My First Car! It was a "tin can", low horsepower, but it was mine. I was very happy to get my own ride!
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Year, Make & Model:
1975 Toyota Corolla 30 Deluxe 1400
Used From:
4/1/1984 to
5/1/1989;
My first car. I was tired of asking to borrow Mom's ugly orange Ford Pinto to go out on dates! Basic transportation to HS, then College and my jobs at Chuck-E-Cheese then Pay-N-Save... and yeah, the occasional date!
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Here I am, with the $1,200 needed to buy my first car! ($50,000 in todays dollars! haha )
My buddy Steve checking out my new car. May 1984, right after I bought it.
Can't find pics of the corolla on it's own, it was a bystander a lot. See the cool mag wheels, tho
Bystander again...
Stories
Blew the Engine- Got a new one- A FAST new one
So, I was a dumb kid in high school, with his first car, and I somehow let my engine overheat... So bad, I needed a new engine. A buddy suggested I get an engine upgrade. The old engine was a little pokey, about 85 horsepower. So, I decided to get a 2T-G double overhead cam engine installed (114 HP vs. the original 85 HP) I did NOT install it myself, it took the professionals long enough (well over a month as I recall). Anyhow, it was kind of funny... after I got the new engine, I could beat a lot of other cars racing off a red light (the weight of the car was about 1,900lbs...)
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