Sooner the better build '79 Te51

ItsaCorolla · **Posted:** Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:54 am

Curious as to what my car would be worth private party. I think my car ADD is acting up again...

whit · **Posted:** Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:28 am

Do you have a pic. with the rear te27 spoiler on?

ItsaCorolla · **Posted:** Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:56 pm

Finally got a chance to take some decent pics of the car, excuse the dirt and stuff we've had crappy weather lately and I did these after class tonight so no pre-wash. Tried to include the spoiler as best I could Whit but it doesn't stand out well at night. I'll snap a day time photo tomorrow

OkieRA29 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:34 am

Funny, this is just where I had thought to take some pics of my car as well. Around the corner on 9th is a good place too. Just look for the crazy building! Pics look good.

ItsaCorolla · **Posted:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:06 pm

old meets new

ItsaCorolla · **Posted:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:28 pm

Anyone ever considered or heard of someone putting a Subaru EJ20/25 in a Corolla? Would probably need to convert to webers and figure out a way to adapt the T50. Do Subaru's spin the correct way?

Edit: Apparently there's an aussie with a AE86 in the process of doing exactly that http://www.aeu86.org/viewtopic/ae86/p/145029

Skellington · **Posted:** Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:53 pm

I think I have found my new favorite corolla. Looks amazing.

whit · **Posted:** Mon Mar 11, 2013 1:23 pm

Oh ya great pics.Black and white alwyas a good combo.
Rear spoiler looks like a great fit ,no gaps. :tu:

ItsaCorolla · **Posted:** Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:58 am

whit wrote:

Oh ya great pics.Black and white alwyas a good combo.
Rear spoiler looks like a great fit ,no gaps. :tu:

Thanks, I had to trim the ends a bit to match the contours of the rear deck but it was a pretty simple fit

On a side note, I'm considering selling the car for a new project. Just not sure if I should or would be able to make any money off of it. Any opinions, is there a market/interest in these cars, and what should I ask for it?

ItsaCorolla · **Posted:** Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:53 am

Here are some pics of the interior as requested. Sorry about the quality, some of them got kinda washed out. Excuse the mess and the cheap harnesses too (they came with the bar and I'm waiting on some simpson belts). I really need to get in there with some brushes and q-tips and detail everything, the dust in the vents and trim is driving me nuts, also I need a new steering wheel. The GT Grant is starting to show it's age, and since it came on the car I can only assume it's age (looks old as ****).

Changes I've made since owning the car. Installed Gen1 eclipse cloth seats with custom mounts and sliders. POR15 on the floor pan to cover green paint and protect, rear seat "shave" with custom leather covered blank panels, harness bar and harnesses (since care came with no belts and couldn't find replacements), custom single DIN mount and leather covered fascia to allow modern radio (car came w/ 8-track), 6x9's in rear with handmade leather covered parcel shelf, SMLED's installed inside gauge pods to improve back-lighting, Broadway mirror.

ivandude · **Posted:** Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:47 pm

Just had a look through here, love the quick build and how it looks right now. The home paint job looks good, and I also really like your LED dash lighting. Both things I like to do on my cars too haha. I really like these old Corolla Coupe's, done up like Levin/Trueno's.

ItsaCorolla · **Posted:** Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:11 am

Car is sold and with its happy new owner. Hope to see it pop back up on here someday. New owners sounded like he had big plans, will be fun to watch how it turns out. Please Please Please don't drift it into a wall/pole.

Already eying a new car but this one hails from much further to the northwest (think jackboots and Turbo) than any of these Japanese beauties, so probably won't be able to post that build here. I'll be around though, there's still a few builds on here I have to follow :mrgreen:

stefman454 · **Posted:** Wed Apr 10, 2013 9:04 am

German then? German and Turbo is quite the departure from a 79 Corolla. Best of luck!

Buy an Italian one next, cross of the whole WWII Axis

invinciblejets · **Joined:** Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:08 pm **Posts:** 3

Love that roof more pics?

ItsaCorolla · **Posted:** Mon Apr 15, 2013 7:06 am

invinciblejets wrote:

Love that roof more pics?

I'll see if I can find a few more pictures of it, not sure if I took many

BTW here's a teaser of the new ride, I'll post a better pic later.

nfelge · **Posted:** Thu May 02, 2013 4:22 pm

You were right, this is some major inspiration! I absolutely love the lights behind the grille and the ducktail spoiler. Don't be surprised if something similar pops up on my TE51 :wink:

Also, I'm a big fan of the Yayois.

Btw, what were the specs on your Enkeis? Engine mods?

-Nick

ItsaCorolla · **Posted:** Thu May 02, 2013 8:46 pm

nfelge wrote:

You were right, this is some major inspiration! I absolutely love the lights behind the grille and the ducktail spoiler. Don't be surprised if something similar pops up on my TE51 :wink:

Also, I'm a big fan of the Yayois.

Btw, what were the specs on your Enkeis? Engine mods?

-Nick

Thanks, the enkei's were 13x6, the Rota's were 15x9.5 -10 offset. The only engine changes were the addition of a Weber Redline and different exhaust. Details on the exhaust and pics are here viewtopic.php?p=179407#p179407

OkieRA29 · **Posted:** Fri May 10, 2013 2:35 pm

That wasn't the one on craigs with the seized engine was it :lol:

Sooner the better build '79 Te51

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