Not quite Takumi's Sprinter.. but classic panda paint, and a
very sweet car nonetheless!
An early (1984) AE85 Toyota Corolla Levin SR hatch..
As usual;
Corolla Levin as apposed to a
Sprinter Trueno thanks to its upright front end with fixed headlights, among other details..
..while the AE8
5 chassis code, and
'SR' model designation means this is a single-cam, 1.5litre, 3A-U powered car - an engine usually found in more pedestrian early-80's Toyota's, and strangely, the powerplant of the AW1
0 MR-2.
..speaking of strange - how about the purple seat bases? I love it.. and along with the rest of the car, that interior is near-enough perfect.
Always refreshing to see a neat, stock, AE85/6; particularly when towering over its skinny little wheel/tyre combo..!
3A-U power may mean 'anywhere it goes it gets there eventually'... but light weight, RWD, and a 5speed to row along, means it can still be a laugh! :)
I'm 90% sure the seat bases were meant to be black but have faded to purple.
ReplyDeleteThat would be disappointing yet make sense at the same time...!
DeleteI had one of these things, exactly this set up. 'A laugh' would describe it perfectly.
ReplyDeleteIt was squirrel-ier than my current AW11 SC, when it wanted to be. Hah.