Crown Majesta conversion?
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I think he is referring to the onslought of Crown Majesta parts which have been popping up on EBAY lately. They are claiming to be able to fit the LS, especially the first gen. I'm not gonna lie, I even looked and pondered these myself. Also there is another source for the first gen 1 piece headlight there other than the ones offered by Celsior2K.
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I am a very avid Toyota Crown fan, in fact i learned to drive in a Crown back in Trinidad. My father also imports cars from Japan to Trinidad where he still lives so I have access to hundreds of japanese car auction websites.
In all the years that i have been working with japanese cars i have never seen that conversion and i know for a fact that the Crown and LS are completely different chassis (we've done lots of chassis transplants with crowns). I think that this mod would be really complex but would be quite interesting to see done though.
The grilles on the two cars mount quite differently.
Crown Majesta
LS400/Celsior
Notice that the Majesta's grille shows some of the hood around the sides while the LS does not.
Not that i dont think it would be interesting but I don't know how well this mod would work out.
Also, the parts listed on ebay are from different cars.
The trunk and lights are from a 95 to 98 Crown Royal Saloon.
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The grille is from a 91 to 94 Crown Majesta.
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In all the years that i have been working with japanese cars i have never seen that conversion and i know for a fact that the Crown and LS are completely different chassis (we've done lots of chassis transplants with crowns). I think that this mod would be really complex but would be quite interesting to see done though.
The grilles on the two cars mount quite differently.
Crown Majesta
LS400/Celsior
Notice that the Majesta's grille shows some of the hood around the sides while the LS does not.
Not that i dont think it would be interesting but I don't know how well this mod would work out.
Also, the parts listed on ebay are from different cars.
The trunk and lights are from a 95 to 98 Crown Royal Saloon.
PICS
The grille is from a 91 to 94 Crown Majesta.
PICS
Last edited by dfkd; Jun 21, 2006 at 09:12 PM.
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Crown = GS
I thought the Crown was basically the same chassis as the Lexus GS. I thought I read that somewhere. Not sure where now.
If someone can import the latest Crown sedan into the USA that would be awesome. They have left hand drive versions of them in China.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Crown
If someone can import the latest Crown sedan into the USA that would be awesome. They have left hand drive versions of them in China.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Crown
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The Crown is the same chassis as the GS now however back then it didnt share a chassis with anything else.
Most of the ones we transplanted actually had full frame chassis...kind or what most people would associate with a pickup truck. The Crown stopped carrying that full frame chassis in aug 1995 with the S151 frame.
I think the shared chassis began with the gen2 Aristo which would be around 1997.
Most of the ones we transplanted actually had full frame chassis...kind or what most people would associate with a pickup truck. The Crown stopped carrying that full frame chassis in aug 1995 with the S151 frame.
I think the shared chassis began with the gen2 Aristo which would be around 1997.
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