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« Thread Started on Feb 16, 2005, 7:08pm »

1979 Toyota Cressida, 2.0, Lotus 7x14 rims, 185/60s and an angle grinder lowering job.

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Re: Toyota Cressida (RX30) - 1979
« Reply #1 on Feb 17, 2005, 7:30am »

hey,

cool car, I love the old toyota's and cressida's can be made to look pretty damn cool, eg:

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hope you enjoy the pic,

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Re: Toyota Cressida (RX30) - 1979
« Reply #2 on Feb 17, 2005, 8:09am »

cooler than James Dean (now) 8-)

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Re: Toyota Cressida (RX30) - 1979
« Reply #3 on Feb 17, 2005, 8:18am »

Car is fantastic as always! ,.. as an added bonus you can see Datsuncherry (and his Datsun), me, Rainking's other half (Abi), Darren's other half (Leah), and I believe Rainking in the second picture.

It has also bought back memories of RCS,.. so now I'm even more excited!

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« Reply #4 on Feb 17, 2005, 9:47am »

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hey,

cool car, I love the old toyota's and cressida's can be made to look pretty damn cool, eg:

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hope you enjoy the pic,

cheers
Matt

Thanks Matt, welcome to the board...that pic is a constant source of annoyance since I found it on the original VWVortex thread...it's my benchmark for lowness. Mine simply won't go that low with the current struts. There's another J-car thread on the go at the moment, check it out: http://retrorides.proboards29.com/index.....read=1108585737

Any chance of some pics of your car?

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Re: Toyota Cressida (RX30) - 1979
« Reply #5 on Feb 20, 2005, 7:23am »

yeah, I hooked into that thread a while back and copied most of the photo's. some of the best ones i've been able to find. found this board thanks to kyteler, he gave me the crown thread link since he knows i'm a bit of an old toyota addict. i'll start my own thread to show some pics of my cars, should be up in the next day or so.

been hoping to find a decent condition cressida myself but there's so many other semi rare toyota's over this side of the world that when I have the money its going to be a hard decision on which one I choose.

as for lowering i'd say your car isn't that far off it, the wheel choice on the red car probably makes it look lower but I don't know how they drive it like that, if they've got any suspension travel then the guards would have to rub.

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« Reply #6 on Apr 20, 2005, 1:49am »

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and just say

God damn

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Re: Toyota Cressida (RX30) - 1979
« Reply #7 on Apr 20, 2005, 10:43pm »

it just doesnt get any better than this sweet j metal. those Lotus rims are sweet and the drop is perfect. you cant teach automotive asthetics like that, its just good breeding! 8-)

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« Reply #8 on Apr 21, 2005, 8:00am »

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it just doesnt get any better than this sweet j metal. those Lotus rims are sweet and the drop is perfect. you cant teach automotive asthetics like that, its just good breeding! 8-)

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Re: Toyota Cressida (RX30) - 1979
« Reply #9 on Apr 21, 2005, 12:16pm »

You've either got it or you haven't.

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Re: Toyota Cressida (RX30) - 1979
« Reply #10 on Apr 21, 2005, 12:42pm »

Here it is next to a slightly more standard version. (no, the other one isn't mine...it was just parked there and I haven't seen it again)

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« Reply #11 on Apr 21, 2005, 2:13pm »

car looks great! I'm really starting to fall for these 70's J cars (started when I first saw ed rattler's 510 in retro cars!). very cool!
as an aside, I wanted to post some pics of my car in reader's rides but couldn't figure out how to post pictures, can anyone help?? i'm a bit new to this message board malarky!

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Re: Toyota Cressida (RX30) - 1979
« Reply #12 on Apr 21, 2005, 2:28pm »

Welcome to the boards.

Email your pics to penski [at] gmail [dot] com (replacing the bracketed words with @ and . respectively) and i'll throw them online.

I'll mail you with the links to them in return

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Re: Toyota Cressida (RX30) - 1979
« Reply #14 on Apr 23, 2005, 8:02pm »

your cressy is soo cool!

and soo looow!

you must of been lying on the floor to take that pic of the extremely cool RR badge...

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Re: Toyota Cressida (RX30) - 1979
« Reply #15 on Apr 23, 2005, 9:30pm »

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1. your cressy is soo cool!

2. and soo looow!

3. you must of been lying on the floor to take that pic of the extremely cool RR badge...

1. Thanks!

2. It's not low enough yet.

3. I was kneeling (it's very amateur I know, but you can see my reflection in the mirror!

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Re: Toyota Cressida (RX30) - 1979
« Reply #16 on Apr 23, 2005, 10:55pm »

not low enough?!

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Re: Toyota Cressida (RX30) - 1979
« Reply #17 on May 18, 2005, 10:51am »

NEW PIC!

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Re: Toyota Cressida (RX30) - 1979
« Reply #18 on May 18, 2005, 11:03am »

Is the back lower than the front, or is that the picture??

Looks good with the blue and yellow in the piccie ,..

Now you just need to adjust those wing mirrors so you can use them

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« Reply #19 on May 18, 2005, 1:28pm »

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a. Is the back lower than the front, or is that the picture??

b. Looks good with the blue and yellow in the piccie ,..

c. Now you just need to adjust those wing mirrors so you can use them

a. Probably...the front is supposedto be about 1" or 2" lower...but the struts ran out of travel/compression!

b. Thanks...I had the floor painted specially*

c. I use them all the time**

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