interests cars 1976 toyota corona sr5
This was my transition car... from my Mercedes 280c.
I was looking for a smaller, more economical, car with the same colors and ammenities.
This rather obscure Toyota model seemed to fill the bill.
This is the car in which Lynn and I took our honeymoon in Jasper Park, Canada.
We went north through Las Vegas and up into Idaho.
Somewhere in that stretch, our 5-speed gearbox went out and we had to drive without fifth gear.
No dealers in Idaho had even seen this model before and parts were several days out.
We continued our trip without the gears.
It was nerve racking, but we made it without further incident.
Owned: Oct 27, 1975 - Jan 1987
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1976 Toyota Corona, Burbank, California, USA, 1976.
1976 Toyota Corona, driving on the beach at sunset, Pismo Beach, California, USA, 1976.
1976 Toyota Corona, driving on the beach at sunset, Pismo Beach, California, USA, 1976.
1976 Toyota Corona, camping in the redwoods, California, USA, 1976.
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