My First Car! The one you never forget... It was an 'econobox' tin can with low power, but it was mine.
Owner:
Year, Make & Model:
1975 Toyota Corolla 30 Deluxe 1200
Used From:
4/1/1984 to
7/1/1989;
My first car. Like your first girlfriend/boyfriend, you never forget. I was tired of arguing with Mom to borrow her ugly orange Ford Pinto to go out on dates... I used it as 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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On my way to buy my first car! Big $$$ guy! I think the car cost $1,400
Friend Steve checking out my new ride. This may have been the first day I got it.
Not many pictures of it, sadly, but here it is in the background
Again, just in the background, but notice the cool mag wheels!
Not my actual car, but it looked a lot like this
Stories
The Day I Bought it
My dad drove me to get the car after I decided to buy it. It was a four speed, and I NEVER had driven a manual car before. However, my brother had taught me how to ride motorcycles when I was about 10.... I paid up, and drove it home fine without incident. Thanks to my brother Scott for teaching me a clutch when I was just a kid!
Blew the Engine- Got a new one- A BETTER One
I don't remember the specifics, but I think I neglected to keep the radiator filled (being pretty new to owning a car... but still, very dumb), and my original engine overheated and warped the head. SO... Had to get a new engine. The original engine did not have much power, 85 HP maybe) A buddy knowledgeable about cars suggested I get a souped up "2T-G" engine- 114HP- which was technically illegal in the US at the time.
I did NOT install the new engine myself; I took it to a professional, but they took a long time, about a month. After I finally got it back, it could really MOVE. I could beat a lot of other cars racing off a red light!
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