This Mid-Engine Toyota Van Can Deliver Way More Tofu Than Some Dumb Corolla
Now that you (the one and only Takumi Fujiwara) have gone pro or whatever, you don't need this Previa anymore and listed it on Facebook Marketplace in Fresno, California for some reason. Here's what the seller had to say about his titanic tofu toter.
93 Toyota previa
2.2l 4cyl
Rare 5 speed manual
290k mi
Runs drives great
Everything works
Estima rear cargo mirror
Str removable steering wheel
58 industries adjustible coilovers
3rd row seats
Clean title in hand current registration
Head turner everywhere it goes
$6k or trade for something cool
It seems to me that a well-modified Previa in good shape is probably worth the asking price, but that's a whole lot of mountain-running kilometers on the odometer. Would this monster still be capable of taking on the best FD RX-7s and Supras that the SpeedStars and NightKids can throw at it? I guess that depends on whether the buyer is as good a driver as Takumi. It was his goal to be the very best, like no one ever was (sorry, wrong show), after all.
The seller doesn't say whether the stereo still sounds good blasting Eurobeat. You'll have to find out for yourself by dropping $6,000 on your next daily driver. It would get a lot of attention at a Radwood event, that's for sure.
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