Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Junkyard Find: 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ

The Tercel EZ sold about as well as the Plymouth Sundance America, Chevrolet Chevette Scooter, and the other zero-frills cars of the 1985-1995 period, i.e., very poorly. Jack Baruth does a fine job of explaining why this is so, but enough of these cars were moved off showroom floors that you still see the occasional example. Here's a Tercel EZ that I spotted in my local self-serve wrecking yard.
Yes, that's 315,300 miles on the clock. Third-gen Tercels were never much fun to drive, but they were incredibly competent transportation appliances.
The interior of this one was just about completely used up by the time it got to The Crusher's waiting room, and there's no point in spending any real money to get new carpets and upholstery for a lowly Tercel EZ.
I've owned several third-gen Tercels, including an EZ, and their simplicity made the Corolla seem frivolous. Nobody ever really loved one of these cars, though, in contrast to the equally slow but personality-fortified second-gen Tercel.
A lot of LeMons fans couldn't understand why a Tercel EZ finishing tenth out of 100 entries was such a spectacular accomplishment. Drive an EZ for ten minutes and you'll get it.

01 - 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 02 - 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 03 - 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 04 - 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 05 - 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 06 - 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 07 - 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 08 - 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 09 - 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 10 - 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 11 - 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 12 - 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 13 - 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 14 - 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 15 - 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 16 - 1988 Toyota Tercel EZ Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin

from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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