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1981 Toyota Corolla Base Sedan 4-door 1.8l on 2040-cars

Year:1981 Mileage:156000
Location:

Reisterstown, Maryland, United States

Reisterstown, Maryland, United States

1981 Toyota TE72 Corolla Sedan -basically, an AE86 4 door with smaller brakes and no LSD - I have over $3000 in parts/labor and extras alone in this car

 The good:

 Carolina car with only 2 winters in Maryland NO STRUCURAL RUST AT ALL

156k miles – all modifications done since I bought car at 111k miles in 2010

Automatic Transmission (but comes with 5spd not installed) Car has A/C but is manual everything else

Desmogged, no air pump, not catalytic converter

Webber 32/36 carb with K&N style filter ($320)

New (reman) starter ($65)

New (reman) distributor ($150)

New stainless 4-1 header ($95 plus $200 to clearance the header and tie it into the stock exhaust)

Tannabe/Sustec AE86 front and rear springs – lowers car about 1 inch ($200)

KYB GRX/Excel struts and shocks front and rear  ($180)

New front strut mounts ($60)

New rear spring isolators ($35)

New pitman arm, drag link and left inner and outer tie rod ends ($550 with labor)

New tires – generic “Roadway” tires with approx. 20k miles on them ($315 mounted and balanced)

New front wheel bearings ($55 including cost for races to be installed)

New front brake hoses ($45)

New front rotors ($40)

New front calipers, pads and hardware (approx. $180)

New wheel cylinders, rear drums, shoes, brake hardware and spring kit ($140)

Full size spare ($40 for rim and used old tire for actual spare)

Interior – seats and door cards in pretty good shape with no major tears in interior

Car is 100% stock inside – even comes with original AM radio

 The bad:

 A few dents but nothing a little sanding, light bondo work and TLC can’t handle or sand the rust primer it and drive it for another 5 years

No headliner but existing pad is in good shape

Dash has typical cracks

A/C needs a recharge – compressor and clutch still work

Temperature control cable seems to have stopped working…?

Needs timing reset – which I will try to do before car sells

The extra:

5 speed transmission out of 82 corolla comes with car ($325)

Manual transmission pedal rack for 5sp conversion comes with car ($125)

2 Control arms ($60)

Bentley and Haynes manuals ($85)

Thule roof rack - feet and crossbars included ($300) bike carriers and wheel carriers not included

 

 

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Toyota says if the fault occurs, the vehicle will display the Electronic Power Steering warning light on the dash and a buzzer will sound. The automaker will alert owners by mail and dealers will replace the power steering control module free of charge. You can read the quick press release on the recall below for more information.

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Scroll down to read the full press release from Toyota.