Toyota Historical Pictures (1 Viewer)

[stephows]

I stand corrected, it was a KB starter vehicle - doubly stupid considering I wrote the Wikipedia article which explained all that

Nice pic of the KB and BM. Looks like one happy worker in front of them.

Try this for something a little more colourful...

- Stepho

 

[JohnnyC]

from WWII

go ahead pick your target

 

[a.greenspan]

 

[JohnnyC]

more

 

[stephows]

1954 (?) JDM brochure for the FA5 5 ton truck.
Index of /~stepho/brochures/Toyota/Toyota truck 5 ton 105hp 285

- Stepho

 

[JohnnyC]

good stuff stepho...I likie

 

[stephows]

You're welcome.
They'd come a bit faster except I'm scanning 30" fold-out brochures on a little A4 scanner and it takes about a week of spare time to stitch them back together without seams.
One day I will go back and remove the fold lines too but that takes much longer.

I'm just loving all the old pics coming out of this thread.

- Stepho

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

Thanks for the work Stepho...nice to see those old copies

 

[a.greenspan]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3245/2441479770_12993959bf.jpg

 

[Cammo30]

Found a 20 yo book I had from years ago, "The story of the Landcruiser"
heres some pages from it, ( And I uploaded them back to front, so start from the bottom)

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

Cammo, great find, there's a lot of new stuff in there I haven't seen.

Do you have the publisher of that book so we can try to track it down?

 

[JohnnyC]

yeah great book Cammo....Nice Find

edit...give credit to the one posted any more OZ Thiess Literature ?

 

[Cammo30]

Not Peter, Cammo
The book was re-produced from the original Japanese version into English for Australian consumers by the request of Thiess Toyota P/L,

the Japanese name is MONTHLY 4X4 Magazine,
Cheers Cammo

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

Very nice

 

[Cammo30]

Stay tuned, same Mud time, same Mud channel, next week!!!

Cammo

 

[stephows]

Cammo,
Excellent book extract.

I've got a similar one from a local Australia mag but it has many inaccuracies and doesn't cover anywhere near the detail yours does. The section on Japanese engineers experiencing the bull dust of our outback makes for a good read though.

Index of /~stepho/books/25 years of Landcruiser in Australia

- Stepho

 

[JohnnyC]

more great pics...thanks guys

 

[stephows]

The 1955 1.5 ton Toyopet light truck (later renamed Stout), brochure 316.
Note: the previous light truck brochure I put up was the 1954 1-1/4 ton light truck, brochure 228.
Index of /~stepho/brochures/Toyota/Toyopet truck 316

Notice the 6 seater, 2 door utility.

 

[a.greenspan]

[FONT=arial,sans-serif][SIZE=-1]1957 Toyopet Corona

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[toyotageek]

Toyopet Corona phone card for Sapporo Toyopet

There was one for sale on YA Japan not long ago: