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Car Show Classic: Toyota Tercel with Mid-Ship V6
Posted on September 13, 2022 | 17 CommentsMy middle son and I went to a car show in nearby Calgary that had all the usual suspect cars as well as a few more exotic finds but one […] -
Curbside Memories: 1985 Toyota Celica GT-S – The Good, The Bad, The Facts Of Life
Posted on August 22, 2022 | 43 CommentsLos Angeles, California, USA, 1985 – That’s the place and year I earned my driver’s license. As a 10th-11th grader, life was more than a little angst-filled. Little things were […] -
Curbside Classic: 1974 Toyota Corona Station Wagon – Giving Some Love To The Little Hauler
Posted on August 19, 2022 | 11 CommentsHow much love do these little haulers get? From the looks of this one, quite some. A good thing, as there’s nothing like them nowadays; most makes have moved away […] -
Curbside Classic: 1992 Toyota MR2 – A Camry In Italian Drag
Posted on June 25, 2022 | 39 Comments(first posted 2/13/2011): If a picture is really worth a thousand words, I might as well stop right now and just leave you with this one. It says it all. […] -
Curbside Classic: 1971 Toyota Corona Mark II – Some Things Never Change
Posted on June 13, 2022 | 48 Comments(first posted 8/20/2013) Forty (update: fifty) years is an instant, and an eternity; so many things change, but others hardly change at all. One minute, I’m with a girlfriend, […] -
Car Show Coverage: The May 2022 Mid-Missouri Old Car Club Cruise-In – Follow The Yellow Brick Road
Posted on June 3, 2022 | 46 CommentsThe other day I realized, not even accounting for that little viral thing, it had been several years since I had been to a car show. While that isn’t always […] -
Curbside Classic: 1973-74 Toyota Corolla – Appearances are Deceiving
Posted on April 27, 2022 | 13 CommentsAren’t Corollas of this vintage getting awfully thin on the ground? The 2nd generation Corolla, from upstart Toyota, slowly and unexpectedly ascended to worldwide dominance. Who could have seen it […] -
COAL: 1980 Toyota Corolla (E70) – One Last Stand for the Wounded Warrior
Posted on March 30, 2022 | 15 CommentsThe car was in ruinous state, long way from what it had been just 5 years before. How long had it sat on the front lawn without use? No way […] -
COAL: 1987 Toyota Corolla FX – Certainty in Uncertain Times
Posted on March 2, 2022 | 19 CommentsShe wanted me tag along, to go and together to check out a Corolla FX on Craigslist. Could I look it over? Make sure it was in sound condition? Sure, […] -
CC Capsule 1962 Toyota Corona – Feeling The Blues
Posted on January 20, 2022 | 8 CommentsIt was midafternoon Sunday in San Salvador. While waiting for my wife to finish some extracurricular activities I decided to go for a stroll around the block. The streets were […] -
COAL 1989 Tercel: Suddenly it’s 1980… in 1987!
Posted on January 19, 2022 | 11 CommentsWe arrived to Puerto Rico in December of 1987, now us being a family of three: mom, little brother and I. After a few days of staying in rather […] -
Curbside Classic: First Generation Toyota Hilux – Building Block
Posted on January 12, 2022 | 45 Comments(first posted 1/12/2016) Finding old Toyotas anywhere except on the West Coast can be a challenge.That’s where most were sold, and most older Japanese vehicles, like many European (and a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1986 Toyota MR2 – They Call Me MISTER Two!
Posted on January 11, 2022 | 56 Comments(first posted 2/27/2013) We recently discussed the Fiat X1/9 as both a CCOTY nomination, and in Sean Cornelis’ amazing test drive of a Bertone-badged variant one snowy Christmas Eve. The […] -
COAL: 1985 Toyota MR2 AW11 and 1987 Toyota MR2 AW10 – Some Things Work Better in Pairs, Right?
Posted on November 7, 2021 | 14 CommentsThe first generation Toyota MR2 doesn’t really need an introduction on these pages – it’s pretty well known for being a great combination of mid-engined driving dynamics, 80’s-tastic styling, and […] -
Curbside Classic: 1978 Toyota Cressida Wagon – I Love What You Do For Me, Mini-Cordoba Wagon
Posted on September 7, 2021 | 61 Comments(First posted March 18, 2013) Toyota was really coming into its own in the mid- to late-’70s. Despite starting out in the U.S. market with a frumpy, unpopular mini-1954 Plymouth […]