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Elhigh
06/13/09

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The straight six under the hood of the Supra turbo sounded so crazy sweet - completely mellow until you stick your foot deep into it, then there's a growing whoosh, and you seem to be climbing a hill as you settle back into the seat.
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Mad_Science
06/13/09

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One thing I love about the Toyota Of Old was their insistence on sharing bolt patterns.

As such, all the M-series Celica/Supra engines will bolt up to any W-series transmission.

The net result? 7mgte-powered Hiluxes and 4Runners. Oh yes.
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.357
06/13/09

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The Toyota Crown is the epitome of classic Japanese luxury.
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Novaload
06/13/09

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I just looked under my Camry's hood.

There's nothing even faintly resembling that in there.
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A strolling player
06/13/09

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Mmm, good choice. The late Toyota Cressida is probably the best budget family car in the universe.
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If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
06/13/09

@Ambiguously Strolling Player: I was always a big fan of that car. I knew a guy who had one with the 5M-GE back in high school. Very comfortable car and WAY more pick-up than anybody expected. God, that thing was fun to throw around.
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A strolling player
06/13/09

@FromaBuick6: Indeed. I would rock a 7M-GE Cressida mated with a proper manual until the day it died, which would be never.
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günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
06/13/09

@Ambiguously Strolling Player: i regret, to this day, not making that my second car ever... would probably still be driving it... dumb 16 yr. old me said "no, i want something bigger" (and got an '84 lesabre instead... (at least should have gotten the '78 lincoln MK V that i wanted... same price.. fully restored... and nicer than the buick... but no... mom bought the buick for me before i had a say in the matter....)
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Elhigh
06/13/09

@Ambiguously Strolling Player: Make sure you start it and drive it at least five miles every freaking day.

Cressidas sitting on the lot would just suck their batteries dry. Never did find out which fuses to pull to prevent that, they must have all kinds of Terminate Stay Resident stuff going on, even with the key out.
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MushyHeirloom
06/13/09

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If this replaced the Camrolla 2.4, there would be much rejoicing.
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
12/24/08

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Murilee, this is a great find!

BTW, on Yoshikawa's web site he talks about restoring Twiggy's 2000. Seems it had A LOT of 'expeditiously repaired' bodywork before, done with Bondo. Yoshikawa took it all down to bare metal, pulled the dents, smoothed it out, and used lead filler to build everything back up nicely.

He bitches a good bit about some 'Santa Monica restoration shop' that had done the earlier work. Would he be pitching a brick at Phil Hill, by any chance?
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Weather and darkness will not be an issue
12/24/08

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It's all about the roadster bro, several hundred kilos of stripped down slant-8 desmodromic lemans-spectator-crushing air-braked goodness. and it looks better too.

and that is an elan chassis under the GT above, since that's what the 2000GT chassis was.

where's he getting the glass I wonder?
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
12/24/08

@Weather and darkness will not be an issue: Dude has his own Elite that he restored, among other things. He seems to be able to tell one end of a car from another.

Glass for the 2000 that can't be retained from the original car is probably sourced direct from Toyota. Since he's restored another 2000 and is in the middle of bringing an original Land Cruiser back to museum spec, for the factory, he's probably got connections everyone else has to dream about.
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MushyHeirloom
12/24/08

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Forget time, I want that kind of skill.
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
12/23/08

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I just went through the guy's web site. Systematically. He's too amazing for words. But he does have a serious Lotus and French car jones: Elite's, Matra's, Panhards. Plus he seems to have a very open appreciation for all sorts of rolling stock and enjoys like minded folk. Sign him up!
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Elhigh
12/23/08

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The Imhoff of the East, Ken of the Rising Sun, wielding the mad Engrish wheel skills, we have a new and mighty beacon to lead our homebrew motoring desires.

Rock on, Yoshikawa-san.
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Novaload
12/23/08

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Yeah, but he's gonna have to wear a welder's helmet when he drives it in daylight because the glare is gonna be killa.
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16X4ME
12/23/08

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This guy and basement Lamborghini guy should get together! Imagine the possibilities!
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Elhigh
12/23/08

@16X4ME: Are you nuts? (imagines mid-engined aluminum bodied tube chassis built by two brilliant, driven detail-oriented amateurs)

That'd be HUGE.
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
12/23/08

@Elhigh: This guy's no amateur.
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
12/23/08

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All right, fine, have it your way. I'll make room under my tree for ONE more present. But that's it.
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theeastbaykid
12/23/08

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Shin literally wrote the book on the 2000GT--myself and the LeMons chief perp worked on the project with him. That process led to the coining of the term "Shinglish." (Side note, the Cobra Daytona on Shin's web page is a Superformance model owned personally by the car's original designer Peter Brock. Brock also built a lesser-known 2000GT-based prototype called the JP6.)
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