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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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Thu, 07 Feb 2013

Toyota has announced that the rear-wheel-drive Scion FR-S will replace the front-wheel-drive Scion tC as the racecar used by actors, singers and celebrities of all grades in its annual Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race. It's the first time a rear-drive vehicle has been used for the event in 27 years, with the tC having been in use since 2005, and the FWD Celica before that. This year's race takes place on April 20th amidst the festivities of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend.
The racing FR-S, which debuted today at the Chicago Auto Show, won't be left stock either, but rather outfitted with a range of official Toyota Racing Development parts and equipment, such as a stainless steel exhaust, new coil overs and springs, upgraded brakes, a bigger air intake and 18-inch wheels, not to mention all of the safety equipment required to keep the celebrities and pro drivers safe. The company says the performance mods have lifted horsepower to 210 from the standard car's 200. Check out the build process for the cars in the video below to see just how much work's been done.
The Toyota Pro/Celebrity race is also about more than just letting celebrities and pros do battle on a road course. The spectacle helps raise money for "Racing for Kids," a non-profit charity that supports children's hospitals in the US.

Russians create Toyota Land Cruiser ice sculpture with full interior

Thu, 24 Jan 2013

The Toyota Land Cruiser is a pretty hot model around the world. But it took the Russians to make it cool. We have few hard, cold facts and only small slivers of information about these photos, but it seems the icy Toyota was part of the International Snow & Ice Festival in Perm, Russia.
Artists took a huge chunk of ice and shaved it down to the temporary art installation you see here. The sub-zero SUV comes complete with a full interior accessed by the (permanently frozen open) driver's side door. The steering wheel and seats look to be upholstered in, well, dirt. With the back seats removed, the frigid four-door is a pretty slick ride in which to chill out.
Just a thought, but wouldn't a Toyota Tundra have been more appropriate? See the gallery for more photos.

Sales incentive growth clustered around brands with few CUVs, trucks

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Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and Kia have all been stung by double-digit increases in their incentives-to-transaction price ratio, according to AN, which cites data from TrueCar. Honda's ratio is up 14 percent, while Toyota, VW and Kia are up 18, 15 and 19 percent, respectively.
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