{"id":10809,"date":"2016-07-12T07:18:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T11:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=10809"},"modified":"2016-12-14T00:22:50","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T05:22:50","slug":"custom-toyota-corona-with-a-1uz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=10809","title":{"rendered":"Custom Toyota Corona with a 1UZ"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Southern California builder Mitch Allread is responsible for turning his daily-driven 1968 Toyota Corona coupe into what you see here. He originally designed the car for the Silver State Classic Challenge but after completing it in 2004 it has never competed. Mitch combined a lot of different racing influences such as hot rods, sports cars, and dirt track super-modifieds.<\/p>\n

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The Corona body has been chopped and Mitch removed several inches from the pillars. All the glass has been replaced with lexan and a custom spoiler was also built out of lexan. They body sits on a custom tube-frame chassis with a 106″ wheelbase.<\/p>\n

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Mitch sourced a 4.0 L 1UZ-FE V8 and four-speed automatic transmission from a 1992 Lexus SC400. In the back he installed a Speedway Engineering quick-change solid axle.<\/p>\n

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The front suspension uses upper and lower unequal A-arms with Carrera shocks and AFCO springs. The rear suspension is a three-link with a Watts link also using Carrera shocks and AFCO springs. Steering is controlled by RGP manual rack-and-pinion system.<\/p>\n

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Brakes are Wilwood cross-drilled rotors with six with six-piston calipers up front and four-piston in back.<\/p>\n

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Source: Bring A Trailer<\/a> and Hot Rod<\/a> via Yota Nation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Southern California builder Mitch Allread is responsible for turning his daily-driven 1968 Toyota Corona coupe into what you see here. He originally designed the car for the Silver State Classic Challenge but after completing it in 2004 it has never competed. Mitch combined a lot of different racing influences such as hot rods, sports cars,… Read More »Custom Toyota Corona with a 1UZ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[464],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corona"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Custom-1968-Toyota-Corona-with-a-1UZ-FE-V8-01.jpg?fit=1600%2C1071&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13521,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=13521","url_meta":{"origin":10809,"position":0},"title":"For Sale: Custom Toyota Corona with a 1UZ","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This custom 1968 Toyota Corona built by Mitch Allread is for sale with an asking price of $29,900. 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