Camry V6

[thatfatbloke]

This'll be OK for tooling around in. Nice set of seat covers from Halfrauds and off you go.

http://www.lmcmotorsales.co.uk/used-car-toyota-camry-saloon-5002

 

 

[Malc]

......  I remember my first experience of a Camry about 15 years ago when we had one to come in p/ex at my garage. 

WOW, what a fantastic green estate 3ltr beauty, fabulous car and in those days ( and especially now ) so, so rare in the UK  ..... it might have been an " import " I suppose 

BUT wow, what a fabulous car it was, both to see and drive  .......  enlightened engineering and presence, put most UK cars to shame tbh

 

just thought I'd reminisce 

Malc

[thatfatbloke]

Never had a Camry,but did have a '73 Crown Custom estate like this. My mates had the likes of MK1 Escorts at the time,so this made me feel like a Lord.

[Malc]

hahahahaha ........  and a Mk1 Ford Escort today is worth mega money

Malc

[mikeyv]

2 hours ago, Malc said:

hahahahaha ........  and a Mk1 Ford Escort today is worth mega money

Malc

God knows why.

My first new car was a 1971 MK1 Escort 1.3, which was ok at the time, but a bread and butter car, if ever there was one, and my brother in laws 1100 cc rep special was a hateful , basic, noisy, slow POS.

The quicker models were better of course, particularly for their time, but aren't very quick by modern standards.

My uncle, who was a car nut, had a Crown estate like the pictured model, and it was a fantastic car in every way, except rustproofing. 

Bet you'd also have to dig quite deep for a mint example today.

I did run a Camry for a while, then passed it on to my dad.

It was only a 2.2 saloon, two tone blue, but a very nice, ultra reliable motor.

I believe they were the best selling car in the USA for several years running.

[alien1974]

13 hours ago, thatfatbloke said:

This'll be OK for tooling around in. Nice set of seat covers from Halfrauds and off you go.

http://www.lmcmotorsales.co.uk/used-car-toyota-camry-saloon-5002

 

 

ooohh thats had a hard life 

[The-Acre]

We hired a Camry about 20 years ago in Canada and drove from Vancouver to Calgary through the mountains, fantastic!

[cleverdick]

21 hours ago, thatfatbloke said:

Never had a Camry,but did have a '73 Crown Custom estate like this. My mates had the likes of MK1 Escorts at the time,so this made me feel like a Lord.

Virtually extinct now, I would guess.  I once heard that these suffered from flaking paint inside the fuel tank.  Did this happen to yours?

[cleverdick]

22 hours ago, thatfatbloke said:

This'll be OK for tooling around in. Nice set of seat covers from Halfrauds and off you go.

http://www.lmcmotorsales.co.uk/used-car-toyota-camry-saloon-5002

 

 

Bargain!  Mind you, the mileage looks a bit optimistic...