This hideous creation is actually a Corona T120!

Frankensteins Toyota Corona T120
At first I thought there was a Corolla KE70 hiding under that ill fitted front and backend, but after close inspection on encountering the very same car at the airport I concluded that it had to be a Corona T120.

As you can see these KE70 wind deflectors are ill fitted on the doors and the shape of the mid section of the bodywork distincts it from the KE70.
Click here to see the wind deflectors!

On the day of arrival I took a small stroll around the hotel area and encountered these two touge monsters!

Toyota Corona T120 and Corolla KE35 touge monsters
On the left a Corona T120 sedan with ... rims and on the right a two door Corolla KE35 on RS Waranabe rims with a bit more wild modifications than the Corona.

I had the pleasure of seeing the Corolla pass by for work on another morning stroll and its raspy exhaust noise was as enjoyable as the looks of it.
Click here to see the Corona up close!

Safety first with the Toyota Corona T100 series. I think car safety has come a long way since this commercial was made!

Just look how that whole Corona crumples up with an impact speed of only 25 km/h!

MyCub uploaded these two videos containing all Corona Twincam Turbo TT140 commercials featuring Roger Moore (when he was still 007). The Carina GT-TR TA63 had the puppy saving Sonny Chiba, its twin brother the Corona GT-TR TT140 had Roger Moore jumping out of a truck!

On one hand I prefer Roger Moore because he got a bit more class (and so does the Corona), but on the other hand the Carina is more a ordinary hero's car.
BTW: I love the last commercial with the three trucks saying "Toyota", "Twincam Turbo" and "New Corona GT".

In this second video we see more James Bond in the ads: with the classy ladies, the miraculous escape and the good endings!

I already posted about the Corona/Carina/Carina trio competing in the MSC tandem drift almost a year ago. A few weeks back Killian O'Brien posted this promo video of the 2007 MSC DVD on the Banpei.net page featuring them as well:

If you watch closely you can see them drift by a couple of times! :)