Old cars in Australia, revived

Carlisle Street, Balaclava - this 1980 model Corolla sedan, with 4-speed manual, 1.3L carb engine. Australian-built. Not a whole lot to say - the pictures mostly speak for themselves. A very basic car without any modern conveniences - no power steering or air conditioning in these cars. Being a pre-1986 vehicle, this would also require leaded petrol, which hasn't been sold since 2001. They do say that Toyotas are built to last.

Back in June, I spotted a rare 1981 Colt, which was the first year for the Colt in Australia. Well, today, I saw a 1989 model at La Trobe University, in Bundoora, which incidentally, was the last model year for the Colt in Australia. This is a base model "XL", which means that it has the smaller 1.4L carburetted engine mated to a 4-speed manual transmission, and an extremely sparse interior with almost no features or conveniences to speak of. Despite not being particularly old, I'm surprised that such a car is still in regular use, because it would almost certainly not have power steering or air conditioning. The Colt is quite an interesting car, because, although production of this generation ceased in Japan in 1983, it continued to be built in Australia until 1989! In Australia, hatchbacks (only offered in 5 doors) were sold from 1981-1989, while sedans were available from 1984-1989.  The "RE" Colt was the final iteration of this car, introduced in