My 1982 Toyota Corolla KE70 *FACELIFT*

[japclassics]

After selling my 2 oldies and leaving myself with only one which needs restoration I had nothing to drive and that drove me to DEPRESSION

So I guessed id never come across another one for some time...

Then to my surprise 2 days ago I got a call from a lad in Norwich asking if I was after a 'Toyota Corolla 1982' after I asked him what chassis coding it was he wasnt sure but said it was a RWD.... It could only be a KE70 DX or GL...i assumed

So after further questions it turned out it was a KE70 GL model .. ;D

Defo what I was looking for....

He told me one prev owner for 29 years & usual story old & retired from Driving.. He bought the car in April got it Taxed & Mot'd for the year and drove it to work and back ...

46k on clock :-))))))))))))))
Inside is immaculate & rear seats never sat in.. front seat have covers and the seats are the velour type and amazingly clean..

As its the 'GL' model it came with the face lift Black Bumpers as opposed to the Chrome Bumper Model (which I do prefer) but hey !! Beggars cant be choosers...

So anyway I said I wanted it.. Did the deal over the phone and Jumped on a plane this Morning from Manchester to Norwich, he met me at the airport (Nice Guy) did the deal and I left there at 9am & drove back 209 miles and arrived home at 1245 :-))))
Cruising at around 70-75.... She did well....

So I am a proud new owner of another KE70 (Ive had 7 in the past 4 years) and this baby is ready to drive :-)))))

One more amazing fact about this one.... It came from the same Toyota Showroom (Tuckswood Motor Company) as my TE71 and has the sticker in its rear window...

Without further ado...

Here she is :-)))))

[tumult]

wow great find! have you got any plans for it?

[tux]

Noice! I feel old now though as I learned to drive in one of those.

[japclassics]

Ok so today finally after my long busy day yesterday… I thought id get a good look at my KE70. First gave it a good wash then started to look around for rusty areas and only found on bottom front edge of drivers door, front lower edge of driver wing, both rear arches had rust flaking through on the inside. Passenger side of rear lower panel had surface rust & very little on the corner of passenger side rear corner. Front driver side Headlamp Lens was cracked and I took it off completely as it was a wee bit dangerous…
Bumpers on these rot like F*&% & these were remarkably Mint.
But all in all I was impressed as there was no sign of any welding anywhere…
Sills were in fact amazingly solid…

Inside I took off the seat covers and to my amazement again the passenger seat looked as though it had never been sat in, along with the rear seats….. In fact the driver seat seemed to be the only used in the past 29 years .. Anyway the seat covers had to come out and replaced with my Black TRD Toyota ones I took from my old TE71 Corolla .. Now the floor mats were of 4 different types of carpet.. hahaha! They came out and replaced with 4 Heavy Duty Genuine Toyota Mats 

Checked the engine bay out and was happy 
Rear inside of boot…. Well I was shocked !!!
Unbelievable In Fact !!! Rear shocker area very clean…….
I found an old First Aid Kit.. Had to throw it away as it expired in 1996…. Inside there was a Carpet  very neatly cut out and shaped very well, under the carpet was the original cover in 100% MINT Condition..  Then to my amazement when I took the cover out there appeared a Brand New Unused Tyre That Looked As Though It Hadn’t Ever Been Taken Out  WOW! Further to my delight I looked at the Tool Kit & Jack & They Were Brand Spanking New…….. The Boot Floor Pan was in amazing shape so to the Bootlid itself….

[goldnrust]

Awesome finds

Looks like a great little retro daily. I'd quite like one myself to rock through winter. Think I'd keep getting to tempted to go find some nice wheels and suspension for it though!

[markbognor]

Thats cool, good find.

Do this!

[japclassics]

Anyway finally some more fotos from today

Interior...
















Boot Area

[japclassics]

Driving through a Dodgy Street in Manchester...













The not so good bits

Driver side front edge of wing



Driver door lower front edge



Driver Headlamp Lens



Rear Arches







Back at home :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[stevek]

Looks in super condition. Will look forward to seeing what you do with it. If your blue TE71 is anything to go by its gonna be awesome.

Sorry for not letting you know sooner but the coupe I was bringing from Greece made it! I really need to write the road trip story up but have been really busy and not got round to it. Have now got the boring daily MOT'ed now though so the Toyota is next.

Your latest catch looks in better condition overall than mine but I'm quite pleased with the solidarity of mine too, it just has significantly more wear and tear.

[tomti]

lower, dished wheels, sell on driftworks for 3 grand lol

[19yrsnegro]

looks a bit of a dog to me. is the gearbox ok as ive had J gearboxs break before. ill offer 250cash

[japclassics]

Sept 23, 2011 21:39:08 GMT stevek said:

Looks in super condition. Will look forward to seeing what you do with it. If your blue TE71 is anything to go by its gonna be awesome.

Sorry for not letting you know sooner but the coupe I was bringing from Greece made it! I really need to write the road trip story up but have been really busy and not got round to it. Have now got the boring daily MOT'ed now though so the Toyota is next.

Your latest catch looks in better condition overall than mine but I'm quite pleased with the solidarity of mine too, it just has significantly more wear and tear.

Good Luck Steve.... Hope you didnt need to many parts for it.. Ive sold my TE71 along with 90% of the spares to a lad in Ireland... BUT there is a lad I know in YORK who has a couple of TE71's and has plenty of spares, i'll forward you his details just in case you need anything.. ;D

[Twincam]

Almost mint that

[crazymonkey]

still pretty clean in my opinion, Sorry but just have to say one thing

LOVE the carpet in the boot!!!! ;D

[japclassics]

Sept 23, 2011 20:13:34 GMT markbognor said:

Thats cool, good find.

Do this!

NOW That is Nice !!!!

[japclassics]

Sept 24, 2011 21:21:33 GMT crazymonkey said:

still pretty clean in my opinion, Sorry but just have to say one thing

LOVE the carpet in the boot!!!! ;D

In fact Ive kept that Carpet as it was cut out & nicely placed in there protecting the original cover.. So its defo staying !!! ;D ;D ;D

[japclassics]

Thanks to My Man Flo (HM TURBO)from Irelad I received the RH Headlamp for the KE today and nicely fitted :-))))
So no cracked lens anymore..... Next plan is to get the little bits of rust sorted before winter kicks in ....

[427]

That has to be one of the cleanest KE70s I've ever seen.
I've had experience working on one and it's the easiest thing I've ever pulled apart and put back together.

[japclassics]

Ok, some opinions please... Want to put a nice set of wheels on my KE70.. Sort of spoilt for choice.. But here is the selection:-









Or a standard set of MA61 Celica Supra wheels?

[jarvis483]

those bronze JBW's would look really smart if they where spaced out and your corolla was dropped???