ke70 estate restoration

ep71

not sure if i posted this here before, have this yoke a while but only gettin back to working at it now so i'll just copy my original posts from another site


found this yoke at the back of a house with a load of other scrap while out on a random spin down a road that was signposted scenic route!!! shes rough enough around the back windows but the floor and sills and chassis legs are absolutely mint. sittin up since 02 and she went after a few turns and a shot down the carb. got owners manual and books with it aswell!!
what do ye think?

ep71

pulled her in and stripped a few bits off, not too bad overall

ep71

in the meantime i managed to get a set of quarter panels from a van so i set about stripping them from the inner panels today. as the van was a 2 door there will be a bit of fiddling to make them fit, nevertheless i'll give it a go and see how i get on

had an absolutely torturos day removing one of the van quarter panels from its inner panel, going to try a different approach on the next one








wishful thinking:tasty:

rugbyman

I just love reading posts like that. Keep them coming EP
Rugbyman

ep71

i'll try! donations welcome for drillbits and isopon:D

Max_Damage

Nice one! Rare beasts them!

Odd too see one with an '87 plate. What's the story behind her?

kasper

well done for saving it , did i loan you a dewalt drill ?

ep71

the estates and vans were kept rwd until the 87-92 shape came in. she was bought in early 87 by a man in sligo who used it to travel around selling clothes out of the back of it.

ep71

kasper wrote: »

well done for saving it , did i loan you a dewalt drill ?

i borrowed it from my father!

kasper

a certain self appointed king had a 2 door van it was red 87 dl

carchaeologist

Excellent work there,this picture just about sums up old japanese steel for me..

ep71

@ kasper, the van i cut up was zs dublin reg

@ carchaeoligist, if it was italian there wouldnt be any steel in the picture at all

kev1.3s

ep71 wrote: »

@ kasper, the van i cut up was zs dublin reg

@ carchaeoligist, if it was italian there wouldnt be any steel in the picture at all

come on my fulvia had less rust than that!

But the floors look very good, nice project best of luck with it.

unkel

ep71 wrote: »

if it was italian there wouldnt be any steel in the picture at all

The Italians used cheap Russian steel back in the 70s. Very poor quality but some say not as bad as Japanese steel of that era

And with that said, late 80s cars should not be rusting much at all!!!

carchaeologist

unkel wrote: »

And with that said, late 80s cars should not be rusting much at all!!!

True to a degree,but that Corollas design goes way back into the '70s...

ep71

ya i heard that story about the russians and italians trade deal! in fairness she aint bad for a car thats been sitting up since 2002, it seems to me that genuine irish cars rot up high around the windows etc because of the rain whereas uk cars rot in the floors sills and wheelarches from the salt on the roads. i know which one i prefer!

ep71

unkel wrote: »

And with that said, late 80s cars should not be rusting much at all!!!

i often wonder just how mid to late 90s fiestas and in particularly transits manage to fall asunder with rust when the germans, japs, italians etc can hold out just fine

carchaeologist wrote: »

True to a degree,but that Corollas design goes way back into the '70s...

indeed it does 78 or so was when the first ke70s came on the scene

kev1.3s

I saw a Mercedes slk a couple of weeks ago that came in from the UK and the sills and the wheel arches were rotted out of it likewise there is a clio wiliams 1 Iv'e seen locally and the sills are fairly rotten on it too was very surprised to see that modern cars are still suffering with the dredded tin worm.

Max_Damage

My Micra K10 (1990) doesn't have much rust either (the sills are getting a bit dodgy though). It's holding itself together well for a car that's 20 years old now.

Even the Escort Mk3 doesn't have too much rust (and that spent most of it's life near the coast in Waterford).

kasper

it depends how well treated they were when they were being assembled

ep71

bit more scullin today, decides to cut out the old panel in bits trying not to damage the inner panel








gettin closer to fitting nicely

unfortunately this bitch needs a little bit of lovin before i can get the new screen fitted so i'll probably go at that tomorrow

ep71

made another burst at making up the gaps correctly, coming together really well












bit more trimming to do, cant wait to spark up the mig and make it permanent

ep71

didnt get an awful lot done today, mostly the awkward bits like trimming the panel to fit perfect and sorting out the door gap and height between the quarter panel and door where they meet.


what it should look like

my effort




factory

my way!

overall



thats all for now folks, have a bit of prep work to do on the inner panel and the lip of the wheelarch before i can start welding and i'd really like to have her up on the lift for that which means getting the charmant sorted out ready for her new windscreen on tuesday. i'll also have to clear out all the stuff ive been storing under the corolla and get the jack in to turn it around before i can move it out into the middle of the floor and get it on the lift. busy weekend ahead anyway!

Henry Ford III

Nice work. Body was manky though for the year wasn't it?

Lots of cutting, patching, rust remedy, seam sealer, and underseal needed.

You can do it though!

I Was VB

Nice work, always hated doing 1/4 panels, line it up from the door gap and then do the back.

Just noticed the leaf springs!!!!

ep71

I Was VB wrote: »

Nice work, always hated doing 1/4 panels, line it up from the door gap and then do the back.

Just noticed the leaf springs!!!!

yep she's a real old workhorse!:rolleyes:

si_guru

You're mental!! but nice work all the same.. she'll make a great motor.

kev1.3s

excellent work and it's coming along pretty quickly. It's a bit late now but I know where there is one of those for parts and I think the rear quarters are good on it as well.

ep71

kev if you could get me a front passenger side door id be forever in your debt

kev1.3s

The guy that I put in touch with you about the ke 20 windscreen will get it for you I'd say if you still have his number.

ep71

kev1.3s wrote: »

The guy that I put in touch with you about the ke 20 windscreen will get it for you I'd say if you still have his number.

i got a new phone recently and lost his number unfortunately. would you be able to pm it to me or else get him to call me at soem stage, will be badly stuck for that door in a few weeks and he mentioned that his brother might have one

zilog_jones

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Nice work. Body was manky though for the year wasn't it?

My grandad had a '91 EE90 Corolla saloon up until recently, one of the wings was half rotten (alternatives were made to hold the headlight in place) and there was a pretty big hole appearing under a corner of the rear windscreen. The Carinas from around then seem to be holding up a bit better - maybe they did some actual rustproofing with them...

bijapos

ep71 wrote: »

the estates and vans were kept rwd until the 87-92 shape came in. she was bought in early 87 by a man in sligo who used it to travel around selling clothes out of the back of it.

Was that the great Johnny Ch_ _ _ _ a former teacher in Summerhill? :eek:

The moment I saw the first pic I thought I recognised the car. If its him he had a red Sunny estate for most of the mid 80's, EI 6*** (cant remember the number). His wife, a lovely lady used to run the sweet shop in Summerhill College. The man was a legend in his own lifetime, used to let us in free to the Sligo Rovers matches, pure gentleman.

ep71

thats him indeed, i did a bit of reading up about him one of the days, he sure did love sligo rovers, might bring it to a match when its finished for the craic:D

ep71

back at this again after spending the last 2 weeks at other random stuff.
the lip on my inner arch was in fairly bad nick


so i decided to cut a piece off the donor panel and weld it in.











pocket repair.




all going well i should get that ground down tonight and get the quarter panel lined up for good and tacked in place at least if not fully welded.

ep71

few more bits of surgery!









mostly welded on now and its all looking good!

kasper

its lining up nicely good work

ep71

got a bit of another crack at this today, awful hard find the motivation to keep at it when theres so much to be done and everything seems to take forever.

pulled it outside for a look first anyway


then checked to see how the window fits, all was good here!


started at the door gap where the new panel meets the old. welded it up along the line then ground it flush




i then decided that i wasnt happy with how the panel was lining up with the door so i cut it and pulled it out a bit



then i had to reweld again


looks good

ep71

now had to start into the bit in the corner. this was rusted out of the car completely so i had to make up bits to fit in and fill it with weld!








after a lick of the grinder


and for comparison, what it should look like (kinda)





some day i'll have a car for myself:dudu:

Blue Punto

Really lovin this thread

My dad had 3 of these
FZS 798 which when it was new he had trouble taxing it cause a car in Donegal had the same reg:eek:
His was bought new from Linders in Smithfield so he was Ok

ISI 601
177 GZL

All met blue in colour and all estates
Many a trip to shn airport was made back then
Good memories

Cant wait to see the car when its finished

1948Wolseley

Loving the thread too, good work!

12 element

Have you been slacking Ep71?!

1948Wolseley

Saw a mint one in Cork today, didn't get a chance to grab a pic though.

superfly35

Very great job ep71!!!

When I see the work you are doing and want I have to do, I think "Jaysus, i should take the finger out and do it!!"

I have a patch whom need to be done on my car which I am restoring at the moment and it is going very slowing!

Hopefully I will get there soon.

Keep the good work coming.

ep71

been busy enough with fixing mates cars lately and a few more hours at work lately so no updates just yet! give me another couple of days lads!!!

mondeo

Great work lad