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shovelnose Regular Registered: June 2003	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz Fri, 14 January 2005 01:29 Quote: The GT's were evaluated in early 1974 and, due to their performance and lack of intrusion bars, it was deemed that they would be in a high insurance category and therefore not imported, even though some car yards (like Stewart Toyota and Bill Buckle Toyota) reckoned they could of moved 50 or more per month without a problem. Was Toyota Oz stupid then (as they definitely are now)? So what if insurance is high? Potential buyers of a GT model would understand that this would be a necessary evil. It goes with the territory. Alfa 105 GT and Fiat 124 Sport insurance would have similarly been "high", and they would have been the main competitors to a GT Celica, and yet that didn't stop many of those cars sold here. The Celica GT would have been much better built but we won't go into that here. High insurance hasn't harmed WRX sales and the like today. Toyota OZ would not have lost out -they like other markets could sell the LT (or even ST models) if we are talking about Celicas to the masses and offered the GT as a premium model for those that were interested. Intrusion bars - all they had to do was to ask the factory to install them on Oz bound Celias, just like they would have done (?) on the thousands of LT's imported here. These two excuses - if they are true, are so lame. Was Economos' father the boss back then? Might as well have been. I think they basically could not be bothered and/or realised that that would have made (hypothetically) $980 margin on each GT as oppossed to $1,000 on a LT. Every last cent counts in the Toyota family. Back to the survival list, there was a RT76 GSS Mark 2 for sale in Melbourne a few years ago in a car yard, and apparently some purists checked it out but did not buy it because it now had a 18RG instead of a 10R! If the rest of the car was good, it would not have stopped me.... I also read somewhere that there was a another GSS of the same model in South Australia. [Updated on: Fri, 14 January 2005 01:30] [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	74gt	Sat, 08 January 2005 02:26
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	river	Sat, 08 January 2005 06:51
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	ae86drift	Sat, 08 January 2005 07:13
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	shovelnose	Sat, 08 January 2005 11:11
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	74gt	Thu, 13 January 2005 12:46
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	Squid	Fri, 14 January 2005 01:47
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	74gt	Fri, 14 January 2005 04:37
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	Lambolica	Fri, 14 January 2005 05:59
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	TA22_3TG	Mon, 17 January 2005 07:35
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	river	Mon, 17 January 2005 10:53
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	TA22_3TG	Mon, 17 January 2005 12:01
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	Lambolica	Mon, 17 January 2005 11:26
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	river	Mon, 17 January 2005 11:39
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	river	Thu, 13 January 2005 20:19
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	Lambolica	Thu, 13 January 2005 22:27
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	XiL3D	Tue, 18 January 2005 08:05
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	river	Tue, 18 January 2005 10:42
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	shovelnose	Fri, 14 January 2005 01:29
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	soaringmik	Fri, 14 January 2005 03:42
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	river	Fri, 14 January 2005 06:08
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	Lambolica	Fri, 14 January 2005 06:49
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	river	Fri, 14 January 2005 07:02
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	74gt	Fri, 14 January 2005 07:42
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	river	Fri, 14 January 2005 08:53
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	74gt	Fri, 14 January 2005 11:19
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	CelicaRA45	Fri, 14 January 2005 11:58
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	fade-e	Mon, 17 January 2005 13:08
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	ke382TG	Mon, 17 January 2005 23:13
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	Lambolica	Mon, 17 January 2005 23:18
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	74gt	Tue, 18 January 2005 01:50
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	soaringmik	Thu, 20 January 2005 03:50
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	74gt	Thu, 20 January 2005 10:59
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	soaringmik	Fri, 21 January 2005 00:55
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	ke382TG	Tue, 18 January 2005 00:01
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	Lambolica	Tue, 18 January 2005 01:07
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	XiL3D	Wed, 19 January 2005 02:22
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	silly75gt	Wed, 19 January 2005 02:56
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	riceburna73	Thu, 20 January 2005 01:45
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	silly75gt	Fri, 21 January 2005 04:28
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	ke382TG	Thu, 20 January 2005 03:58
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	soaringmik	Thu, 20 January 2005 04:05
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	ke382TG	Thu, 20 January 2005 04:09
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	soaringmik	Thu, 20 January 2005 04:14
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	silly75gt	Thu, 20 January 2005 08:28
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	fade-e	Thu, 20 January 2005 08:31
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	74gt	Fri, 21 January 2005 03:36
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	fade-e	Fri, 21 January 2005 06:58
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	river	Fri, 21 January 2005 23:52
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	silly75gt	Sat, 22 January 2005 11:26
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	CelicaRA45	Sun, 23 January 2005 07:27
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	TA22 GT	Mon, 24 January 2005 15:16
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	silly75gt	Thu, 27 January 2005 07:28
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	TA22 GT	Sat, 29 January 2005 13:42
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	74gt	Sat, 29 January 2005 13:53
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	TA22 GT	Sun, 30 January 2005 01:32
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	fade-e	Sat, 29 January 2005 14:34
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	74gt	Sat, 29 January 2005 14:36
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	shovelnose	Sat, 29 January 2005 14:50
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	river	Sun, 30 January 2005 03:32
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	TA22 GT	Sun, 30 January 2005 06:06
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	riceburna73	Sun, 30 January 2005 08:25
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	CelicaRA45	Sun, 30 January 2005 09:18
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	shovelnose	Sun, 30 January 2005 09:48
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	silly75gt	Mon, 31 January 2005 00:16
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	riceburna73	Mon, 31 January 2005 02:00
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	silly75gt	Mon, 31 January 2005 06:37
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	riceburna73	Mon, 31 January 2005 06:46
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	CelicaRA45	Mon, 31 January 2005 08:30
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	TA22 GT	Mon, 31 January 2005 12:13
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	Azrael	Tue, 01 February 2005 03:48
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	74gt	Tue, 01 February 2005 04:47
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	CelicaRA45	Tue, 01 February 2005 04:59
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	TRD_Supra	Tue, 01 February 2005 05:22
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	river	Tue, 01 February 2005 06:27
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	74gt	Tue, 01 February 2005 10:50
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	riceburna73	Tue, 01 February 2005 07:38
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	Lambolica	Wed, 02 February 2005 01:04
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	silly75gt	Thu, 03 February 2005 10:10
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	74gt	Thu, 03 February 2005 10:15
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	silly75gt	Thu, 03 February 2005 10:48
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	fade-e	Thu, 03 February 2005 13:56
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	TA22 GT	Thu, 03 February 2005 12:15
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	74gt	Fri, 04 February 2005 03:39
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	sv_i	Sun, 06 February 2005 04:08
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	silly75gt	Wed, 09 February 2005 03:23
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	river	Wed, 09 February 2005 04:44
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	silly75gt	Sun, 13 February 2005 00:02
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	TA22 GT	Sun, 13 February 2005 12:11
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	river	Fri, 18 February 2005 10:01
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	TA22 GT	Fri, 18 February 2005 12:05
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	silly75gt	Tue, 22 February 2005 02:43
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	river	Tue, 22 February 2005 05:45
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	silly75gt	Tue, 22 February 2005 09:54
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	74gt	Tue, 22 February 2005 12:31
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	river	Tue, 22 February 2005 19:54
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	74gt	Wed, 23 February 2005 07:16
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	shovelnose	Wed, 23 February 2005 08:38
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	silly75gt	Tue, 03 May 2005 04:17
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	river	Tue, 03 May 2005 06:45
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	silly75gt	Fri, 06 May 2005 10:46
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	silly75gt	Sat, 14 May 2005 00:36
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	Celica_John	Tue, 03 May 2005 11:29
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	ra_28	Tue, 03 May 2005 22:30
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	river	Tue, 03 May 2005 23:38
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	mikes86	Wed, 04 May 2005 10:14
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	TA22	Mon, 18 July 2005 18:45
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	tricky	Wed, 20 July 2005 06:00
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	74gt	Wed, 20 July 2005 07:52
	Re: TA22 GT survivor list in Oz	tricky	Wed, 20 July 2005 11:54

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