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I’ll think about it
why you wear watch on right wrist ?. My mom told men dont wear watches on right wrist
Hey, I would also love a little tutorial on how to buy a good car for cheap in Adelaide. THe cheapest I could find were at least 3000 and terrible condition.
Great video
It's so therapeutic to watch old cars being restored and given love.
Honestly man
Exactly man
Washing a car and changing the oil isn't "restoration". Stripping the body for paint and rebuilding the engine is restoration. Guy didn't even replace the blown shocks, which is a basic safety issue.
I'm way too clumsy to do it myself, but it's indeed sooo mindful to see others do it.
not really a resto more of a quick fix that might only last 6months to a year at best
9:17 switches to the stunt double to get that fast paced corner shot :)
hi bro love ur vids also.
I’m not gonna lie, From retro-tech to vintage cars, I’m starting to develop an interest in cars, thanks to this video!
Trust me bro, the crossover between the two hobbies is crazy. It's the same thing but different things if you get what I mean. It's also just as expensive but it's worth every penny to us lol
Agreed!
lol
I've been a tech/PC nut my whole life, but I didn't get into cars (mostly this era of Toyota up to when they stopped making sports cars for a looong time) until two years ago. Been driving for two decade, but now this stuff just excites me. How you really get into is just to buy a mid-late 80's or 90's great condition car and start to do basic stuff yourself. It's very rewarding and you learn a lot. Just in a few years I went from having a 94' Camry to having a modded 88' Supra and 01' Celica GT-S. It's a wild ride man.
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Excellent restore dude! You've definitely "got the touch". It's great that you can branch out into other arenas with your talent and passion.
Oh what a squealing.
midas touch
1990 Toyota Corolla lady here. Yup, we had rear defrost, cruise, power roof and power windows at the time (25th anniversary edition, yeah!). Thank you for honoring this car. It was a lovely bit of nostalgia for me!
The melted gauges thing is common across this generation, as are cab blower resister failures. I had an '87 of this, with a 3SGTE MR2 Turbo engine swap with an LSD box. Hilarious car, wouldn't corner or stop but pulled like a freight train
Good GOD I'm glad my 88' Supra didn't have this issue. It was a garage baby, maybe that's why. I spent the money to keep her in modern shape, and hell it still delivers 34 years later. Toyota just made astounding cars back then.
Before you ever get going you need to make sure you can stop right😉
@@rushnerdWow you have an absolute beaut on your hands. Great to hear it's been taken care of so well.
Happened to mine as well. Blower would only run at full speed or nothing.
what's a cab blower?
As someone who dalies a '96 Accord with over 250k miles, I really appreciate the dedication to taking care of old cars and keeping them on the road.
Would you reccomend a 96 accord for a daily driver in 2023 for a 22 year old? Looking to buy cash to avoid financing if I can
Depends on how much you drive and how mechanically inclined you are. I dailied a 97 jeep grand Cherokee up until a couple months back and never thought twice about it
I bought a 1999 Accord from my sister-in-law for $250 and drove it to 230,000 miles when I determined that it had a rear main seal leak on top of transmission issues. I love my Hondas, but the nearest dealership was hours away, and I periodically need some tiny part that is only available through Honda, so I bought a 2004 Camry, which three people hit with large vehicles in 8 months, and insurance bought me a 2005 Camry--twice over. My car was salvaged after the first accident, but I fixed it for $200 in parts, plus a winch and a tree. Oh boy, that tree seems dead now, trying to straighten out the radiator support could result in a dead tree falling on my car, myself, and the house! :D I didn't expect anything when another large vehicle hit the exact same spot, but the other guy's insurance actually paid me more than the first.
@@howardking8015 I bought a 97 accord as my first car back in 2018 and it's still my daily driver today. The Honda f-series engines in them are bulletproof. I've had no major issues since I've owned it, apart from the usual maintenance. A great car to learn how to work on too if you're into that. Try get one with the F22B1 VTEC engine and the 5 speed manual. Won't win any races but it's got more than enough power to make you smile on the back roads. If you can't tell - I love mine to bits.
I daily'd an 89 Geo Tracker for 2 years. I just bought a new (used) car, but I keep the Tracker as a toy and a backup. People are starting to wake up and realize that the cars aren't as good these days
The 87 Camry, very similar to this one, was my first car and survived many harsh winters. Seeing this era of the Camry again was awesome: it was a great car! Mine did have the auto/electric seat belts though which as you alluded to, were super annoying. I got pulled over in it once for "not wearing my seatbelt," but the police officer was mistaken. I showed the officer the autobelt and said "I wish" and he laughed and let me go.
These cars could tank through snow drifts better than my friends' trucks at the time. I used to joke that they were built out of cast iron because I felt invincible in my 1990 Corolla.
Love your story. Reminds me of my current 87 Camry I have. I’ve had it for 10yrs everything finally broke down on it after 338,000 miles. It was abused from the people I bought it from. I loved the car so much in its poor condition I decided to restore everything, I mean everything interior to engine bay! Everything new. I love old Camrys. Was also thinking about your seat belt. I never did like strapping the waste belt, for the most part everyone liked the electric seat belt, it is kinda annoying 😂😂😂
This video makes my day and its so fun to see you working on cars
You didn't buy a car, you bought a piece of the 90's
Your passion to restore the car made my day! Love your videos working with cars.
I recently bought, about 2 months ago a Peugeot 306 sedan from 1999. The car has 221tkm but it runs still to this day flawlessly. The engine it self sounds like new, steering pump makes some noice while turning, but nothin alarming. It needs a oil change, but because it is at summer cottage, and it's my first car, It currently doesn't get any kilometers as I speak currently. The driver door sounded like bucket of bolts and nuts, I took the door panel off to found some original speaker hardwear, but because the newer ones didn't need them and I don't have any interest to make speaker system back to original. One's I removed the speaker hardwear, the door when was closed sounded good. Not like nuts and bolts. Other than that car doesn't have electric powered windows, what is just a big plus on a french car. Radio unit isn't original, some sort of Livia unit, but it has Bluetooth. I am considering buying&install new speaker system to the car, with a subwoofer into the trunk, not a big subwoofer. Just that there is one, but doesn't take all the space from the trunk. Other than that my Peugeot is pretty much safe and sound, it has Airbags, no flex. And it has a rust free body what is unheard of here at Finland with french cars. And I payed for it 130e. Probably the the whole speaker system will cost well over what I payed for the car, like 150e. Hehe.
I'm on my third Peugeot 306 2.0 XSi since 2005, although I recently stopped driving it in June due to something stopping the indicators, intermittent wipe function, electric mirrors from working. Probably just a bad connection but I do not know where to look yet. It all sprang back into life after a month but then all stopped again, so one thing is affecting all those issues. Anyway fantastic cars in so many ways, but as for French electrics.....
Nice restoration - to be honest, I really like these car restoration videos! I also like older cars more than newer ones as they are more serviceable than older cars. P.S. I would have probably replaced the needles on all of the dials, based on how they have bent - I also don't mind the more modern stereo system because older models with AM/FM only (and for a 90's car, possibly cassette) are not very useful any more. I understand that Australia is more reliant on FM and even AM!) however a lot of other countries, including the United Kingdom, are turning off AM transmitters in favor of FM and particularly DAB/Internet.
My mum had one of these. It was a FANTASTIC car - economical, light, easy motoring. This is a great daily, and its old so hopefully no one will want to break in or nick it.
same here
I drove my Dads ‘88 hand me down as a young man. I loved it. I still love the body style and the super reliable engine
Love these restoration videos! It'd be cool to see some more in-depth mechanical work like replacing shock absorbers, suspension mounts, bushings etc.
I love your content, it fits my interests at the perfect time. Like in 2019 I loved MacBook restoration and you did most of those in 2019, now you’re doing car restorations when in fact I’m starting to get into cars and modding them. I can’t wait to get my 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STi and working on it (currently 15). Keep up the good worl
Your channel gives me quite a bit of inspiration… I’ve always loved old tech and cars and you’ve really managed to make it work with both styles of content, please keep doing what you’re doing!!
Honestly this is probably my most favorite generation of Camry. My dad got this as his second car and passed it onto me. Very nice looking car for being so old.
Great video! Honestly appreciated your commentary around 10:50, one of the only videographers that talks about the safety (or lack there of) of vintage cars.
That was an amazing model. I saw many go 300 to 400,000 miles. The only problem was the auto transmission cases would wear and you had to source another trans rather than rebuild yours. I saw a wagon version of this 15 years ago in the same silver paint that had well over 400,000 miles. The bottom of the front fenders were so rotted away the fenders flapped in the wind like Dumbos ears. But it still ran perfect. Had a 5spd manual trans and the A/C still worked fine. Japan quality!
You scored a beauty. We had a 91 model from new that ran until about 5 years ago- an old man ran into it and although not much damage, insurance wrote it off. Engine started first go every single time, no leaks or failures- the thing just ran and ran without complaints. Just over 200k. A Toyota salesman in 2010 told me Toyota regretted making these as seldomly did anything go wrong. Your model is the CS-X which was one below the top of the line. Yours has rear disc brakes, a much nicer looking steering wheel, power antenna, velour trim and a few other things like a split compartment center console if I remember correctly. A lot of mechanics said these can cover 500k. Yours is in top condition with 150k. Love your restoration work mate. I was tempted to get one myself and always liked the CS-X. Would like to see more!
Wonderful, congrats on the new ride and thanks for sharing. Your resto work on computers, and cars, is inspiring for those of us who fight planned obcelesence. Next time, don't forget the eucalyptus oil. Cheers!
Absolutely love this series! Keep making these videos along with all the tech stuffs man.
I think this is a good level of restoration for a car like this! It keeps it on the road and it looks good enough. No need for a serious respray yet! Well done.
That's a great # of miles for such an old car. :) My Ram 1500 has 13k on it, and it's a 2014. Not gonna lie... gas prices are hurting. :P
Love the car great review love you're work true legendary man never forgotten 💖
What a lovely example! So happy to see you restore it exactly as it should be. This is giving me lots of inspiration for my 1987 Corolla Saloon!
Great old car Nathan. Well done. Wish I could find one like that here in Canada.
I had a 1989 Camry, honestly one of the best cars I've had, great on fuel, very comfy and I had the same issue after degreasing the motor, ended up getting water in the distributor cap and got stuck on the side of the road 😅
I'm really enjoying the car content, so glad KZhead recommended your channel to me when you were starting out!
Absolutely loving the car videos! Please keep them around!
My dad has an '04 Corolla and it only has 66K miles, still going strong too! 💪💪
Those hubcaps came up really good, nice job. Odd to only have the left front wheel bearing done, usually you'd want to do both at the same time as they go in L/R pairs, might as well when it's up on the hoist / parts are ordered in.
Really? You do wheel bearings in pairs like shock absorbers?
I started watching this channel because of the Macs restoration, and now ma guy is also fixing cars? That is so nice to wtch. I love the vibe of these older cars 70's, 80's and 90's. Great content!
Definitely one of the cleanest Camry's on the SA roads, I love the restoration segments of your videos, big fan of both this and the AU video :)
Another Top Quality Video! Psivewri is the KZheadr That never disappoints
Dude! Im in love with your content! From learning restoration of PC, Phone to all over my favorite subject Cars! I want to see more car and engine restoration in future inshallah 😍☺️
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I love how u started this new hoppy of cars, my first car was a 1992 Toyota corolla with 170k miles one owner, still own it and drive it daily had it for over 3 years
Happy to have the opportunity of passing this on to you, hope she treats you well mate :)
FYI the Camry left the factory with soft family car suspension. You can get an upgrade at Pedders with lower sifter springs and the Pedders VRD variable shocks as a next step handling improvements. Also available is a thicker white line 18mm rear sway bar, I think it is branded as something else now if it is still available or K mac can do a 20mm. And I did manage to get a front strut brace from eBay many moons ago. Not sure if they would still be available. If you want to upgrade the brakes you can get Australian Celica ST185 Front Brakes. They are bigger and a straight bolt on swap but need at least 15inch rims to fit. And for wheels the 15” wheels from a 1999 Celica SX is a bolt on swap and made the car look so much better. Finally you can to a 4-2-1 header and 2inch mandrel bent exhaust. If you want it quite like I did you can fit 2 resonators with a large body straight through muffler.
Yeah the Suspension in my 94' Camry was HILARIOUSLY soft. Car was surprisingly quiet and modern, but man trying to corner hard in that thing felt like you were fighting against the car to do so. At this point I'm super used to coilovers in my Celica and Supra. I put that beefy Whiteline swaybar in my Supra and it along with the FA 500 coilovers completely eliminated the body roll, it's insane.
This car is such a great find, and so rare especially with that low mileage, and most things working... like A/C, good powertrain,... It's definitely a keeper, and it will last another 30 years if it is taken care of, and maintenance is so cheap, too. I don't know how much you paid for it, but in USA, it will be pretty expensive considering the high demand for older toyota, which are reliable and cheap to maintain and lasts a long time.
I like to think you're more of a cleaning and restoring channel. No matter what you're restoring you just nail the format. Love the car vids too btw!
Absolutely love the car videos Psivewri! Keep it up!! I find them educational and knowledgeable.
Its crazy to realize that airbags werent mandatory in Australia until 2010 and the US 1998
Not true about US, in the late 80s early 90s, manufacturers had a choice between automatic seat belts or drivers airbag, of course everybody hated the seat belts so that went away and drivers airbag pretty much became mandatory around 1992. Passenger airbags was around mid 90s
At only 140,000 KMs it is still brand new. These can get 500,00KMs if looked after without issues. As others have mentioned, CV shafts, Blower resistors and the melting gauge cluster are normal.
Totally agree, but there is still a lot of work that needs to be done. I wouldn't trust the suspension on a car that is thirty years old. It's 100% guarantee that the rubber bushings are all dry rotted. My 2011 Matrix with 118K had that problem. I recently had to change the control arms and links. Just the fact that the rubber bushings lasted more than ten years is impressive. I'm going to change all four strut assemblies as well. If the mileage doesn't kill a car, the age will. So it's a fine balance between the two. What's important is the engine and trans. Everything else can be replaced if it's worth the financial cost.
Awesome video mate. I did the exact same "refresh" to a low K (~160,000) 1993 Mazda 323 Astina a couple of years ago and has been my daily driver ever since. Hasn't skipped a beat!
I love your car videos. Please make more of them :)
Love this generation Camry - I had one over 10 years ago for my first car, and I have another one today in similar condition as my daily A to B runner. I think it's a great balance of just enough creature comforts, simplicity, economical running costs and of course very reliable. The gauge cluster needles melting are a very common issue and only on ones built in Australia. You can replace the needles with ones off another similar year Toyota (Corolla, etc). Easy to find at U Pull It.
God I love this era of Corolla/Camry. Dead simple and extremely lightweight. You just cannot go wrong. No idea why people still don't buy these as regular cars as you get the best value around and IMO they still look amazing.
Yeah its a perfect car for around town.
Mostly age and parts availability. With older cars, maintenance and repair is usually more difficult because parts are becoming increasingly difficult to find. Also, older cars are usually not as safe. Most of them don't even have airbags.
@@damilolaakanniToyota should make these again. Same type of parts, same style, just as simple. Everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY, would want the,.
@@damilolaakanni It's a Camry. Every part of this thing is easily available and very cheap. Build quality and parts quality is likely to be better than anything you can buy today due to no corners being cut and the engineers being able to focus on the car itself rather than massive amounts of cost due to an over abundance of safety features, mandates, and computer/chip modules. They just don't make them (nor can they) like this anymore. Also steering wheels with no airbags look amazing.
Love the occasional car videos from you, please keep them up!
Great car! Love your restoration videos
11:23 wait… which Australian am I watching again???
I love these kind of videos, keep 'em coming :D
old yet gold. thank for this satisfying and nostalgic blast from the past.
Solid vid, the hubcaps turned out great 👌
Truly professional content quality. Really hope you continue posting these vintage car restoration videos, as they are rather interesting. Would love to see a 90s rally legend (Subaru) in one of your videos. Cheers!
Great video man.
Thanks for sharing this. I used to use a V6 one of these as my work car. It was about 20 years old at the time. It was fully loaded for it's time. 4x electric windows and the sunroof, a/c, cruise, headlamp washers, speed sensitive power steering. The cruise control was great fun, when you hit resume it would drop a couple of gears and utterly floor it back up to the speed you'd got set. I put 100k miles on that car in 3 years and apart from brakes, tyres and servicing, all I had to change was 2 CV joints and the rear drop links and remove an aftermarket immobiliser.
Owned a dark blue '88 model which had rust above the wheels. Fixed all of them with fiberglass and paint. This brought back those memories, thanks mate!
This is one of the best videos I've seen in a while...it was just therapeutic, with everything done right.
Your car videos are so satisfying. Do not stop!!
I love seeing you branch out into cars. Beautiful find for this video.
I really like your car restoration videos Psivewri. 😀 also recommend you doing videos on new tech like videos on the latest phones. By the way I've been following your channel for two years and really like your content.
I would love to continue watching more content like this from you!
Loved this video hope to see more like this one 😃
Love your car videos!
holy crap! few cars exhudes so much PURE NOSTALGIA as this Camry. Good job on restoring the little nugget, and I hope it gets some many more kilometers of no-frills, practical happiness.
This channel is so underrated. It reminds me of the DIY Perks channel. Rare uploads but such high quality videos. Computer restorations, car restorations, they're both equally entertaining.
I would enjoy to watch a video from you again sometime regarding the Camry. Enjoy your ride and drive safe out there my brother.
I do really enjoy watching your car serie!
I love this video. A man after my own heart as I had a similar project on my hands with a 1995 Toyota Camry, the generation that came after the one in this video. I found mine with very low mileage as well at seventy-three thousand Miles and plan on keeping this car forever. So easy to work on including changing bulbs. On today's cars you need to be a technician and have an entire set of tools to do the simplest repairs. Thanks again
My dad had an '89, fantastic little car. Comfy front seats even for a really tall driver (I'm 6'4"). Yours probably needs new shocks, which will fix most of the handling issues you mentioned.
That's a nice find! The hub caps really brings us back to the 90s!
As someone who dailys a Toyota MR2 1999 it's nice to see people keeping these old cars and giving them some love
Love the car vids!
You're amazing. Simple but practical maintenance.
they also came in the very special anti theft edition with a 5 speed manual in v6. great car. remember test driving one when they were new.
The cars are great little runabouts and cheap as to drive and repair. Parts are super cheap if you need to get some and if you are a bit handy you can do loads of repairs yourself. This was a fun video.
My mum had one of these in the 90s. Never skipped a beat. I miss it.
Man I love these car videos. :)
super jealous of you finding this. we had a 92 camry growing up and i love that thing- really wish we hadn't sold it so it could have been passed down! it was awesome and ran like a champ
I have wanted one of these for so long they are just to expensive where I live. Was cool to see one get some love and care.
love the car such a nice vehicle to keep on the roads these days! makes me want to pick one up for myself
That is beautiful! I used to have a 1988 AWD one. “Alltrac” here in the states. It was an SV25, shared a lot with the Celica GT4 ST165, suspension wise.
Great car and great entertaining video ❤ thanks
A great car! Looks amazing!
This video is more high quality then my eyes are lol, 4k 60 fps? Good job with the video. What camera do you use to make it?
Love those old Toyotas. You can watch the tires and change the oil and it'll run forever.
I owned a 5 SPD manual one of these, LOVED it ! 👍😆 Mine has the "soft suspension" problem too. The front shocks are expensive to replace 😕
Beautiful car 🥰😍😍❤ really enjoyed it.. esp after the original hubcaps.. ❤
Edd from Modbury, had a couple of these, great cars, I suggest you change the trans axle fluid, an easy drain and fill till it overflows, Dexron 111. Would like to see some clips on Windows 10 vs 11 and your thoughts on both, I know you're great on Tech. Keep up the good work
I do enjoy these car videos. Nice old Toyota.
More of these car videos please these are awsome
Nice video mate!
Congrats! Nice car!
I really enjoyed watching this video! I was having a bad day until I came across this channel
I love these videos!
This was my first car in wagon form, 1989 build, hand me down from my parents. I did a fair bit to it including swapping all the seats out to the blue velour trim from the higher spec car and even swapped out the instrument cluster for one that had a tachometer, as mine just had a clock that didn't work. Putting in new shocks and springs made a massive difference and decent quality slotted brake rotors. Also I can say the motor is 'non interference' as once the timing belt snapped while idling at a red light, but the next day the mechanic fitted a new one on the side of the road and it was good again!