Fun craigslist find: turbo Toyota shooting brake

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04/25/2014 at 17:39 • Filed to: None

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When can you put all those words together? This thing looks like it puts down some serious power. Also what is this motor that has 2 spark plugs per cylinder?

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Text from the ad:

Up for sale 1971 Toyota Corolla sw turbo twin cam .pictures talk by themselves.

Here is the link


DISCUSSION (7)


Kinja'd!!! jkm7680 > 6cyl
04/25/2014 at 17:42

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Want it! Besides the ugly steering wheel and column gauges.


Kinja'd!!! 6cyl > jkm7680
04/25/2014 at 17:44

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Agreed. Those made me sad


Kinja'd!!! BoulderZ > 6cyl
04/25/2014 at 17:44

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I just learned something new. I knew Mazda had a "twin spark" engine at one point, as a friend in college had a pickup with one. Never knew Toyota had one, too. Apparently at least a variant of the T engine, 4T-GTEU.


Kinja'd!!! lone_liberal > 6cyl
04/25/2014 at 17:49

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I'm bored at work so I was reading bringatrailer and saw that somebody in my city was selling a 69 Chevelle wagon on eBay! But I missed it and it went for only $7500. Argh. It was beautiful too.

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Kinja'd!!! jkm7680 > 6cyl
04/25/2014 at 17:52

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Such a Sexy car. Such a bad interior. I'm sure the next owner will change that.


Kinja'd!!! Trunk Impaired 318 > 6cyl
04/25/2014 at 18:02

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That looks like a Toyota 3T-GTE, quite the engine back in the day


Kinja'd!!! Dann > BoulderZ
04/25/2014 at 19:11

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You'd be surprised how many manufacturers have used twin-spark technology, even in modest cars. I had a Nissan Pintara (1990 Stanza to Statesiders) years ago which had the CA20E engine and used 2 plugs per cylinder.

Alfa Romeo used them, Mercedes used them in the M112 & M113 engines, some rotaries use them (13Bs for example), even four banger Rangers and Mustangs from the early 90s.