The Only One: 1985 Toyota Corolla FX-GT (AE82)
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- I've been going to more than a dozen car shows each year here in Japan, and take car-spotting rather seriously, too. I've easily seen a hundred AE86s, but this is the first, and only, front-wheel-drive E80 Toyota Corolla I have ever seen in Japan.
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I still owned my 1987 Toyota Corolla FXGT, (Blue with Gold Colour), it's a Japanese Import, it's quick and a great little runner to drive. I've owned it for more than 30 years it's a "Red Top" with 7 Rib Engine. There's even a few times I've tried hard to red line the engine but it still keeps going. There are 1 or 2 if you are lucky to see the Toyota Corolla FXGT's on New Zealand's road today. It's one of the best performancing car I've ever owned, and thanks to the Toyota Company who made them. My very own pride and joy.
I've forgotten to add that it's also a "Big Port" engine.
It's an AE92 with Twin Cam, TVIS, 16 valves engine.
Awesome stuff, man. Safe driving. :)
An uncle of mine had one of these and he was a hoon and rolled it on a rural road while going into town. these are sick little hatches and when I was in highschool I always wanted my uncles one. They're heaps in New Zealand. Not as common as the standard corolla but yeah, very popular young male teen 1st car for doing up :) Awesome vid Dan! Shirts look great too!
Awesome. Thank you :)
not anymore unfortunately... im trying to get one but the prices are crazy and theyre hard to come by...
I had an 88, 2 door, not sure what engine. It was not a 4age. Peppy off the line up to 40 mph. Mine had no tach, sometimes dieseled when I turned off the key. The car was indestructable. Ran it a full shift delivering pizzas with the oil light blinking and fuel light on. It was down 3 quarts... took 3.25 to fill it according to the manual. I over revved it once, it shut off, started back up. Broke a strut mount, pothole vs. frozen strut, kept on going, blew a tire on the freeway, kept going, like nothing was wrong. Radio caught fire (my fault, Honda tape deck installed with cheap wire and no fuse,) I shut it down, aired it out, took out the radio, burned wire... started back up and kept going. Cheapest to own, maintain, fix. Nearly wrecked it in every way possible and it looked the same. 0-40 it would embarass almost anything.
Had one of these in the UK in 1992. It was an 86 model. The white one's had colour coded bumpers. Other. Colours had black bumpers. Was a great car!
Woo-hoo! Waited so long for that video, thank you Dan for this quick walkaround. Can't wait to see the video from Lakeside! Cheers from two AE82's owner :)
Awesome. Thanks :)
Fantastic! Thank you for showing us Daniel. QOTD: you probably saw when I got it on Instagram but I picked up the PS1 game Ridge Racer 4 in mint condition for $1. I later saw a copy going for $10!
InspectorExacto I love your vidss
Sweet find,Dan! I used to own an FX16, one step down from the GTS. Had everything the GTS had (4AG, 4- wheel discs, strut brace) except for the extra body parts. Great car.
I had a 1987 FX-16 for nearly 20 years, and regret having to give it away at 199800 miles. Absolutely wonderful solid car. It would still be running strong today if I had not got too worried about the body rust damage and bought a new Toyota (which isn't as good).
Cool, I had one a couple of years back, fast little cars, I recently aquired an ae92 for a daily driver, red top 16v 4age, decided to run a bearing last week so its now waiting for me to get around to fixing it haha. Bought a tt141 corona to get to work for now. Rt84 still collecting rust too :/
was waiting for this one since you anounced it on ig. Been rebuilding one since 2015. Also full color package means the front and rear bumpers and the sidestrip are painted
My best bargain, believe it or not was my Fx16-gts. I paid $300 because it had a blown head gasket. Excellent condition From an old lady that made me promise to take good care of it because she loved that car. 10 years later in still keeping that promise.
Small town in new jersey called Perth Amboy, keeps these cars alive!
Ahhh, the JDM-equivalent of the USDM Toyota Corolla FX-16. It's also designated with the model code of AE82. I have only seen one in my lifetime.
AWDfreak when ae86 is in compact mode and fwd
We have the Seca, a longer 5 door version. Also 4AGE.
Here in the states, it was the Corolla FX16, with the 4A-GE Twin Cam four, graphics and 5 speed tranny. There used to be quite a few of 'em everywhere.
As for deals, that Subaru Outback wagon I got was a steal, at $2000, with 167,000 miles on the clock. Loving every drive in it.
Awesome. Good to hear you're enjoying the Outback. :)
We had TONS of the FX-16 in the states because they were built here for the North American market. They were made at the NUMMI plant in Fremont California... the place that's not the Tesla factory.
this is a great preserved example of one of those. i can't believe it has so few rust! i only saw a little bit on the windshield frame corner, and the intact factory labels! just amazing. i saw one of those last month but it was beat up comparing it to this one, there used to be a lot of them but they are gone now.
question of the day: 500 for the complete initial D manga? geez, that is a real bargain; i paid 100 just for the 1st issue. my latest bargain has to be the cressida, only 1100 bucks! that's what rolling shells sell for here. mine has MOT and insurance until next year. it really is a steal
I just bought one of these cars... one of the best cars I've ever driven hahaha
Awesome :)
Had one of these in 1992 in white, fully colour coded. Great car, was a 86 model
These where common in the US. When I was in Highschool in 2000, I knew 3 kids who had them. Two where GT-S models. One kid has swapped a 4a-gze from an MR-2 into his hatch.
Nice. Yeah, the whole range of E80's were in plague proportions in Australia in the mid/late 80's. Heck, even the 4 door liftback (Chevy Nova to you?) can still be seen in any shopping center car park... if you look hard enough.
Oooo, my first car! Greetings from Far East of Russia!
Were heaps of these in NZ. We even got a NZ only model with non-colour coded skirts and bumpers and leather seats.
I had a Rare N.Z assembled 1985 Fxgt it had full
Leather interior even door cards,240 km Speedo,TRD and and silica inspired,it also had foam lip on undershirts...
I took it to repco to price wheel bearings for it and the guy there told me I had one of only 100 made and the car is not registered as an Fxgt but rather a silica,which had not come out yet....( go figure )...Also,the wheel bearings we're huge the same size as V8 car ones,he could not believe it nor I....!!!!
Anyway I got the car taken off me by the police,and never got it back from them and I been trying to track it down ever since ..
The car was unbelievably fast and handled in the dry and loved to valve bounce in every gear lol
I only have the engine number as it is no longer registered,so I'm hoping I can track it still as I would love it back
Can anyone help me ????? Please
I had a 1984 FXGT-16 AE82 blue top in 1990 ...... was AWESOME .. wish I still had it now :-(
Wow! That's a rare car indeed!
And you're welcome from me and the other patrons for the mic. Which one are you using now?
QOTD: Two headlights for the Toyota Carina TA60! Only 20 euros per side for NOS! That's a real big bargain! The only downside was that the seller put them on the local classifieds two weeks apart, so I already bought the right side and got it shipped when he put the other one for sale and having me pay twice for shipping...
Nice, I'm assuming that the full colour package means the bumpers are the same colour. Normally they come as a matte black.
The Twin Cams were colour coded.
Nathan Elcoate I had an AE82 FX-GT with a blue top 4A-GE and that had black bumpers
@@nickgerr3822 In Australia they were anyway.
the usdm bumpers would be matte black, at least the fx16 gts was that way, with the jdm bumpers matching the color of the car (i also assume the australian counter-part wouldnt have black bumpers)
@@jawbraker561 I had a JDM AE82 FX-GT in red which had matte black bumpers
i own one of these!! fx16 gts !!
Nice!
Best bargain for me was I picked up a set of 15x7 centerline fluted stars wheels in mint condition for $100.00usd for my volvo 940. Hopefully will be able to have them I installed in the spring because I don't want to run them in the winter with all the snow we get here in NY.
Just bought a 1986 AE82 FXGT for $1k, straight as and next to no rust #winning
Hell yeah, winning! Nice
Hey Daniel, I picked up a Mk1 escort 2 door for $300 AU and my 1st gen celica, $3000, ahh the 90`s! Great content mate!
Double Unicorn!
I believe the full colour package refers to the body coloured arch and skirt extensions
Why is that car so rare?! I seriously like this car trust me i would like to own one, specially the fx16 corolla
Not rare because of what it is or how many they made, but rare because in Japan every old car is rare. (Don't worry, you aren't the only one who doesn't believe me.) The Japanese have since forever chucked their 10-to-15-year-old car in favour of new cars. Here, a car doesn't need to breakdown even slightly before getting replaced. They generally get replaced by the time they could become unreliable. There aren't really so many wrecking yards around either, due to cars rusting to nothing in a short amount of time. Also, old cars are taxed heavily, and as hinted at, no source of parts to repair them. People with old cars here *have to be dedicated* to keeping them on the roads.
These were all over the place in Denmark in the late 90's, early 2000's. Many a young lad with speed in their bloods first car. I believe they were just called Corolla Twin Cam, and the top model was called GT as well. 1600cc, 120hp. I have never seen a 4 door hatchback, only the sedan variant. Peppy little cars. Most of them have returned to the earth, they really haven't stood the test of time like other 80's cars, like the E30, Mercs, CRX's Civics etc.
That Eunos tho :D Just picked up the first 15 volumes of the Road & Ster magazines although they were cheap, the shipping to the US is what absolutely got me...
Shipping. Ouch.
Used to be loads of these in the UK when I was a kid, think most have rotted out & been scrapped now tho.
Bloody rust :(
Also if anyone is interested: The FX-GT in Japan is the same as the FX16 GT-S in the states, and the FX16 was the mid-trim; lacking the sport suspension and the bracing entirely.
I appreciate the info :)
These are all over in San Francisco. 4ag powered fx16’s and the regular ones are 4ac.
When I was 18 my parents bought me a FX16 GT for 1200 bucks and at the time I didn't know what I had and blew the motor, had it scrapped and never saw it again. I still have the key for it, though. This was in Florida of all places. I wish I never got rid of it...
QOTD: my "bargain buy" most recently is my '05 BMW 330xi I got for $2800! It was my Dad's for years, so I knew that car's service history. Trying to give my '86 325es a break.
10 in Japan?
New Zealand got about 500, I had an ae82 fxtg in silver. Digital dash
not so many now days
Picked up some parts for my pal's liberty at a wreckers recently, we turned in a bum bag we found there with dodgy items inside and they gave us the parts for free ;)
Only 10 left in Japan!!! Damn I gotta keep my hands on my FX16 GTS!
Yeah, man. Mega rare. In the years since seeing this one, I still haven't seen another here.
Many of these ae92s we're exported to countries such as Trinidad and Tobago, where there is a healthy foreign used car market. Not many 2 door hatches with the 4age made it down here. Most were sedans.
Thanks for the info :)
They're are 1000's of these (4 doors like in Australia) in South Africa. I also own one with an 1800 engine
I just picked up the complete series of Star Trek: the next generation on Blue Ray, with subtitles and dubbing in over 14 languages (including Japanese, of course), for $70.00 plus free shipping.
Awesome! Live long and prosper :D
That's mine old car! God! I love that car.
These are like rocking horse shit in the UK too, one of my fav toyotas tho love 80s cars.
The ae86 and the 82 used to race together here not sure if they were in the same class etc but yh run the same engine obviously mounted differently because the 86 is rwd and 82 is fwd but found a old touring cars vid on RUclips with the two head to head think tiff needell was at the helm of the 82 well worth a watch if like me you like this car 👍
Awesome. Thanks for the recommendation. :)
Yes buddy my first car that was exactly 1990 great part !!!
:)
Last time i came this fast was watching Japanese pron, wait i still am.
Best bargain was a Japanese vacuum tube amplifier : Sansui Au-70. Bought it for 50 Euro !
Cool little car... I think the regular one was called the Toyota Starlet over here back in the mid-end of the 90s and was considered to be a rather low-end budget car like the Justy, the Charade, the Swift etc... A bit too simplistic and actually never quite caught on over here... I do know that it had bigger success in some African countries along with the Corolla SW...
I have an AE92 FX-GT with a 4A-GE Silvertop swap :) Awesome cars
Noah Hayes did you do the swap yourself? I’ve got one with the stock R/B top 16v thats getting a rebuild atm
My grandmother had a 1989 sedan version of that one in single cam & carby form,she traded her 1979 model Mazda 626 in for a brand new Australian built one of them.
She gave the car to my cousin when my auntie bought her a 1996 model Corolla with air conditioning & power steering as it was aging a bit & she had carpal tunnel syndrome which was a problem with her wrists.
My cousin wrecked her car a bit as a mate of his "tuned" (stuffed up) the carby so it ran like crap,he was the butt of all jokes in town when some people slashed the tyres & shoved condoms in the petrol tank.
He put a few dents in it but my auntie got the whole car fixed up,he then traded it in for a 183,000 kilometre old VR Commodore S pack ute so he was had because the later model VS Commodore V6 ute with 50,000 kilometres on it was available for $15,000.
The last time I saw that Corolla was in 1998 I think & that was in Mayfield near Newcastle in Australia,it was back to the same as what it was when my grandmother owned it.
4 years later (2000) ,my auntie traded the 1996 model in for an AE112R Corolla with auto,air & power steering which my mother now drives since my grandmother died in 2006.
She's done a good job of putting dents all through it,I pulled the rear quarter panel dents out then she reversed the car into a tree,I pulled the dents out of the bootlid to the point that I can bodyfill it & smooth it out,it would be easier to replace it but I managed to pull them out.
I think the colour is evergreen mica paint & I think I would just spray it with acrylic paint because of its Low toxicity & ease of use.
As far as bargains go, I get them everywhere, from stuff such as lawnmowers to car parts,the biggest bargain I can find is my own brain as I can figure out what a bargain is & my hands because I can put a bargain together so I do feel like I'm a lucky person !!!!
Hahaha. Nice. I wish I could spot bargains as easily as you, Russell. :)
I once needed a crank sensor for my Hyundai Accent. A 90 American dollar part at the dealer. I found one online for $10 and it was an OEM part.
love the fx hatches
:)
A friend of mine used to own an FX-GT one of those about 10 years ago here in NZ. For a little 1600cc she would easily hit 180kph.
Dang. I had a VK Calais and to get to 130 took forever.
Question of the day, my bargain is a Free set of HSD Coilovers for my mx5 for fitting some new coilovers to a friends car, i got the old hsd's :D
Nice!
I saw one of these 2 door ones in Australia on Sunday
Wow. But, were they available when new, or later imports?
WasabiCars only as later imports, he said it was one of only 2 in Sydney and the only one that was registered. It was super clean in white
Got a Piaggio Liberty 150cc for $700 US dollars. Pretty good deal
Motorweek has "Retro review" videos on their YT channel and they posted a review of a red FX16. They liked it.
Just picked one of these up for $200 in Western Australia
Sadly it's a 4 door and needs some attention to rust but complete with some trick mods like Genie extractor and rest of exhaust system looks fat
0:54 couldn't help but grin a little bit when the 86 has Finnish text written wrong on the bonnet 😃 here in Finland, there were lots of the newer FX-gti:s on street say ~7-10 years ago. Nowadays it's super rare. As also the sedan ae-86 almost all of them has been put to rally, which pretty much explains the extinction.
Finnish text? What did it say, and what should it say?
WasabiCars pretty much like: Airforces
24th (flight) squadron.
Should be written like: Ilmavoimat Lentolaivue 24. Or: Ilmavoimien 24:s Laivue. Small misses but it looks kinda funny, and can't be read correctly. 😃 I don't mean to be rude at all, but it made me giggle a bit. Btw seems that the picture is from an Anime when I did a bit of googling. Is Finland somehow popular in Japan? That's weird.
I don't think you were being rude. Thank you for answering. Finland popular in Japan? Sorry, but I doubt it. Foreign words/phrases are popular though. ;-)
My first car was an AE92 FX-GT. It was a really good car, apart from wasabiing itself to death. Super fast.
AE82's are everywhere in the usa
Amazing looking cars! Do you find many te27s?
I had one (in the States) FX-16 GTS awesome car...sadly had to sell it
Congrats on your mic
Shout out to my mate @jasonsfx who own's a mint fx gt. I also know a guy in Tasmania with three fx gt's! Two ae82's and one ae92 hatch. Also an ae101 diesel sedan. There you go I know of three ae82 fx gt's in Australia.
Trust me come to south africa and you'll see a couple of these
these were built in California, that is why they are rare in japan
E80 Corollas were produced in several countries. I can't believe this is an import though.
Seen one of these flying around my city
NIce
mine is the TOMS groupA race car seen at lakeside
Very cool AE82 FXGT
Missed one here in NZ, a local GTi...
do you mean that red one at Wellington? there is one on trademe right now located Whangarei, white one, looks even better then this one, automatic gear box tho, would like to get it but still thinking
No. It was NZ new and manual.
Picked up a Hyper Rev volume for the P10/P11 Nissan Primera, worth about 80 euros, got mine for 10.
Only 10 in Japan? Shit I had a 1985 FXGT in NZ in the mid 90s. Cool car man, really liked it and the 4age, quick car in its time.
Yeah, man. But, it's not just this car. Japan chucks 99% of the non-performance stuff. Which is why the place is plagued with AE86s and Nissan Skylines, A60 Toyota Celica/Supras...
This is an australian version ?
Here in Europe this model called GT in Europe began to be expensive...
No, this one is JDM. I don't believe any were available in Australia when new.
I have 6 !. 4 doors were never sold in California. Not sure why.
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I just picked up a 1982 280ZX for $600, rare Copper/Brown color....just saying.
Nice. Sounds like a bargain to me.
New Zealand has them all, and had them all. Most of the used Japanese cars are in New Zealand, including rare models which came from japan. The sad thing is that alot of these rare cars has been crushed due to the environmental agreement with the UN. New Zealand has a trading agreement with Japan since the early 1990s. Between the year 2000 and 2010 you could find heaps of these toyota models including other Japanese rare models the New zealanders were spoilt for choice. Not sure why everyone is looking to Australia for Japanese imports as they don't have as much of a variety as New Zealand regarding rare model Japanese imports. Check out Trademe and Facebook for car sale nz locations from skylines nissan pulsar vzrs you name it its there.
Awesome. Thanks for the info. Appreciated :)
It's really that rare in Japan too? I live in the States and you wouldn't believe the number of ae86 fanboys try to insult my "shitbox," while having no clue what they're talking about.
Yeap, that rare. I haven't seen another since this one. Ignore the idiots. You've got yourself a treasure
Even rarer than this will be the AE82 GT sedan.
Well, I would be beside myself if I ever saw one.
Got a mirage for 250 with rego bought it at the start of the year and tbh u cant get a bargin like that hehe. Good car to thrash and fo handbrakies
I just picked up a Rare 59 Toyopet Crown Wagon. Suicide doors ! $200 .
Very nice. I do like the styling of those Toyopets.
Hi, im from finland an im 14yrs old and i own toyota corolla dx 1986 (AE82)
Nice! Take good care of it :)
When you're back in Japan, could you look for a Eunos Roadster J-Limited?
Oh, I'm well and truly back in Japan, and ALWAYS on the look out for interesting cars. Never knew about this one though. Thank you.
I wanna see an AE92 next :(
U sure 85? FX 16 didn't come out till 86 1/2
I just went by what was stated on the car show entry list. Might the FX have debuted later in the States? Or, it could possibly been a typo on the entry list. I'm no expert.
nice, i like these alot :D qotd: recently i won a auction at japanese yahoo auctions, i got an gameboy advance in violet color, complete with box,manual and everything for 1700yen, wich is a very nice prize for a boxed one :D the unit itself will need allitle bit cleaning but thats no problem at all :D
I had two of these, man what a mistake selling them
Oh, dammit. Yeah, these things happen
Guys I have a question. Why there are no Corollas (like the e11) getting tuned and loved like the Civics? I never really understood the huge hype on Civics and not on the Corollas. I just bought a e11 f/l G6 and I love the car. I don't think Civics are superior. I would even suggest the opossite.
Thanks for the feedback.
I actually can't answer. Your question would relate to the car scene where you live, and I don't know where that is. As for e110 Corollas in Japan, I might have seen 2 or 3 ever. The real answer to your question would be branding/reputation though. Think of it like a shoe brand. Some people value _______ brand over any other. That's why.
Yes I got it. It might be like the iphones that everyone seems to favour. I had in mind the Osaka and Kanjo that the Civic are or used to be the no1 car that everyone used. Probably there were way more popular among all other cars and that is why everyone used them. It may has to do with branding but also with availability. I imagine Civic hatchs were in abundance whereas the Corolla hatchs were not.
Great videos btw. Do you live in Japan at the time?
I've lived in Japan since 2001.
Where did all of these go from Japan?
nz
In my country there are a lot ae82 hatchback 2 doors but usdm lol jdm anyone
my bargain... a b16a2 eg8 ferio in australia for only $400!!! running!!!
Oh, hey. I saw a long-term parked "Wasabi" one of those about 6 months back. SIR grade. Stock hub caps and all.
nice man. they are a very underrated car, especially when your exhaust looks factory :D
I have an 1989 Corolla GT-i 16V
no, you have a hachiroku, i know that for sure. your father is driving a gc8 btw...
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picked up a datsun 910 SSS grill, headlights, indicators and trim for $40 from a self serve wrecker in Adelaide.
Sweet!
Can you send me a levin front end? Fenders,lights,grill on ebay there selling em for stupid prices $1000US
probably similar prices here to be honest. JDM levin grills are like $400 alone.
Oh man!....my cuz used to run a toyota dealership in The uk....we used to run around in one of these!, it went like a stabbed Rat!!!!
there's one in my country
Me encanta mucho 👋👋☝️🇨🇷
I traded an Xbox for an fx16 gts here in the states
If anybody overseas can get a levin front end for cheap lmk
2JZ-GTE fuel injectors and coil packs!!
Pretty sure Australia started with the 100kw Twin Cam, but later had a Turbo, then Supercharged, then Twin Charged.
Thanks for the info :)
AE82 Corolla TWIN CAM had an 86kw 4A-GE, the AE93 Corolla SX (later GTi) had the 100kw version. No turbo or supercharged Corollas were sold in Australia at that time!