AE86 field find; Project drift banana

[audiwark]

My buddy decided against destroying his 1977 Corolla wagon drifting so he decided to pick up a project car and drift that. Friend of a friend had a tip about an 85 SR5 Corolla in a field that could be had for $600. We went and checked it out, it had been sitting for over five years, owner wasn't sure if it ran, but the car was mostly complete.





The picture doesn't show how bad the car was, it was rough. We towed it to a friends house to take a deeper look after he purchased it.




















The most amazing thing is it fired right up, almost immediately! It didn't stay on, but that is to be expected. It needs new fluids, spark plugs, filters, etc. along with a carb rebuild and tune. Grabbed some rubbing compound and tested a small section by the door. The faded, rough, moldy paint came right back to life. Nice glossy yellow finish came through!








After we got it back to our garage we spent the night polishing the front and this is where it sits as of now:










Immediate plans include replacing:

-spark plugs
-spark plug wires
-fuel filter
-headlights
-lightbulbs
-air filter
-oil
-gas
-battery
-windshield
-brake pads/rotors/fluid

also on the list:

-rebuild and tune carb
-clean out interior
-finish polishing paint
-clean up all trim pieces
-few small GT-S pieces



summer plans:

-Megan coils
-cool wheels
-new seats

[P78]

damn, that front cleaned up nice

seems like u got urself a cool project

[Anonymoose]

Nice score!

[chriskbmx]

wow this is sick! always wanted an ae86 but i got plenty of time for that :p

[sally pu]

love the name "drift banana" its funny

also I love these cars and would love to this you guys resurrect this one! I'm in for the plans!

[audiwark]

Yup, hopefully everything will move along quickly.

[Matt]

in for more

[coconutt]

I'm in!

[justaneffer]

ive been waiting for an 86 build on here, please dont dissapoint. looks promising!

[Bronzit]

Stoked.

[manjambles]

wait ur gonna drift an sr5? sweet im in for this. what are you gonna do for the rear end as it is smaller, weaker and without a LSD, compared to the gts

[Madhatter]

Nice, Cant wait to see it on the Coils...

[tdilynch]

fuck yeah

[benz88]

I'd check the floors if it sat in a field for that long. looks sweet though. Love the color

[Youngthugga]

It honestly looks really clean for an 86, my dad had 5 or 6 of these things and to find one with good straight body panels that hasn't been beaten up on track is a rarety these days. I'll be watching this, theres a special place in my heart for these cars.