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Matthew Spielberg, a lawyer Castro Valley with its restored 1967 Toyota Sports 800 Photo taken on July 24, 07 Photo of Michael Maloney San Francisco Chronicle Matthew Spielberg ects FOR PHOTOG AND SF CHRONICLE NO SALES-MAGS OUT less.
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The small 2-cylinder engine 4-stroke Sports 800 gives the car a top speed of nearly 100mph says owner Matthew Spielberg, a Castro Valley attorney with its restored 1967 Toyota Sports 800 Photo taken on July 24, 07 Photo of Michael Maloney San Francisco Chronicle Matthew Spielberg CREDIT FOR PHOTOG AND SF MANDATORY REVIEW oF sALES NO MAGS OUT less.
The small 2-cylinder engine 4 times 800 gives sports car a top speed of nearly 100mph says owner Matthew Spielberg, a lawyer Castro Valley with its restored 1967 Toyota Sports 800 more.
Summer is the high season of elegance contest, where the rich gather on the manicured lawns and debit their classic Ferraris, Porsches and Duesenbergs virgins who are truly doozies But if you head to Vallejo Saturday you can take this rarity circuit competition - an all Japanese classic car show.
We are not talking of a field full of Camrys and Accords Instead, look for these quirky little cars like the Honda S600 or S800, the Toyota Sports 800 or even ultimate collection of Japanese car circuit, the sports car Toyota 2000GT that were made only 300.
Japan, of course, is one of the greatest players in the wars in sales of American cars Regarding collector models, however, Japan has long been considered the Edsel field anymore.
In recent years, said Craig Fitzgerald, editor of Hemmings Sports Exotic Cars, a monthly magazine for collectors.
There was renewed interest in cars as the first generation Mazda RX7, or the Toyota Supra in the 1980s.
Fitzgerald said those and other Japanese cars of the past three decades have attracted collectors for several reasons.
They were technologically advanced for their day - with things like advanced stereo systems, digital dashboards and 12 adjustable electric seats tracks, said he, and because of their relatively low price, they were cars that a person average could buy.
Take a Castro Valley Matt Spielberg lawyer took it four years ago, he Sá 1967 Toyota Sports 800, a small roller skating short for a car with 45 horsepower, two-cylinder engine can take up this Spielberg calls a very scary 98 mph it's scary because your back is about seven inches from the ground.
Spielberg and his wife, Patty Chun Spielberg bought the car on eBay four years ago for 1800 Try the Porsche enthusiasts.
I bought it as a rusty hulk, said Spielberg, and I have another 8000 in the car has never been imported to the US They have about 3,100 in all.
Car Spielberg will be presented Saturday at the event Motoring J Style in Solano County Fairgrounds in Vallejo.
The promoter show is David Swig, son of Martin Swig, who is well known in the Bay Area as a former car dealership in San Francisco and, these days, as the czar of the annual California Mille - a unit one week around Northern California in the kind of beautiful old classic and antique European and American cars that the Japanese auto show in Vallejo disdain.
When I am old enough to drive, David Swig said, the cars I could afford were older Japanese cars, and I always had a special place in my heart for these cars.
In the cultural world of cars, it has always been the heart of collectors who are Porsche, Ferrari and Duesenberg, Swig said, but the Japanese Datsun 510 and 240Z or the Toyota Celica and Supra These have inspired a group people who are not the ones you see historic racing cars to Monterey, one of the events organized during the annual car festival in August on the Monterey Peninsula, which includes the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
In fact, the Toyota 2000GT has become such an icon in the world of collector 26 examples of the car survivors will be exposed to Monterey racing weekend August 17 to 19, sort of a cross passage in the top car colors worldwide collection.
One of the cars belongs to Sue Jamiesson, owner of Salinas Toyota 2000GT is a red, she bought in 1974 and has only 38,000 miles on it.
They were built individually - mine in 1967 - and there were 300 in all, said Jamiesson She said 70 300 were imported to the United States.
I drove all the time, until about 1985 or 1988, when I discovered how valuable it is, said Jamiesson.
They're already making 280,000 to 300,000 at auction, she said in case anyone is wondering, she added, mine is not for sale.
The Motoring J Style Japanese car show will be held 11:00 to 6:00 p.m. Saturday to Solano County fairgrounds, 900 Fairgrounds Drive in Vallejo Admission is 15 for adults, free for children 12 and under More information can be found at or by calling 415 479-9930.
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