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What we have here is my Great Uncle's 1980 Toyota Corolla Liftback SR5, he passed away and left the car to me. I was excited to get started on this project until I realized two things: Minus a few details the car is basically perfect and it's not a project and I'm 6'4" and I just don't comfortably fit in this car without doing more modification than I would like.

The car is as complete as can be, the driver's seat just needs a good cleaning and then the interior is perfect. All interior lights work, the headliner is almost perfect, the dash isn't cracked, the radio works, and even that awful door ajar buzz works. Even the little passenger windows roll down. I'll even let you keep the Jennifer Lawrence issue of Vanity Fair in the backseat. The spare tire is there, the jack is there, to the best of my knowledge, everything is there including the manual.

Just to be sure, we took it to DTAutomotive in Santa Monica, they replaced a handful of things including: radiator, water pump, hoses, seals, clutch, flywheel service etc. etc. We spent just shy of $1,400 to make sure it was road worthy and ready to be driven anywhere. The shop said it wasn't even necessary, but, if we wanted it to be in tip top shape this is what they would do.

As far as mileage goes, to the absolute best of my knowledge it has just shy of 32,000 miles. He was a recluse, working at MGM up until the early 80's when he really stopped going out. I calculated out based off of where his apartment was to work, and, if had driven to work every day from when he bought the car new, it would just have 32,000 miles. His windshield service sticker backs this information up.

He was the original owner.

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