Junkyard Find: 1975 Toyota Corolla

It's strange how the passage of a few decades makes the mid-70s Corolla seem like a much better car than it actually was. Granted, it was quite a car for the time, with a combination of price, reliability, and fuel economy that Detroit and Europe couldn't touch… but if we take ourselves out of the mindset of the Malaise Era and fast-forward our vehicular expectations maybe ten years, this generation of Corolla turns out to be a cramped, underpowered, noisy econobox that lasted maybe 150,000 miles (if you lived in the rust-free Southwest). Of course, it's all about perspective. If you were a Ford dealer trying to move Pintos in 1975, you probably woke up screaming with Corolla nightmares, every night. You don't see many Corollas of this era with automatic transmissions, for obvious reasons. This car's last owner was serious enough about his or her car to join the Toyota Owners and Restorers Club, but that wasn't enough to keep the ol' Corolla out of the jaws of The Crusher. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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