Toyota Cressida

Moderator Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Ireland

my new car:
1980 Toyota Cressida RX30 (known as the Mark II/Chaser in Japan)

booked in for a full bare shell restoration and paint after christmas (Strong Metallic Blue that comes on the AE111's)

the inspiration

won these on yahoo Japan

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:46 pm Post subject:

Cressy's rock!

There's a rather nice example in the UK

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:34 pm Post subject:

I only see the coupe's for sale here in Holland. Crying or Very sad

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject:

My parents had a sedan as well,they sold it in '92,saw a couple for sale on marktplaats.nl and their was a sedan now for sale as well,but I prefer coupe's.Nice car as well mate. Thumbsup

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:53 am Post subject:

Nice Chaser James Thumbsup

I like this one, altough I would change color:

Bosozoku style Evil or Very Mad

Offtopic: No boot lock yet...

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:32 am Post subject:

I kind of like the coke-bottle styling. Smile

Moderator Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Ireland

Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 1

Hi AE86ers!

James, I just thought I'd post here as a have a picture of your car you might be interested in.

That's my car on the right (also posted above by the Doctor - hi mate! Wink

) with yours on the left, pictured about a year or so before it fell into Nightmare's hands. The shot was taken in Gravesend, not far from me and interestingly where my car had spent all of it's life since new until I bought it from it's origialelderly owners. Nightmares bought the car from Cornwall (or Somerset?) several hundred miles away!

My car was part of a feature with several other Retro-Rides members cars in Max Power(!) earlier in the year. I'm currently in negotiations for the car to find another owner sometime soon.

Linkage:

www.retro-rides.com Reader's Rides thread on your car

My Reader's Ride thread on www.retro-rides.com

Video from Max Power shoot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNtlVytKkWA

Video of my car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEleRNUk6Zo

Recent Cressida thread on R-R:
http://retrorides.proboards86.com/index.cgi?boa...thread=1194861329

Enjoy tha car, and if you can handle a bit of multi forum action pop over to R-R and keep us updated! Smile

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:31 pm Post subject:

darn, i'm followed! Smile

*looks around to see if nobody else is around*

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:48 pm Post subject:

OMG. Matt Jones hangs around there as well! Very Happy

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:55 pm Post subject:

guess not, Dennis doesn't work as a writer Puh

If you want to see cool cars, come to RR, it just rocks! (so, that was my spam of today Very Happy

)

just take a look at the meetings they organize! Very Happy

Moderator Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Ireland

thanks simon, ill do a project thread there when i get something done with it Smile

Moderator Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Ireland

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:00 pm Post subject:

I think I'm going to look better for a 4 door cressida now! Drool

Currently only found a coupe for sale in Holland:
http://auto.marktplaats.nl/oldtimers/135734724-...-0-l-hardtop.html

Moderator Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Ireland

man I'd have a coupe:

buy it, it looks good in the pics there, you already have a cool 4 door Smile

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:24 pm Post subject:

Absolutely true. Puh

Found a Belgian 4 door for sale btw:
http://auto.marktplaats.nl/oldtimers/137215003-...rfekte-staat.html

But the price is a bit too much for me... Neutral

Moderator Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Ireland

got these for it:

original sales brochure

brand new Haynes manual

dealers postcard

Magazine ad:

Original Owners Manual (same as this but in green for the UK model, mint)

Original sales brochure (different to above)

new front brake discs arrived this morning:

Moderator Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Ireland

these arrived this morning:
front and rear brake lines
rear drums
rear brake shoes
rear cylinders
original MX41 wing mirrors

going to get toyota pads for the front and see if they still have reconditioning kits for the calipers and brake master cylinder.
going to coilover the front and get custom rear springs made.
spacers and stretched tyres front and rear with negative camber at the front.
trying to decide on rolled/fibreglass arches or plastic ones, and the colour will be altezza blue, its similar to the original but nicer imo, and a front splitter.
this style:

Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 3:34 am Post subject:

It`s The TERMINATOR Puh

Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 1:38 pm Post subject:

Those fender mirrors are Drool

Moderator Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 183 Location: Ireland

ordered toyota reconditioning kits for the brake calipers and brake master cylinder this morning as well as all rubber bushings underneath and the rubber insulators top and bottom of the rear springs

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 12:56 am Post subject:

i love these cressida's. looks like its going to turn out nice.
any updates w/pics?