We have had 9 Camiras in our family and still have a 87 JE SLE. With the exception of the 83 JB all of our Camiras have been absolutely bullet proof. Awesome cars.
I never thought I'd say this, but gee I miss the JB Camira. All those shitboxes stinking up the roads with their blue smoke, reminds me of simpler and better times. 👌
The ignition module below the coil often stops them from starting and the hall sensor in the distributer, but mostly the ignition module. I had my SL/E Camira for 41 years, since new, I drove is for 36 years, I had many many problems with it, but I still squeezed 650 thousand kilometers out of it. Everyone told me you can't draw blood from a stone, I said, " Watch me" and I did. and if it had a battery, it would still run to this day. One engine rebuild and one clutch change.
GF had auto wagon with 180k on clock. Was gutless, rusty but reliable for several years. Lots interstate trips. Handled well but build quality was poor-paper thin panels too.
