worth salvaging or not?

Kinja'd!!! by "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
Published 10/08/2017 at 07:39

Tags: barn finds.com ; AE86 ; Toyota
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AE86 with rust


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Kinja'd!!! "BlurpleToyotaDishwasher" (blurpletoyotadishwasher)
10/08/2017 at 07:57, STARS: 0

It’s a lot of work, but looks savable to me?

Kinja'd!!! "LiterallyStuckIn1987" (mytimemachineisbroken)
10/08/2017 at 08:06, STARS: 4

1985 was just two years ago though. What the hell happened??

Kinja'd!!! "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
10/08/2017 at 08:08, STARS: 2

road salt is my guess.

Kinja'd!!! "kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
10/08/2017 at 08:10, STARS: 0

It looks very bad and the truth is likely even worse. I doubt that this could saved without using a suitably crashed donor car.

Kinja'd!!! "Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
10/08/2017 at 08:10, STARS: 3

Looks more like rust with AE86 parts. I like it

Kinja'd!!! "BlurpleToyotaDishwasher" (blurpletoyotadishwasher)
10/08/2017 at 08:31, STARS: 0

The time difference between 1985 and the release of the song 1985 is still slightly bigger than the time between the song coming out and today.

Kinja'd!!! "LiterallyStuckIn1987" (mytimemachineisbroken)
10/08/2017 at 08:32, STARS: 0

There’s a song called 1985, since when?

I’m stuck in 1987, don’t know about you.

Kinja'd!!! "Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru" (matt-powershiftmedia)
10/08/2017 at 08:54, STARS: 0

A car that rare and collectible, it’s always worth it.

Kinja'd!!! "Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW!" (theduckduck)
10/08/2017 at 09:26, STARS: 1

I would be scared to see what the underside of that looked like. If the outside looks that bad, the underside could be a horror show.

Kinja'd!!! "Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
10/08/2017 at 10:21, STARS: 0

I’d pass on it. But somebody out there has the fabrication skills to make it happen. Maybe after a few more years, as these become even harder to find, someone might be desperate enough to use this as a starting point. Of course, it’d be even rustier when that day comes, unless somebody fetches it up right now and gets to work on it.

Kinja'd!!! "Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
10/08/2017 at 11:25, STARS: 0

Maybe for the plastics and the glass. That’s about it

Kinja'd!!! "crowmolly" (crowmolly)
10/08/2017 at 12:27, STARS: 0

Eh, depends on your skillset.

If you go to the ebay link you’ll see the issue. It’s not necessarily the visible body panel rust, that’s not *quite* so hard to deal with. It’s the hidden stuff. It appears that both the outer and inner rocker panels are rusted through. That’s a more difficult repair and may require squaring up the chassis.

Kinja'd!!! "AC2 - The Now 15 Year Old Jalop" (ac-2-shoes)
10/08/2017 at 12:54, STARS: 0

By the power of E U R O B E A T, I say it is worthy of a restoration

Kinja'd!!! "Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
10/08/2017 at 13:04, STARS: 0

Someone with time and space could make a nice profit parting it out. Wheels look like a good polish will fix them alone.