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   Message 27,913 of 28,556   
   Mike Hunter to Scott Dorsey   
   Re: Throttle Mechanism Sticking -- Toyot   
   27 Jan 10 20:40:12   
   
   XPost: alt.autos.toyota.camry, alt.autos.toyota, alt.autos.lexus   
   XPost: rec.autos.tech   
   From: Mikehunt2@lycos,com   
      
   You said the magic word RUST, but you did not mention availability of parts   
   which is zilch.   
      
   I owned a '57 Toyopet.  I bought it as a favor from a friend that owned a   
   dealership.   It was a joke, I would not have spent a dime to keep it   
   running let alone try to restore one.   He bought to back from me after six   
   months for the $600 I paid him.   ;)   
      
      
   "Scott Dorsey"  wrote in message   
   news:hjqo8q$m9o$1@panix2.panix.com...   
   > Mike Hunter  wrote:   
   >>Saw a 63 Corvair sold for $35,000 at Barrette Jackson.   I never say an   
   >>old   
   >>Toyota sold there, however    ;)   
   >   
   > You will.  Toyota has made a few classics, even the Toyopet and the   
   > original   
   > Corona.   
   >   
   > And I for one would _love_ to have my old Corolla SR5 back, although   
   > without   
   > so much body rust or the cracked transmission case....  that was a really   
   > nifty design and it's a shame Toyota dumped it.   
   > --scott   
   >   
   > --   
   > "C'est un Nagra.  C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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