ae86, back to my roots and the reason i'm going to be skint

**peter barber123** · 29-07-2011 19:26

here we go again, the 6th ae86 i've owned and the biggest project i've undertaken to date as a road car.

the corolla used to have the trd wide arch kit fitted and was going to have a ca18det fitted ( for what reason i'm really unsure )

i am going to be rebuilding the corolla as a road / daily runner so it'll be 4age powered with a t50 box and try and rectify the arch conversion and make it look the part again.

1st on the agenda, sort the rust patches on the underside of the car and various other places and rust proof the whole thing to prevent an early death.

at the moment i am missing many parts so if you have any odds and sods please pm me details and maybe my puzzle will get sorted sometime this year.
tomorrow the car is off to the welder i know and today has benn the removal of the sound proofing ready for that to happen

pics of the car as it stands

more to follow tomorrow / sunday

**titchster** · 29-07-2011 19:37

Dude, why was I not informed?

What's happening with the EG?

**peter barber123** · 29-07-2011 19:38

Originally Posted by titchster

Dude, why was I not informed?

What's happening with the EG?

EG sold today mate to fund this financial ruin

**Mad_Max** · 29-07-2011 22:37

Nice find .

*Subscribed to thread

**counteract** · 29-07-2011 23:00

Rossi's? Loved the N2 kit, but I think you're going to make it look just as good, only in a different way! Can't wait to see progress!

**Swampy442** · 30-07-2011 07:45

Very nice mate

What you doing with that big rad you bought off me?

**peter barber123** · 30-07-2011 17:01

Originally Posted by Swampy442

Very nice mate

What you doing with that big rad you bought off me?

Hey dude. It's sat at my house doing nothing sadly, was going to use it on the rx8 but won't fit

**peter barber123** · 30-07-2011 17:50

Some progress made today, found some tin worm that needed sorting and there are other areas that will need addressing over the coming weeks before the 1980's jigsaw puzzle can start

These areas have been done so far and the plates/cutting back of rusty metal have been a tad excessive but I don't want rust appearing again anytime soon.
It's been a very productive day as most of the affected areas have had the plates made and existing metal prepped ready to weld

I'm in desperate need of a fuel tank for this, stock if poss pleas if anyone has one

**peter barber123** · 04-08-2011 21:23

Today after doing some checks and speaking to various people it turns out the corolla is a genuine uk car as it has the 17 digit prefix chasis number starting JT1

Not sure if it's a good thing but it was registered in the uk in 1987 so it's one of the last ones too.

More to come tomorrow

**Pure Performance UK** · 04-08-2011 23:24

I've got a little something for this Pete.

I'll show you when you drop those bits down to me.

**cefiro_drifta** · 04-08-2011 23:29

think i better subscribe as this could be interesting

**titchster** · 05-08-2011 00:22

I need to pop over and see this at some point man, mebbe see about forcing those wheels onto my car somehow too.

**peter barber123** · 05-08-2011 05:01

Originally Posted by titchster

I need to pop over and see this at some point man, mebbe see about forcing those wheels onto my car somehow too.

That's cool as I have some lovely dish for it anyhows, longchamp xr4's 15x9 rears

And matt tjz, sounds cool

**Stavros** · 05-08-2011 09:00

Good luck with it mate, I was quite lucky mine was so solid, im fucked if I can find any door/screen trim mind, lol

**jap-si** · 05-08-2011 09:05

yeah it's a uk car. went through a couple owners, Rossi, Zub had it a while. last time i saw it, it was rotten as fuck. needs someone who knew what they were doing with a welder that's for sure.

that said, there's a lot of stuff there. so shouldn't take many parts to get it running.

**Phil 'The Guy'** · 05-08-2011 09:06

I do believe I daily drove this car for a month when I still worked at the college. Nice to see it being sorted!

**peter barber123** · 05-08-2011 16:38

Originally Posted by jap-si

yeah it's a uk car. went through a couple owners, Rossi, Zub had it a while. last time i saw it, it was rotten as fuck. needs someone who knew what they were doing with a welder that's for sure.

that said, there's a lot of stuff there. so shouldn't take many parts to get it running.

Rotten as fuck is a tad harsh but yeah it needs some attention in various places like the rear pockets and chasis rail above the exhaust. The guy who is welding the car is a professional welder and has been for 12 years now, he's used to welding mk1 and mk2 escorts etc so knows what rust is

He looked the car over and said it's not as bad as it looked and gave me 2 options,

1: make the car look like it's never seen a welder but means mega time and money.

2: cut the sections of rust away and make it roadworthy on a slightly lower budget, not cutting corners but will not have the ridges in rear pockets and I'll have to get hands on when it's back. Ie painting and undersealing etc.

**peter barber123** · 06-08-2011 11:19

Don a little bit this morning, took the front wings off as some replacements are on the way and I half expected to find some nasties but was suprised to find it clean and only a very small amount of surface rust so happy days, also started painting the engine bay and front panel ready for the heart going in.

Few pics and more to come soon

**cefiro_drifta** · 06-08-2011 12:29

if you need any stock bumpers i have zenki and kouki ones for a trueno

**angrydan** · 06-08-2011 13:00

sweet pete glad to see you saving it haha

just remove rear pockets dude and lower section of rear valance, no point spending money on shit you cannot see when bumpers are fitted!!!

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