Found this on facebook.. I just added the owner as my friend so details about this Charmant will have to wait until i can talk to him. Anyway, of course there never was a factory-standard coupe Charmant. The owner moved the B-pillars back a few inches, lengthen the front doors and maybe shorten the rear doors so that he can weld them to the body. Add a bigport 4A-GE, convert to dual barrel carbs, slap on some rally rims and tires, throw few gallons of red paint and you got yourself an uber-cool Charmant!
Nice headlamps, huh? If i am not mistaken, the owner uses this as a speed-rally car so if you're wondering whether Charmants are any good on rough driving, now you know!
***update Oct 13th 2009***
Wahyu, a friend of mine in Daihatsu Charmant club sent me these pics of the same car. These were taken back in 2007. You can see it still has the original 4A-C *plus* 17-inch rims! Wahyu also has similar looking headlamps on his Charmant. A bit of story regarding these headlamps as shared by Wahyu, they're taken from a local Toyota van called Kijang Super, the exact same chassis as my previous pickup truck (but i replaced the headlights with newer version). It takes some minor welding and cutting to make the brackets but as you can see, these headlamps surely give fresher looks.
Nice! It feels a bit like looking at a 2 door KE70 with the looks of a Charmant. ;)
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Are the headlights from a KP61 Starlet?
Hi Banpei! Thanks for visiting! well, KP61s are very rare here.. There's only like two or three in Indonesia so i am betting they're not from it. Maybe they're from a local Toyota van that has similar looking headlights.
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