Nothing much to tell about this Toyota Corolla EE80 except I passed it when I had picked up a Helios 59mm lens just minutes before. So of course I had to try it on the first thing I saw:
Toyota Corolla EE80 in rear view mirror
Pretty nice, crisp and sharp, isn’t it? :P
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No hilarious posting today? Well I already posted something radical earlier this week, and this US commercial is somewhat hilarious as well! ;)
I know it sounds a bit weird dissing the AE86, but I had a very good laugh when I watched this US commercial of the new Toyota Corolla GT-S AE86! It is cheesy, it is very US and it even has a (double) Toyota jump in the end! Continue reading
Last weekend Japanese Nostalgic Blog was featuring Michael John Grist’s page with various Japanese ruins (haikyo). One of them was this rusty AE91 Corolla sedan at Tama lake:
Rustoseum: Toyota Corolla AE91 sedan
The corolla must have been there for ages now: it is completely eaten by the foliage and the inside is covered in moss.
Rustoseum: Toyota Corolla AE91 sedan
The front clearly shows the JDM Corolla emblem and one of the pictures on Michael John Grist’s page shows that the 4A-FE engine is still there!
Rustoseum: Toyota Corolla AE91 sedan
I have been in some mossy cars down at the wreckers before and when looking at these pictures I can clearly feel that mossy smell in my nose again! Yuck!
You can find more pictures of this mossy Corolla (and other ruins) at Michael John Grist’s page
No, that is not a typo! It is indeed an Fujiwara Tofu Toyota Corolla AE81:
Fujiwara Tofu Corolla AE81 special
If Bunta Fujiwara would have driven an AE81 instead of the famous AE86, this is how he would have dressed up his little rolla. ;)
(it even has proper sideskirts!)
Found on Dennis’s mango blog when browsing the archives.
RS Yasu updated their blog with the notion that they are closed between 30th of december and 5th of january. Normally I would say this is not too exciting news, however they did feature a photograph of the KE30B122 pickup in front of their workshop:
Toyota Corolla KE30 pickup in front of a European looking house
It strikes me how much this workshop really looks like an average European house, like for instance in Austria, Germany or Hungary. I was fooled for a few seconds, but of course the pickup doesn’t belong there since Europeans (in contrary of the Americans) are not too fond of pickups.
If you’re interested in the rebuild of this nice KE30B122:
Toyota Corolla KE30 pickup rebuild by RS Yasu
Edit: it is not a KE30, but a Nissan Sunny B122 pickup:
http://www.banpei.net/blog/toyota-corolla-ke30-turns-out-be-a-nissan-sunny-b122
In April last year Japanese Nostalgic Car blog wrote about the Austrian actor Roland Düringer selling his complete collection of Japanese cars. I kind of forgot about it afterwards (like most people do…) until I stumbled upon some videos on Youtube. ;)
The videos of Roland Düringer’s sales talks were shot after the posting by JNC blog and had the purpose to boost the auctions. I guess they certainly did: the Toyota Celica liftback sold for €16600!
Let’s enjoy some of the sales talks by Roland:
It is very difficult to understand and I hope your German is better than mine, otherwise it will be totally gibberish for you! :D
Basically what he said was that the Crown was immaculate, has the 4M 6 cylinder 2600 engine, Japanese fender mirrors, skai interior and bonkers looks. The Corolla liftback is praised for its glasshouse look and only having 53000km on the odometer!
The Crown was sold for 3800 euros and the Corolla Liftback was sold for 2300 euros. Way too low for they state they were in!
So, how about another Toyota Corolla KE25 then?
This KE25 sold for 3650. Sounds like a good price for a Toyota Corolla Coupe deluxe with only 79000km on the odometer!
Something older than this? How about the Honda S800:
Sold for a well deserved 9550 euros. I love the selling point: the foglights! :D
Something newer then? How about a 1980 Mitsubisi Sapporo:
Super rare in Austria: from what I understand this car was never sold in Austria. He had it imported (flown in to Austria) from the first owner and it still has its first paint. Sold for only 2650 euros.
Then the best car of the auction, the 1977 Toyota Celica RA28:
This car was sold by a dealer and but bought back from the buyer after 6000 kilometer! The rest of it is a bit gibberish to me, but apparently it was actually meant for the Austrian Toyota museum… The car eventually sold for 16600 euros!
A bit of a shame of the MS60, Liftback and the Sapporo, but at least the other cars sold for a good price! :)