i was driving my mums mitsubishi magna around for a few months after i got my licence
with plans to get a lancerrrr with hektic paintjob zorst tip kaos mags and fluffy dice yo!
then i went over a mates place and saw his set of longchumps...
tis where it all started
and BAHA at traffic light hero. gold ^^
jjust written off my vn and needed a car to get around with so bought a ke55, got into drifting decided it was too rusty to fix and bought a 70
i just love *e7* cuz they are so boxy and ugly. but so ugly that they look good. looks like nan's car which also appeals. escpecially when its got a gze in it.
stroked 2L ca18-ae86 in the build...eta xmas 2012?
I love E7's cause there cheap fun
had a ke10s had a ke11s rolled the ke10 so decided i need a car that could handle.
Bought an 86 and never looked back
When i got my licence in 1988 the AE86 was dominating the 1600 class in Group A Touring car racing, i liked the 86 then, but couldn't afford one. So i bought a tidy one owner KE70 CS with 104,000 km on the clock for $7,500. I had it for 4 years and put another 90,000 km on the clock and then sold it for $4,400. I then went through a succession of Commodores & Falcons until I saw an ex Group A AE86 for sale on my105. It's now in my shed and i'm slowly restoring it to race in historic Group A.
"There is only Bathurst, the rest is just waiting." Allan Moffat.
owned an ae82 with 4age, wrote it off and thought what i could do with a 4age. Next thing i know i have 2 ae71's and a ke70 for $900 Sold 2 bought a gze and the story continues.
Needed a roadworth car for work (im long gone from that job tho) so i bought the most hardcore keto i could find.
After 4 years and 5 corollas im still in love
85' JDM TA63 GTTR sedan - Godlike
89' JDM GZ20 Soarer - 1jz + R154 bus
Originally Posted by joeschmo_57
When I bought my old KE55 I was just looking for a run around while I was in school. It was dad's idea to buy it over the others because in his words "it's something we can put some sort of rediculous motor in at some stage." Too bad the rice took hold and I never ended up doing a motor conversion in it. But the new owner is fixing it up and going to decide from there whether to put a different motor in or just sell it. The main thing I loved about it was the reliability, that thing copped an absolute thrashing and still didn't die.
ive always been keen on motorsport etc, and have been into drifting for at least 5-6 years.
Got interested in the 86's from a about grade 10 when saw a bit of initial D, read up about em, found out more and more and just got really into them.
Wanted on for a first car to use in improved production, however, couldnt find one at the time.
When i decided i wanted to actually get into drifting i had a honda prelude, was at tafe, and working casually so the 71 was the right choice.
Its been going from there, and just bought ann 86 finally about a few months back so the corolla passion will keep going i spose
most of the cars i've owned were toyota, still have my first car the old corona coupe (rt51). the coupe was to rare to start chopping up and modifying so i bought a 4 door version of the same model corona (rt40) and modified that. then later i got a 4age engine and was going to put it into the rt40 but then a guy called adrian brooke who knows shit loads about 4age and ae86 told me the 4age was a good engine but the rt40 was too heavy car to put it in. he suggested i get an ae86 or ae70 and back then i had not really known about ae86's then so i sold the rt40 and i went and bought my 1st ae86 (gold one) in 1998 and never looked back. back then nobody knew what sprinters were, but now everyone knows them thanx to inital d & drift scene. owned a couple of other corollas ke35 coupe, ke70 panel van, but at the moment still have my rt51 both my ae86s and an ae82 corolla
2013 Toyota 86 GTS 4U-GSE
1983 Toyota Sprinter AE86 4AGTE
1967 Toyota Corona 1600S Coupe RT51 4R
Posting Permissions
