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Club President
I supported Toymods
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Sydney
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May 2002
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 Rods 1970 MS53 Custom Wagon - Manual
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Sun, 06 February 2005 06:50
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Well here is the new Toy.
She is destined to stay basically stock and is taking the place of my old MS65 as Daily driver and Tow car.
She is a 1970 Toyota Crown MS53 Custom Wagon, 5 Speed manual.
She is in great condition inside and out and still sports the factory paint (Slightly faded on the roof) and is in great straight rust free condition 
If you like the old bus Pictures of my last one are here:
http://www.toymods.org.au/~rod/Crowns/50%20Series/ MS5x%20Wagons/Rods%201973%20MS53%20Auto/
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Gold Coast
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October 2002
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Sun, 06 February 2005 10:21
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that looks awesome. My dad told me he used to own one in dark blue when they were only a couple of years old. He was trying to tell me about the wierd transmission setup they had with 2 gear sticks or something.
Would love to see the ms63 wagon pictures if you have any...
Daniel.
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Canberra
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October 2004
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Re: Rods 1970 MS53 Custom Wagon - Manual
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Sun, 06 February 2005 13:14
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You better look after that car or I'll get very, very, very MAD 
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Epping, Sydney
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April 2003
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Re: Rods 1970 MS53 Custom Wagon - Manual
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Sun, 06 February 2005 13:44
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so freaking straight and nice! lovin' it Rod.. awesome
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I supported Toymods
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Toodyay, WA
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July 2002
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I supported Toymods
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I renounced punctuation
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May 2002
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Re: Rods 1970 MS53 Custom Wagon - Manual
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Sun, 06 February 2005 19:31
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Dude, didn't you sell the yellow wagon just a year or two ago?
Sweet ride.
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Location:
Northmead
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December 2003
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Re: Rods 1970 MS53 Custom Wagon - Manual
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Sun, 06 February 2005 20:13
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Good onya Rod.
I was after that old girl too, but now i have to make do with a crown ute instead 
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Club President
I supported Toymods
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Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Rods 1970 MS53 Custom Wagon - Manual
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Sun, 06 February 2005 22:44
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GT,
The "yellow" one was an Auto and I couldn't use it to tow with so she had to go. Being 5 Speed and already having the tow bar makes this one much better suited to my needs.
74GT,
Mate Lionel will think its new again once I've finished with it ! And tell him to give his mechanic an uppercut. There is thing thing called A fuel filter in cars that require changing more than one a decade. It won't go over 60kph when I picked it up and you couldn't even blow through the element there was that much shit in it. All sorted now tho, The gearbox is also much nicer with oil rather than coffee milkshake in it  She got a full service last week and dead set purrs like a kitten now
Andrij,
So where ar ethe pics of this Ute mate. The 50 series Utes are awesome !
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Membership Secretary
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Sydney
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June 2002
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Re: Rods 1970 MS53 Custom Wagon - Manual
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Tue, 08 February 2005 01:51
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Looks bloody good Rod, it will be good to have the two of them parked together.
Looking fwd to seeing it in the flesh,
all these 50 sereis coming out of the wood work makes me want to get mine going again
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c'town, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: Rods 1970 MS53 Custom Wagon - Manual
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Tue, 08 February 2005 04:00
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man i see more crown wagons than skyline's these days... 
looks awesome rod, i totally flashed back to my old mans MS57 wagon when i saw this cause it had a set of kidney mags just like that, only it was gun metal grey.
cars like this and daves new 2 door crown project make my good parts tingle...
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Toymods Social Secretary
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Sydney
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Rods 1970 MS53 Custom Wagon - Manual
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Tue, 08 February 2005 10:55
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rob - you have a way with words my man!
This is a beautiful example, i didnt know rod bought it until i drove past it on the way to work the other day and caught it in the corner of my eye.
So clean, straight and...... CLEAN!
I wonder if rod will ever finish that celica.....
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I supported Toymods
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Ryde, NSW
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April 2004
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Re: Rods 1970 MS53 Custom Wagon - Manual
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Thu, 10 March 2005 10:57
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Nice clean car Rod. still prefer the MS65 Sedan. Are those pics taken outside marks and walling tyres in west ryde?
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Land of Oz
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June 2004
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Re: Rods 1970 MS53 Custom Wagon - Manual
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Sun, 13 March 2005 20:19
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Hi,
I love it! I checked it out at Al Palmers on the weekend and it's a nice ride.
It'd look the part towing a TA22 or RA25 on a nice big car trailer.
seeyuzz
river
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central coast, NSW
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April 2004
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Re: Rods 1970 MS53 Custom Wagon - Manual
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Mon, 14 March 2005 04:13
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nice
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Club President
I supported Toymods
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Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Rods 1970 MS53 Custom Wagon - Manual
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Mon, 14 March 2005 22:43
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Thanks guys
Yeah those pics are at Marks & Wallings. They stayed back for 15 minutes one saturday so I could take a couple. I was hoping to get the MS65 down there for some pics but I just never got the time 
Celica ??? What Celica ??? ... Oh thats right lol, Pretty sure I'll finish it one day !
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Club Member
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sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Rods 1970 MS53 Custom Wagon - Manual
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Wed, 16 March 2005 07:41
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oooh noice, I really like that colour, looks almost the same as the color of the Ford Territory's ive been looking at.
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Club President
I supported Toymods
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Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Rods 1970 MS53 Custom Wagon - Manual
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Thu, 21 April 2005 15:23
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A quick couple of new pics.
The witewalls and hubcaps
The new number plates
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