Let us start at the beginning..
In the wee hours of Tuesday Morning I get a PM from "82te72" on HR.net giving me the heads up on a old corolla.. So I think to myself sure why not, Lets go give it a look.. Tuesday afternoon I give the owners a Call to see what is wrong with the car.. ( was told does not run and tranny is shot ) but other wise straight. I ask for some photos give them my email and wait.. and wait... Almost giving up I get a email late Tuesday giving me a idea of what they had for sell.. Now after reviewing the photos and info I was given there asking price was fair !! but I always like to haggle so I decided to offer 50 less then asking to keep every one happy ( me i got it less then asking, them i did not low ball) then I waited in tell Wednesday Morning thinking on it.. I give them a call around 10am Wednesday with My offer they accept and tell me to pick it up by nights end and they get off work around 4:30-5pm I agree, and in a mad rush I call my old man asking to borrow the car trailer no dice my uncle has it.. call all the u-haul places in town for a Flat bed car trailer and still no luck call the next town over and find one trailer... I rush over to pick it up. Now we fast forward pass me driving 4 hours to his place. and I arrive to find this..
Not to bad for a 1981 Corolla I think, and being in the rush I was to get home. I pay the man load up the trailer and head back with out looking at it to much more.. I get home late Wednesday say F**k it and leave it on the trailer till morning going right to bed. wake up early today go out side to my new non running TE72 sedan And do this...
I then proceed to give the car a good one over, and coming from Cali the car is 95% Rust Free (5% to be explained below) and took pics While I was at it..
After taking a quick look around the car I decided to see what is wrong with the car.. Put in some plugs fix the firing order on the wires and Bam!!!
she is alive.. (though she hates to idle, I will tackle that later )
after that video I took her for a drive to find out to my surprises the transmission is fine just needs a new throw out bearing and clutch...
Now that dam compressor sound coming from the engine bay was driving me nuts so I go back under the hood to see what is going on.. And I find this
Yes the Fuel pump is just siting there.. with the wiring just stuffed into the wiper motor plug.. wtf.....
At this point I decided I need some coffee and I need to take the winter tires it came with out of the trunk.. and this is were my smile turns up side down.. ( my own fault for not checking ) but when I empty out the trunk I find the "R" word !!!! RUST !!!!.. the spare tie well is shot has rust and some holes from the rust.. the guy I bought it from left the trunk open the last few years it has been sitting in the NW..
all in all I get what i pay for and given the rest of the chassis is rust free and never been in any accident not even a fender bender.. I think I will just fix the rust.... ( any one want to cut out there TE72 Sedan Trunk ??? )
And there you have it the start to my TE72 Sedan...
(sorry for my poor grammar and punctuation, I am to tired to care right now )
