The Toyota Corolla E80 is a range of small automobiles manufactured and marketed by Toyota from 1983 to 1987 as the fifth generation of cars under the Corolla and Toyota Sprinter nameplates, with production totaling approximately 3.3 million, and most models adopting a front-wheel drive layout.
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BMW 530i (Small bore) V8 LPG 1993
And… it’s there … a « little » new one… the smallest BMW V8.
Some of the beast features (Courtesy Wikipedia)… see the V8 line… 215 HP
That’s an old story, man…
A quick Chevy Styleline Deluxe 1951 story.
In 1955 my father brought a Deluxe 1951 (with some work as the car got hit by a truck).My mother and him went for a romantic trip (6 000Kms) with it.
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It’s alive & vroooming
After 1 & 1/2 year in the workshop, Pinocchio went through :
- Complete body checkup (lots of welding and swearing)
- Complete mechanical check (But brakes)
- Electrical checkup ongoing
- Some paint here & there
- Main Shaft & starter motor change
- Roof overhaul (still to finish)
- And many other things… enjoy the pics
One donor, one !
Thanks to one of my best friend and after a 1 500KMs Week-end, I finally brought home a poor beast, heavily used, wrecked, and without any papers, but cheap and with some spares I needed. Really a pity to get our iltis reduced in such state.. to my dearest regret I waon’t save this one (engine won’t event start and got armoured electrical system, hence not fixable).
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