World's Oldest Toyota - Model AA!

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World's Oldest Toyota - Model AA!

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OK, OK - it's actually a Toyoda, but...
Simply fascinating story!
http://blog.toyota.co.uk/toyoda-model-a ... est-toyota
And from the Toy Mothership itself - great photos!
https://www.toyota.co.uk/world-of-toyot ... da-aa.json#
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Post by Mad_Marx »

I read another article about this car, it is fascinating and amazing that one survived. Toyota went through great pains to build some replicas for their anniversary a while back... Jay Leno got to drive one (he gets to drive one of everything).

https://youtu.be/IHUs9qmrheA
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