The Toyota Museum is Awesome

"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo) 10/22/2016 at 22:03 • Filed to: None

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A long line of Celicas

Wow, that was cool. Everyone we met was so nice. The Sunchaser was a hit! My wife wants to register for the Touge next year. It was cool how many Japanese car enthusiasts we met who are in their 20s. For me, part of the love is that these are the plastic interiors of my youth. I met two really nice enthusiasts, both under 25 who came to see the cars finish. They were so excited - one said to me, “A Sunchaser! I read about them but have never seen one in real life.” He made my day. Forgive my photodump, but Kinja is making it difficult to caption these photos. What a great day.

If Scion had made actual cars as fun as this concept, it might have worked.

Corollas

I love the graphics on this Tercel. We need more decals.

FR-S concept.

Trucks!

Ohh....SVX.

I’m drooling.

I think I am in love with this car.

Skyline!

This is so stock I cant believe it.

My wife loved that she had the balls to wear this.

Coolest truck EVER.

These flared lights make my heart miss a beat.

Need I say anything about these taillights?

So many race cars

Keanu!

How does a grown person fit?

I had an emotional crisis over this car.

So cool

These Corolla taillights are awesome.

Remember how adorable these were?

This MR2 Spyder was an automatic but this selector almost made me forgive that flaw.

EV concepts.

The Minority Report car was a disappointment.

Lexus row. Hey, Mr. Rolland, same family.

Toyopet Crown

I LOVE THESE WHEELS SO MUCH

NSFW

The young man who brought this RX-7 was really nice.

I really liked this day. Peace, Oppo. Enjoy the cars you love.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > ImmoralMinority 10/22/2016 at 22:08

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Wait 3 2000gts. that’s amazing.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > ImmoralMinority 10/22/2016 at 22:10

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Dr. Zoidberg could die there a very happy man.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > ImmoralMinority 10/22/2016 at 22:13

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The MRS is actually a sequential transmission.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > ImmoralMinority 10/22/2016 at 22:19

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Zoidberg is in full crisis mode right now.

Benjamin Rolland > ImmoralMinority 10/22/2016 at 22:24

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Any Lexus besides minority report and the ct?

E90M3 > ImmoralMinority 10/22/2016 at 22:24

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I think a lot of people around my age, I’m 26, like cars. It’s just that many people in my generation are saddled with a lot of student debt, so instead of getting a car they want, they have to repay those loans. I have 0 loans, hence why I got an E90 M3. Most M3s I see are driven by people old enough to be my dad.

carcrasher88 > ImmoralMinority 10/22/2016 at 22:45

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That’s some incredible stuff! My only complaints are that they displayed that ugly Ultimate Celica Concept instead of the Cruising Deck Concept, and the first gen Rav4 displayed wasn’t a 3-door.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > ImmoralMinority 10/22/2016 at 22:55

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That Dan Gurney Celica is pretty cool. I go to see the 2000 GT in Odaiba at the Megaweb sometimes (cool car but I want the Fairlady Z 432 there)

Dusty Ventures > ImmoralMinority 10/22/2016 at 23:05

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I got to Ironman’s trophy truck and my pants spontaneously exploded.

I’m surprised/disappointed they don’t have any rally cars, or any of the Millen Pikes Peak cars

Celikid > ImmoralMinority 10/22/2016 at 23:29

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I NEED that skier decal from that tercel 4wd for mine! It’s got the pinstripes but no cool stick man skiing

Steve in Manhattan > ImmoralMinority 10/22/2016 at 23:52

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Well, I visited the Toyota Museum in Tokyo back in March, but this isn’t it! California?

daender > ImmoralMinority 10/23/2016 at 00:04

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Interesting that they have an All-Trac Celica but not the rarest of USDM Celicas, the ST165 1987 Toyota Celica All-Trac IMSA GTO Edition. Aka, it’s a GT-FOUR Celica straight from Japan...the good one. Supposedly only 77 were sold and all of them were done so in California.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Celikid 10/23/2016 at 01:19

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IS the Tercel Wagon SR5 everything I have dreamed it of bring? Fun to drive, dorky, and useful?

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 10/23/2016 at 01:21

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Don’t forget about me... I have transcended everything just looking at these pictures.

Celikid > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 10/23/2016 at 09:12

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Your dead on the money toyotaguy. Got it as my first car and the thing’s amazing!

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Celikid 10/23/2016 at 11:21

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I need an inclinometer in my life

Celikid > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 10/23/2016 at 11:44

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Mine being the second gen didn’t get the inclinometer but I’m taking a trip to my local pic n pull yard to see what’s left of one

Leonardo DiCabriolet > ImmoralMinority 10/23/2016 at 14:18

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Quite bummed I wasn’t able to make it, this helps ease the pain though. Would’ve been tough to get me away from the race cars. Or the Celica’s. 

Sky Higa > Benjamin Rolland 10/23/2016 at 18:29

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They had an IS F

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > ImmoralMinority 10/23/2016 at 18:56

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Great photos.

I’m incredibly jealous. This place is officially on my bucket list. I’ve gone back to searching for old Toyotas recently and this post only makes the want stronger

Teitsmania > ImmoralMinority 10/24/2016 at 12:10

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Just an FYI, the MR2 Spyder came with 2 transmission options, a traditional 5 speed manual, and a six speed sequential manual (pictured). The 6 speed was a manual with a clutch, just not clutch pedal. There was no automatic mode, you actually chose the gear and it would stay there until you changed it. Downshifts were accompanied by a satisfying throttle blip to rev match. Fantastic pictures!

Nauraushaun > ImmoralMinority 10/25/2016 at 07:09

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So much awesome here.

The FR-S concept! Back when it was 1000kg and cool as hell!

That SVX is the best one I’ve ever seen.

I love how seeing these cars all fresh and stock and new reminds you how good they looked back then. Even the Celicas - all the ones around now are fucked.

The MR2s are beautiful.