Toyota Corona Mark II
1st gen Sedan (T60), 1968–1972
| Namsos, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway | 13 November 2021 |
Petrol
30 000th picture in the Norwegian gallery!
I thought I'd make it a special one
This Toyota has had the same owner since 1976 (46 years)! The vehichle has been daily driven for almost 50 years by the same old lady!
When I saw her walk towards the car I thought it was a alzheimers pasient seeing one of her families old car, but when I saw her open the trunk I got mindblown. She couldn't walk without anything to hold on but she sure could drive!
This is probably one of the cars with the longest ownership on Platesmania!
It passed inspection July 2022 and will hopefully be driving many years more as a daily :)
Seems to also be the second 1st gen sedan on Platesmania!
#CarsOf1970
Extra information
TOYOTA CORONA MARK II 1900
- VIN: 172593
- Fuel: Bensin
- Engine Volume: 1858 cc
- Places: 5
- Colour: Gul
- Registration: REGISTRERT
- First Registration: 1970-12-03
- First Registration in Norway: 1970-12-03
- Registered first time on owner: 1976-09-22
- Last EU-controlled: 2022-07-13
Comments (11)
ValskraaCapo 2022-10-05 12:59:12 | #2
O2MO (2022-10-05 12:39:07)O2MO
Amazing spot and congrats on getting the 30 000th in Norwegian gallery A beautiful car with probably a long history of its own
Amazing spot and congrats on getting the 30 000th in Norwegian gallery A beautiful car with probably a long history of its own
Imagine those 46 years of memories
all those memories. The long trips, the high speeds, the good news and the sad news all happening in the car. Yhe car has always been there for her for most of her life. The Toyota probably knows her better than anyone 
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What a find!! 
ValskraaCapo 2022-10-06 21:45:43 | #5
Tasty (2022-10-06 12:49:21)Tasty
The perfect car to celebrate the 30000 photos, and what a nice story. 1970... at that time Japanese cars were still quite exotic in Europe and only selected models were available.
The perfect car to celebrate the 30000 photos, and what a nice story. 1970... at that time Japanese cars were still quite exotic in Europe and only selected models were available.
Thank you for the info
It truly is a special one. Wonder what reputation Japanese cars had in that time in Europe. Was it positive or negative?
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Tasty 2022-10-06 22:24:57 | #6
You can read the story of the first Toyota in Europe here https://www.toyota.dk/om-toyota/mere-om-toyota/toyota-i-danmark Text is in danish and that is no coincidence ;)
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Svesor 2022-10-06 23:31:23 | #7
With all respect, Tasty, but Norway was first... 
Your link says "The first Toyota – or the first Japanese car in general – to be imported to Europe was a Crown model, which arrived here in August 1963 on Danish initiative."
There was imported 14 Nissan Bluebirds to Tønsberg, Norway in 1960 according to this net link:
https://digitaltmuseum.no/011024225363/bil.
"In June 1960, a boat from Japan arrived at Tønsberg harbor with 14 Datsun Bluebirds on board. (...) Two Norwegian shipowners received the first Japanese cars for Norway. They got an agency for the whole of the Nordics in exchange for first buying 14 cars. In 1960, shipowner Gorg Vefling had the agency for Northern Europe. The interest in Finland was so overwhelming they started regular imports thereto as early as 1962."
In the beginning people in Norway was very skeptical to cars from Japan, so the sale figures was low, but later in the 60's the Japanese cars had shown its reliability combined with a long list of equipment, and several cars were real sales winners through the 70s and forward, mainly Toyota.
Your link says "The first Toyota – or the first Japanese car in general – to be imported to Europe was a Crown model, which arrived here in August 1963 on Danish initiative."There was imported 14 Nissan Bluebirds to Tønsberg, Norway in 1960 according to this net link:
https://digitaltmuseum.no/011024225363/bil.
"In June 1960, a boat from Japan arrived at Tønsberg harbor with 14 Datsun Bluebirds on board. (...) Two Norwegian shipowners received the first Japanese cars for Norway. They got an agency for the whole of the Nordics in exchange for first buying 14 cars. In 1960, shipowner Gorg Vefling had the agency for Northern Europe. The interest in Finland was so overwhelming they started regular imports thereto as early as 1962."
In the beginning people in Norway was very skeptical to cars from Japan, so the sale figures was low, but later in the 60's the Japanese cars had shown its reliability combined with a long list of equipment, and several cars were real sales winners through the 70s and forward, mainly Toyota.
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ValskraaCapo 2022-11-13 23:18:52 | #9
Oxblood (2022-10-09 12:57:04)Oxblood
Wonderful plate, car and story (history!)
Wonderful plate, car and story (history!)
Let's hope for it rolling down the streets of Namsos for many years to come
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Oxblood 2022-11-14 09:38:26 | #10
As maybe one of the oldest members on here I have a story as well. My friend Peter had an identical Corona Mark II as his first car when he turned 18 in 1979. A red one with the old Austrian system plate (black plate, white digits) W 514.444!
He fitted a powerful stereo in it and when we went together to a discotheque, he parked the car not far from the entrance and played some heavy metal tune, full volume and with open windows, of course long time after midnight. After a while somebody that lived 2 floors above our parking space opened the window and threw a full 10 litres bucket of water on the car
He fitted a powerful stereo in it and when we went together to a discotheque, he parked the car not far from the entrance and played some heavy metal tune, full volume and with open windows, of course long time after midnight. After a while somebody that lived 2 floors above our parking space opened the window and threw a full 10 litres bucket of water on the car
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ValskraaCapo 2022-11-14 12:52:48 | #11
Oxblood (2022-11-14 09:38:26)Oxblood
As maybe one of the oldest members on here I have a story as well. My friend Peter had an identical Corona Mark II as his first car when he turned 18 in 1979. A red one with the old Austrian system plate (black plate, white digits) W 514.444!
He fitted a powerful stereo in it and when we went together to a discotheque, he parked the car not far from the entrance and played some heavy metal tune, full volume and with open windows, of course long time after midnight. After a while somebody that lived 2 floors above our parking space opened the window and threw a full 10 litres bucket of water on the car
As maybe one of the oldest members on here I have a story as well. My friend Peter had an identical Corona Mark II as his first car when he turned 18 in 1979. A red one with the old Austrian system plate (black plate, white digits) W 514.444!
He fitted a powerful stereo in it and when we went together to a discotheque, he parked the car not far from the entrance and played some heavy metal tune, full volume and with open windows, of course long time after midnight. After a while somebody that lived 2 floors above our parking space opened the window and threw a full 10 litres bucket of water on the car
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