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more about #corona more comments → LTDScott: yeah, that has just the right touch of racerness. I dig. The wheels are rad. more » MushyHeirloom: The dirt, scarcity, and the emptiness/ Of our Snow Belt... Seriously, I've never seen one of these in the, er, steel. And this one has enough metal l... more » theeastbaykid: Actually this Corona's owner is one of the few of us east bay crazies who doesn't own a small armada of Alfas. That said, his other cars include a rot... more » The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd.: Does the inside driver's head light look like an intake to anyone else? Hey Murilee! Did your fellow party goer tell you what's under the hood? more » Novaload: So if he drives it when the Giulie isn't running, it must have lots and lots and lots of miles. But seriously, I want to know how long ago that fender... more » FTGDWolverineEdition'09: I think all Italian cars sold should come with a cheap Japanese Toyota run-about as a standard feature. more » If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face: I've always been a big fan of Coronas. Simple, durable, unkillable cars, provided you lived someplace that was road salt-free. My parents had an '80 ... more » tonyola: A rare sight these days, but a very important vehicle in that it was this generation of Corona (beginning in 1965) that established Toyota's reputatio... more » Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it: Ooh, thats a pretty one, pretty one. I may have to spend some cash on that Corona Ooh I hope the motor runs, motor runs. Before I spend another dim... more » Six Flags Over Tomsk: I say nice price. Swap the Mazda drivetrain for a 20-valve 4AGE/5-speed combo and trade the Mazda wheels on a set of Minilites. more » fuchikoma: I'd want to take that thing completely apart before spending a dime on it... As they were starting to make a comeback, I'd read that you could pay ar... more » Flathead Smith: Nice. How could you go wrong with a marriage like this. more » Mad_Science: Damn, dude. I'd pick that up if my driveway weren't already full. Love those old Coronas. more » SundaySunday: I'll sheepishly click "Nice Price" in the hopes that the engine swap was done to professional standards and someone didn't just drop a lemon into thei... more » MushyHeirloom: There on the drive, I could see it in her lights. Also, you'd make it back if you cut it up and sold it as spares. Nice Price. more » -
#downonthestreetbonusedition
Alfa Not Running? Take The Corona!
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. How could you not love this battered old Toyota? More » -
#nicepriceorcrackpipe
1969 Toyota Corona for a Humming $3,000!
The people will survive. In their environment. The Nice Price or Crack Pipe — Of this Toyota. It's gotta' Mazda mill. The better to go fast. You could have a Corona, $3,000 deposit. . . More » -
#projectcarhell
PCH, Budget Engine Swap Edition: Chevy V8 RX-7 or Nissan V6 Corona?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! Last time around, we saw the beat-to-hell Dodge Colt Turbo take the win over the totally trashed Chevy Sprint Turbo in the Choose Your Eternity poll. That's great, but what if you want a cheap Japanese car that doesn't rely on turbocharging to give you the power needed to set your town's all-time record for Exhibition Of Speed tickets issued in a single week? You'll need to go the engine swap route, of course, and everyone knows the best way to do an engine swap is to take on someone else's partly-finished project! See, that way someone elsescrews upperforms the dirty, sweaty part of obtaining the engine and getting it into the recipient car's engine compartment, leaving onlythousands ofa fewmaddeningly difficulteasy tasks remaining to complete the job.
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