1968 Toyota Corona HotRod!! 4.0 Liter V8 290HP - Full Tube Chassis!!!
Condition: | Used |
Make: | Toyota |
Model: | Corona |
Type: | Coupe |
Doors: | 2 |
Year: | 1968 |
Mileage: | 7,742 |
Color: | Blue |
Engine: | 4.0 L 1UZ-FE V8 |
Transmission: | Automatic |
Interior color: | Other |
Vehicle Title: | Clear |
Item location: | Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
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Description of 1968 Toyota Corona |
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EMG is excited to offer a truly One-Off unique Toyota Hot Rod for sale! This 1968 Toyota Corona was hand built and designed by a well known Hot-rodder and Fabricator in Southern California, Mitch Allread. Mitch took his old daily driver 68 Corona and transformed it into this 32 Ford inspired Toyota HotRod! Utilizing a Lexus SC400 4.0L, DOHC, 32 Valve V8 just to keep it all Toyota and even more unique; he took his corona apart and built a completely custom Tubular Steel Space Frame with 106-inch Wheelbase (10.7 inches longer than stock Corona). The front suspension consists of upper and lower unequal-length A-arms on either side that he fabricated, plus Carrera shocks inside Afco coil springs. In back there's a Speedway Engineering quick-change solid axle located by three links and a Watts linkage dampered, again, by Carrera shocks and Afco coilover springs. RGP manual rack-and-pinion steering handles that chore, while the braking system consists of Wilwood 1231/416-inch cross-drilled rotors at each corner clamped by six-piston calipers in front and four-piston calipers in the back. Of course the Corona shell has been itself heavily rubbed. Allread whacked 311/42 inches out of the pillars and replaced the windshield, rear quarter-windows and rear window with Lexan (the doors' side windows are just gone). Opening up the rear-wheel openings accommodated the slight shift in wheel position and rails welded into the roof and trunklid exaggerate the car's circle track vibe. The tail is capped by a Lexan spoiler and replica '59 Cadillac taillights. Finally, he took the leading edge of each front fender, welded it to a chunk of the hood that he narrowed 17 inches, and filled the space between them with mesh. The resulting box is a grille shell that sits forward of the front tires that, along with the engine, are exposed to the open air. Don't miss a great opportunity to be the talk of your next local car show with this fun to drive and fun to see Toyota HotRod!!!
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