The Original Hilux

[Die$eL]

These are on the floor at Toyota South Africa offices in Marlboro

Apologies on the crappy pic quality, i used a cabbage to take them...

All of the vehicles have <5000 miles on them

[Taljaag]

That looks nice.

[Thunder02]

Really cool

[zepplin]

Would like to see their reaction when they phone the spares department for spares!

[Haboob]

I really like that first picture of the beige vehicle. I tried to buy one three years ago in good condition there near Froll's valley. I think that it is yellow & still running & the othr one is running here near my valley, but much worse condition. Both owners declined to sell. It should be a 1600cc ldv. I wanted that as a Sunday run around.

[Tarquin]

pitty toyota stopped their half toners! :evil: :evil: would be much better than a corsa or bantam

[Thunder02]

Posted this before,but what the heck,worth it to post again,she is a beaut....

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[Mud Dog]

Those little Corona ½ tonners were popular, and they were pretty tough! I recall from many tears back, our neighbour on the Hogsback wanting to rebuild his garage with something more substantial and secure than wattle and daub. He wanted a brick structure, but the closest bricks were from Alice down in the valley and he needed 3000 bricks. He had this little old Corona bakkie which he used to haul them up the mountain in loads of 200 at a time, and there were no tar roads around there then. The road from Alice to the foot of the mountain was about 20km of rutted, corrugated, bumpy, winding road with countless ups and downs. The haul up the mountain pass was also not easy going but one of the worst sections was the deviation from the main road to his property. That old Corona bakkie did those 15 gruelling trips without skipping a beat or suffering any damage even though the heavily laden tail scraped along the ground in numerous places. It took 3 days, working from morning to night and I went along for the ride and to keep him company on a few of those hauls. I gained a lot of respect for the Toyota brand over those 3 days.

[Gov]

My grand dad had a Corona bakkie. Used to love going around with him in it. It was sold to a family friend when he passed away in 1989. It was still running up until 5 years ago. Would love to buy it back as a long term restoration project.

My uncle also owned a Corona sedan, it was his daily driver and he loved it.

[Die$eL]

Those little Corona ½ tonners were popular, and they were pretty tough! I recall from many tears back, our neighbour on the Hogsback wanting to rebuild his garage with something more substantial and secure than wattle and daub. He wanted a brick structure, but the closest bricks were from Alice down in the valley and he needed 3000 bricks. He had this little old Corona bakkie which he used to haul them up the mountain in loads of 200 at a time, and there were no tar roads around there then. The road from Alice to the foot of the mountain was about 20km of rutted, corrugated, bumpy, winding road with countless ups and downs. The haul up the mountain pass was also not easy going but one of the worst sections was the deviation from the main road to his property. That old Corona bakkie did those 15 gruelling trips without skipping a beat or suffering any damage even though the heavily laden tail scraped along the ground in numerous places. It took 3 days, working from morning to night and I went along for the ride and to keep him company on a few of those hauls. I gained a lot of respect for the Toyota brand over those 3 days.

I can so picture that!



Those things are freaking strong! I saw an old stout in sandton last week. Still being used as a contractors bakkie and going strong!