Toyota Stalking, er...um, SPOTTING with Charlie™ (Cars, vans, SUVs, Lexus, Scion, and brochures)!

That's right, a Toyota airplane! Powered by Lycoming though...

 

https://www.airdatanews.com/taa-1-the-toyotas-mysterious-airplane/

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_TAA-1

 

This is a different plane, but it apparently has a Lexus V8 under its cowling!

 

1998 Corolla LE


February 24th, 2022:

Warminster, Pennsylvania

 

Yes, it's an Isuzu (Specifically, it's a 1994 Isuzu), but under the hood is a 1JZ from a Supra! This was gonna go in my "Non-Toyota minitruck" thread, but seeing as it Toyota-powered truck I figured I'd post it here; Other Toyota-powered creations I've posted here include Nissan 300ZX with a 2JZ in it, and a 1968-1969ish Chevy C10, also with a 2JZ under the hood. I have posted a 1929 Plymouth and a 1933 Ford, both mounted on 1980s Toyota truck chassis and running gear, in my "Truck/Hilux Stalking Thread" as well...

So yeah, this is a 1994 Isuzu pickup with a 1JZ crammed under the hood!

 

I got to relive my childhood at a car show today; This guy brought his 1991 Toyota Camry DX! My parents bought a Camry LE V6 new in the summer of 1990, and that was our family car for 8 years! My dad sold it in about June 1998 with about 80K miles on it, before we moved from Mountain View, California to Virginia Beach. This Camry is a 1991 DX model with the 2.0L 4-banger, while ours was a 1990 with the higher LE trim and the 2.5L V6; This car is obviously a different color (ours was Super White with a blue cloth interior), but this is basically the same car my parents had. Also, my parents' car had 4-wheel disc brakes and ABS, while this one has front disc/rear drum and no ABS; The owner said he slammed on the brakes in the rain one time, and the car went sideways!


February 26th, 2022:

Paulsboro, New Jersey

 

A little bit of rust, and some cosmetic blemishes, but the car was very clean!

 

One thing my mom did not like about her 1990 Camry was the automatic seatbelts, which car also has...

 

The owner let me sit in the car; Less than 104K miles on a 31-year old car, which means that it's barely broken in! I am pretty sure that my mom's car had a tachometer...

 

Factory AM/FM cassette, and A/C that actually works! The original owner, a little old lady, spent a fortune overhauling the air-conditioning system (which included a new compressor, a new condenser, and converting it to R134a); She died a year later, and her widow held onto the car for years because he just couldn't bring himself to part with it...

 

This car has variable intermittent wipers, which I believe were an extra-cost option on base model 1987-1991 Camrys (This is a midlevel DX, and I don't know for sure if the no-frills models had intermittent wipers without the variable function or just basic 2-speed wipers like my Tacoma came with)...

It also has factory cruise control, which works!

 

This car has variable intermittent wipers, which I believe were an extra-cost option on base model 1987-1991 Camrys (This is a midlevel DX, and I don't know for sure if the no-frills models had intermittent wipers without the variable function or just basic 2-speed wipers like my Tacoma came with)...

It also has factory cruise control, which works!

 

Notice anything here? I'll give you a few minutes...

 

The backseat was never used!

 

Power windows and door locks, but manual mirrors; My mom's Camry was loaded, with not only all of the options this car has, but also power mirrors a power driver's seat!

 

Barely broken in at a just over 100K miles (just shy of 104K at the time I took the pictures)...

 

Factory wheel covers!

 

Figure it out yet?!?!