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Well I'm not sure if you could consider it retro or not but here it goes.. So in early March of 2015 I fancied buying a E10 Corolla, Mostly because a good few people I know had them at the time and I liked the shape. The plan was to buy a standard 1.3 car and take it from there but a relation had just purchased this car for its wheels and the rest was either going to be sold or broken for parts. I called around to the house one day, looked at the car, test drove it and we agreed on a price. €300 later I was the proud owner of a 1995 Toyota Corolla SI...... that had no wheels and rusty sills.  1. The car after it was delivered  This was the ninth of March. Overall in not bad condition for a car that is 20 years old. Rusty around the front wings, few small dents and scratches, missing some small trim such as the center of the 3 piece splitter and trim from the wiper arms, nothing major.  2. Rear shot. Standard back bumper, notch cut out for a towbar and paintwork worn away where the hitch presumably was rubbing off the bumper. Apart from that perfectly straight.  3. Another rear/LHS shot. As I mentioned the previous owner was keeping the wheels (Alessio F1's) but let me keep them on the car untill I got myself sorted out with another set.  4. And of course I was so enamored with my first proper car I had to plenty of ''artisty'' photos.  5. (small) fleet line up. |
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1951 Ferguson TED 20 / 1988 Ford Sierra Sapphire 2.0
1990 Isuzu Bighorn 2.8 Irmscher R / 1991 Pajero 2.5 SWB
1991 Vauxhall Carlton GSI3000 / 1991 Toyota Corolla van 2.2TD
1992 Toyota Corolla 1.6 GTI / 93 Ford Granada Scorpio Cosworth
1994 Toyota Corolla GXI / 1995 Toyota Corolla 1.6 Si
1995 Nissan Vanette / 1997 Toyota Starlet 1.5td Glanza
1997 Toyota Carina E saloon / 1998 Toyota Carina 2.0 Exeuctive
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Luckily with this car being a SI it all ready had a few nice (mostly cosmetic) features including 3 leg spoiler, molded rear mudflaps, sideskirts, front 3 piece splitter and the SI/GXI/FX-GT only interior. The main difference between the SI and the standard corolla is the 1.6 4A-FE engine versus the standard corolla having a 1.3 4E-FE engine. The SI model also comes with full electrics including mirrors, windows and sunroof.  6. The SI/GXI/FX-GT interior. I didn't have a photo of my own to show you so here is one I have robbed from eBay.  7. Part of my plans... Partly turn the car into a 20V (FX-GT) replica. The first part to this was the front bumper. I know a friend who had this so I bought it.. along with all the other corolla parts he had. RIP 95-DL-5948  8. The next part was a GXI/FX-GT back bumper. This was got from a local scrapyard along with a GXI grille and a spare set of moulded mudflaps. (sorry for the bad photo its the best I could do not having a photo of my bumper on its own) So I got the car into the shed, jacked her up, removed the side skirts, grabbed a screwdriver and started poking..... Bad idea. Hole on the RHS inner arch, RHS sill rotten at the very bottom of the very end. LHS inner arch perfect, LHS arch rank rotten, LHS sill at the very end rotten. Not a great start....  9. The car in the shed before welding began..  10. Well I got the lend of a gasless MIG welder for a day and a day only for it had to be returned to the hire store next day, Luckily it wasn't me paying the rent or wire I started into the RHS side for it seemed like the easiest, Rot cut out and new metal welded in. Sadly I have no photos before I cut the rot out as I had no camera but ohh well. This is the end of the sill after it was welded.  11. This is the hole on the RHS inner arch after welding.  12. 2 coats of rust primer later and a skim of filler.. Yet to be sanded down at this stage but progressing none the less.  13. Coat of oxide primer over the entire arch.  14. Inner arch back in shape after some stonechip. |
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Last Edit: Dec 27, 2015 1:09:00 GMT by sa1clover
1951 Ferguson TED 20 / 1988 Ford Sierra Sapphire 2.0
1990 Isuzu Bighorn 2.8 Irmscher R / 1991 Pajero 2.5 SWB
1991 Vauxhall Carlton GSI3000 / 1991 Toyota Corolla van 2.2TD
1992 Toyota Corolla 1.6 GTI / 93 Ford Granada Scorpio Cosworth
1994 Toyota Corolla GXI / 1995 Toyota Corolla 1.6 Si
1995 Nissan Vanette / 1997 Toyota Starlet 1.5td Glanza
1997 Toyota Carina E saloon / 1998 Toyota Carina 2.0 Exeuctive
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Dec 27, 2015 16:29:34 GMT
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 15. So as I said before I started into the RHS arch and sill for it looked to be the handiest of the 2 to repair. This is it as viewed from the inside. Minor rust visible from the bottom but nothing worth talking about. The seam between the rear quarter panel and the inner arch is perfect with no rust visible atall.  16. And this is the LHS arch as viewed from the inside... Heavy rust everywhere, Holes drilled all over the spot where a slidehammer was used to pull out a dent, filler thrown over everything to cover the holes. To call it a complete mess would be a complement  17. And this is what I pulled out of the LHS arch before I took photo 16. Looks to be around 2 tubes of silicon sealant? This ran from the top of the arch to the bottom covering everything.  18. This is the LHS quarter panel to the LHS door jam. Holes, filler and bad welding everywhere.  19. And this was the LHS quarter panel when viewed from the outside. The entire panel from the sill up to the plastic bump strip half way up the side of the panel was covered in around 1/3 inch of filler. I no longer had the use of the gasless MIG at this stage so the welding has been put on hold untill I purchase a MIG welder.  20. Around this time I started purchasing some bits.. such as these set of alloys. 16'' 4x100 Alessio F1's. I figured this would suit the corolla better than the 17''s that were on her when I got the car. Just awaiting a refurb and a set of tires.  21. I also went out and bought.... An entire parts car! Another 1995 1.6 SI. Had been crashed which twisted the shell at the front. Engine and box had been sold so I bought what remained for a steal. From this car I got a LHS front wing, 2 arch liners, 3 17'' alloys with 4 good tires, LHS side skirt because mine was cracked, a uncut parcelshelf all of which I'd need for my car.  22. Then I got bored and went ultimate boy racer/chav by painting my brake drums bright red. I've yet to find out how many horsepower has been added to the car by this addition   23. Walking through a breakers yard not so long ago I spotted a Corolla in for breaking. No front bumper left on the car but on the ground infront of the car were these, 2 replica GXI fitment foglamps. 15 euros later they were mine.  24. Before long they were dismantled, cleaned and ready for paint.  25. And after reassembling them this is the finished product. |
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1951 Ferguson TED 20 / 1988 Ford Sierra Sapphire 2.0
1990 Isuzu Bighorn 2.8 Irmscher R / 1991 Pajero 2.5 SWB
1991 Vauxhall Carlton GSI3000 / 1991 Toyota Corolla van 2.2TD
1992 Toyota Corolla 1.6 GTI / 93 Ford Granada Scorpio Cosworth
1994 Toyota Corolla GXI / 1995 Toyota Corolla 1.6 Si
1995 Nissan Vanette / 1997 Toyota Starlet 1.5td Glanza
1997 Toyota Carina E saloon / 1998 Toyota Carina 2.0 Exeuctive
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Dec 27, 2015 22:21:39 GMT
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Always liked these, never thought about it until now but I bet they would look great with Cosworth arches - providing it had power to match.
Good work though.
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Dec 27, 2015 23:01:57 GMT
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enjoyed the read....keep em comin
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Feb 11, 2016 13:43:20 GMT
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Awesome! Got a 1993 EE101 XLi as a winter beater. 88 hp with 205/40R16 makes it rather slow. How is the SI going with that size? Mine would roll the hill down backwards.
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recent:
1990 Toyota Celica ST182 2.0 GT-i16 (since 2013)
1999 Toyota Corolla AE111 1.6 G6R (since 2016)
former:
1990 Ford Fiesta MK3 1.1iC (2000-2002)
2001 Seat Ibiza GP01 1.4 16V Freeze (2002-2006)
1999 Citroen Berlingo 1.8i Charleston (2006-2007)
1999 Toyota Corolla EE111 1.4 G6 (2007-2010)
2005 Skoda Octavia Estate 1Z 1.9 TDI (2010-2013)
1993 Toyota Corolla 1.3 EE101 XLi (2014-2016)
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qwerty
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 2,410
Club RR Member Number: 52
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Feb 11, 2016 19:13:41 GMT
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I've always quite liked this shape Corolla. They never seemed to have the following over here that they had over your side of the water.
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This was the ninth of March. Overall in not bad condition for a car that is 20 years old. Rusty around the front wings, few small dents and scratches, missing some small trim such as the center of the 3 piece splitter and trim from the wiper arms, nothing major.
