Damn...I hope Toyota's got lots of spare parts available if everyone's gonna rush out and buy 2000GTs

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1967 corona 1600GT5 RT55.... in garage.
1968 corona 1600's' RT40.... in garage.
1968 corona 1600's' coupe RT51.... in garage
1966 corona fastback RT56..... in garage.
1968 2000gt coupe...... still dreaming of it..
but the others keep me busy.

Makes me wonder what happened to the original stamping dies. I mean, there weren't all hand-rolled like Cuban cigars, were they?

My impression of Japan is that they haven't really got the space for this stuff to just be lying around, so they probably would have been destroyed or recycled into something else. Or possibly they were short-run dies which would have been useless after a few hundred unit anyhoo.

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bump for more.....

No particular order

FJ-40 LWB
KP61 Starlet 2 Door (Bugeye)
AW-11 MR2 with 4age TVIS
AE86 GTS Hatch
RA-21 Celica (my current car)
TE27 Sprinter Trueno
TE31 Corolla 2 Door
TE71 2 Door Sedan
TE71 Fastback
TE71 Wagon

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1973 KE-25(Sold)
1980 KP-62 (Sold)
1974 RA-21

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I reckon an awesome idea, would be to buy a bunch of toyotas, and take the motor/running gear from a car slightly larger, and put it in the next car down.

So I'd get

V12 Toyota Century
JZX100 Chaser
Altezza
AE86
KP Starlet.

Put the V12 from the Century into the chaser.

Put the 2JZGTE from the chaser into the Altezza.

Put the 3SGE from the Altezza into the AE86

And the 4AGE from the AE86 into the KP Starlet.

All of those cars would then have a significant amount more awesome about them. Would have to buy another V12 for the Century of course, but I'll write a cheque for that when I'm paying for all of the rest of it.

More on topic though, 10 standard toyotas to own...

1. JZX100 Chaser - for roadtrips with friends
2. V12 Century - tow car! With a trailer that fits more than 1 car, so I can make up my mind on the day when I get to the track ahaha.
3. ST205 Celica GT4 - for beating around offroad
4. TA63 Carina coupe - modified to be track car
5. AE86 Notchback Levin - beating around back roads
6. 2 door KP Starlet - club sprints and the like, also track car
7. TA22 Celica - weekend cruiser
8. Gen 5 GTS SW20 MR2 - beating around back roads
9. KP30 Toyota Publica - old school cool!
10. JZA60 Supra - For picking up hot german hitch hikers on the Autobahn

in no particular order,

Cressida RX3*
Crown MS8*
Crown MS12*Royal Saloon
Carina 'E'
Celica RA6* (sedan)
Celica TA2*
Century
Camry V20
Corona MX1*
Starlet 'glanza V' EP9* for some punch