American automotive customers had been in a position to purchase new Toyota Corolla station wagons from the 1968 by means of 1996 mannequin years (with a break from 1984 by means of 1987), after which the Corolla-related RAV4 took over. One of the in style of the longroof Corollas offered right here was the fourth-generation TE71/TE72 model, out there in the US for the 1980-1983 mannequin years. Here is a first-year instance of that wagon, present in a Denver-area automotive graveyard a few months again.
In 1980, the U.S.-market Corolla was out there as a two- or four-door sedan, coupe, two-door liftback or station wagon (referred to as the Corolla Van in Japan). There was the Corolla Tercel as effectively, however that was an unrelated automotive simply cashing in on the Corolla’s identify recognition (simply because the Toyota Aqua turned the Prius C in the US, in a while).
The primary front-wheel-drive Corollas to reach right here had been the E80 sequence vehicles that arrived as 1984 fashions, and even a few of these had been rear-wheel-drive AE86s (simply to confuse everybody, the E80 platform supported each front- and rear-wheel-drive layouts).
That is an old-school rear-wheel-drive Corolla, full with 3T-C pushrod engine. Horsepower was 73, however the curb weight simply barely obtained over the ton mark.
The 3T-C did not make a lot energy and it would not spin effectively, however it was tougher to kill than post-nuclear-war mutant cockroaches. Somebody had already purchased the cylinder head by the point I obtained right here.
This automotive does not seem like a top-trim-level SR5, however it’s loaded with extra-cost choices anyway. Look, air-con!
There’s additionally a manufacturing facility Fujitsu TEN AM/FM radio, which was critical audio {hardware} for an inexpensive automotive in 1980. Thieves truly stole these radios throughout the Nineteen Eighties, which appears arduous to imagine right now.
It seems that this automotive started its profession in Washington D.C.
What number of miles? We won’t say, as a result of Toyota did not go to six-digit odometers in U.S.-market Corollas till 1982. The best odometer studying I’ve present in a junkyard Corolla was 315,406, in a 1991 wagon. I think this automotive most likely has higher than 300,000 miles as effectively, however we’ll by no means know for positive.
This automotive seems to have been bought new at a Virginia dealership within the D.C. suburbs, which inserts with the Dulles Airport parking sticker. You by no means know, perhaps the Unhealthy Brains hauled their devices on this automotive.
The sportier liftback and coupe obtained many of the promoting right here.