Let's Test Your Car Knowledge (DISCOVERED)

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform) 12/15/2014 at 18:12 • Filed to: carlopnik

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Who built this?

EDIT: carcrasher88 got it. It's a Toyota Classic.

jkm7680 > TheHondaBro 12/15/2014 at 18:14

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Some crazy Japanese something.

carcrasher88 > TheHondaBro 12/15/2014 at 18:29

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Toyota Classic, based on the 5th-gen Hilux chassis and designed to resemble Toyota's first production car, the AA. The engine underneath is a 3Y-E 2 liter 4 cylinder engine and a 4-speed automatic.

Only 100 of them were built.

Amoore100 > TheHondaBro 12/15/2014 at 18:35

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Toyota Origin?

Amoore100 > Amoore100 12/15/2014 at 18:36

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NVM, this awkward thing is the Origin...

Steve in Manhattan > TheHondaBro 12/15/2014 at 18:40

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Once again I am disappointed in all of you. This is clearly the test mule collaboration between Plymouth and Crosley developed back the early 1960s. Featuring 2 wheel drive (left front, right rear), worm and sector steering, a 800cc 4 cylinder 2-stroke engine capable of 0-60 times characteristic of the time, cable brakes, and optional vinyl wood trim (a first in the industry!), the car was to go on sale on November 22, 1963, but events intervened. A later attempt by Plymouth to resurrect the project failed horribly when the engine offered in the new car was even worse. And it was uglier.

Behold, the family resemblance:

TheHondaBro > Steve in Manhattan 12/15/2014 at 18:42

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It's a Toyota.

TheJWT > Steve in Manhattan 12/15/2014 at 18:43

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Did it come with a turbo encabulator or was that an optional extra?

Steve in Manhattan > TheJWT 12/15/2014 at 20:17

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This was discussed, but it failed to make it to the design phase. Talks broke down when Plymouth insisted on the square steering wheel of the period and Crosley insisted on reverting to an earlier style - the tiller arrangement, made famous by the 1 horsepower Benz horseless carriage .

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > TheHondaBro 12/15/2014 at 20:52

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Isn't that the newer Toyota made to look like the first Toyota ever made. I have seen it in Japan. Clearly it isn't the original.

Steve in Manhattan > TheHondaBro 12/16/2014 at 02:09

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Do we have an answer yet? It is past my bedtime.

TheHondaBro > Steve in Manhattan 12/16/2014 at 06:27

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Toyota Classic.

Steve in Manhattan > TheHondaBro 12/16/2014 at 16:27

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I find that thing more attractive than I should ...