1974 Toyota Corolla KE20

Fixed!



I have to get some stickers ASAP because this looks plain boring!

Nope that is not boring

Right, couple of months on and I haven't driven it that much, had some small problems and a lack of space in the barn to fix it.

Last week I fixed it and to celebrate that it worked again, I took it to Zandvoort for a trackday.
Dutch trackdays work a little different then UK ones, our system is more like a go-karting system, pay 25 euro's, drive for 20 minutes.

Did 2 heats in the end, had a LOT of fun and did a reasonable laptime of 2.22, which isn't half bad and I was very pleased with that. It behaved very good, better then I expected.

Swapped to some Ronal Kleeblatt wheels with worn Yokohama A048R tires.







So proud of the little thing now, I finally used it in anger and it felt GREAT

thanks for the comment

there are no updates, because I haven't done anything to the car other then driving the hell out of it and breaking it (well, I can blame hairnet for that, just after he drove it, it broke down! ).

Right now it sits like this:



Engine out to fix some oil leaks, finally fix the clutch line bodge I did at RRG11 and fix the broken brake pipe which stopped me driving the car in the first time.

Going through the last pages of this topic i saw a trend.

Breaking it
Fixing it
Trackdaying it
Breaking it..

etc. etc.

Since i had just fixed it, i needed to go on the track, and so i did yesterday
A group of friends gathered at the paddock of Zandvoort (Hairnet flew over as well) to test their old cars at the track:



I took it out on track:



And i broke it
Bottom radiator hose chafed through on the alternator, so after 1 heat of 20 minutes ragging the Corolla round the track, the day was over for me. Bodged it with loads of ducttape and zipties to bring me home. So now i'm fixing it, to get it out on track again!



Kinda boring vid Hairnet made with his cam. It's much more intense from the live seats!



It was a busy day, and because of my rollcage, i had to go in the Sport class, which means i was surrounded by proper (quick) race cars and had to get out of the way quite often.
Had loads of fun though, that's what counts. Next time i'll do more then 20minutes of driving!

Impressed by the fact your breakages are getting well more impressive...... Evolution not revolution - needs a stronger diff :-)

So, in the previous update i told about the, quite spectaculair, new ways i'd found to break my car!

Nearly a year on, and nothing really happened. I lost interest in the car, it stood in the barn, looking dusty and very sorry for itsself.
Then the event season of 2016 rolled in, and i nearly bought another classic, as i really mis driving in old cars.

Instead of spending money on a new car, why not fix the old car, i thought..

So 2 weeks ago i boshed in the spare engine, which should be the new block donor for my new engine, in the car, just as a stop gap engine to get me on the road again and tried to get a dutch MoT on it. I really boshed it in, as i didn't even change the oil which was still in the engine, after a couple of goes, it fired up and immediatly ran great.

Passed the test first time as well, how that happened i'll never know.... i must've done something right then! ;D

3 days after i used it in a 300km roundtrip to another event from our Dutch Toyota club, as a shake down run/test run to see what needs improving





Also the first run on my newly, fresh from Japan arrived wheels. They look great, but are in a terrible state, not shure if i can refurb them, or just going to use them as track wheels.

Next months i'm going to try and iron out the little niggles and then take it to RRG again this year
One of them is the carb heating system, as it drives like a pig now in low-ish temps.

But it runs!

They really do! I get so much more enjoyment out of this car, running like a pig, requiring all the 3 pedals to keep it running the first 5 minutes then i do with my 'modern' 1987 Starlet (it has a brake booster and a 3 speed heater!!! )

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