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ART CORNER: Stuck at home because of the corona virus? Download a papercraft diorama for your Toyota Corona race car
The Japanese website of Brother, the printer company, has an astounding array of things you can do with paper. There are coloring books, greeting cards, forms, business card templates, and a whole lot more. Naturally, there is also an insane … Continue reading →
Kidney, Anyone? A well preserved 1968 Toyota Corona
The RT40 Corona is easily one of the most underrated Toyota classics, which is why it was the subject of one of our illustrious Consider the Following articles. Given how instrumental it was for getting the Toyota name into the … Continue reading →
EVENTS: The Final New Year Meeting, Part 01
It is with a heavy heart that we bring you this report on 2019’s New Year Meeting, held on the fourth weekend of January, for it is also the very last New Year Meeting. period. Twelve years ago, JNC became … Continue reading →
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Toyota Corona spotted on latest Tarantino movie set
Spotted on the set of the latest Quentin Tarantino film were a Toyota Corona RT40 and a Volvo Amazon sedan. The film, called Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, is set in 1969 and centers around the Sharon Tate murder … Continue reading →
How the Corona convinced Florida’s first Toyota dealer to sell these weird Japanese cars
Today there’s a second “first Toyota dealer” story on the interwebs, but this one comes from Florida rather than France. The story of how Dave Zinn in 1965 opened the Sunshine State’s first showroom for a then-obscure brand called Toyota … Continue reading →
Consider the Following: RT40 Toyota Corona
With the prices of the most popular models entering unattainable status for a lot of younger JNCers, we felt it necessary to highlight some painfully overlooked yet still affordable (for now) nostalgics. Welcome to another Consider the Following installment, in which we consider the RT40 Toyota … Continue reading →
EVENTS: All-Toyotafest 2017, Part 03 — Fun to Drive
“Fun to Drive” was the tagline of Toyota Japan for much of the 1980s, and it was absolutely true. Toyota once had a whole portfolio of stylish, slingable cars that were also — and this is a key component of fun … Continue reading →
VIDEO: Just a reminder that Toyota is cooler everywhere that is not the US
So at this point we’ve seen official ads featuring classic Toyotas in Japan, Colombia, the UK, and Australia. Now, three new videos have emerged Down Under featuring a trio of dedicated enthusiasts and their classic Toyotas. These include the original owner of a 1976 … Continue reading →
EVENTS: Kiryu Classic Car Festival, Part 02 — The Parade
By any standard the Kiryu Classic Car Festival is a memorable and diverse gathering of kyusha with no shortage of charm. Even better, however, is that after the car show part of the event concluded, the cars go for a parade through the streets … Continue reading →
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GRAND TOURING: Chubu and Kinki, Part 01
After a longer than usual break between our tours, we decided to take a full week off and continue our Western Coast explorations through the Chubu and Kinki regions. As we embarked, the outer bands of a seasonal typhoon loomed over Japan. … Continue reading →
VIDEO: Australians explain why the “shovelnose” was so important to Toyota
The RT40 Corona was hugely important in the US, saving Toyota’s skin after an embarrassing debut with the S30 Crown. However, that was nothing compared to the way it utterly transformed the Australian market for Toyota when it debuted in … Continue reading →
EVENTS: 2016 All-Toyotafest, Part 03 — Sporty Fours
As we saw in Part 02, Toyota has had no shortage of grand, powerful machines powered by the legendary straight-six. However, the company built its fortunes on millions of inline-fours. Using its vast production reserves, it has over the years been able to bestow … Continue reading →
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Tagged a20, a60, ae86, aw11, barikan, bosozoku, celica, corolla, corolla levin, corona, mr2, sprinter trueno, suzuki, t40, toyota, toyotafest
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GRAND TOURING: Tohoku, Part 02
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the twin disasters — a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and devastating tsunami — that struck Japan off the coast of Tohoku in 2011. In remembrance, we are re-running a series of stories that relate to the event’s aftermath. This … Continue reading →
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EVENTS: Old Car Heaven, Part 02
While Part 01 of our Old Car Heaven coverage concluded with a mob of rare Mitsubishis, we begin this installment along the perimeter of the show and a bevy of box vans. The Nissan Caravans were part of the Nissan Commercial Car … Continue reading →
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EVENTS: 2015 Mooneyes All Odds Nationals
If you’re looking for high-powered GT-Rs and the like, Mooneyes shows are probably not for you. The cars you find at a typical Mooneyes event celebrate the art of customization, whether it’s on kei cars or commercial trucks. The vehicles here less about racing than … Continue reading →
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Tagged a30, A80, All Odds Nationals, autozam, b210, barikan, carol, cedric, cedric 130, cedric 230, cedric 430, civic, corolla, corona, crown, debonair, e10, e20, ef, fj60, gloria, hilux, Homer, honda, kujira, land cruiser, mazda, Might Boy, minica, mitsubishi, mitsubishi 360, mooneyes, n10, nissan, porter, s130, s40, s50, s60, shuttle, sunny, sunny excellent, supra, suzuki, t40, t50, tateguro, toyota, wagon, wagons
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EVENTS: 20th All-Toyotafest, Part 01
Twenty years. That’s how long the annual Toyotafest has been taking place, making it one of the longest running import-only car shows in SoCal. It’s easy to see why. Toyota is the world’s largest automaker and has accrued many loyal fans along … Continue reading →
KIDNEYS, ANYONE? Arizona auction roundup
After the record prices for JNCs seen in Monterey last year, all eyes were on the gavel-pounding circus that is Arizona in early January. With no less than six auction houses competing for attention and incessant television coverage, it’s like Superbowl of car … Continue reading →
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Tagged 110s, 2000gt, auctions, barikan, c10, corona, cosmo sport, fj40, Hakosuka, land cruiser, mazda, nissan, scottsdale, skyline, t40, toyota
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EVENTS: 2013 All-Toyotafest, Part 01 — The Very Old & Very New
The year is 2013, and that means the official JNC 25-year-or-older rule puts the nostalgic cutoff squarely in 1988. Yes, it’s hard to believe that MkIII Supras are elegible for historic tags in most states now but it’s true. The … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2000gt, ae102, all-trac, avalon, barikan, celica, corolla, corona, crown, fj40, fr-s, greddy, gt 86, gt-four, hachiroku, hayashi, hilux, jza80, land cruiser, lexus, mooneyes, project mu, rays, rt52, s30, scion, sportcross, st184, st205, supra, t40, te37, toyopet, toyota, toyota 86, toyotafest, volk, wagons
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GRAND TOURING: Shio no Michi, the Salt Road — Part 01
Having not been away in a few weeks, we decided to take a Monday off and spend three days exploring Nagano Prefecture and some of the less traveled valleys near the Northern Alps. Using our usual form of taking the main … Continue reading →
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Tagged barikan, corona, cr-v, Grand Touring, honda, jeep, kei, life, mitsubishi, rt40, subaru, subaru 360, subaru r-2, t40, toyota
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EVENTS: Mooneyes Mania Cruise Bluebird-Corona Day, Part 02
Though the Mooneyes Mania Cruise‘s Bluebird-Corona Day started out with rain, the Sunnys did come out. However throughout the day echoes of an ancient war between Japan’s two largest industrial giants would play out.
