CLUNKBUCKET

Proving wrong the previously held belief that a car is on a certain path to the jaws of the crusher once out on the California junkyard ground is this 1983 Toyota Corolla. We have lost count of how many near mint condition cars, trucks, and vans seen at the self-service junkyards of California that left us scratching heads as to why they were junked in the first place. This road burner was found in as shown here condition at a central California automobile recycling center. The latest owner of this Corolla saw the gem out in the yard and made a deal with the junkyard overlords. After some cash negotiations, the Toyota motored away from the boneyard under its own power! A brake and lamp inspection was required for the Corolla to earn a California salvage title. The rear wheel drive coupe passed California smog with 237 thousand miles on the stock 4AC engine, and made the trip to the December 2009 Santa Clara meet still wearing some yellow grease pencil from its previous date with the steel-gnashing jaws of death. One of the last of the rear wheel drive Corollas lives on. The stylish and practical luggage rack crossed over from the air-cooled rear engine scene by way of an old school Volkswagen Beetle. Old Toyotas never die, they just find older luggage racks.