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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 released a new Yaris in Europe and its Vitz clone in Japan a few months ago, so we knew it would only be a matter of time before it would launch the new hatchback here in North America. And that time has come.
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