Purchasing a car when you’re not looking to buy one isn’t that uncommon. Sometimes things or cars pop up that you can’t say no to. There are lots of reasons not to say no. Personal connection with a vehicle, a long-term dream car, a classic car that brings romantic notions of years gone by, or just plain old peer pressure. Any of these reasons is valid. Importing a car from overseas is pretty common nowadays too. Purchasing a car you weren’t in the market for and sight unseen from overseas — Perth; it’s far enough away it may as well be the US — is still a gutsy move. As it happens, in this case, the reward was well worth the risk.
If you were mentioning an early 1982 DX Corolla to this author, I’d picture myself being ferried around to Saturday sports by mum, as were many of the kids in my generation. This is probably not the reason that Simon Macleod found the 1982 Toyota Corolla with the appropriate number plate