1989 Toyota Starlet - There can be only ONE!

*Page 3 and 2021 for the arrival of the Red Starlet

This is a doubling up of a quick introduction/history of my motors and specifically my erstwhile daily runabout / retro rally car / sometime autotest competitor

Here's a couple of shot's of my Starlet in action and a youtube link of me competing in it on a rally. It's no beauty but can take a brilliant amount of abuse without breaking which is essential given my lack of mechanical nous.

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I bought this car in 2007 when I started to take up retro rallying and autotesting after I was informed that my 325i was less that competitive following my maiden run out at an event. (although massive fun! - one shot of it below)

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During that time I had a 1977 911SC which was my pride and joy but I've just recently sold that and the BMW as I've jumped out of the rat race for the year and am back in college.

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However, I bought a Toyota 1000 (KP30) a few months back with the intention of building a new rally car and with the sale of my other rides this has morphed from a quick job into a full strip and rebuild with some tasty parts (I'll stick up another build thread about that once I get my photos together)

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Last week I also managed to be "donated" a rotten 197something (still looking for the log book) 4dr KE20 Corolla. I had originally planned up stripping it for spare parts for the KP but the amount of usable items is limited so I'm currently mulling over whether or not to have a go at fixing it or scraping it. (It really is far gone!)

Reason I've stuck the starlet up is that I'm planning on a refresh and possible raft of modifications now that I've another rally car on the way and also that my gf has given me the run of her car on a daily basis.

I’d still like to use the starlet competitively from time to time so I can't slam it and fit wide rims but I'm open to suggestions on the modification front.

Thanks for looking all and input greatly appreciated