On November 1st 2009 the 20th Crown Picnic was held in Yokohama Japan. This event has been going strong since the first Crown Picnic in 1990. Close to 90...
Well as of today I have the engine for the 58 Toyopet done. The only thing I am waiting for is the oil pan / valve cover been powder coated. After this I will...
Great website Mike Hopefully we can generate a lot of member to visit this site as I am sure a lot of stories will be added. First of all I have another 1958 ...
It will be a year next week that I had received the engine and transmission for the Tupelo Toyopet. I has been a challenge for me to locate parts and had a...
Hi Mike  The newspaper called me in regard to the car been at the dealership. It will be in the paper sometime next week. Also I will be going to a show in...
A few weeks ago I took my 1958 Toyopet Crown to one of our Toyota dealers that we deliver vehicles to. The owner Paul Mc Millan had asked me a few months ago...
It has been some time since I have posted news of the Toyopet engine rebuilding. This week I was able to see the new main bearing that have been remade in a...
For quite some time now, I have been looking for Toyopet Crown photos on Flickr (Flickr is a photo management and sharing application - in other words: a...
I know it's been a while since I contributed to the "cause" here. As you all know I am no longer with Toyota. However, I still have contact with the...
A few weeks ago I was browsing through some Japanese websites when I came across some Toyota videos from the Toyota Automobile Museum in Japan. The videos...
If you check out the Group home page you'll be able to see the artwork I had commissioned for the Toyopet Crown Registry. Late last year I asked Dennis, aka...
Here's another publication that features a Toyopet Crown... my friend Mika from Finland helped me get a copy of Mobilisti <http://www.mobilisti.fi/>...
A few months ago my friend gaijinshogun sent me a copy of MOON ILLUSTRATED 2008, the Mooneyes catalog from Japan. The reason I was after this catalog was that...
Every year in Scottsdale Arizona we have the Barrett Jackson auction and this year must of been the busiest I have seen. After walking for 7 or hours looking...
My friend Shige Suganuma of Mooneyes fame, sent me a couple of pictures from the recent Nostalgic 2 Days <http://nos2days.com/pc/> show that took place this...
The Petersen Automotive Museum (Los Angeles, CA) is having an exhibit entitled "What Were They Thinking? The Misfits of Motordom," running February 28th to...
The annual All Toyotafest is scheduled for Saturday May 9th 2009. This is the original and biggest all Toyota show and it is back at the Queen Mary in Long...
I recently received a book that I bid on from Yahoo Auction Japan. It is titled FIRST GENERATION CROWN DEVELOPMENT STORY Looking at Toyotas Car Manufacturing...
Toyota Motor Sales is feeling the pinch just like everyone else, and unfortunately they are making cuts all over. Just last week I learned that they will be...
I'd like to wish everyone here at ToyopetCrown a Happy and Healthy New Year! It has been an exciting and interesting year. Toyopet Crowns were coming out of...
I have been in contact with the original dealer owner where my Toyopet was originally sold. The owner mentioned that Toyopets were shipped from Long Beach...
I thought I'd take a minute to give a little insight on the "Consulate Crown", the 1958 Toyopet Custom Crown Deluxe that we have just purchased and now brought...
I called the owner of the dealership from where my Toyopet was sold today and he mentioned to me that George Pasha doesn't ring the bell at this time. But he...
Thank You Darren for the great news and pictures of the Toyopet. The machine shop here is about done with the machining. They had to make rod pin bushing as...
So far so good on doing more detail to the Toyopet. Last month I had the entire exaust system and the muffler restored and had them jet coated inside and out...
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