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This is a 1972 Toyota Celica. This is the era where the Japanese cars made their breakthrough in the American market. Toyota started in the US in 1957 and really got going in 1972 when Toyota started manufacturing in the United States. I got this picture in Nappa California.
© Fred Winograd copyright 2009
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I wonder if this was an original factory color? Didn’t you once own a Toyota?
Yes, I had a 1978. One weekend in about 1980, I put a brand new stereo radio with cassette player in the Celica. It took me all day because I had to take the dashboard apart to get it done correctly. On Monday, the car was stolen and was missing for about a week. Then I got a call from a junkyard in the Bronx. “Oh, I said, you’ve got my car”. Well you call it a car but it has no engine, doors, hood seats…….. Oh well, It was a total loss. I actually got paid mere for the car then I paid for it. The Yen had gone up in value. I used the money and purchased a VW Scirocco.