About the be a proud owner of an '81 tercel - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

timothyc1984 · 04-12-2006, 02:56 PM

a friend of mine owns the car now, he's letting me having it for 500 big ones. 5 speed manual with some minor work needed. anything special that i should know guys?

***Tercel GTS*** · 04-12-2006, 07:20 PM

What are your plans for it?

timothyc1984 · 04-12-2006, 07:42 PM

its pretty well fixed up but i want to finish fixing it up and use it as a daily driver. wanna finish my other car's bodywork up and having a daily beater around will make that slightly easier. the guy im buying it from thinks a lot of it but he has a '91 tercel that he wants to get running so he needs 500 bucks.

lib · 04-13-2006, 08:45 AM

that's awesome. exactly what i paid for mine. what kind of things have been done to it already?
definitely check out the condition of the rear suspension arms. if they haven't already been replaced, toyota had a recall on them and will replace them last I heard. That's the biggest thing I can think of. Unfortunately I didn't know that when it was time to replace mine...

Post some pictures!

timothyc1984 · 04-13-2006, 11:02 AM

yeah will do when i get a chance right now its white with a racing stripe and 7's put on each front door. its a 4 door. stright body and what was the recall over? i'll ask the guy im buying it from when i can. thanks for the info dude.

lib · 04-13-2006, 01:07 PM

here's some info on that recall.

http://www.ownersite.com/RecallMain....RCEL&year=1981

Mine is a 4-door as well. My cardomain link is below in case you're interested in looking. There are a few others on there too, so that might be a good resource for you to ask some questions:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2179547

drehtwnftbl · 04-14-2006, 07:55 PM

would that recall still be in effect, last i heard, recalls only go a certian amount of time, which just might have been the time that tercels were being made. they might have recalled the recall...

timothyc1984 · 04-15-2006, 10:18 AM

the guy im getting it from said his dad had it taken care of. anyone have a problem with the gas gauge quitting?

timothyc1984 · 04-24-2006, 05:49 PM

lib · 04-25-2006, 04:33 PM

looks really nice! does it need any kind of work?
congrats on your new classic car. it's 25 yrs old this year!

timothyc1984 · 04-26-2006, 12:48 AM

passenger side tire rod (ordered that tonight) fix an exhaust leak, full tune up, and fix the fuel gauge (probably the sending unit and/or float) and it'll be 100% road ready.