Corolla KE10 in the Alps

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After having looked for one of these first gen Corollas for a while (they're rare as hen's teeth now!), I stumbled across a barn find to my liking. The car was posted for scrap value, it had to be removed from where it was standing to make space for the garage business that kept it.

Story is: This specific car was the first car sold by the garage in 1968. It was on the road for about four years before it got damaged (some rust plus a minor fender bender), after which the car was bought/taken back by the garage for its sentimental value. After investing quite some effort into it (fixing rust, painting, and some more), the project stalled and ended up being one of those "eventually I'll get back to it" kind of projects. Last year the original garage owner passed away and left the project as it is. Now with some change of regulations for disposal of used tires, they need the space and can't keep the car. After posting it, they got flooded in requests, but I was the first to offer to come and look at it - which I did and decided to take it.

The car is actually in good condition, since it's essentially been parked in this dry and cold spot for the last 50+ years. Rubbers are soft-ish, car's dry, only minor rust in the front wheel wells - and the chassis is basically spotless, paint is perfect. It's just missing a fender and the bumper, all other parts seem to be stored inside it. The engine is in unknown condition, but probably needs unsticking from dried oils.
Cleaning the car really shined it up a lot already, it looks really great from the rear. The plan is to collect info and parts to start reviving it next year.









Does anyone of you know someone who might have the fender and bumper bits?

Fun fact: The >50 year old tires still hold air! Otherwise we couldn't have pushed the car into the garage being two lightweight youngsters.