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Piston Pioneer
Part 2
More gorgeous Celica's.
Random shot.
Corolla AE86
More Celica's - the Celica in the third photo has some really ugly taillamps...
Celica Liftback. A relative of mine had one of these, a 1979 model. It was white and had tastefully added red racing stripes. He had to sell it because it was falling apart due to rust. Plus, spare parts are apparently not available for older Toyota's in Europe anymore.
The 6th generation 1978-1983 Corona. I grew up with these in the Philippines. The thing I liked most about these was the grille. Isn't it awesome?
5th generation 1977 Corona. I grew up with these as well. Sat inside it, brought back some memories, but man it was cramped inside, even with the seat pushed all the way back.
1975 Corona Mark II RX-12 - ok, so it has the potential name of a Mazda sports car and looks like a 1972 Dodge Coronet Brougham sedan! AWESOME! This is the second Corona Mark II here, the first one was in the shop.
Peter Pichert must have good connections if he has a JDM Toyota Sera on display here.
A 1975 Cressida sedan. This was a premium car in its day and was powered by a 90-hp 2.0 6-cylinder engine and had a 4-speed manual or automatic transmission. This car brings back memories because as a child, my neighbor in the Philippines had a brown one. I always thought it was a nice-looking machine. It has a sort of "Plymouth (Chrysler Corp.)" look to it.
The Cressida Coupe. A lovely car, but like the sedan it never sold in large numbers.
A supped-up Celica. Don't get your hopes up, it "only" has 125-hp!
A WRC Corolla. I don't think this was an official car though.
Here we have the most BORING Toyota in this museum. In fact, all cars here in this museum were interesting, stylish - except this. First generation Prius. Ugly as sin.
A line of Corolla's...
The second generation Cressida also was an exotic on the German market. It simply didn't sell successfully.
The Toyota Crown corner. A nice-looking car but it faced some tough competition from its German rivals here. The Nissan Laurel, a rival to the Crown and also sold in Germany, didn't fare better. All cars shown here had a 105-/109-hp 6-cylinder 2.0 engine. Two of them had automatics, the others had 4-speed manuals.
Fourth generation Toyota Crown Coupe. Interesting hood styling with the blinkers etc. There was no mention if the sedan version of this car was sold in Germany.
This was part of the museum though at first I thought this was a spare parts center. Toyota engines and spare parts were displayed here.
More random photos...
An interesting rear taillight design on this Corona.
The 1975 Toyota 1000 KP-30. It was powered by a sub-1-liter engine and 45-horsepower.
Next to the small KP-30, a 1000 "shooting break".
More random photos...
A 1981 Tercel. One of the first FWD Toyota's. The old man who owns a Toyoyta dealership had one of these as his company car in those days.
A possibly unknown Corolla - a Corolla Liftback. Can it be said? "Corolla + Sexy" in one sentence!? Yep.
1980 Corolla - very popular in the Philippines, not in Deutschland...
Generic 1970s Corolla interior. Looks much better than the ones on sale today! This is STYLE!
THE END
More gorgeous Celica's.
Random shot.
Corolla AE86
More Celica's - the Celica in the third photo has some really ugly taillamps...
Celica Liftback. A relative of mine had one of these, a 1979 model. It was white and had tastefully added red racing stripes. He had to sell it because it was falling apart due to rust. Plus, spare parts are apparently not available for older Toyota's in Europe anymore.
The 6th generation 1978-1983 Corona. I grew up with these in the Philippines. The thing I liked most about these was the grille. Isn't it awesome?
5th generation 1977 Corona. I grew up with these as well. Sat inside it, brought back some memories, but man it was cramped inside, even with the seat pushed all the way back.
1975 Corona Mark II RX-12 - ok, so it has the potential name of a Mazda sports car and looks like a 1972 Dodge Coronet Brougham sedan! AWESOME! This is the second Corona Mark II here, the first one was in the shop.
Peter Pichert must have good connections if he has a JDM Toyota Sera on display here.
A 1975 Cressida sedan. This was a premium car in its day and was powered by a 90-hp 2.0 6-cylinder engine and had a 4-speed manual or automatic transmission. This car brings back memories because as a child, my neighbor in the Philippines had a brown one. I always thought it was a nice-looking machine. It has a sort of "Plymouth (Chrysler Corp.)" look to it.
The Cressida Coupe. A lovely car, but like the sedan it never sold in large numbers.
A supped-up Celica. Don't get your hopes up, it "only" has 125-hp!
A WRC Corolla. I don't think this was an official car though.
Here we have the most BORING Toyota in this museum. In fact, all cars here in this museum were interesting, stylish - except this. First generation Prius. Ugly as sin.
A line of Corolla's...
The second generation Cressida also was an exotic on the German market. It simply didn't sell successfully.
The Toyota Crown corner. A nice-looking car but it faced some tough competition from its German rivals here. The Nissan Laurel, a rival to the Crown and also sold in Germany, didn't fare better. All cars shown here had a 105-/109-hp 6-cylinder 2.0 engine. Two of them had automatics, the others had 4-speed manuals.
Fourth generation Toyota Crown Coupe. Interesting hood styling with the blinkers etc. There was no mention if the sedan version of this car was sold in Germany.
This was part of the museum though at first I thought this was a spare parts center. Toyota engines and spare parts were displayed here.
More random photos...
An interesting rear taillight design on this Corona.
The 1975 Toyota 1000 KP-30. It was powered by a sub-1-liter engine and 45-horsepower.
Next to the small KP-30, a 1000 "shooting break".
More random photos...
A 1981 Tercel. One of the first FWD Toyota's. The old man who owns a Toyoyta dealership had one of these as his company car in those days.
A possibly unknown Corolla - a Corolla Liftback. Can it be said? "Corolla + Sexy" in one sentence!? Yep.
1980 Corolla - very popular in the Philippines, not in Deutschland...
Generic 1970s Corolla interior. Looks much better than the ones on sale today! This is STYLE!
THE END
