Check this Toyota from 1967....I want one bad

[Shuie]

I seriously give a R/A. Its an awesome car.

Thanks AG! He's not 100% Chow. He's a Eurasiar. Part Chow, Spitz, Samoyed. Supposedly very pouplar in eurpoe and Canada, but not bred, AKC registered, even really sold here. I dont know where ours came from originally, hes a CAWS dog. Best dog Ive ever had.

[B D]

And now to complete this thread a Bunny with a Japanese rice cracker on his head. Take it easy on SVK he is Porscheless.

[svonkampen]

thanx BD ;-)

SvK

[randywebb]

I enjoyed seeing these pics - always liked that car's looks.

But... no 911 or Porsche content.

[Joe Bob]

Read this thread and decided I'm gonna go drive my longhood....rest of you guys can take a valium and have an enema....geez......

[Panzer909]

"My mother once said: never get into a strange car with a strange girl. But you, Mr. Bond will get into ANY car with ANY girl. heheheheh".

-You only Live Twice



My dad practically raised me on that movie. He claims that he saw it in a showroom brand new in Okinawa when serving in the 60's. Said nobody knew what these new "Hondas" and "Toyotas" were at the time. One showroom even had a dirt floor at the time (said he)...........

[Paul Franssen]

Originally posted by scottb
And the reason this thread shouldn't be moved to Off Topic is......?

Er...please do not consider my reply a "flame". In fact, you are technically fully 100% correct in that this is off-topic.

I note that, as of this writing, it has not yet been placed in the off-topic area, and I commend that.

My (personal, humble) opinion is that the interest of this thread is such that it might be, as a gesture of courtesy and respect from the true automobile enthusiasts we Porsche fans are, allowed to remain within the folds of our "Porsche" world. We must not make the error of the belly-button universe, and our Porsche pride has strong enough an aura to permit itself the luxury and privilege of, from time to time, paying homage to other valourous contenders. But of course, all that is subjective, and no way can Toyota be misread to spell out PORSCHAH!!!!!!!!!

[randywebb]

I'd rather discuss how it compares to 911s of the time...
{and that is perfectly appropriate for this forum}

R&T must have done an article on the Toyota...

Beyond the technical merits, Toyota simply didn't have the name recognition and the "definition" of being THE sports car company that Porsche had (something Wienie-King is working hard to dilute, BTW). Lacking that, you'd better have a nice price - it didn't.
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Now, (watch me save this thread) what we have is:

150 hp, 2L straight six; torque 130 ft-lbs

car wt. 2,470 lbs.

front-mounted engine

X-backbone type chassis - similar to a Lotus Elan chassis

cross-ratio 5-speed transmission, limited slip differential
What is a cross-ratio trans.??

4-wheel disc brakes


For a Porsche 911, we could cheat just a tad and use the 1967 911S (first year of the S), which will be a SWB version. The engine is in the rear - with all the good and bad that implies, esp. in a SWB.

hp & torque?

car wt. about 2,300 lbs.

unit body chassis

5 speed 901 (sensu strictu) trans. - {the 911 type trans would emerge in 1970}

4 wheel disc brakes that were a leader for the time - and the rear engine helps braking too.


The 911 had classic styling - the Toyota looks like an Italian styled it - the swoop of the overall shpare is almost Miura-like. The gawd-awful flaw is the gian bug-eye headlights - if more had been made you can bet people would be glassing over those....

[pa911]

So what was the HP and torque of the 911?

[svonkampen]

randy would it not be best to compare the 67 Shelby 2000GT to the '67 911R ?

SvK

[svonkampen]

67 911S

HP: 160

[svonkampen]

67 911 R

HP: 210

[Zeke]

Originally posted by Formerly Steve Wilkinson
Who gives a r/a? Those of us who know there are a thousand fora out there where you can chat to your heart's content about Toyotas and XKEs, 240Zs and Saab 93s. You're wasting our time.

Stephan

Yeah, take that. We could be out polishing our lug nuts.

[svonkampen]

Zeke,

my 68 3.0 fliiieeeesssssssssssss

[randywebb]

Well we could compare the R vs the Shelby ...

I just wanted us to do some sort of technical comparison to - ah - validate the thread...

[svonkampen]

kay randy

[pa911]

So were they ever on a track with a 911?

[mjshira]

wrong board

[randywebb]

To me, you just have to put the engine in the middle or the rear (or have an Fcar) to compete with the feel of the 911.

I'm still hoping somebody will post some magazine tests on this thing tho...