New To Me 82 Corolla Hardtop

[DangerRolla]

Car is mostly complete, I'm DDing it right now so i can travel to work since my Tacoma uses too much gas.

 

Also wondering if anyone knows where i can buy the window gaskets for the rear rolling windows, mine are gone and i hate the wind noise.

Not the gaskets that go around the rear stationary window, the middle window that rolls down.

Hardtops don't have a pillar between the door and roof.

 

 

I'm at work right now but ill try to post pics soon

[tojo2]

Guessing youre in US since you got a hardtop ?

 

Rare bodyshape in most parts of the world. Wish we got them here

 

Get part number at Your local Toyota dealer , then do a seach on a site called amayama

[Mechanical Sympathy]

Do you mean the rubber channel that the glass runs through as you wind it?

 

I believe it's called flocked rubber Bailey channel. It's available by the metre here from a chain called Clark Rubber. Howeber I'm sure it would be available locally.

[DangerRolla]

Heres some pics guys.

The car had a wrecked fender but i swapped it with a white one then rattlecanned it and the white hood blue to try and match. Shes a work in progress.

The last pic shows the gap I'm talking about

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ill check out the places you guys mentioned too

[B.L.Z.BUB]

Try www.3tcgarage.com which is like the US version of this site. You might find better info. We're mainly aussie based. Awesome ride, we never got them.

[altezzaclub]

Ah- there is an original Subaru Leone up on the farm with the same problem. I took some heavy cloth-reinforced gaffer tape, folded it in half on itself and put it up the frame over that rubber. Took a couple of layers to make it stiff enough to seal against the window, and on one side I made a little thin sheetmetal flap that pushes it outwards against the glass.

 

Works fine, stopped the wind noise.

 

I assume the door is only half-shut in that photo, it should close up more than that.

 

Nice car! It would be lovely to have them here in Oz.

[DangerRolla]

Try www.3tcgarage.com which is like the US version of this site. You might find better info. We're mainly aussie based. Awesome ride, we never got them.

 

Already a member, that site is mostly dead and pretty disorganized.

 

And i checked Amayama, no luck.

Guess ill have to fab up my own gap fillers.

 

[B.L.Z.BUB]

If they're the same as out T18 liftback version of this car you may get lucky with rare spares.

 

http://www.rarespares.net.au