Pedal To The Wood? 1982 Toyota Corolla
I have strong memories of an 81/82 vintage Toyota Corolla and let me tell ya…they ain’t good memories. The car was owned/driven by a friend of mine and it was slow, an ugly shade of jaundice, handled like crap, and saddled with a recalcitrant slushbox. Did I mention it was slow? But here’s the thing…with the all other cars from that era, I remember having to find a payphone to call someone for a ride, or needing a quick fix on the side of the road, but that stupid Corolla just kept running and running. It is no surprise that Toyota sold 44 million Corollas from 1966 through 2016 because they figured out how to make a car that, although soulless, was reliable. Perhaps an injection of horsepower could make this thing fun, but then would you need to remove the custom clutch pedal extender? Find this 1982 Toyota Corolla offered for $6,350 in Philadelphia, PA via craigslist. Tips from ME and Cory.
From the seller:
1982 toyota corolla
condition: like new
fuel: gas
odometer: 88923
title status: clean
transmission: manual
Cars a time capsule
This is the Corolla Tercel model ( the only year)
Original window sticker, books
Manuel transmission
Only 88k documented through car fax
Scores a 46/46 on history
Elderly owned ( block of wood on clutch short women)
Everything works
Maintained perfect
Floors &Frame$ shock towers are shown perfect
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It’s better to have a block of wood on the clutch pedal than have a worn out clutch disc and ground down gears from a driver who can’t properly engage/disengage the clutch.
But seriously, how short do you have to be to have too much legroom in a Tercel?! I’ve driven one of these and I had to be careful not to knee myself in the face with every shift.
That is the rare bird lightened wood block clutch helper i can tell by the 2 holes seldom seen ……lmao
This inexcusable mocking of the rare clutch leg disability, known by its scientific name, notisreachisclutchpedalis, is shocking. Almost as shocking as the seller asking so much money for this piece of crappus.
Always thought these were curious little cars with the longitudinal FWD layout, like a 1980s & earlier Subaru, before standard AWD, or like a B1-B5 Passat or B5 Audi A4.
It’s a Tercel – they lumped it under the Corolla banner for the first gen, similar to the “Stanza Altima” moniker that Nissan came up with, and lots of other examples I can’t come up with right now. Civic CRX?
Welp, I did spend some time trying to figure out if it was the Corolla or the Tercel and saw the underhood shot and thought it was longitudinal rear-wheel-drive. Longitudinal front-wheel-drive…didn’t expect to see that outside a Saab or a French car. -Vince
Audi?
Well Audi and SAAB share DKW ancestry so that’s a little more reasonable than calling Audi French, but still.