RE: SOTW: Toyota Crown

[f111lover]

Excellent shed, I seem to remember a mates Dad had one when I was at school, very comfortable cruiser and reliable as they come. Far better than the German crap fro the same time, possible still better than the German crap which bounce all over the road and rattle your teeth out with their so called sports supension. Lovely car.

[Greg348]

He originally states it has only had one owner from new, then goes on to say it has been restored by the previous owner, who has had it since 2000...
That makes at least 2 owners then

[mcelliott]

Oh that's really horrid.

[Accelebrate]

I've been in a few of these as taxis and thought they were quite quirky. Great outside the box shedding!

Although as others have mentioned... It's a one owner from new 1981 car, which was restored by its previous owner, who only had it from 2000.

Edited by Accelebrate on Friday 11th February 12:48

[jake15919]

pSyCoSiS said:

Interesting SOTW.

How do these things drive?

Very similar to a Lotus Elise, only much faster.

[Mr2Mike]

What a terrible looking shed, surely the ugliest car ever featured?

[Motorrad]

Haven't we had one of these before or am I having delusions brought on by an excess of chrome and velour?

Good shed, I like.


edit to add: all the people saying it's vile and ugly, that's the point, great isn't it?

[chunkymonkey71]

jake15919 said:

Very similar to a Lotus Elise, only much faster.

[redgriff500]

From a classic car perspective, in the condition it appears to be

£595 is a bargain.

Classis Jap stuff is on the up and this will appreciate.

Its not going to make you a fortune but I'd expect 5+ years of effectively free motoring

[TRUENOSAM]

If I had not just bought my own shed I would have seriously considered this

[Tyre Smoke]

jake15919 said:

pSyCoSiS said:

Interesting SOTW.

How do these things drive?

Very similar to a Lotus Elise, only much faster.

Here, have one of these.....

[EDLT]

The advert doesn't sound right, if it had an MOT it would be twice the price surely?

[TotalControl]

Amazing shed. Me want it long time.

[Mr2Mike]

Motorrad said:

edit to add: all the people saying it's vile and ugly, that's the point, great isn't it?

Not really, I don't think a car has to be scoop-your-eyes-out-ugly in order to make a decent shed.

[D4VPC]

The same car is listed on ebay for £1295, with a more detailed description!

So the £595 advert screams scam to me!

[Acquah]

Garlick said:

Must resist....

Not again... What is it with you and Jap barges?!












I have to say, I suffer the same affliction

[FestivAli]

Great shed! bargy, but slightly left field (it does remind me of my mums 1984 Cressida Station Wagon though). If you saw it in a carpark in Tesco's next to the usual euro supermini's it would have some cool about it in my book. If that's a weird reference, I haven't actually been to England since Jan 2008 but that was my defining impression...

[TORQ]

Gold wire spoke rims, airbags or hydraulics, 3 wheel motion, chain link steering wheel, job done!

Superb shed another Friday highlight.

[Negative Creep]

Read about this on another forum, apparently it's a write off and isn't straight

[Alfa Papa]

My grandparents ran one of these in Berlin - I seem to remember it being metallic brown. When they picked my up from Tegel as a 9-year-old (1985) I had never sat in anything so luxurious in my life! I thinked I really naffed them off by playing with the rear elctric window switches all the way home. Still they couldn't say much as their English was rubbish and my German non-existant.

My grandfather was an enlightened chap for a German and would never buy his own country's cars, always favouring Jap luxo barges. I think his last car was a Nissan Maxima (but not the rubbish one we got in the UK). His was a good one.

Not as good as the Mark 1 Toyota Celica he ran at the same time as his Crown. That was straight out of some private-detective movie, black with a cigarette-pack holder in the front. Far cooler than a cup holder, if ultimately more dangerous!