RE: PH Hero: Toyota Corolla GT

[Dagnut]

A true hero...unfortunately the prices are crazy

[Occam's Razor]

johnpeat said:

Couple of imports on eBay in varying states of 'rice'

...which, in this case, means "molested"

[Dagnut]

johnpeat said:

In terms of numbers - UK cars could well be seriously rare.

How Many Left suggests 40 GTs and 41 GT Coupes BUT there was a 3-door GT (one of those 2 designations) AND the later Corolla had a GT (which sucked) so we could even be in teens or single-figures!?

There are a few in Ireland plus a lot of imports..the jdm model also came in saloon/coupe

[AngryPartsBloke]

Id rather spend the £25k+ its going to cost to get a new Gt86 and get a mint AE86, or a not so mint and make it mint. Exhaust, some suspension tweeks and some more "up to date" front seats and id be well happy. No doubt id spend my weekends hitting the B-roads in a bid to play out my own Initial D fantasy

[s m]

Turbobanana said:

this revvy little 1.6 therefore has the quite possibly unique honour of appearing in front-rear, front-front and mid-rear configurations.

Did you see this old 'Motor' article?

Corollas vs MR2

[HereBeMonsters]

Garlick said:

HereBeMonsters said:

I thought that car looked familiar. Used to be owned by a mate of mine...

Blimey, IMO it looks a lot better today. No offence to the previous owner.

To be fair, he was halfway through returning it to as near-original a state as possible at the time those pics were taken, having recently just bought it off the aforementioned Banzai editor. The carbon fibre bonnet was a period hop-up, actually very retro in the weave. I liked it.

[M666 EVO]

Not for me, ugly and bland. And slow.

BUT a very clean example. All cars should be treated like that

[Dan Trent]

s m said:

Did you see this old 'Motor' article?

Corollas vs MR2

Great link, thanks for that. I hadn't actually seen it before either.

[jason61c]

EDLT said:

So, this or an MX5?

Ones for men, they others for Ghays.

[S3Swiss]

Great cars - I used to spanner for a guy who rallied one - he won his class on the 89 RAC on the last chance before the homologation expired. They used to be the car of choice for a few rally-schools but given how thin the metalwork was, I'm surprised any still survive. I remember on the RAC sitting in the boot holding aeroquipped fuel lines clear of the heat as the axle mountings were welded back on under the car!!!

[s m]

Dan Trent said:

s m said:

Did you see this old 'Motor' article?

Corollas vs MR2

Great link, thanks for that. I hadn't actually seen it before either.

Tis from a fair few years ago
Interesting though as they're all the same power but different drivetrain configurations

[KM666]

johnpeat said:

Couple of imports on eBay in varying states of 'rice'

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AE86-TOYOTA-COROLLA-GT-W...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fresh-Import-Toyota-Coro...

#Red beans and rice make everything nice#

[MartG]

johnpeat said:

In terms of numbers - UK cars could well be seriously rare.

How Many Left suggests 40 GTs and 41 GT Coupes BUT there was a 3-door GT (one of those 2 designations) AND the later Corolla had a GT (which sucked) so we could even be in teens or single-figures!?

The AE86 GT was a fwd 3-door in the UK ( I'm fairly sure we didn't get the 2 door one here ). The later Corolla ( AE92 ) was badged as GT-i in the UK so won't be included in those figures

[s m]

MartG said:

johnpeat said:

In terms of numbers - UK cars could well be seriously rare.

How Many Left suggests 40 GTs and 41 GT Coupes BUT there was a 3-door GT (one of those 2 designations) AND the later Corolla had a GT (which sucked) so we could even be in teens or single-figures!?

The AE86 GT was a fwd 3-door in the UK ( I'm fairly sure we didn't get the 2 door one here ). The later Corolla ( AE92 ) was badged as GT-i in the UK so won't be included in those figures

Wasn't the AE86 the rear wheel drive car ( the GT Coupe ) and the AE82 the front wheel drive Corolla GT?

[Vortrex]

TAKUMI!!!!!!

[TinyCappo]

2000rpm when cold. That will be the Waxstatic Idle control valve. did you say it hunted when it was warmed up about 4-500rpm? thats a goog indication it needs changing out MK1 Mr2s where the same.

Only thing its missing is the 80s tastic Digi Dash they came with on some of the imports

[MartG]

s m said:

MartG said:

johnpeat said:

In terms of numbers - UK cars could well be seriously rare.

How Many Left suggests 40 GTs and 41 GT Coupes BUT there was a 3-door GT (one of those 2 designations) AND the later Corolla had a GT (which sucked) so we could even be in teens or single-figures!?

The AE86 GT was a fwd 3-door in the UK ( I'm fairly sure we didn't get the 2 door one here ). The later Corolla ( AE92 ) was badged as GT-i in the UK so won't be included in those figures

Wasn't the AE86 the rear wheel drive car ( the GT Coupe ) and the AE82 the front wheel drive Corolla GT?

I stand corrected

[Cable]

A panda Trueno with ITB's would definitely be on my list of cars to get if I ever won the Lottery.

[Rum Runner]

Anybody seen a silver and black one C108 CKJ.

[MartG]

Cable said:

A panda Trueno with ITB's would definitely be on my list of cars to get if I ever won the Lottery.

On my lottery list too, but I'd go for a supercharged one