This week’s look back at old classified advertisements features a Toyota 2000GT race car offered for sale in the April 1985 issue of AutoWeekmagazine for $37,500.
The Toyota 2000GT was first seen at the Tokyo Motor Show of 1965, with production taking place between 1967 and 1970. It revolutionized the automotive world’s view of Japan, formerly seen as a producer of imitative and stodgily practical vehicles, and showed that the Japanese makers could produce a sports car to rival those of Europe.
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