Junkyard Find: 1985 Toyota Camry LE Liftback

Friday, May 17, 2013

Junkyard Find: 1985 Toyota Camry LE Liftback

16 - 1985 Toyota Camry Liftback Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin I thought I'd seen the rarest member of the Camry species in North America when I spotted this 1990 Camry All-Trac on the coldest day I've ever experienced in a junkyard. Perhaps I was wrong. Here's one of the very few first-gen Camry liftbacks sold in this country, now Crusher-bound.
02 - 1985 Toyota Camry Liftback Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 331,120 miles on the clock, or an average of 11,825 miles per year.
09 - 1985 Toyota Camry Liftback Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin The cavernous hatch makes this into something like a very large Corolla, and maybe that's what made nearly all the Camry shoppers go for sedans.
11 - 1985 Toyota Camry Liftback Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin It's got some rust and the interior is pretty grimy, but this car is in good shape for something that has racked up twice the miles of most 80s Japanese cars you see in wrecking yards.
05 - 1985 Toyota Camry Liftback Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin Toyota made the S engine until just a few years ago. While we've seen plenty of S engines fail dramatically in the 24 Hours of LeMons, they hold together very well on the street.
17 - 1985 Toyota Camry Liftback Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin Will these cars ever have any collector value? It's too early to tell.