my e~70 in Bangkok

[JedKE70!]

Yo,
1st things, I am Australian, living in Bangkok Thailand, married to a Thai girl. There is a deece 'retro car' ( as it is called over here) scene & has took me awhile to get into it & meet people,find out about meetings,events & all that stuff. There is always nice surprises with the cars that show up or spot around the city & in the countryside.

I bought this 1982 ke~70 DX Corolla that had been imported from Japan about 4/5 months ago.

A Lot of work had already been done & was one of the best ones I have seen around for sale so I hooked it up. When I went & looked at it the only the information I could get out of the dude selling it for his sister's boyfriend who owns a workshop & this was his car he built for fun on & off the track. It was like ' So, what diff is this?' (I could see it wasn't a normal ke~70 diff) & the answers were like ' Yes,Toyota Corolla,TRD'. I can speak some Thai but not enough so I just had to look at everything the best I could with help from my girl of course. When I picked it up I got no parts list or any other information just 1 key on a Ralph Lauren key ring.



This is when I got her home.

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It was dirty & dusty everywhere & was in desperate need of a major service & clean. Was a good chance to scope everything as well.


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The interior was is excellent condition minus missing the drivers side A pillar cover & sun visor,some small cracks in the dash & drivers seat but all original apart from the Alpine stereo, Defi tachometer,extra long rear view mirror & fancy LED interior light & I was very happy with all this. Also all the seat belts had been removed.


Some Specs~~

4ag-e 20v Blacktop from a AE111
T50 gearbox with TRD short shifter
T series AE86 diff {with TRD LSD ?}
Bigger Alloy radiator twin thermo fans,
Greedy Oil cooler & filter relocation kit.
Alloy p/s fluid tank with braided lines.
HKS F-Con Vpro computer.
Internals I don't know due to not getting any other information when I got it. Got told it has a mild Toda cam.
Has power steering,steering rack,struts,brakes,T-series diff from an Japanese AE86.
Cusco strut brace, GAB J-Spec coilovers up front with Cusco camber tops & GAB shocks,Cusco springs on the rear.
Watanabe F8 rims F 15x7j +1 / R 15x8.5j -6 on Yokohama 185x50 F / 205/50
4 into 2 extractors with a 2 1/2 exhaust straight through.


I wasn't going to post a thread on here but I did a while ago but it was pretty half ass, So I decided I would do it properly & start from the beginning.