wanting to know if anyone has any 78 corolla fenders and possibly a front crossmember? the one just below the radiator.i found a sight that has all the oem parts but if anyone has these parts and they arent rotted like mine id be appreciative of a reply.
Asked by brewers221 Apr 12, 2013 at 11:29 AM about the 1978 Toyota Corolla DX
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
17 Answers
migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
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brewers221 answered 11 years ago
Thank you. I've been looking for parts everywhere for my car and can't find anything.
migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
let's hope you get to talk to a desert rat who's hungry with plenty of stock for you to chose from~
migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
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brewers221 answered 11 years ago
It gave me a list of places and I found a couple fenders and a frame from a ke30 78 and I'm pretty sure it'll interchange. They only want $75 for the frame so I emailed them to see what condition its in. I emailed the one for the fender as well to see if I could get a price and pictures. Hopefully it comes through with proving results.
migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
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migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
a 78 corolla is not a rare buggy....whew, that makes it a little easier, now if you were asking about a 1951 hudson (fozzy bear car) not only would you find them not available but not useable, as they employed systems such as roller bearings, cartridge oil filters and puffy crankcase ventilation, would take a special person with a lot of money and plenty of time on their hands to have a desire to keep something like THAT on the roads as a daily driver...besides NO seat belts, single cylinder braking, NON safety glass...need I go on...
migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
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migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
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migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
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brewers221 answered 11 years ago
Yeah that would take a lot of money and time. I'm debating on whether to keep the stock suspension or put an s10 suspension and drivetrain under it. I would have to shorten it and make frame mounts and what not but it would be pretty simple for the most part. Just drop a 4.3 votec in it and make it a sleeper and suprise the hell out of people.
migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
If you're stayin' in rust-land expect to keep it five years max...it crumbles out from under you...my 73 Celica had welded bed frames holding it together~
migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
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migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
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brewers221 answered 11 years ago
The floor pans have a few rust holes and the front crossmember is rusted out.
migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
spent an entire summer reconstructing a fiat 850 spider, lasted about three more months...just wan't worth it with all the welding time...still have pieces of steel in my eyeballs from the expereience- come out of the salt zone to buy a car...period, take a beating on scrap value on your rust car.
migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
sixty-four rambler green wagon with the california black plates, she's had it since '64...no damned rust...screw that...can't live with that anymore.