1976 Toyota Corona basic model from North America - Comments

28th Mar 2004, 21:07

"Economic Rally Wonder"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Nothing serious. Typical maintenence. I always felt that Toyota kinda crapped out when it came to the audio systems. Alternator went after about 200,000 miles. I suppose I overloaded it with the rally lights I added. After I started rallying with the car, more and more things went wrong, certainly not the cars fault, I mean it was an economic car so it wasn't exactly built to race.

General comments?

Great car from day one. All it requires is a nice set of wheels, a GT racing stripe and a better sound system and your set for a while. I did A LOT of work to get it up to rally standards. Reworked it to 4WD and made a few engine modifications. Fast little thing from day one. Had a rust problem at one point, but a little bodywork fixed that. Terrific car.


23rd Jun 2004, 05:51

Hey, nice conversion. I have a similar model and I'm wondering how you got yours to 4 wheel drive? Please let me know at bronek2002@hotmail.com.


30th Mar 2006, 08:45

I will be getting a corona 76 too with a 13T engine. I'm still not sure if that would give the torque I need for my car. got any setups that you could recommend? you can email me at galingan2002@yahoo.com. Thanks.


27th Apr 2006, 18:23

I also have a 76 but the inly problem with it is it lacks in speed. do you have a suggestion on another engine that may fit within legal terms? if so amcleod@healesvillehs.vic.gov.au

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