Toyota's 4 Life

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Jiro
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My tercel:: 1987 SR5 6 Speed

Toyota's 4 Life

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I've driven Toyotas since before I had a drivers license and owned about a dozen so far. Just less than a year ago bought a 1983 Tercel 4WD. One of the best cars I've ever owned.

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Untill I finished rescuing an AE95 wagon that needed a motor, so I put a 20v 4age in it

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Fixing this gem up now that needed a lot of work. 1987 SR5 6 speed, 2 tone, roof rack, sunroof, cargo cover, A/C, P/S, dual din digital radio w/cassette

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ARCHINSTL
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My tercel:: Goldie is a 1986 SR5 attualmente con Weber/also owned the first T4WD in STL in late '82
Location: Kirkwood, a 'burb of St. Louis

Re: Toyota's 4 Life

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Welcome to the Club!
Nice cars! Is the Corolla a stick?
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deejay1272
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My tercel:: 1985 Navy Blue Tercel Wagon SR5 4x4 now with Weber 32/36!
Location: Portland, OR

Re: Toyota's 4 Life

Post by deejay1272 »

I love that two tone '87 Tercel that you have. What kind of problems have you had to address with this one? Any background you could provide would be interesting...

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Petros
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My tercel:: '84 Tercel4wd w/extensive mods
Location: Arlington WA USA

Re: Toyota's 4 Life

Post by Petros »

welcome to the list!

looks like some nice Toyotas you have there! What kind of mods do you have planned for the Tercel?

I owned a Corolla All-trac for a while, and considered what it would be like to have a 4age in it. NIce engine swap. Now to stiffen the suspension and give it a bit more ground clearance.

Where are you, looks like western washington/pugets sound area.
'87 Tercel 4wd SR5 (current engine swap project)
'84 Tercel 4wd (daily driver, with on going mods)
'92 Mazda MPV 4wd (wife's daily driver)
'85 Tercel 4wd DLX auto(daughter's daily driver)
'01 Honda Civic (other daughter's daily driver)
Jiro
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My tercel:: 1987 SR5 6 Speed

Re: Toyota's 4 Life

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AE95 is a 5 speed and it does need more clearance as it is currently stuck in the Cascade mountains here in Washington state due to 40+ inches of heavy snow we got 2 weeks ago.

The two tone Tercel was very neglected, alll the brakes (calipers, rotors, pads/shoes) needed replacing, alternator, battery, oil leaks, t-belt, interior was horrific, etc. Still needs a few more things but it is running strong with only 196,000 miles
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