1960 Toyota 7-UP

[zebgal]

Has anyone out there ever heard of a Toyota 7-Up???I have one!It was produced in 1960 and i aquired it when I worked at a Toyota dealership.The owner recieved it from TOYOTA as a reward for selling the most cars.It has a 2 cylinder air cooled engine.i believe it is quite rare.I would like to get,or share information about this model.Thanks

[TheNissanMan]

Hi and welcome to the forum...

Personally have never heard of the 7-Up but would be interested to hear any more info, see some piccies...

What sortof mileage does she have on her and is she still running ?

[Carlgolsby]

welcome zebgal,

I have a hunch that the car you have is a special edition Toyota Publica UP10

http://www.toyota.co.jp/Museum/Tam/Car/Toyotapublica/

hope thats helpful :D

[TheNissanMan]

Can I nominate Carl for researching more bits and bobs for the forum :)

Nice one Carl....

Next topics for research include the Toyota GT5000, due to be released when Toyota start doing well in F1 and the IS430, lovely looking beast although probably more suited to LOC :)

[Carlgolsby]

I'll see what I can do! :o

[TheNissanMan]

Autoexpress had an interesting article on both cars.

The 430 sounds a bit of a beast while there wasn't too much info on the 5000GT, Toyota's attempt at the supercar market. Should be fun, wonder if we can do something with Toyota to get to see it when it arrives in the UK.

[Carlgolsby]

some info on 5000GT . . .

http://www.conceptcarz.com/folder/vehicle....asp?car_id=5327

http://drive.fairfax.com.au/content/200109...news/news1.html

http://www.toyotacelicaonline.com/rumors.htm#5000gt

http://www.geocities.com/busybeetoys/scoop/edn-38.htm

There's quite a lot if you look hard enough ;)

[Yotahachi Owner: Rich]

I totally agree with Carl. You are referring to a UP10 which had a 700 cc air cooled twin boxer engine. The later UP20 had an 800 cc 2U engine. The vehicles were known as the Publica. More information can be referenced at the following sites:

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Toy700and800/

http://www.rstreet.us/yotahachi/publica.htm

Yours,

Rich

[wildhaggis]

just joined the forum, as I have bought (for resale) a toyota UP26 pickup.   800cc 1967 model.  undergoing renovation now

 

 

[FROSTYBALLS]

Moved to Classic Toyota.

[RUToyota]

Welcome...Nice one...keep us updated with the progress.