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Car of the Day : April 11, 2013; Hot Wheels '67 Toyota GT 2000
Topic Started: Apr 10 2013, 09:21 PM (558 Views)
craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

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Today's car is Hot Wheels' 1967 Toyota GT 2000.

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The Toyota 2000GT is a limited-production, front-engine, rear-wheel drive, two-seat, hardtop coupé grand tourer designed by Toyota in collaboration with Yamaha. First displayed to the public at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1965, the 2000GT was manufactured under contract by Yamaha between 1967 and 1970. In Japan, it was exclusive to Toyota's Japanese retail sales channel called Toyota Store.


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The 2000GT revolutionized the automotive world's view of Japan. The 2000GT demonstrated that Japanese auto manufacturers could produce a sports car to rival those of Europe, in contrast to Japan's image at the time as a producer of imitative and stodgily practical vehicles. Reviewing a pre-production 2000GT in 1967, Road & Track magazine summed up the car as "one of the most exciting and enjoyable cars we've driven", and compared it favorably to the Porsche 911. Today, the 2000GT is seen as the first seriously collectible Japanese car and the first "Japanese supercar". Examples of the 2000GT have sold at auction for as much as US$375,000

The engine was a 2.0 L (121 in³) straight-6 (the 3M) based on the engine in the top-of-the-line Toyota Crown sedan. It was transformed by Yamaha with new double overhead camshaft heads into a 112 kW (150 hp) sports car engine. Carburation was through three two-barrel Solex 40 PHH units. Nine special MF-12 models were also built with the larger but SOHC 2.3 L 2M engine. The car was available with three different final drives. Fitted with a 4.375 ratio axle, the car was said to be capable of reaching 135 mph (217 km/h). It could get 31mpg.

The engine was longitudinally mounted and drove the rear wheels through a five-speed manual transmission. A limited slip differential was fitted, and in a first for a Japanese car, all-round power-assisted disc brakes. The atypical emergency brake gripped the rear disc directly.

Only 351 (regular production cars) of the 2000GT were built, figures comparable to elite Italian supercar production of the day. According to Toyota and Yamaha data, there were 233 MF10s, 109 MF10Ls, and nine MF12Ls. All were actually built by Yamaha; it took two years for production vehicles to emerge. In America, the 2000GT sold for about $6,800, much more than contemporary Porsches and Jaguars. It is believed that no profit was made on the cars despite their high price; they were more concept cars and a demonstration of ability than a true production vehicle. About 60 cars reached North America and the others were similarly thinly spread worldwide. Most 2000GTs were painted either red or white.


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Check out Wikipedia.com to learn more on the Toyota GT 2000.

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Give HWs props, this a really nice model of a legendary Japanese car.

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Edited by craftymore, Apr 10 2013, 09:21 PM.
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Stampede
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Team Canada
I'll need to add this one to my collection soon! Nice pics, and it looks really great!
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juantoo3
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Must be a new model...if so, it is worth nominating for CotY,
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JustDavid
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SUV
The wheels look great on this car.
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Dean-o-mite
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Muscle Car
This is overall a very nice presentation. I have yet to have one in my hands, but based on what I have seen in pictures, this dollar car version appears to be just as satisfying as the high cost collector-quality Asian brand versions.
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
Classy. For a buck, I plan to get a couple of these.
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mbx64
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Matchbox Collector
How Wheels is surely well into their golden age. Another great model for Hot Wheels!
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GothicCarsUrban
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SUV
Great casting, but the presentation (ricer wheels and tampos) is kind of distasteful considering that the 1/1 car is one of the all-time greatest in the world.

Think I'll buy two, one to just detail chrome, lights & grille on and take the stripes off of, and one to drill open, paint the dash face, console and steering wheel wood-color and the rest flat black, strip the body with brake fluid, paint the body & base metallic grey to match one I saw in a book as a kid, detail lights, window trim, grille & base, and swap in MBX centerlock wheels with the knockoffs highlighted silver...
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Sak
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Ezekiel 25:17
Oh, yeah. Might have to dig through the usual mountains of HW peg rubbish to find it...but, it's coming home with me! :D
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Midsize
Sweet. One of the few Japanese cars I actually like.
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