Old Toyotas !

Silvera

Anybody noticed the increasing amount of old Toyotas appearing at classic car shows ?

In the last few years I have seen.... 1975 Corona, 1975 KE20, 1976 Carina, 1975 Celica,and several mk 1 Starlets - most recently an original Irish reg mk 1 Starlet at Castle Durrow Vintage Show.

How long until a Cressida or KE30 appear at a show ?

Cressida


Mk1 Starlet


Mk1 Starlet rear

Silvera

Mk1 Starlet (red, dutch reg), Mk3 Starlet (white, german trade plate) and Corolla Hatchback (red, german reg)..........

Alfasudcrazy

While I would not consider myself a fan of Japanese cars I do have a soft spot for the Carina Mk 1 – at least I think this was the first Carina marketed in Ireland. My first job was in a garage and I remember a Carina just like this one being in stock around that time - it was even in the same colour. I was impressed by the sharpness of the controls – and especially the brakes which I thought were very powerful.



At the top end of the scale this crown was being lacerated in all the motoring magazines at the time – much to my amusement, however I always found myself looking at these cars for some strange reason. I just found them interesting and different (if not very pretty)

BrianD3

There's one of those Crowns near Grannard (Co. Longford) Have seen it a couple of times parked outside someone's house. It's a 1975 reg but unfortunately it has been modded with lowered suspension and I think some extra chrome plating.

BrianD3

Silvera

I recall a neighbour of mine having a Carina like that - bought almost new back then.

That's not the Mk1 though - I have a pic (somewhere!) of a Mk1 Carina I photographed at a show in The Curragh in the mid-nineties.


I liked the later - mid-eighties - Crown the best. Big 'square' yoke !
Don't recall seeing many early Crowns in Ireland (like the New Zealand reg one pictured above).

Silvera

BrianD3 wrote:

There's one of those Crowns near Grannard (Co. Longford) Have seen it a couple of times parked outside someone's house. It's a 1975 reg but unfortunately it has been modded with lowered suspension and I think some extra chrome plating.
BrianD3

Sacrilige !!! :eek:

Alfasudcrazy

The KE30 was an ugly dog when it was new and I still think the same today. :mad: My judgement may be clouded though because I crashed a lovely Fiat 128 3p trying to overtake one of these back in 1980



Surely this bland bit of drivel (the KE70) will never become a classic? :rolleyes:

Silvera

Ahh.........the good ole K30 !
A true 'Irish classic'

Alfasudcrazy

I thought the original Cressida was OK too - liked the rear styling especially. The subsequent generation Cressida's though (can't remember how many) were true dogs :rolleyes:

Silvera

Yes, I like that Cressida also.
Thats the rear view of the Cressida I posted above.

A local farmer had one of those when I was a kid - always thought they have an 'american' look about them ?!

There is a Cressida like that scrapped in a yard opposite Kildare Chilling Company on the outskirts of Kildare town (beside Heffernans Tyre Centre).

Also spotted a couple for sale recently in the Buy & Sell.

You're next project perhaps Alfa ? :rolleyes: