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| Car of the Day: May 5, 2015; Tomica Limited Vintage '56 Toyopet Crown | |
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| 250 TR | May 5 2015, 10:55 AM Post #1 |
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![]() Today's car of the day is Tomica Limited Vintage's 1956 Toyopet (Toyota) Crown ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures on the real car, please visit: Toyota Crown ![]() ![]() I love Tomica Limited Vintage cars, but there are so many that I don't have as I don't have much of a connection to the very early or more "pedestrian" cars. Sure I love their sports cars, but for me, I wouldn't get that excited about a 50's sedan. Make it a rally car, add a nice history of it being a real race car, add a very cool graphic of the Japanese and Australian flags on the hood, and I'm now fully on board. Plus any car that has the Mobil Flying Pegasus on it has to be cool. ![]() ![]()
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| pjedsel | May 5 2015, 11:41 AM Post #2 |
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Muscle Car
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Cool a Toyopet! Back in my college days there was a '59 Toyopet sitting just down from the gas station I was a pump jockey at. We were close to an Air Force base and I am guessing one of those airmen probably brought it back from a tour in Japan just as my father had brought home a Henkel from one of his overseas tours. Like my old Studebaker, it sort of ran but outside cranking over the engine it never moved from where it sat. This is an awesome little rally car version from Tomica - so many nice models in their LV series.
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| ivantt | May 5 2015, 11:45 AM Post #3 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Wow, certainly not my expectation of a rally car!!!! A very sedanish body and guess what?? No red or orange glass!! But the busy graphics, they're a sign of things to come.Okay, I'm onboard for this one, also! |
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| craftymore | May 5 2015, 09:06 PM Post #4 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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Instant Win! |
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| Ethanator | May 5 2015, 09:55 PM Post #5 |
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Jaw-droppingly gorgeous |
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| juantoo3 | May 6 2015, 09:01 AM Post #6 |
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VERY nice! Impressive! |
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| toyotageek | May 6 2015, 10:25 AM Post #7 |
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Japanese Minicar Maniac
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I've come close to buying an old RS Crown several times, but never close enough. This model depicts the Crown that was entered in the 1957 Mobilgas Rally round Australia as the first Japan-made car, and finished the race in third place among foreign cars. There used to be more info on the Toyota Global site, but I can't seem to find it or it's not there anymore. Instead, you can read more on Speedhunters: http://www.speedhunters.com/2009/02/retrospective_gt_gt_1957_mobilgas_round_australia_rally/ The original car is long lost to history. The car that can be seen today is a replica. My wife was in Japan at the time the car was displayed at Toyota Megaweb (May 2007) and sent me a few pictures... ![]() w91575407 by toyotageek, on Flickr ![]() w91576831 by toyotageek, on Flickr |
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| Stampede | May 6 2015, 10:46 AM Post #8 |
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Certainly another reminder why TLV is one of the best put there!
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| Dean-o-mite | May 13 2015, 04:44 AM Post #9 |
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It is always cool to see the real thing along with the model. I now have even more appreciation for this release! |
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Cool a Toyopet! Back in my college days there was a '59 Toyopet sitting just down from the gas station I was a pump jockey at.
We were close to an Air Force base and I am guessing one of those airmen probably brought it back from a tour in Japan just as my father had brought home a Henkel from one of his overseas tours. Like my old Studebaker, it sort of ran but outside cranking over the engine it never moved from where it sat. This is an awesome little rally car version from Tomica - so many nice models in their LV series.






Certainly another reminder why TLV is one of the best put there!

9:49 AM Jul 11