one more to the family(corona)

redma61 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:29 am

i picked up a 1970 rt43 corona about a week ago and im loving it!
i have done a bit of work including wet sanding but no compound or polish yet,new exhaust,and basic engine maintenance

if there are any other corona owners in or around corona(yes i live in corona)please let me know.

Dachshund · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:18 am

...Nice

Paint looks to have shined up excellently. The world needs more time capsules.

Not a Corona owner, but I'll keep a lookout for you when I'm in the vicinity (looks to be somewhere along Railroad?), and buy you some fish tacos if I see you. They always go well with a Corona, to continue punning

Is it just me, or is there no evidence that rear door handle holes ever existed?

redma61 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:55 am

yes your are correct in two points
those pics are outside my work that is off railroad witch is where the car is kept and yes apparently the never had door handles??
well at least that was what i was told
you may also notice the corona and deluxe badges are missing with no holes.
i guess the previuse owner had the car made for him?when it was made that way im assuming was after production.
so know im on the hunt for door handles badges and mirrors.
do you own an older toyota?

ben · **Posted:** Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:03 pm

Wow, that's beautiful, especially in the baby blue color. Congrats on the nice find!

redma61 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:23 pm

yeah i really like the color
i was thinking of if it would look nice with a white roof?

redma61 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:41 pm

yeah i guess it was a toyopet corona

robakun · **Posted:** Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:59 am

I have a corona too. not stock though...

redma61 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:46 am

wow thats a real nice corona!!
i do like the sedans when there stock but when the coupe's are done rite and look clean like yours.
i guess it's all a matter of taste
is yours a 68?
have you been to torc or jccs?
did you use the same fender mirros from the celica?
ahhhh im very jelouse you have black plates,are they original?

robakun · **Posted:** Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:39 pm

Mine is a 69 and is oiginal black plates. Matches my 69 Crown with the V8. Mirrors are the TE27 ones flipped around. Been to TORC since the late 90's.... That sticker on the back of the car is one of the original TORC stickers. See the 1600GT grille? :oops:

redma61 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:09 am

yeah i noticed the grille badge
are you making a replica 1600gt?

redma61 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:20 am

i am currently looking for some fender mirrors
its a bit hard to find the factory ones for first these coronas

also my corona will be in torc
so anyone in or around LA,orange county area,enland empire that is going maybe we can meet up and drive out there

the corona is looking much much better these days,i will have to take some new photos soon

cowbell · **Posted:** Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:47 pm

Lookin good man I love corona's

cowbell · **Posted:** Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:48 pm

that supra is awesome, love those wheels and paint!!!

redma61 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:54 pm

ahhhh actually i dont know who's supras those are but i do have one
it was in jccs last year,its also red with a black bumper and fender mirrors
i'll have to get a picture of it with the corona

redma61 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 18, 2009 12:29 am

ok i had seen dan taking a picture of my corona at torc and had to post it
dan is really getting this photography thing down,his pics are superb

i have been very busy with the corona but as of lately i just drive it to work and around
i actually ended up meeting a guy in riverside that had 10!!!yes i said 10 of these coronas in his backyard(years 65-69)2 door 4 door
i guess at one point he had like 20 coronas.
they had been sitting around for a few years so none of them ran.
i bought soooo many parts because the guy was very very reasonable.
before torc carlyn dinker(corona parts seller)took a few of the cars apart to use the parts.
i did however find out from the seller that there are still a cuple of cars left witch one of them is in good condition.
i tried to get parts from it but it was meant to be sold as a whole car(if anyone is intrested in rescuing this car please let me know)
i will hopefully go down there and take some pictures of it.
its a green metallic color with tan interior,if you have ever seen this color combo it is absolutely gorgeous.i think a 68 4 door deluxe,mint interior.

crown69 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:09 am

redma61 wrote:

ok i had seen dan taking a picture of my corona at torc and had to post it
dan is really getting this photography thing down,his pics are superb

i have been very busy with the corona but as of lately i just drive it to work and around
i actually ended up meeting a guy in riverside that had 10!!!yes i said 10 of these coronas in his backyard(years 65-69)2 door 4 doori guess at one point he had like 20 coronas.
they had been sitting around for a few years so none of them ran.
i bought soooo many parts because the guy was very very reasonable.
before torc carlyn dinker(corona parts seller)took a few of the cars apart to use the parts.
i did however find out from the seller that there are still a cuple of cars left witch one of them is in good condition.
i tried to get parts from it but it was meant to be sold as a whole car(if anyone is intrested in rescuing this car please let me know)
i will hopefully go down there and take some pictures of it.
its a green metallic color with tan interior,if you have ever seen this color combo it is absolutely gorgeous.i think a 68 4 door deluxe,mint interior.

does any one of them has a column shift handle and column-tranny linkages? i'm informed that they fit in the MS55 crown. let me know plsss

redma61 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:15 am

i think the colum shift came on older models and im sure there was one there at one point,im not sure now.
i do need to take pictures of the cars that are there now
aside from the cars there may still be alot of extra parts laying around.

dan · **Posted:** Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:12 pm

hahah, thanks for the compliments! I'm surprised any of the pictures came out at all, considering the daze I was in from the morning speeding ticket, not getting enough sleep, and running around all day under the sun w/out sun block.

Wow, 20 Coronas! That's dedication right there...I hope someone rescues that green one.

crown69 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:03 am

redma61 wrote:

i think the colum shift came on older models and im sure there was one there at one point,im not sure now.
i do need to take pictures of the cars that are there now
aside from the cars there may still be alot of extra parts laying around.

thanks; I need those things badly!

redma61 · **Posted:** Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:12 am

yeah the guy had alot of rare toyota stuff
his wife was at torc selling alot of it(witch are friend frenchy had baught most of)
yeah i'll try and make it down there soon to see about the parts and the car
it's actually kinda crazy that only one block away from all these coronas was the house i grew up in and his hous i only two houses down from a friend i used to visit.

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