We had a family starlet, exact same model. 6 people fit in the car. Was it comfortable? No. Was it fast? No. Did leave us stranded? Many times. Did we absolutely love it? Fuck yeah.
I have a newer generation (EP81) Starlet and experienced the same issue with the rear brakes-it braked unevenly and with much less force. We had to address it because it failed the car's technical inspection. The problem turned out to be with the brake proportioning valve. I ordered a new old stock part, but it performed even worse than our original one. As a last resort, we decided to open it up and discovered that one of the springs inside was stuck. After cleaning and reassembling it, everything worked fine. Since you didn’t find any issues with the drums, I would suggest checking the brake proportioning valve, as it might have the same problem.
@@notjohnnyrico I don't know where original author is living but in my country you cant replace drums with disc if there is no version of the car like this released by manufacturer. It will fail mandatory technical inspection. You are just not allowed to do that.
I bought one for my 2nd car. Took the train 5 hours with a friend, got picked up and rode it home with a broken rocker arm and slipping clutch. It was so easy to work on and I still find it stylish. Paid same price but 12 years ago. Sadly I had to let her go to get a more capable vehicle to tow with for work. Still looking for one but they're not 1k anymore 😅
This is in Europe, where there's no shortage of two door stickshift hatchbacks, and many cars come with features that would only be exclusive to the highest trim of this model. And since anemic four bangers are undesirable even in Europe, they go for practically nothing, on top of being required to meet increasingly stringent emissions standards. This being a grand seems about right. If this was The Land of The Free™ you'd need another 0 on the end, and TH-cam influencers would try to hype gullible kids into buying 40 year old shit heaps for five digits - they're already doing this with 30 year old GM trucks.
@@LuwiigiMaster I am also in Europe, in the UK, which puts us in a privileged position for old Japanese cars, as UK models are usually supplemented by private imports from Japan, since we're both left-hand traffic. These cars are not undesirable. A friend of mine had two of these Starlets in the UK, and both were bought and sold for between £4-5000 within the last 3 years. Left hand drive Euro models will be even rarer, since they were hugely outsold when new by domestic European models that didn't have import tax levied against them. Couple that with the fact that the European climate isn't usually kind to old cars, and 1000 Euros is actually a very good deal. As for European emissions standards, you'd be surprised. They don't increase for older cars, they're just required to meet the standards that were current when the car was made (the one exception being Germany, when they once mandated the retrofitting of catalytic converters to cars from the 80s about 20 years ago). In fact, our emissions rules are often less strict than the equivalent American ones, depending on state of course. Certainly any contemporary American car will sail through a UK emissions test.
I bought an AE92 (E9 Corolla GTi) in February and I was amazed by how well everything worked and how it looked. I needed to do some welding, besides that this 37 year old car was in awesome condition. The japanese really do know how to build good, long lasting and fun cars.
So glad you are working on an old japanese car, I love old japanese nuggets. I have a Honda Civic from 1997 with a well preserved interior and a rusty exterior, so I am feeling the "vibe" as well.
japanese build cars basically all use 12mm 14s 17s and 19s. they never use the euro bolts as long as they arent actually a euro made car. its called jis bolts "japanese industry Standard" iirc
@@urbancats1 its now gutted with no gearbox, im waiting for the new gearbox and transmission to come and install the rollcage and new fuel cell, I would take it on a roadtrip to italy but in this condition i dont think so
have a few starlets myself. those 1E engines are indestructible. you might want to check the rear fenders for rust as mud gets stuck there and rusts through the body. overall a great find. keep up the good work. i would love to see more of the starlet.
Talking about the roadtrip reminds me of the trip to Italy I took in my MR2 SW20. It was so delightful, and you described "the vibes" perfectly. And despite all my worries, the car managed the whole trip without any issues.
JP manufacturers LOVE to use M8 bolts with a 12mm socket head. I've no idea why, as its maddening when you lost one and have one odd replacement. My suggestion would be get a bucket of M8 hardware to group replace things, as swapping out sockets is a pain in the bum. Also on the front seal leak, try a little ATF in the oil, its an old school trick but can soften up rubbers and stop leaks. And on those taper rear bearings, I'd do it like a trailer wheel bearing, tight, but you can get A revolution out of the wheel when you spin it.
Korean and Japanese manufacturers never use 13mm bolts. It's pure superstition. Quite useful actually, as if you ever find a 13mm bolt on one of those cars, you know it's been tampered with before.
they have the JIS over there. Japanese Industry Standard. means basically every machines produced over in japan will have mostly or only bolts and other hardware from this industry standard. means that you will allway almost exklusively find 8, 10, 12, 14, 17 and 19mm bolts on japanese made cars. the bigger sizes im not sure but lambda sensors on japanese cars are usualy all 22mm, axlenuts 30 or 32mm and so on. usual for europeans that havent had much experiance with japanese cars. since the europeans mostly have the din Standard. wich doesnt use 12 or 14mm bolts
ah yes old man's mobile wardrobe, my favorite interior type. i'm glad it's not turned contaminated like a crunchy rust cake. it's going to be very satisfying to see all the surface rust disappear.
Brilliant choice there. Not biased at all since I too own an EP70 Starlet. They are quite rare in my home country as well. I have had mine for over 2 years and driven it basically as my daily driver. and it has not had too many issues. the only thing that has given me bother is the water pump. but over all in my opinion it is the best car I have ever owned. and I don't think I could ever bring myself to sell it. I feel the EP70 gets overlooked so its great to see others interested in them as well. Look forward to seeing what you do with yours!
Last year i had an P9 as a wintercar. Loved it. 75hp in such a small car was quite peppy. Shifting felt very mechanical. What a great little car and easy to work on.
At first I thought it would be a 2E engine like I have, but no, it's a 1E engine. How cool, they are completely extinct here in Austria, the little bit of rust doesn't matter, the underbody looks good. However, check the cylinder walls with a camera, especially the last cylinder on the side of the thermometer. With the 2E(-E) there is often increased wear due to insufficient heat-resistant oil.
So glad I found your channel, we don't see a lot of channels like this from our part of eastern europe. Finding an old japanese car in eastern europe is almost impossible or very expensive. Cool stuff, can't wait to see more.
I think they raced them in Indonesia back in the day, had a one-make series.I wonder if there are any veteran indo racers that could share some tips... Good cars, well made and easy to work on, and that one looks like it's been cared for. Enjoy the peak of Japanese engineering, and do put some better wheels and tyres on, you will enjoy it so much more. 4 spoke I reckon.
Great video , good to see our neighbours ( I’m English but live in Carinthia, Austria) keeping good old cars alive , you can’t go wrong with an old Toyota ,hope you have many great road trips
I've had one almost like this. A Daihatsu Charade. 87. Man I'm telling you. What i wouldn't do to get it back. Such a simple car. very reliable even in winter and with a Carb.
This is literally the car I use almost everyday. It's pretty common in africa and my dad got one back in 06 when I was 4 years old. You'll find these cars pretty commonly here but they're all in horrible condition. My dad has taken good care of the car and it still looks as good as the one you got. But the rust man. I advise you check every nook and crany under yours because these cars gather rust very easily. I wanted to do some changes to my own because my engine uses a carburator instead of injection and I can't get the AC to work, because the parts and tech are so ancient I can hardly find anything I need. But I'm gonna keep trying because this car is a real gem and I'm glad my dad took good care of it. Nice video. I hope to see more of this project.
First time watcher from the us. I love this kind of different and quirky cars instead of super popular ones. As someone who loves cars but isnt the best at working on them this was really fun to watch hope to see more good stuff
awesome you got a starlet :D the 80s japanese nuggets are the best. I had a nissan march ( micra ) K10 in the early 2000s and drove it daily for 6y and 250k km. never let me down for longer than 10minutes. everything was fixable with ease. I got a nissan K10 again at 2017 from a barn find, and restored it during covid. its still with me and always fun to drive. Greetings from germany a fellow nugget lover.
I have an '86 starlet ep70 but its swapped with an 1.3 turbo engine from a glanza.Its nice to see these cars get some love,they are so overlooked by the car community
Great vid ma dude. on some old drum breaks from japan are self adjusting by the hand brake, if you play a bit with it at about 10-15 km it may adjust it self. just a quick tip
Minty pockets lad! My dad had a KP70 5 door and the front doors rusted out really bad at the bottom. Keep an eye on it if you're going addressing some of the rust. Savage car
With tapered rollers, just about every manufacturer has a different procedure but generally, you must tighten it WHILE SPINNING to a pretty high torque (so nice and snug would be your spec) then back off and tighten until you feel resistance when turning the hub
80's and 90's (and some 00's) hatchbacks have such recognizable looks to them, I love seeing Starlets like this. Same with Mitsubishi Colt and Suzuki Swifts from those eras. Very cool to see. (Edit: Had to fix a typo)
My first car was a 1990 Celica and it was a little TANK. Even though it had a CPU it was still pretty easy to fix. I took a few auto classes and did a lot of work on it myself. One time I was checking under the hood and saw my throttle cable fraying down to a few wires. It was raining so I pulled it under my porch and used a dremel to saw off part of the steel housing, splice it with silver tubing, then make loops to shorten the cable. Worked fine! Drove it for 16 years.
i drove a friends early 2000s/late 90s toyota starlet and it was super fun to drive! what a great choice for a project. hope i can join you in the old starlet gang
About the rear breaks, If im not wrong, they should be that weak, as they are in my corolla. (almost the same age) Toyota and maybe other brands did it like that in cars witout ABS so the rear isnt able to lock up under hard breaking, (less likely that you gonna spin out) somewhere in the system there should be a part that limits the breaking force to the rear drums. ((i never checked it myself but was told its like that by a TÜV Person)) Also, super awesome car, almost bought one myself once and thinking back i should have done it XD
my first car was an mk2 golf and it was so amazing and reliable and the most fun i ever had in any car. i love your car too i hope u have an amazing time with it.
12:47 I miss those kind of switches on modern cars. They were so positive and easy to see the position. My father had an 1984 VW Passat which we drove more than 400K kilometers.
You should look into these rear axle developments. The modern ones are not as stupid as many people think, they are a blend of solid axle and semi trailing because of placement and flexibility of the central beam. This Starlet one is an older generation, the Panhard bar and the centre beam being directly between the axles are indications of the age of the design.
You can really see that Lexus LFA DNA, especially in that Panhard bar. Only the most advanced suspension work from Toyota. Love seeing these old Japanese commodity cars getting some love in these days. I grew up in an '88 L20 Tercel Wagon SR5 4WD and I would kill to get one in any condition to restore. Even as a kid I knew that having an inclinometer as a standard factory feature made it somehow really special.
Super nice starlet ! I'd love to own an EP7x and drop a 4e-fe in it, maybe even turbo it. Some very late EP71 had the 4e with a carb from factory, but the cover still shows 4e-fe x) I have an AE82, the contemporary corolla to the starlet 3, with the mighty 4a-ge in it :p (and also a rare nugget : a daihatsu charade g100, swapped with a 1.6 from a daihatsu applause, makes more power than a charade GTti now) cheers from france :)
I recommend to swap the engine with 4E-FTE. Starlets are so light, i've ever see a video somewhere in japan, a Starlet smoking an R34 GTR on Wangan and race track. But, too bad the transmission blown during drag race.
Blow out your air filter from inside to outside, so you don’t push dirt right through the filter. And use some phosphoric acid on the rust before you paint it. Stops rust dead. Great project car!
Given the age of this car, it's in a pretty nice condition, doesn't seem to have suffered any crash or dents out of the ordinary, and for that price it's a steal! Bit of coating, bit of welding (maybe), bang! Good as new within maybe a week's work. Have fun with the little critter :)
Bought a JDM diesel Landcruiser earlier this year and basically it just works. Last shakedown was 2014, sat in storage for 7 years, but I showed up paid got the title and drove 800miles home. The only bad things were brake master, clutch master, and one of the front calipers, I never did figure out which, I said f it and replaced both. Both the brake master and clutch master had their springs break a couple weeks into driving the car, thankfully here in the states the internals of both parts are readily available, just not the housings since theyre cast backwards to LHD models, and being a diesel the clutch has a dampener built in. Also I really recommend doing DOT5 if you dont have ABS, so much less headache in vehicles that sit, I learned that from my UAZ. On the Landcruiser I did my clutch it DOT5 and brakes with DOT4 Super & stainless lines and frankly its a night and day difference. Also EBC pads and rotors, cant live without them now.
Got myself an 87 Toyota Corolla, it currently is in a sorry state but still runs! (same engine as your starlet!) of course, it wouldn't be a Toyota if it didn't run Looking forward to getting it back on the road and doing millions of miles. Good luck with your Starlet!
micras also had them. japanese manufacturers back in the 80s and 90s really cared about having sophisticated technology in thier cars. just compare the tech a 90s civic or corolla came with and what a golf offered. a civic had full aluminium engies, allways 16 valves, quite a good hp per liter number especially on the vtec engines, double wishbone suspension front and back while a golf mk3 for example had mc phearson struts front, cheap rear torsion beam without panhard, cars iron block engines with only 8 valves and these even had a head Design like in the 70s they made like a 1.6 engine with 75hp a 1.8 with 90hp while a civic made 75hp with a 1.3 and 90hp with a 1.4/1.5 long story short, the japanese were peak back then. and imo they also werent as boring as a golf polo opel astra or a ford.
I daily drive a Toyota Starlet p8 , I had it for 3 almost 4 years now. I bought it with 210K on the clock and its now almost at 300k and still going strong. I absolutly love the Starlet , Toyota really knew what they where doing when they created this nugget. Lover ur Video good stuff
This engine came in my Corolla e90 (which was my first car) and its the simplest and most reliable engine I have ever. It always ran no matter what happened. I'm talking no oil for days, broken water pump, driving through a mud pit off road, whatever you threw at it. I sadly had to sell it after decades of it being in my family because of carburator issues that I was too broke to fix. Guy who bought it says he's never selling it cause it's so good
Anime girl brought me here, but I found a more interesting and pleasant video... Love project car videos, especially on old cars!! Amazing! New subscriber!!!
Hey man I wouldn't worry about the brakes. 3kN total force on the fronts and about 1kN on the rear means a brake bias 75% towards the front, which is normal for a fwd car. Also the difference between rear left and rear right is normal for a car that doesn't have separate hydraulic systems for front/rear in my opinion, as the brake pump is always going to give a little less power to the brake furthest away from it.
i had my first car last year its a ee90 and everything is very similar to your starlet. this video made me feel nostalgic since almost all the issue you had are the same
@@MrSidoi @Zakis_wonderful_world i saw a glimpse of that bumper and noticed it right away. I have a 2012 Buick regal gs. They came with the 2.0 turbo lhu with optional 6 speed manual. We never saw the twin turbo v6 in the Buicks in the states which is a big bummer. Amazing car besides that.
It's a beauty! I just got my 1981 Cressida running aging this weekend .(Fuel pump) . Next is oil change and tune up and new tires ,and I'm driving again . Next car to fix is my 1987 Celica GT. Convertible 😂
4:18 is that a clip out of Ronald fingers fiero revival? That's probably one of my favorite vehicle revival restoration videos I've seen in the past couple years
Cute car. We never got the Starlet in the 80's but we recently received the "new" Starlet (AKA Suzuki "Ballino") in around 2022. Those classic Toyota features in your Starlet are otherwise well known to me (we had Corrolla, Cressida, et al) all looking identical inside. Great find and great restoration. PLEASE don't roll the fenders !!
15:27 I own a Suzuki Swift from the same year. The arrangement of the headlights and lights at the front is similar to that of the Starlet. The front position lights on the Suzuki are not in the headlight, but in the separate housing with the white lamp glass next to the headlights. It may be the same on the Starlet.
I have two Toyota Starlet P80, bought both for 300 euros. Second Owner 100K Kilometers. I love these cars, they are awesome. I drove the first one 30K Kilometers in one year. From Germany to Poland, Spain ,France etc. It never disappoints or lets me down. I really love watching someone appreciate the Starlet. Its such an underrateted car!
great find and I completely agree...reliability is king. I had an 83 Honda Civic 4dr Sedan back in the day and would love to have another. That car was bomb proof, practical, fuel effecient and comfortable.
This guy is NOT the anime girl advertised in the thumbnail and channel
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but it doesn't make a difference does it
@@kanari- So you like men?
He got us 😔
Really testing my headphones with these music choices
In a good way or bad way?
@williamschultz298 if i was a certain Australian i would say that they started to stink, but for me rn is fine
@@adrunkenloner I immediately had to think of that certain Australian xD
Listening to this tune on my Huuuuh Duuuh six hungos from ol' mate Senny rn.
That's right
Dankpods mentioned????
hehe
Just like real recognizes real, Nuggeter recognizes nuggeter
starlet fire
if you watch the twingo roadtrip video there's a reference to Garbage Time, his 'car' channel
Real
Man made an edit with Scarlet fire, true banger!!
starlet fire
"The pockets aren't mint lads" - most Irish sentence ever
fellow juicebox viewer?
@@cheba_1 craic has been had
@@cheba_1ringss laddddddddd
This one's fucked =)
We had a family starlet, exact same model. 6 people fit in the car. Was it comfortable? No. Was it fast? No. Did leave us stranded? Many times. Did we absolutely love it? Fuck yeah.
You wrote a whole novel there
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maintenance is key for this old bangers
stranded?
how?
@@dafff08 Prolly out of gas or sumthng
I have a newer generation (EP81) Starlet and experienced the same issue with the rear brakes-it braked unevenly and with much less force. We had to address it because it failed the car's technical inspection. The problem turned out to be with the brake proportioning valve. I ordered a new old stock part, but it performed even worse than our original one. As a last resort, we decided to open it up and discovered that one of the springs inside was stuck. After cleaning and reassembling it, everything worked fine. Since you didn’t find any issues with the drums, I would suggest checking the brake proportioning valve, as it might have the same problem.
Why don't you modify it and replace it with disc brake?
@@notjohnnyrico I don't know where original author is living but in my country you cant replace drums with disc if there is no version of the car like this released by manufacturer. It will fail mandatory technical inspection. You are just not allowed to do that.
1000 Euros is a steal, good work.
I bought one for my 2nd car. Took the train 5 hours with a friend, got picked up and rode it home with a broken rocker arm and slipping clutch. It was so easy to work on and I still find it stylish. Paid same price but 12 years ago. Sadly I had to let her go to get a more capable vehicle to tow with for work. Still looking for one but they're not 1k anymore 😅
This is in Europe, where there's no shortage of two door stickshift hatchbacks, and many cars come with features that would only be exclusive to the highest trim of this model. And since anemic four bangers are undesirable even in Europe, they go for practically nothing, on top of being required to meet increasingly stringent emissions standards. This being a grand seems about right. If this was The Land of The Free™ you'd need another 0 on the end, and TH-cam influencers would try to hype gullible kids into buying 40 year old shit heaps for five digits - they're already doing this with 30 year old GM trucks.
@@LuwiigiMaster I am also in Europe, in the UK, which puts us in a privileged position for old Japanese cars, as UK models are usually supplemented by private imports from Japan, since we're both left-hand traffic. These cars are not undesirable. A friend of mine had two of these Starlets in the UK, and both were bought and sold for between £4-5000 within the last 3 years. Left hand drive Euro models will be even rarer, since they were hugely outsold when new by domestic European models that didn't have import tax levied against them. Couple that with the fact that the European climate isn't usually kind to old cars, and 1000 Euros is actually a very good deal. As for European emissions standards, you'd be surprised. They don't increase for older cars, they're just required to meet the standards that were current when the car was made (the one exception being Germany, when they once mandated the retrofitting of catalytic converters to cars from the 80s about 20 years ago). In fact, our emissions rules are often less strict than the equivalent American ones, depending on state of course. Certainly any contemporary American car will sail through a UK emissions test.
@@LuwiigiMasterKind sir, what is an anemic 4 cilinder engine?
@@IbnuCuruk looks like it's one that lacks iron or some such. probably those with _-alloy,-_ _-aluminum-_ or aluminium alloy engine block i'd say. 😏
is it me or are the thumbnails getting hotter
Yeah, definitively, only a matter of time until people ask who is the artist.
@@leomux2004 I want to know. Who creates the Wonderful World Waifus?
and in november too
@@artraudgaming3575what a coincidence
@@secondlieutenan damn he edited the thumbnail and now her thighs are behind the toyota
The build quality and reliability are why I love Japanese cars. I wasn't surprised that this car is as good as it is, but I'm also pleased. Nice work!
8:16 when mold shows up on the top of the surface, the whole inside is moldy, check it. Breathing mold is horrible for you
More nuggets = more fun
I look forward to see more about this project, the interior looks amazing, I love the aesthetic
I bought an AE92 (E9 Corolla GTi) in February and I was amazed by how well everything worked and how it looked. I needed to do some welding, besides that this 37 year old car was in awesome condition. The japanese really do know how to build good, long lasting and fun cars.
Only problem with these is rust.
You basically have to keep them indoors/in a garage. The moment you leave them outside it'll rot
I got an ae92 as well!! I love that thing and I learned how drive manual in it… on the way home… with it already having a bad clutch… worth it
So glad you are working on an old japanese car, I love old japanese nuggets. I have a Honda Civic from 1997 with a well preserved interior and a rusty exterior, so I am feeling the "vibe" as well.
DANKPODS MENTIONED 💯💯💯💯
Oh no, my PKcell
I Just came Here from watching dankpods to immediately recognize Scarlet fire
If you've never seen a 12mm before you apparently have yet to own a Honda. I recommend the Mk1 Fit.
i reccomend the 99 civic
Solid recomendation, though I am dreaming of a Logo.
japanese build cars basically all use 12mm 14s 17s and 19s. they never use the euro bolts as long as they arent actually a euro made car.
its called jis bolts "japanese industry Standard" iirc
@@99Lezard99you forgot 10mm. JIS looks similar to a Phillips head.
I was totally surprised that he did not EXPECT to be using metric tools =)
I finally got my first nugget, I understand your frustrations now
i cant wait to get my first nugget
Take it on the most stupidest road trip
@@urbancats1 its now gutted with no gearbox, im waiting for the new gearbox and transmission to come and install the rollcage and new fuel cell, I would take it on a roadtrip to italy but in this condition i dont think so
have a few starlets myself. those 1E engines are indestructible. you might want to check the rear fenders for rust as mud gets stuck there and rusts through the body. overall a great find. keep up the good work. i would love to see more of the starlet.
Talking about the roadtrip reminds me of the trip to Italy I took in my MR2 SW20. It was so delightful, and you described "the vibes" perfectly. And despite all my worries, the car managed the whole trip without any issues.
JP manufacturers LOVE to use M8 bolts with a 12mm socket head. I've no idea why, as its maddening when you lost one and have one odd replacement.
My suggestion would be get a bucket of M8 hardware to group replace things, as swapping out sockets is a pain in the bum.
Also on the front seal leak, try a little ATF in the oil, its an old school trick but can soften up rubbers and stop leaks. And on those taper rear bearings, I'd do it like a trailer wheel bearing, tight, but you can get A revolution out of the wheel when you spin it.
Korean and Japanese manufacturers never use 13mm bolts. It's pure superstition. Quite useful actually, as if you ever find a 13mm bolt on one of those cars, you know it's been tampered with before.
they have the JIS over there. Japanese Industry Standard. means basically every machines produced over in japan will have mostly or only bolts and other hardware from this industry standard.
means that you will allway almost exklusively find 8, 10, 12, 14, 17 and 19mm bolts on japanese made cars. the bigger sizes im not sure but lambda sensors on japanese cars are usualy all 22mm, axlenuts 30 or 32mm and so on.
usual for europeans that havent had much experiance with japanese cars. since the europeans mostly have the din Standard. wich doesnt use 12 or 14mm bolts
6:30 THATS GRAY.
NUGGETOPOLIS GOT A 4TH TWINGO?!
Grei
7:16 hearing those old warriors still having the strength to kick back always warm my heart ❤
It was so beautiful it should even get its own 2d animation
ah yes old man's mobile wardrobe, my favorite interior type.
i'm glad it's not turned contaminated like a crunchy rust cake. it's going to be very satisfying to see all the surface rust disappear.
Brilliant choice there. Not biased at all since I too own an EP70 Starlet. They are quite rare in my home country as well. I have had mine for over 2 years and driven it basically as my daily driver. and it has not had too many issues. the only thing that has given me bother is the water pump. but over all in my opinion it is the best car I have ever owned. and I don't think I could ever bring myself to sell it. I feel the EP70 gets overlooked so its great to see others interested in them as well. Look forward to seeing what you do with yours!
Love the simple ruggedness of the old vehicles. It no JDM nugget but i have an 84 camaro that i love working on just due to how easy and cheap it is.
Well said! I agree! I really love the older Camaros like yours and even the previous generations 😊❤
Last year i had an P9 as a wintercar. Loved it. 75hp in such a small car was quite peppy. Shifting felt very mechanical. What a great little car and easy to work on.
I love 80's Toyotas. I can see a lot of interior parts commonality with my 85 Supra in this Starlet (glove box latch, vents, switches, etc)
Honestly this is my new fav youtube channel, great videos!
Love the little starlet
This car is CUTE! Hope to see more of it.
YESSSS A STARLET, ONE OF MY FAVORITE CARS, also the music choice, I shall call it Starlet Fire for now on
At first I thought it would be a 2E engine like I have, but no, it's a 1E engine. How cool, they are completely extinct here in Austria, the little bit of rust doesn't matter, the underbody looks good.
However, check the cylinder walls with a camera, especially the last cylinder on the side of the thermometer. With the 2E(-E) there is often increased wear due to insufficient heat-resistant oil.
roger that
In the Netherlands we call these "starSlet", which translates to starslut. Good choice.
No one asked.
@thewalkerxx479 you should find someone to talk to
The dutch are really creative with their names, and their cars, that Donkervoort or whatever, and the Spyker C8, amazing cars :)
Change your pressure distributor 'that fix your difference in the back on the wheels 'verry common on these.p8 or p9 model works too.😊
Never heard about that and I'm Dutch, this car doesn't even deserve such a nickname.
"Tempratures dont get super low, but we did get -20c"
wat?
Once.
So glad I found your channel, we don't see a lot of channels like this from our part of eastern europe. Finding an old japanese car in eastern europe is almost impossible or very expensive. Cool stuff, can't wait to see more.
Pokémon OST earned you a like!
The sheer bewilderment at the 12mm bolt lmao
meanwhile my dad's Isuzu truck is chock full of them lmao
I think they raced them in Indonesia back in the day, had a one-make series.I wonder if there are any veteran indo racers that could share some tips... Good cars, well made and easy to work on, and that one looks like it's been cared for. Enjoy the peak of Japanese engineering, and do put some better wheels and tyres on, you will enjoy it so much more. 4 spoke I reckon.
Great video , good to see our neighbours ( I’m English but live in Carinthia, Austria) keeping good old cars alive , you can’t go wrong with an old Toyota ,hope you have many great road trips
I've had one almost like this. A Daihatsu Charade. 87. Man I'm telling you. What i wouldn't do to get it back. Such a simple car. very reliable even in winter and with a Carb.
This is literally the car I use almost everyday. It's pretty common in africa and my dad got one back in 06 when I was 4 years old.
You'll find these cars pretty commonly here but they're all in horrible condition. My dad has taken good care of the car and it still looks as good as the one you got.
But the rust man. I advise you check every nook and crany under yours because these cars gather rust very easily.
I wanted to do some changes to my own because my engine uses a carburator instead of injection and I can't get the AC to work, because the parts and tech are so ancient I can hardly find anything I need. But I'm gonna keep trying because this car is a real gem and I'm glad my dad took good care of it.
Nice video. I hope to see more of this project.
6:31 Twongi GROY?
'' I scavanged from theeeee, aahhg'' sus words
First time watcher from the us. I love this kind of different and quirky cars instead of super popular ones. As someone who loves cars but isnt the best at working on them this was really fun to watch hope to see more good stuff
awesome you got a starlet :D the 80s japanese nuggets are the best.
I had a nissan march ( micra ) K10 in the early 2000s and drove it daily for 6y and 250k km. never let me down for longer than 10minutes. everything was fixable with ease.
I got a nissan K10 again at 2017 from a barn find, and restored it during covid. its still with me and always fun to drive.
Greetings from germany a fellow nugget lover.
0:49 IS THAT A DAIHATSU CHARMANT ??!!?? One of my Dreamcars but unfortunally unobtainium
Still a few running in Sri Lanka and one is in pristine condition!
I have an '86 starlet ep70 but its swapped with an 1.3 turbo engine from a glanza.Its nice to see these cars get some love,they are so overlooked by the car community
Great vid ma dude. on some old drum breaks from japan are self adjusting by the hand brake, if you play a bit with it at about 10-15 km it may adjust it self. just a quick tip
Starletfan too (P80, P90) - now a mint P90 in Light Purple Metallic (NO rust, galvanised underbelly, garagecar) - a dream! 😊🙏
1:37 Optimal nugget Storage Conditions
Minty pockets lad! My dad had a KP70 5 door and the front doors rusted out really bad at the bottom. Keep an eye on it if you're going addressing some of the rust. Savage car
great video. I really enjoyed your playful take on reviving cars. i would love see this project through.
With tapered rollers, just about every manufacturer has a different procedure but generally, you must tighten it WHILE SPINNING to a pretty high torque (so nice and snug would be your spec) then back off and tighten until you feel resistance when turning the hub
80's and 90's (and some 00's) hatchbacks have such recognizable looks to them,
I love seeing Starlets like this. Same with Mitsubishi Colt and Suzuki Swifts from those eras.
Very cool to see.
(Edit: Had to fix a typo)
My first car was a 1990 Celica and it was a little TANK. Even though it had a CPU it was still pretty easy to fix. I took a few auto classes and did a lot of work on it myself.
One time I was checking under the hood and saw my throttle cable fraying down to a few wires. It was raining so I pulled it under my porch and used a dremel to saw off part of the steel housing, splice it with silver tubing, then make loops to shorten the cable. Worked fine!
Drove it for 16 years.
i drove a friends early 2000s/late 90s toyota starlet and it was super fun to drive! what a great choice for a project. hope i can join you in the old starlet gang
Omg, I just put a Nuggetopolis sticker on my 1990 Toyota Carina! Also, thank you for the Twongi picture and the cute Postage stamp
1:01 SCARLET FIREEEEE
i like the freezing point test, also these videos really make me want to work on my own car
Old Toyotas are great! I had an 84 Celica GT in college, and I miss it dearly.
Is your name Scotty?
About the rear breaks, If im not wrong, they should be that weak, as they are in my corolla. (almost the same age)
Toyota and maybe other brands did it like that in cars witout ABS so the rear isnt able to lock up under hard breaking, (less likely that you gonna spin out) somewhere in the system there should be a part that limits the breaking force to the rear drums. ((i never checked it myself but was told its like that by a TÜV Person))
Also, super awesome car, almost bought one myself once and thinking back i should have done it XD
my first car was an mk2 golf and it was so amazing and reliable and the most fun i ever had in any car. i love your car too i hope u have an amazing time with it.
man I love your videos thanks allot for making them!!
Pretty excited to see someone building one of those and she looks really mint!
you don't understand how happy it makes me that your car is called the EP70 its so eepy! omg
12:47 I miss those kind of switches on modern cars. They were so positive and easy to see the position. My father had an 1984 VW Passat which we drove more than 400K kilometers.
DUDE this car is cool! You gonna love it (promise) :D
You should look into these rear axle developments. The modern ones are not as stupid as many people think, they are a blend of solid axle and semi trailing because of placement and flexibility of the central beam. This Starlet one is an older generation, the Panhard bar and the centre beam being directly between the axles are indications of the age of the design.
You can really see that Lexus LFA DNA, especially in that Panhard bar. Only the most advanced suspension work from Toyota.
Love seeing these old Japanese commodity cars getting some love in these days. I grew up in an '88 L20 Tercel Wagon SR5 4WD and I would kill to get one in any condition to restore. Even as a kid I knew that having an inclinometer as a standard factory feature made it somehow really special.
Super nice starlet !
I'd love to own an EP7x and drop a 4e-fe in it, maybe even turbo it. Some very late EP71 had the 4e with a carb from factory, but the cover still shows 4e-fe x)
I have an AE82, the contemporary corolla to the starlet 3, with the mighty 4a-ge in it :p
(and also a rare nugget : a daihatsu charade g100, swapped with a 1.6 from a daihatsu applause, makes more power than a charade GTti now)
cheers from france :)
Thank you for clarifying on that “weld” 😂😂 but you scored on that purchase!
Just saw an ep70 in the thumbnail, not even going to watch the video. You got a gem mate.
I recommend to swap the engine with 4E-FTE. Starlets are so light, i've ever see a video somewhere in japan, a Starlet smoking an R34 GTR on Wangan and race track. But, too bad the transmission blown during drag race.
WRC Champion Kalle Rovanperä also has an old starlet he uses for rallying from time to time.
Blow out your air filter from inside to outside, so you don’t push dirt right through the filter.
And use some phosphoric acid on the rust before you paint it. Stops rust dead.
Great project car!
Given the age of this car, it's in a pretty nice condition, doesn't seem to have suffered any crash or dents out of the ordinary, and for that price it's a steal! Bit of coating, bit of welding (maybe), bang! Good as new within maybe a week's work.
Have fun with the little critter :)
Bought a JDM diesel Landcruiser earlier this year and basically it just works. Last shakedown was 2014, sat in storage for 7 years, but I showed up paid got the title and drove 800miles home. The only bad things were brake master, clutch master, and one of the front calipers, I never did figure out which, I said f it and replaced both. Both the brake master and clutch master had their springs break a couple weeks into driving the car, thankfully here in the states the internals of both parts are readily available, just not the housings since theyre cast backwards to LHD models, and being a diesel the clutch has a dampener built in. Also I really recommend doing DOT5 if you dont have ABS, so much less headache in vehicles that sit, I learned that from my UAZ. On the Landcruiser I did my clutch it DOT5 and brakes with DOT4 Super & stainless lines and frankly its a night and day difference. Also EBC pads and rotors, cant live without them now.
Got myself an 87 Toyota Corolla, it currently is in a sorry state but still runs! (same engine as your starlet!) of course, it wouldn't be a Toyota if it didn't run
Looking forward to getting it back on the road and doing millions of miles.
Good luck with your Starlet!
Thank you!
Japanese and korean car makers LOVES 12mm and 14mm sockets. Telling you as an owner of hyundai, honda and daewoo.
the Panhard bar is something I didn't expect on this.
micras also had them. japanese manufacturers back in the 80s and 90s really cared about having sophisticated technology in thier cars.
just compare the tech a 90s civic or corolla came with and what a golf offered.
a civic had full aluminium engies, allways 16 valves, quite a good hp per liter number especially on the vtec engines, double wishbone suspension front and back
while a golf mk3 for example had
mc phearson struts front, cheap rear torsion beam without panhard,
cars iron block engines with only 8 valves and these even had a head Design like in the 70s
they made like a 1.6 engine with 75hp a 1.8 with 90hp while a civic made 75hp with a 1.3 and 90hp with a 1.4/1.5
long story short, the japanese were peak back then. and imo they also werent as boring as a golf polo opel astra or a ford.
I daily drive a Toyota Starlet p8 , I had it for 3 almost 4 years now. I bought it with 210K on the clock and its now almost at 300k and still going strong. I absolutly love the Starlet , Toyota really knew what they where doing when they created this nugget. Lover ur Video good stuff
This old car gives me goosebumps. It's so adorable to look at.
This engine came in my Corolla e90 (which was my first car) and its the simplest and most reliable engine I have ever. It always ran no matter what happened. I'm talking no oil for days, broken water pump, driving through a mud pit off road, whatever you threw at it. I sadly had to sell it after decades of it being in my family because of carburator issues that I was too broke to fix. Guy who bought it says he's never selling it cause it's so good
HONEY NEW WONDERFUL WORLD VIDEO IS OUT
(Got first frost on the window and scraped off my sticker gonna order a new one next spring)
AYO THAT MY MAN RONALD FINGER
nuggets like these are the kind of cars I dream of owning one day
Anime girl brought me here, but I found a more interesting and pleasant video... Love project car videos, especially on old cars!! Amazing! New subscriber!!!
7:07 hoooly that little whistling sound from the engine bugged me out for a second like "...wait it has a turbo???"
Hey man I wouldn't worry about the brakes. 3kN total force on the fronts and about 1kN on the rear means a brake bias 75% towards the front, which is normal for a fwd car. Also the difference between rear left and rear right is normal for a car that doesn't have separate hydraulic systems for front/rear in my opinion, as the brake pump is always going to give a little less power to the brake furthest away from it.
What a fun video! What a cute little car! I love it! 😊❤
i had my first car last year its a ee90 and everything is very similar to your starlet. this video made me feel nostalgic since almost all the issue you had are the same
seeing a ronnie finger reference made me appreciate this even more
At around 3:00 do i spot an Opel/Vauxhall Astra j opc in storage? Whats the story on that
Insignia A OPC, my mom's car
@@Zakis_wonderful_world Ah i see. I was hoping for a relatable car project video or smnt haha. Liking the content regardless though!
@@MrSidoi @Zakis_wonderful_world i saw a glimpse of that bumper and noticed it right away. I have a 2012 Buick regal gs. They came with the 2.0 turbo lhu with optional 6 speed manual. We never saw the twin turbo v6 in the Buicks in the states which is a big bummer. Amazing car besides that.
Those Sava tires are gonna hold real good
It's a beauty! I just got my 1981 Cressida running aging this weekend .(Fuel pump) . Next is oil change and tune up and new tires ,and I'm driving again . Next car to fix is my 1987 Celica GT. Convertible 😂
4:18 is that a clip out of Ronald fingers fiero revival? That's probably one of my favorite vehicle revival restoration videos I've seen in the past couple years
same
It was listening this on Bayerdynmics. Nice try with Scarlet Fire.
Btw. Try Expensive Twingo. Renault Safrane.
Cute car. We never got the Starlet in the 80's but we recently received the "new" Starlet (AKA Suzuki "Ballino") in around 2022. Those classic Toyota features in your Starlet are otherwise well known to me (we had Corrolla, Cressida, et al) all looking identical inside. Great find and great restoration. PLEASE don't roll the fenders !!
15:27 I own a Suzuki Swift from the same year. The arrangement of the headlights and lights at the front is similar to that of the Starlet. The front position lights on the Suzuki are not in the headlight, but in the separate housing with the white lamp glass next to the headlights. It may be the same on the Starlet.
Rear drum brake slave/work cylinders are most likely rusted stuck. Very easy job to replace them. Nice car!
I have two Toyota Starlet P80, bought both for 300 euros. Second Owner 100K Kilometers. I love these cars, they are awesome. I drove the first one 30K Kilometers in one year. From Germany to Poland, Spain ,France etc. It never disappoints or lets me down. I really love watching someone appreciate the Starlet. Its such an underrateted car!
great find and I completely agree...reliability is king. I had an 83 Honda Civic 4dr Sedan back in the day and would love to have another. That car was bomb proof, practical, fuel effecient and comfortable.
2:10 dankpods reference ?