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Offline Arthur Dent

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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #19440 on: Yesterday at 11:00:52 am »
Not my car but I'll end up working on it. My middle son bought a 1989 Toyota Tercel three door hatchback. Very basic car with a four speed manual and a carb. Power nothing. He got it for a steal given that it has no rust and only 141k kms on it. Faking paint off the wheels is probably the worst part. Came from Vancouver Island a few years back and he is the third owner.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #19441 on: Yesterday at 11:15:02 am »
Very nice! Great little car, those were a lot of fun to toss around. Paint those wheels, maybe pull that front left fender out a bit and it'll look like new!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #19442 on: Yesterday at 11:17:45 am »
Tercel is in amazing condition! How is it finding parts for old cars like that now?
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #19443 on: Yesterday at 11:24:15 am »
Plenty easy to find parts on Rockauto. We are going to do the shocks and timing belt. Maybe brakes if it needs them.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #19444 on: Yesterday at 01:12:52 pm »
Sweet ride, can't believe its in such great condition.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #19445 on: Yesterday at 02:26:05 pm »
Great find!
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #19446 on: Yesterday at 08:37:23 pm »
Wow, a real time capsule  :thumbup:
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #19447 on: Yesterday at 08:52:02 pm »
Wow! Those Tercels bring back memories, my mom bought one new in 1990. same Poverty spec with an automatic. Sure don't see many around anymore. Looks really clean too.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #19448 on: Yesterday at 09:00:40 pm »
Looks great! Usually these poverty spec econo cars were driven to hell and back. This one seems like it was well taken care of.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #19449 on: Yesterday at 11:35:47 pm »
I figure it must have been owned by an old person but rare to be a stickshift.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?
« Reply #19450 on: Today at 07:51:52 am »
Nice - and rare - survivor! Tercels were such in high regard in QC that the stylish coupe version of that generation was actually a "statement" vehicle.



I still see quite a bit of last-gen Tercels around here. If you keep rust away, they'll never die.
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