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The MoonEyes 1960 Toyota Crown

So back sometime in the early to mid 90′s, Mooneyes USA set out to find a Toyota Crown to modify. But this was definitely not as easy as rolling through a CarMax and picking out a corolla. A rare 1960 Toyota Crown sedan was found, an extremely rare import model that was originally sold as a left hand drive 4 door in Northern California. This rare gem was then sent directly to Mooneyes’ USA Headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, CA for it’s restoration and newfound makeover.

And make it over they did. The Toyota was fitted with a GM ZZ3 350 5.7 liter small block V8 engine, Mustang II front suspension, and a 9″ Ford rear end. The car was then lowered on custom Boyd rims and sprayed that famous Mooneyes yellow shade. The Crown, weighing next to nothing but now churning out some serious horsepower, left a lot of domestic hot rods in it’s dust. But after the dust settled, nobody knew what had just beaten them because Mooneyes had shaved off any emblems or markings with the words Toyota Motor Co.

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