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

The only other Starlet documented by Murilee, also a 1982 and spotted in a California salvage yard...

https://www.autoblog.com/photos/junked-1982-toyota-starlet/#slide-1283722

 

I forget what year the supercharged engine was released, but once it became available it was standard by default on AWD Previas; RWD Previas could be equipped with the supercharged engine at extra cost...

I forget whether the supercharged engine was released for the 1993 or 1994 model year, but it was possible to get 1991 and 1992 models (on which only the 135ish horsepower non-turbo engine was the only choice) with AWD; it was also possible to order an AWD Previa with a 5-speed stick back in the early days of the model, though these are incredibly rare...

Murilee Martin managed to find a 1992 model in a Colorado salvage yard though!

https://www.autoblog.com/2020/12/12...th-5-speed-manual-transmission/#slide-2282470

 

I'm hoping that you get a title so you can actually register it for road use once the 25-year loophole kicks in; None of these cabover minitrucks would likely ever pass smog in California, but I've seen quite a few of them on the road here in Southeast PA. Some have classic plates, which exempts them from yearly emissions testing, but a few years ago I saw a Subaru Sambar that had both emissions and safety stickers on the windshield. A lot of diehard car enthusiasts around here are either mechanics licensed to perform state inspections, or know somebody who looks the other way and will put inspection stickers on anything; All diesel-powered vehicles in Pennsylvania are exempt from emissions, so it is possible to put normal
passenger plates on a JDM diesel vehicle (Say, a Toyota HiAce like the one I took pictures of at a cruise night last June, for example) and only have to get a safety inspection. Obviously, they will do a visual inspection and make sure the emissions control system hasn't been tampered with, but as long as the diesel vehicle is in good condition all will be good!

In some Florida jurisdictions, it is possible to obtain a title for and put a license plate on a golf cart, and drive it on the road.

In less populace states like Wyoming, it is apparently legal to put license plates on a side-by-side and drive it on public roads; I'm also pretty sure that some states let you register ATVs for road use!

In Pennsylvania, they are regularly used as hunting rigs.

 

1998 Corolla LE


February 24th, 2022:

Warminster, Pennsylvania

 

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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!

 

August 6th, 2021:

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

 

Really nice. And they added cup holders!

 

Clean! What transmission, Getrag 6-speed from the A80 Supra?

 

I honestly have no idea; The owner wasn't around and I just took pictures that I somehow forgot about until I stumbled upon them last night...

 

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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!

 

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