ChristopherEP70

Said I'd update this. Done more to the 1989 XL so I put the engine and box together and dropped it in. Put on all the ancillaries. Undersealed the 4 wheel arches just need to do the underneath.

Don't want it to resemble a V when it's only an S.Done a few bits to this gave it a quick compound,pressed plates,wheels and lowered it

Picked up this little S the weekend.Was very happy with it very straight car and doesn't miss a beat it needs a full compound and trim cleaned which I'll tackle in the coming days. No major plans for it lower it 40mm,pre facelift lip,catback and need wheels. Here's a few photos

Picked up a new exedy clutch for it and fitted most of the parts back onto the engine bay

Very clean ep70 had watanabes on my first one perfect wheel for them I think

It won't be a daily so the 1e will do just fine! Want to keep it as factory as I can was the aim of the whole thing

Haven't updated this in ages. First off I took out the 2e engine to replace it with a 1e painted up the engine and gearbox

Before

After

Didn't like the flat red of the engine bay so painted it

Primed

Painted

Fitted most of the parts back on

Inbetween all I picked up this 1985 EP70 Dx very original car. Had some small jobs to do lime change the head and a clean up

Ah i wouldnt put in the grill to be honest i really want to keep it factory spec

I had to keep it original its hard to get a good one these days

Thanks lads! Going original as i can, i also have an 1985 EP70 Dx model 4E1 Gold thats all original i bought that over a month ago

Heres my ep70 starlet i bought last year. Plans were to put it back original factory spec. It was owned by a nun it was removed from the convent 2 or 3 years ago, thats when it got a new engine. It has a 1.3 2e engine that was fully rebuilt with drilled jets,hybrid carb,ep82 front arb,lightened flywheel.Its a spotless shell with 79,000 miles on it.Heres a few photos from the day i bought it

I stripped the front as there was two rust spots at the bottoms of the wings

arted tidying up the bodywork sprayed up the badges,grill,back bumper and engine parts

Done the bottom of the wings that was suposed to be a colour match with the paint code

This came out alot better and that is 206 cherry red i think it is that was a 6 euro rattle can

Picked up indicator lenses off toyota

The next step was to tackle the original steel wheels and centre caps

Heres how it stands today. It hadnt left the shed in months so it was long over due a wash! Only missing the original radio to finish it off. Painted the wheels and centre caps, compounded it twice to bring back the red paint which was gone faded from the sun heres a few photos.