right_hand_corolla

:D Do they happen to have any parts for a 1967 Corolla?? Help a fellow American out here will ya???? :n:

United States As British colonies, the original 13 states drove on the left-hand side. The switch to driving on the right started following independence, influenced by a number of factors, including wishes to cast off links to the colonial past. The first keep-right law in the United States, passed in 1792, applied to the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike, between Lancaster and Philadelphia. New York (in 1804) and New Jersey (in 1813) also enacted keep-right rules. Early American motor vehicles were produced in RHD following the practice established by horse-drawn buggies. This changed in the early years of the 20th Century: Ford changed to LHD production in 1908, and Cadillac in 1916. Many imported RHD cars are also found on the road in the United States, especially classic cars or other collectors' items. Today, U.S. motor vehicles are always LHD (except some postal service vehicles, garbage trucks, many parking enforcement vehicles and uncommon specialty vehicles), and motorists always drive on the right and overtake on the left. American rules of the road sometimes permit overtaking on the right side (multi-lane highways, one-way streets, or when overtaking other vehicles preparing to turn left). The laws vary from state to state. The only U.S. territory where driving is on the left is the U.S. Virgin Islands. The above was copied from Wikipedia. There are virtually no restrictions on importing cars which are 25 years old or older. Mikeys_toy is 100% correct in the safety standards of newer cars being imported be it LHD or RHD and less than 25 years old. :n:

Hi All. I have a question concerning the trans mount in a 1967 KE10. Is it the same as the 1969 model? I happen to see one in a pic and it looks identical to the one I have. Are they indeed the same? It shows it fitting a manual transmission Corolla from 69-74, but then again our parts books don't list earlier than 1969 for the Corolla.

As far as I know, there are no restrictions on any RHD vehicle. I know of a few people who have imported Honda's and Toyota's brand new just to get the RHD. The only thing is that the Motor Vehicles Department must have a record of the cars' make and model on a list as available for import in the US. My car, for example, is a 1967. They had to register it as a 1968 since that was the first year for importation of the Toyota Corolla here in the States. We never had a chance to get a '67 or even an early model designated as a '68. There are other cars which are RHD here which you see at car shows (very rarely)and they were never imported. Those cars are allowed to be registered as they are with the correct year as they are considered collector cars. I'm gonna do alittle more research and see if there are any restrictions at all. :n:

Thanks!! radrollaz ..... it is going to be 100% factory original BUT I am keeping the add on's on the car as that's how I recieved it and it seems fitting to keep them there. (even the Aus. coins will remain in the ashtray!!) I'm shooting for a 3 month ground up resto for this car. It's really solid and needs very little. A good media blasting and paint (original of course) and a wee bit of interior work, a rebuilt drivetrain and it should be good. I'm trying to accumulate as many parts as I can to make this happen. The car is enjoying the good life right now. It's entered in a few parades and car shows, and it is the talk of many cruise-in's locally. It gets it's fair share of road time as well. :n:

oops ........ nice KE11 Rol-110!! My bad. :P

KE10258212 ............. 1967 Toyota Corolla.

Thanks JiP 01. Any and all info is greatly appreciated. I did see a brochure somewhere on the net that did infact show the sunvisor on the car. Is it a factory add on? Like an option?? I don't know. There's alot I don't know about these cars but I'm learning thanks to the vast info here!! Your KE11 is sweet!!! Nice !! :P

Thanks!!! I'll try to get some interior pics up soon for ya!! Was that the original type tires, whitewalls? Wide or narrow? I'm going for the 100% original resto on this. You people are the best!!

Ok ............ here it goes. The original owner was a farmer somewhere in Austrailia. He at some point had sold it to a female college student, who didn't like the car after buying it and sold it to the previous owner's friend of 30 plus years. That guy had owned it for years and sold it to the previous owner who ran the car for many more years. He loved the car sooooooo much he brought it back with him to the USA in 1996. That brings us to now. I'm the 5th and current owner (and damn proud of it) and I'm gonna try my best to get this car back to factory original!! It remains right hand drive and is in complete original condition except for the 1997 paint job, which is fairly well faded. (6 hours of buffing took care of most of the fading) I'm now trying to figure out a way to see how many are actually in the USA. I would guess not many. It draws alot of attention everywhere I take it!! It's part of the family now!! This car will never be a trailered car even after the complete restoration is done. I promised the previous owner this and I personally don't believe in building a car with blood, sweat and tears to have sitting idle!!! It's a car very deserving of it's time on the road and as such, it will be!! This is my first older import car of any kind. I've built many drag cars, custom cars, done resto's ........ all on American cars. I decided to go with something different that not everyone will see. I think ....... I KNOW I've found the candidate. I've learned soooo much from this site already and I can't thank all of you enough for such a great site and the info and help I've recieved so far!! This is a 1967 Toyota Corolla KE10. I'm very happy to own such as piece of automotive history. It's all original as far as I can tell except for the paint which was done by the previous owner in 1997, which was one year after he brought it back to the States with him. :P