This is amazing - 29K miles!
One of the first Japanese cars to be brought over - and I still have a R&T road test of it from the day.
Very interesting description and LOTS of photos.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1958-Toy ... dZViewItem
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1958 Toyopet Crown on eBay in SF, CA
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1958 Toyopet Crown on eBay in SF, CA
T4WD augury?
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Re: 1958 Toyopet Crown on eBay in SF, CA
50 yr old tires that still hold air. 
What year were the first cars available to the public?
What year were the first cars available to the public?Give a boy a gun-give a biatch a cell phone-and pretty soon you almost got yourself a police state.
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Re: 1958 Toyopet Crown on eBay in SF, CA
from what ive read they moved to hollywood, california on October 31st, 1957 and produced the 1957 toyota crown as the first...
edit "toyopet dealer chain started making cars for the u.s. in 1956"
edit "toyopet dealer chain started making cars for the u.s. in 1956"
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