February 9, 200620 yr Just a couple days befoer the big crash this summer that let us C-n-G less for a few weeks I posted a photo-trivia thread: This is that photo. Tell me who made this car and why it's significant.
February 9, 200620 yr Heh. It looks like some kind of Chrysler Airflow knockoff, running on mini-spares from a modern car. But beyond that, I really don't know what it is.
February 9, 200620 yr Author Funny, someone said "Airflow Ripoff" last time too... never got the correct answer though. This should be exciting. I think it got up to like 3 pages last time wiht not one person even close.
February 9, 200620 yr Hey, something just dawned on me. That thing looks like an early Toyota I saw once in some magazine long ago. I remember at the time thinking that the car looked like a pipsqueak version of the Chrysler Airflow. Is it an early Toyota?
February 11, 200620 yr Author Yes indeed, after years of manufacturing knock-off Singer Sewing machines this was Toyota's very first attempt at making a car. If you ask me they should have quit while they were "ahead". Every singele body-line proportion & detail on this car makes me think of
February 12, 200620 yr Author 1936 Toyota AA: The only car in Automotive history that is MORE flatterig in a cheap 1:43 scale toy than it is in real life in Concourse D'Elegance condition.
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