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Okay. So I no longer have the Celica. :( I really loved that car, but it was time to let it go. I sold it to a good guy down in TN. He traded me a CLEAN '85 Corolla and $600 for my '82 Celica. It needs lowered, and I don't like the positive offset wheels(honda wheels), but they will stay that way for a bit. I'm going to lower it next weekend a bit I think. Here's some pictures.

 

 

http://www.unshadowed.com/verse/celica/byebye.jpg

 

Bye bye :(

 

http://www.unshadowed.com/verse/corolla/firstfill.jpg

 

http://www.unshadowed.com/verse/corolla/firstfill3.jpg

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Originally posted by Buck531:

The stock 8 valve whatever single cam motor? or did he swap something else in?

Yeah it's a stock SR5 4AC motor. It's faster than my Celica, lol. I'm going to keep that motor for a little while, until I get the suspension tuned. I plan to get rid of those wheels soon to get something with a bit of a lip probably 14x7.5's. The Celica had some rust, no holes, some things didn't work. Everything on this car works, no rust, so I think I got a really good deal.
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Originally posted by Nismo:

Nice deal. Its alot nicer than the one you got from me!

lol a little bit. That one is running great though. Just needs some new fenders and we'll be good to go. I'm going to repair the rockers soon too.
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Because when you just say "Corolla" people tend to think you mean the FWD model that was released during the same years. It lets people know you mean a RWD Corolla from 1984-1987. One shop I took it to refused to believe it was RWD after I said it was a Corolla until they opened the hood. it's also hell of a lot quicker to say "I've got (an eight-six, an AE86, a hachi, a hachi-roku, etc.)" then to say "I have a rear wheel drive 1986 Corolla."

 

That and it just seems to be the way things go with a lot of japanese cars (esp. Toyota), people referring to them by their chassis code, instead of just the normal name.

 

Jon: If you really don't like those wheels I'd be willing to trade my Toyota wheels for it, pics are somewhere on this forum (the ones I took at Easton show the wheels I got my car with, though I really think the ones on yours look nice.)

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Originally posted by Kuruma:

Jon: If you really don't like those wheels I'd be willing to trade my Toyota wheels for it, pics are somewhere on this forum (the ones I took at Easton show the wheels I got my car with, though I really think the ones on yours look nice.)

I already promised I'd give these wheels to Andy's neighbor when I get new wheels.
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I'm not up that much on Corollas (I do know "hachi-roku" means "8-6" in Japanese from Initial D :D ) but as long as the '85 is RWD, that's all that matters.

 

I like the way it looks. Drop it in the weeds and smack on some old-skool 14s or 15s and that thing will be a decent runner!

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As long as it's an SR5 or GT-S from that time, it's guaranteed to be RWD. It's a real shit that the only new Corollas available now are FWD sedans, no coupes, no hatchbacks. Can you say "poor people's Camry"? graemlins/nonono.gif

 

You really ought to do that mod that I posted about a while back, with the air cleaner swap. It'll still be a 4AC, thus slow as shit, but it really helps the car out by replacing the crappy stock air cleaner with a more free flowing one. Changed my setup a little bit too, eliminating the hose from the air cleaner to the valve cover and gave that it's own independant filter. $9 from Advance for one of those little APC ones, minor improvement, not too noticable but still an improvement.

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