Remembering Japanese cars from the past
I know I featured this Toyota Crown MS85 Super Saloon a good year ago, but it appears in front of the office now and then:
And it looks so damn great I can’t leave it be. ;)
The Crown really looks a bit gangster with its colors and high springs: Continue reading
Spotting old J-tin on the streets is a big hobby of mine and most of the time I can see in a split second that there is some old Japanese car lurking around in a parkinglot. Imagine the surprise when I walked out of the office and found this good looking dark grey Toyota Crown Super Saloon parked across the street:
At the same time I was talking to someone on the phone and no other camera on me. So I tried to break off the conversation as quickly as possible and take a few quick snapshots with the phonecam.
Here is another picture where I got up close: Continue reading
During one of my early morning cycles to work I encountered a familiar face that I saw a few months before: a Toyota Crown S110!
Toyota Crown MS110 Super Saloon
The car is a 1980 Toyota Crown Super Saloon and was delivered originally to the Netherlands. That is quite rare these days since most older cars seem to be imported from either Germany or Switzerland who have a bit less classic friendly laws nowadays.
In this case it turned out to be a Crown MS112 featuring the 2.8 liter 5M-EU engine.
Toyota Crown MS110 Super Saloon
The car itself looked immaculate which is very surprising for an original Dutch car.
Toyota Crown MS110 Super Saloon
The car features an automatic gearbox which should give it the smoothest ride you can imagine.
And later that day I found out it is actually for sale, but the sales ad on Marktplaats has already gone. So I pressume it has been sold now.
Reminds me of the fact that the brown Toyota Crown LS110 I posted some time ago is also for sale:
1981 Toyota Crown LS110 @ Marktplaats
BTW: The reason for its high price is the fact that it is a diesel powered car.
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