The year is 1982. You’re a lover of domestic sports cars, but also suffer from a distinct lack of funding in this era of American Malaise. Three updated, base model, fuel sipping rides are in your purview — all of them with four-cylinder engines. Which one do you take home? Today’s Buy/Drive/Burn trio was suggested […]
Tag: 1982
Junkyard Gem: 1982 Toyota Corolla Sedan
Most of us think of the legendary AE86 when we think of rear-wheel-drive 1980s Toyota Corollas, but the US-market TE72 Corollas had rear-wheel-drive and hemi-head engines. These little commuters weren’t at all quick in stock form, even by the lenient standards of their time, but they built a reputation for reliability that kept their resale […]
Junkyard Gem: 1982 Ford Granada L Sedan
My parents bought a 1979 Ford Granada when I was an adolescent, and it proved to be a thoroughly miserable car (admittedly, it ran poorly very well and survived many crashes). Today’s Junkyard Gem is unrelated to that Granada. For the 1981 and 1982 model years, Ford moved the Granada name over to the more […]
Junkyard Gem: 1982 Subaru BRAT
Like the AMC Eagle, the Subaru BRAT was a big sales hit in Colorado, much more than in the rest of North America, and you still see plenty of examples of both vehicles on Colorado streets … and in Colorado wrecking yards. Here’s a 1982 BRAT with camper shell that made it to age 35 […]