70's 4 cyl -new trend or SA only?

[hulkfocus]

I had a 83' KE70 corolla as my first car bought it for $150 when i was 15 my grandfather de rusted it and gave it a fresh coat of paint for $100 drove it for til i was 17 but of course fell under peer pressure and had to have something much newer (bought a 1989 Magna TE SE :/) the rolla took a thrashing and still wanted to go! 4spd manual was the downfall tho driving from mt gambier to adelaide in 4th gear is noisy!! regret not keeping it was so cheap to run and register

[Boza]

my uncle had a sss datsun stanza was a great cruiser I remeber it well was years ago but now I'm after one as a project to put a sr20 into

[starkersEB]

Originally Posted by Polyal

starkers that thing looked mint!

That was its good side! the drivers door was a bit average and needed a bit of work, hence the repaint. But yeah it was baisicly dead straight and bugger all rust. She was an awesome SLOW cruiser

[aussie muscle]

Originally Posted by jphanna

safer too.....

'Cept no airbags or crush zones or strong, rust free steel.

[GlenW]

We get a lot of DX Corrollas here, K series Corollas too. Pretty much no Datsuns or Mazda rotaries though - too expensive.

Nissan Cefiros are the going thing at the mo, cheap as dirt and have trickle down street cred effect from the drift scene.

[jphanna]

Originally Posted by aussie muscle

'Cept no airbags or crush zones or strong, rust free steel.

safer in respect to not getting up to 100kph in less than 6 seconds like the turbo godzillas out there. some of those old cars had 80hp on a good day.

no airbag, strong steel or crush zone is gonna save you if you wrap the car around a stobie pole or tree at 150kph.

[Cheese3]

I just had a quick look on carsales at all jap muscle, came across this little gem.

http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/de...0&sort=default

[GreenMachine]

I bought this for a carton last year. Straight as, interior is in great nick, one owner, Ford service history... Just needs two patches of rust welded up and a new windscreen. Would make a very cool daily driver/race truck. Love the factory speedblock graphics.

[EDManual]

This was my 1980 corolla!

I didnt mind mates driving it like this :-)
It could go anywhere as long as you hit it with enough speed!!

[GlenW]

Since we're sharing... this was my daily for about 5 years, then my weekender for about another 3. Now its something that just takes up garage space, but cant bring myself to sell it. Once I find somewhere else to stick it I can get the GTP back in the garage

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[SVR73]

As a 70's child, I grew up with these cars and even got driven around by a friends mum in a Datsun 120Y

personally I just love the 70's Japanese cars. The 76 Celica, 120Y coupe's, 180B, 240 ZX (my father had one of those) are just a few of my favourites
the mazda's of the decade are another

a friend of mine has a couple datsuns that he is keeping
Sure their not like todays cars but unfortunately today's cars are bland and very boring styling wise. I am yet to buy a new car or even a second hand 21st century car. They just dont have any flair

Whether they use them for drifting or as a weekend cruiser, it's all good. Cool cars I say.

[The Yeti]

Originally Posted by SVR73

Sure their not like todays cars but unfortunately today's cars are bland and very boring styling wise. I am yet to buy a new car or even a second hand 21st century car. They just dont have any flair

Whether they use them for drifting or as a weekend cruiser, it's all good. Cool cars I say.

I think thats it, in terms of saftey and perfomance they lack, no question but new cars are as bland as a vanilla milk shake, its like motoring got politicaly correct or somthing

[Eric A]

Originally Posted by 2011G6E

Why? Take my own personal case: I needed to buy a second car so I could go away to Rockhampton to do my train driver training while the missus was left with the "good car". I gave myself a $7000 budget. I could have bought a reasonably recent second hand Kia or Hyundai hatchback,but decided to deliberately look for something old, with a few requirements: two door, rear wheel drive, air con, five speed manual, fun to drive.
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$5000, amazing handling, gets heaps of looks, has factory air con, parts are easy to get...
For cruising you don't need bulk horsepower, and if the handling is sweet enough, you also don't need masses of horsepower to have fun.

Why would you get a bland Kia or Hyundai just like a hundred thousand others on the road...?

Up the 3rd gen celicas!!

[SVR73]

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