailand at the beginning of the year, i saw quite a few KE10 on the streets. In fact, the hotel that i was staying at there was one driven by a garage owner and one in a carpark. Couldn't believe it.

But i guess over in Thailand, where there is sun all year round, alot more classic Toyotas are common and way way cheaper to buy as well!

[The Doctor]

there are some KEs around here, and every now and then another one i didn't see before pops up somewhere

Most of them are KE20 and KE30s, the KE1* are very rare (allthough there is a KE15/17 for sale right now )

[banpei]

There are still a lot of KE's running around in Holland. We have a good policy for classic cars (tax exemption for 25+ years old) so they survive a bit easier.

I think the majority of the surviving cars are KE30...

[The Doctor]

you would be amazed how many KE20's come out of some dark sheds sometimes, Banpei!