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American automotive consumers had been capable of buy new Toyota Corolla station wagons within the 1968 to 1996 mannequin years (with a niche from 1984 to 1987), after which the Corolla-related RAV4 changed it. One of the vital widespread long-roof Corollas bought right here was the fourth-generation TE71/TE72 model, out there in the US for the 1980–1983 mannequin years. Right here's a first-year instance of that wagon, which was present in a Denver-area automotive graveyard a number of months in the past.
In 1980, the Corolla was out there within the US market as a two- or four-door sedan, coupe, two-door liftback, or station wagon (referred to as the Corolla Van in Japan). There was additionally the Corolla Tercel, however that was an unrelated automotive capitalizing on the identify recognition of the Corolla (just like the Toyota Aqua that later turned the Prius C in the US).
The primary front-wheel-drive Corollas to reach right here had been the E80 collection vehicles that arrived as 1984 fashions, and even a few of these had been rear-wheel-drive AE86s (to confuse everybody, the E80 platform Used to help each entrance and rear wheel-drive layouts).
That is an old-school rear-wheel-drive Corolla, geared up with a 3T-C pushrod engine. Horsepower was 73, however the curb weight might barely exceed the ton mark.
The 3T-C didn't produce a lot energy and it didn't rotate nicely, however it was tougher to kill than post-nuclear struggle mutant cockroaches. By the point I reached right here somebody had purchased the cylinder head.
This automotive doesn't look like the top-trim-level SR5, however it's nonetheless loaded with extra-cost choices. Look, air con!
There's additionally a manufacturing unit Fujitsu TEN AM/FM radio, which was critical audio {hardware} for an affordable automotive in 1980. Thieves really stole these radios throughout the Nineteen Eighties, which appears laborious to imagine right now.
This automotive seems to have began its profession in Washington, D.C.
what number of miles? We will't say, as a result of Toyota didn't go to six-digit odometers in US-market Corollas till 1982. The very best odometer studying I discovered in a junkyard Corolla was 315,406 in a 1991 wagon. I think this automotive will in all probability final nicely previous 300,000 miles, however we'll by no means know for certain.
The automotive seems to have been bought new from a Virginia dealership within the DC suburbs, which inserts with the Dulles Airport parking sticker. You by no means know, possibly Dangerous Brains retains their gear on this automotive.
The sportier liftback and coupe obtained nearly all of promoting right here.