Best vintage Toyota (except 200GT)

What would be a good choice of a Toyota well worth restoring and
owning?

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:23:28 -0800, Bret Ludwig wrote:
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> What would be a good choice of a Toyota well worth restoring and
> owning?[/color]

I would try to find a Toyopet. Horrible little car, but rare.

Of course, I would also go for an early-model Celica, Supra, HiLux, Corona
MKII, an early SR-5, or a Crown.

Good luck

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I told her, actually, I drive like Mario Andretti.
It's just that too many other people on the road
drive like Paul Tracy...

"Bret Ludwig" <bretldwig@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> What would be a good choice of a Toyota well worth restoring and
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1960's vintage FJ 40 Land Cruisers, 1st generation Celicas and MR2's.
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Ray O
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I believe the problem you will have is in finding one. I am a collector and
I attend old car show all over the county. Old Japanese cars, even ones
from the seventies, are as rare as hens teeth. One may see a 'Z' or RX7 on
occasion, from the eighties but that is about it. My sense is that the
availably and price of parts as well as rust are the reasons most of the
older Japanese cars got scrapped. If you are going to invest a lot of many,
and everybody that owns an old car needs to do just that, look for one the
sporty body styles. The most valuable of the collector cars are
convertibles and such. There are train loads of old domestic sedan at old
car show but the ones that win all of the accolades are the convertibles and
hardtop sporty types. The newest thing in collator vehicles are trucks,
because they are less complicated and thus cheaper and easier to restore.
Perhaps you might find a Japanese truck, from outside the rust belt, as an
alternative. Being a collector, like owning a motorcycle, lets you meet a
whole bunch of new like minded friends, go for it.

mike hunt


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On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:11:46 -0600, Ray O wrote:
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> "Bret Ludwig" <bretldwig@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1138584208.456961.16810@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...[color=green]
>> What would be a good choice of a Toyota well worth restoring and
>> owning?
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> 1960's vintage FJ 40 Land Cruisers, 1st generation Celicas and MR2's.[/color]


Yeah, I forgot about the FJs. Even the FJ60 will get a decent price.

--
A young girl I know told me I drive like an old man

I told her, actually, I drive like Mario Andretti.
It's just that too many other people on the road
drive like Paul Tracy...