This is a long story of over 2 years so sit back put the kettle on. So this is the car and it story as it went from it will do to oh what am I doing. 2013-06-27185903_zps8afd9866 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr I have a 1995 Toyota G-Touring Corolla wagon well that what the body is the back half any way the front I'll tell you about that next. Go back two year or so I had to get a car fast and I need a wagon so I bought this over the phone unseen not even sure it drove but I just like the word Toyota Japanese import I had no clue what colour it was what year or engine it had I knew nothing. So I got on a bus and 3 hours later I saw it and it was good car and never missed a beat so I drove it for a less then a year and then someone crashed into me. My car being one of those cars the front bumper alone was going to cost me a lot to replace so I was just going to scrap it. Then it happened I need to get to hospital fast and I only had the wagon it got me there safely and fast. Suddenly I loved the car and started looking at all the different Toyota's that had the same chassis cause I was hooked I wanted bigger brakes more power but first the crash damage. My car is chassis AE100 after a lot of research I found out that chassis AE111 (Levin) is almost the same so I went of and got the wings bonnet bumper and everything else to make the front end fit my wagon. So some pictures of it going from Corolla front to Levin front. 2014-05-20 10.05.36 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr To get the new front on there was some welding involved 2014-06-03 14.18.18 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr 2014-06-04 13.35.17 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr 2014-06-07 16.32.38 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
I had 13" wheels on it but my brakes need 15" wheels so I bought these ones cheap and let the wife fit them 2014-07-25 20.33.06 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
Drove around for a long time looking like this sure wouldn't loss it in a car park 2014-08-21 15.31.20 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
After that I started the bigger brakes. So I did disk on the rear as I had drums and twin pots on the front but before I could started the old engine started to smoke a common problem with this year Toyota but mine wasn't the common problem mine was piston rings in two cylinder had gone walk about I had no compression in one cylinder yet it went like a rocket. So new engine time oh what to get this took a while as I had everything lined up but I picked a Silvertop 4AGE 20V more on that later. I got the engine dropped it of to were the car would get its new engine went to leave and about 4 miles up the road bang lost all drive first I thought the gearbox had gone bang as it did before so I got a 6 speed LSD box turned out gearbox was good my clutch blew up. Then it happened the while its apart I will do this and things have snow balled from there so more pictures and what some more text as to what the car is now and what it will be. So I got super strut suspension of a GTZ Levin which add the bigger brakes I wanted sorry needed 2014-12-12 13.07.04 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
Some where in there is the gearbox and a custom mount the only part that had to be custom and thats a shock as there is around 6ish different cars used all from late 80s to early 2000 2015-04-26 08.17.20 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
Now the plan is to drive it again for a while then turbo it with a supercharger just for fun and that's why I picked the silvertop its a strong engine and can take bosst
So what as been done so far that I can remember GR6 rare disk brake axle GTZ Levin front brakes and suspension 4AGE Silvertop engine 6 speed LSD 15" cheap wheels Levin front side skirts and rear spats also from seats Oil cooler and a lot more but my mind is blank
This is a long story of over 2 years so sit back put the kettle on.
2013-06-27185903_zps8afd9866 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
2014-05-20 10.05.36 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
2014-06-03 14.18.18 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
2014-06-04 13.35.17 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
2014-06-07 16.32.38 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
So this is the car and it story as it went from it will do to oh what am I doing.
I have a 1995 Toyota G-Touring Corolla wagon well that what the body is the back half any way the front I'll tell you about that next.
Go back two year or so I had to get a car fast and I need a wagon so I bought this over the phone unseen not even sure it drove but I just like the word Toyota Japanese import I had no clue what colour it was what year or engine it had I knew nothing. So I got on a bus and 3 hours later I saw it and it was good car and never missed a beat so I drove it for a less then a year and then someone crashed into me. My car being one of those cars the front bumper alone was going to cost me a lot to replace so I was just going to scrap it. Then it happened I need to get to hospital fast and I only had the wagon it got me there safely and fast. Suddenly I loved the car and started looking at all the different Toyota's that had the same chassis cause I was hooked I wanted bigger brakes more power but first the crash damage. My car is chassis AE100 after a lot of research I found out that chassis AE111 (Levin) is almost the same so I went of and got the wings bonnet bumper and everything else to make the front end fit my wagon.
So some pictures of it going from Corolla front to Levin front.
To get the new front on there was some welding involved
I had 13" wheels on it but my brakes need 15" wheels so I bought these ones cheap and let the wife fit them
2014-07-25 20.33.06 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
2014-08-21 15.31.20 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
2014-09-29 13.37.55 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
Drove around for a long time looking like this sure wouldn't loss it in a car park
I even made the Levin side skirts fit
Then it was white well primer
2014-11-03 09.25.40 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
2014-12-13 14.36.21 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
2014-12-12 13.07.04 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
2015-03-15 14.17.04 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
2015-03-15 14.17.08 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
2015-04-18 10.14.16 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
2015-04-26 08.17.20 by Tom Larkin, on Flickr
A week later I go my two tone back
After that I started the bigger brakes. So I did disk on the rear as I had drums and twin pots on the front but before I could started the old engine started to smoke a common problem with this year Toyota but mine wasn't the common problem mine was piston rings in two cylinder had gone walk about I had no compression in one cylinder yet it went like a rocket. So new engine time oh what to get this took a while as I had everything lined up but I picked a Silvertop 4AGE 20V more on that later. I got the engine dropped it of to were the car would get its new engine went to leave and about 4 miles up the road bang lost all drive first I thought the gearbox had gone bang as it did before so I got a 6 speed LSD box turned out gearbox was good my clutch blew up. Then it happened the while its apart I will do this and things have snow balled from there so more pictures and what some more text as to what the car is now and what it will be.
So I got super strut suspension of a GTZ Levin which add the bigger brakes I wanted sorry needed
The old engine
The clutch that started it all
The new engine
Some where in there is the gearbox and a custom mount the only part that had to be custom and thats a shock as there is around 6ish different cars used all from late 80s to early 2000
Now the plan is to drive it again for a while then turbo it with a supercharger just for fun and that's why I picked the silvertop its a strong engine and can take bosst
So what as been done so far that I can remember
GR6 rare disk brake axle
GTZ Levin front brakes and suspension
4AGE Silvertop engine
6 speed LSD
15" cheap wheels
Levin front side skirts and rear spats also from seats
Oil cooler
and a lot more but my mind is blank