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Old school toyota symbol
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Mon, 20 September 2004 12:22
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Does anyone have pics of the symbol that
says toyota in japanese i think.
Its pretty old school. Some one must
know what i mean
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Location:
Belgium
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March 2004
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Re: Old school toyota symbol
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Tue, 21 September 2004 00:01
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Cheers, Yves.
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Location:
Newcastle
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June 2004
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Re: Old school toyota symbol
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Tue, 21 September 2004 00:24
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Yeah thats it. What is the story on that symbol?
When was it used?
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Location:
Gold Coast
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October 2002
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Re: Old school toyota symbol
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Tue, 21 September 2004 06:13
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once apon a time the toyota marketing division created a trademark which appeared on lots of toyota products.
in conclusion i have no idea but its alover my 70's celica.
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Location:
c'town, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: Old school toyota symbol
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Tue, 21 September 2004 06:23
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"i like stories"
- H Simpson.
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I supported Toymods
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sydney.au
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: Old school toyota symbol
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Tue, 21 September 2004 08:13
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| Evan wrote on Tue, 21 September 2004 10:24 |
Yeah thats it. What is the story on that symbol?
When was it used?
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its the manufacturers trademark. i think its japanese for "toyota"
look on your sprinter T-50, its right there 
i rekon its cool! 
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Location:
Sydney
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August 2004
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Re: Old school toyota symbol
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Tue, 21 September 2004 08:23
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to-yo-ta=that symbol
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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January 2003
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Re: Old school toyota symbol
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Tue, 21 September 2004 09:55
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holy shit it is too!! i was always told it was "TAP"
so why is it written in katakana, and not hiragana?
from Word
makes it clearer to me
Cya, Stewart
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Location:
Canberra, ACT
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: Old school toyota symbol
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Tue, 21 September 2004 09:58
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that symbol is present on cars as recent as AE86s, possibly also AE92s
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Location:
Sydney
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January 2003
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Re: Old school toyota symbol
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Tue, 21 September 2004 11:40
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It was all over my TA23, and it's even on a few bits of my SW20.
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Old school toyota symbol
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Tue, 21 September 2004 11:49
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| oldcorollas wrote on Tue, 21 September 2004 19:55 |
holy shit it is too!! i was always told it was "TAP"
so why is it written in katakana, and not hiragana?
from Word
makes it clearer to me
Cya, Stewart
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how odd!!
cool man!
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Bayside Melbourne.
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May 2003
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Re: Old school toyota symbol
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Tue, 21 September 2004 12:20
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Apparently the story went that the family name was Toyoda... They originally started out with the Toyoda family Automatic Loom works. The family then expanded into designing and producing cars and trucks. It was around the end of 1936 they decided to change the company name from Toyoda to Toyota.
The reason is because Toyota is easier to pronounce internationally, and also because the name is written in Katakana and it has exactly 8 strokes, and 8 is considered a lucky number in Japan. If Toyota is written in hiragana it has a different number of strokes. Also, the family name Toyoda is written differently with a different number of strokes too.
[/history lesson]
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I supported Toymods
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sydney.au
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August 2002
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Re: Old school toyota symbol
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Tue, 21 September 2004 12:31
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| SIMDOG wrote on Tue, 21 September 2004 22:20 |
Apparently the story went that the family name was Toyoda... They originally started out with the Toyoda family Automatic Loom works. The family then expanded into designing and producing cars and trucks. It was around the end of 1936 they decided to change the company name from Toyoda to Toyota.
The reason is because Toyota is easier to pronounce internationally, and also because the name is written in Katakana and it has exactly 8 strokes, and 8 is considered a lucky number in Japan. If Toyota is written in hiragana it has a different number of strokes. Also, the family name Toyoda is written differently with a different number of strokes too.
[/history lesson]
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simdog-sensei
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Bayside Melbourne.
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May 2003
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Re: Old school toyota symbol
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Tue, 21 September 2004 12:34
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I did some serious research into the history of the Toyoda/Toyota company a little while back... I basically compressed a shitload of what I found into what I posted there.
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Sutho/Hills NSW
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: Old school toyota symbol
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Wed, 22 September 2004 00:50
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Another image
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Location:
Ballarat, Victoria
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March 2003
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Re: Old school toyota symbol
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Wed, 22 September 2004 01:35
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in japanese, all names and foreign words are written in katakana. obviously toyota isn't a foreign word, but hey, its a name.
and plus theres all those reasons up there that simdog said
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Bayside Melbourne.
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May 2003
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Re: Old school toyota symbol
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Wed, 22 September 2004 02:17
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| Evil_Foetus wrote on Wed, 22 September 2004 11:35 |
in japanese, all names and foreign words are written in katakana.
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That's right... I knew there was a good reason it was only written in katakana but I couldn't remember what it was.
I don't know much about the Japanese language. 
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Sydney
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December 2002
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Re: Old school toyota symbol
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Wed, 22 September 2004 04:07
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Theres one of these symbols on the gen 3 3sgte block so they were still using it towards then end of '95.
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