Ae82 Seca First Car Project

[TroysRollaSX]

Hi everyone.

 

My partner and I spotted this AE82 SECA at the side of the road for sale, and we both thought it would be a great first car for my step-daughter, who is 15 now, to learn in and drive once she gets her P plates.

 

I went and talked about it to the owner, and took it for a test drive, and by the end of the day we had placed a deposit on it.

 

It's a 1987 Corolla SECA CSX. 4A-C engine, done just over 300,000kms. 5 speed Manual. Power steering and air-conditioning. Alloy wheels. Drives very nicely.

 

It's currently unregistered and did not come with a Roadworthy.

 

Got to do a few things done before it will pass a Victorian Roadworthy. This is what I know will need to be done, it has not yet been taken to anywhere for a proper RWC inspection.

• Rear tyres, tread too low. Going to be replaced.
  
• Rear tail lights, lenses faded and not clear enough. Going to be replaced.
  
• Drivers outer door handle doesn't work. Probably slipped off the linkages. I'll look into this soon.
  
• Drivers door lock broken. A replacement lock and key was supplied with the vehicle.
  
• Passenger side front door window doesn't wind down. I'll look into it.
  
• Passenger side parking light and indicator repeaters swapped - ie the parking light flashes when you indicate left, and when you put the parking lights on, the left indicator comes on. This does not affect the indicator in the bumper bar. Should be easily fixed.
  
• High beams don't work. Will look into this.
  

 

Not required, but will be done.

• Replace old CD player (removable face plate keeps falling off)
  
• Replace front and rear bumper bars.
  
• Tidy up paint, maybe respray.
  

 

And because everyone loves pictures...

Edited November 2, 2011 by TroysRollaSX

[Onikage]

Looks decent, hopefully there's no suprises when a RWC guy looks it over.

 

Are those vinyl stripes or actually painted on? I think it'd look better with no stripes.

[TroysRollaSX]

Looks decent, hopefully there's no suprises when a RWC guy looks it over.

 

Are those vinyl stripes or actually painted on? I think it'd look better with no stripes.

Those black stripes are painted on, the red has the usual fade to it anyway, we'll look into re-spraying it...

 

I hope there are no big nasty surprises when it comes time for RWC, I'll do some of the things I know it should fail on before it goes for the RWC, and leave a couple that are easily fixed.

 

Here's a video of it being started today for the first time since we picked it up on cup day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPwVW7Z1bbg

 

And a few more pictures of it I took today:

Needs a GOOD clean...

 

Fairly clean for a 1987 car...

 

6000 rpm? it might as well be a diesel, hahaha

[ke70dave]

CSX with a 4ac? I thought anything with 'SX' had the 4age? not a CS?

 

though I'm no ae82 expert...

 

looks alright though!

 

how chunky is that steering wheel!!

 

love the grid on the dash cluster, looks so cool.

 

great little car for a learner driver. The 4ac's go alright for what they are.

[TroysRollaSX]

And another video, taken earlier today:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL_kT_WElmg

[Ben-89]

Nice for a first car Troy,

 

The bumperbars look okay, that front one would straighten out once its removed as the irons are probably bent. The rear looks to be missing the chrome insert, just replace that if need be. The tail lights used to fade on my old ae82, solution: Creme polish with a little paitence and they will have a shine and transperacny.

[Trev]

CSX with a 4ac? I thought anything with 'SX' had the 4age? not a CS?

 

though I'm no ae82 expert...

 

looks alright though!

 

how chunky is that steering wheel!!

 

love the grid on the dash cluster, looks so cool.

 

great little car for a learner driver. The 4ac's go alright for what they are.

 

Nah the CSX is the single cam version.

[Subaru_kid]

I have seen this car for sale just sitting on the side of the road for a while now. It seems fairly straight from first glance and there doesnt seem to be any rust, but it does need a little TLC

 

 

 

Glad this found a good home :)

[Kid-Ae]

Good find Troy!

 

Now drop a 4AGE in her and try to bounce it off the limiter the way you did when you took me for a brap

 

In a serious note though. Respray, cut and polish, tidy it up a little and it will make the perfect first car .

[TroysRollaSX]

CSX with a 4ac? I thought anything with 'SX' had the 4age? not a CS?

 

though I'm no ae82 expert...

 

looks alright though!

 

how chunky is that steering wheel!!

 

love the grid on the dash cluster, looks so cool.

 

great little car for a learner driver. The 4ac's go alright for what they are.

Nah, CSX I believe was mid-range, nice enough interior, power steering, air-con, tacho dash cluster, but not top of the range. Not exactly poverty spec either.

 

Hahaha, yeah, steering wheel is a bit chunky. Feels good though, not too bus like, haha.

 

Yeah, the 4A-C + 5 speed does go well for what it is. I drove it back home on a unreg vehicle permit, and my partner followed in her 2003 automatic Tarago. I put my foot down to get up to 110km/h for the freeway (speed limit on that section of the freeway), and left the Tarago far behind without meaning to. Felt pretty lively for something that has about half the kW of my AE93 SX, probably because it almost has as much torque, and it's peak torque is made much lower in the rev range.

 

Nice for a first car Troy,

 

The bumperbars look okay, that front one would straighten out once its removed as the irons are probably bent. The rear looks to be missing the chrome insert, just replace that if need be. The tail lights used to fade on my old ae82, solution: Creme polish with a little paitence and they will have a shine and transperacny.

I agree, not a bad choice at all for a first car.

 

I had a look and I think you're right about the irons being bent for the front bar. The rear bar has a bit more damage and will require either replacement or me being handy with some fibreglass. I'll take a photo of it to show you all what I mean, and so that when it's all done this thread can be a reminder of how it was when it was first picked up.

 

I'll try that with the tail lights, thanks!

 

Nah the CSX is the single cam version.

Yup.

 

I have seen this car for sale just sitting on the side of the road for a while now. It seems fairly straight from first glance and there doesnt seem to be any rust, but it does need a little TLC

 

 

 

Glad this found a good home :)

Yeah? Cool. Yeah, it's pretty straight, you'll have to have a look at it once it's on the road mate, I'd be happy to take it to a meet instead of my AE93.

[TroysRollaSX]

Good find Troy!

 

Now drop a 4AGE in her and try to bounce it off the limiter the way you did when you took me for a brap

 

In a serious note though. Respray, cut and polish, tidy it up a little and it will make the perfect first car .

Hahaha, nah, it's staying stock for now, seeing as it will be a first car, so needs to stay P plater friendly. Although I might upgrade the brakes sometime, we'll see.

 

Right now, the focus will be on getting it ready for a roadworthy and then getting it registered.

 

Oh, I meant to ask, I started pulling the drivers door trim off to get to the drivers door handle and lock, and silly me, I can't see how to get the window winder handle off - it's the only thing left still holding the door trim on. Any help would be very much appreciated.

[carbonboy]

The window winder has a small horseshoe shaped clip between the handle & the door trim that holds it onto the winder shaft. A thin flathead screwdriver can be pushed in between the winder & the door trim, then wind the handle around until you can feel (might need to jam your face against the door trim to see it properly :lol:) it catch then wind the handle around until it pops off. *WARNING* I recommend having glasses on as these things can easily take out an eye, also you may have fun trying to work out just where the hell it went flying to! :laff:

[Hiro Protagonist]

Nah, CSX I believe was mid-range, nice enough interior, power steering, air-con, tacho dash cluster, but not top of the range. Not exactly poverty spec either.

 

 

Top of the range actually, depending on how you include the Twincam. The order went (I believe) SE, CS, CSX, Twincam, the Twincam was essentially a CSX (they shared a lot of features) with a 4AGE and a bit of other stuff. I know someone in particular who bought a Twincam brand new from the dealer and it said CSX Twincam on the papers.

[Onikage]

The window winder has a small horseshoe shaped clip between the handle & the door trim that holds it onto the winder shaft. A thin flathead screwdriver can be pushed in between the winder & the door trim, then wind the handle around until you can feel (might need to jam your face against the door trim to see it properly :lol:) it catch then wind the handle around until it pops off. *WARNING* I recommend having glasses on as these things can easily take out an eye, also you may have fun trying to work out just where the hell it went flying to! :laff:

 

This guy is on the money. An alternative is to get a plastic bag, put the handle over the winder, then pull the handle into the open side of the horseshoe clip and wiggle it until the clip comes out. Or use a window winder removal tool, I have one you can borrow if you need it.

[Trev]

Nah the CSX is the single cam version.

 

 

Nah, CSX I believe was mid-range, nice enough interior, power steering, air-con, tacho dash cluster, but not top of the range. Not exactly poverty spec either.

 

 

Top of the range actually, depending on how you include the Twincam. The order went (I believe) SE, CS, CSX, Twincam, the Twincam was essentially a CSX (they shared a lot of features) with a 4AGE and a bit of other stuff. I know someone in particular who bought a Twincam brand new from the dealer and it said CSX Twincam on the papers.

 

As Ian clarified:

 

C, CS, CSX & Twincam, as I said above, the CSX is the single cam version of the twincam, power steer and air were factory options. csx interior and tacho dash was standard.