Tupelo Toyopet

The home of the only (known) 1958 TOYOTA Toyopet Custom Crown Deluxe in the U.S.A. This car was previously owned by the consulate General of Japan in San Francisco and is now at the Tupelo Automobile Museum in Tupelo, Mississippi.

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The Toyopet has made severl appearances outside of it’s home at the Tupelo Automobile Museum

The 1958 Tupelo Toyopet leaves the BancorpSouth Arena after being shown at the Community Development Foundation's Business to Business Expo.

Tupelo Toyopet Returns to the B2B

November 7, 2013by cdftupelocdfms Leave a comment

The 1958 Toyota Toyopet Custom Crown Deluxe made another appearance at the Community Development Foundation’s Business to Business Expo / Taste of Tupelo event on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 in […]

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Appearances, Press/News, Tupelo Automobile Museum
Toyopet at Cars Under The Stars

PHOTOS From Cars Under The Stars Car Show

March 28, 2013by cdftupelocdfms Leave a comment

The Cars Under the Stars Car Show was a lot of fun.  Several people came up saying they came to just see the Toyopet.  We were glad to bring it […]

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Appearances, Tupelo Automobile Museum
Cars Under The Stars

“Cars Under The Stars” Car Show / Jackson, MS

February 28, 2013by cdftupelocdfms Leave a comment

Our 1958 Toyota Toyopet Custom Crown Deluxe will be making it’s first car show appearance at the “Cars Under The Stars” car show in Jackson, Mississippi on March 2, 2013. […]

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Appearances, Press/News, Tupelo Automobile Museum
DRIVING JAPAN Book

Samples in Long Beach? (Book source)

February 20, 2013by cdftupelocdfms Leave a comment

Shotaro Kamiya was the man that convinced his counterparts at Toyota to begin exporting passenger cars to the United States.  Kamiya-san is listed, along with “Toyota Archives” as the two sources in this […]

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Appearances, Long Beach, California, Press/News, Samples
Akio Toyoda & David Rumbarger look at the Tupelo Toyopet timeline

Akio Toyoda & the Tupelo Toyopet

February 14, 2013by cdftupelocdfms Leave a comment

In November, 2011, Akio Toyoda (CEO Toyota Motor Company) visited Tupelo, Mississippi and the Tupelo Automobile Museum in conjunction with the “Line Off” Ceremony at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi […]

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Appearances, Press/News, Toyoda Family, Tupelo Automobile Museum
Daily Journal article from August 31, 2011

IN THE NEWS 2011-8-31

February 14, 2013by cdftupelocdfms Leave a comment

In August on 2011, as engine installation was being completed, the Tupelo, Mississippi Daily Journal came and did a short story on the Toyopet. Frenchy Dehoux, of Phoenix, Arizona, had […]

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Appearances, Frenchy Dehoux, Press/News, Tupelo Automobile Museum
Lefteris Kafatos, a reporter from the Hokubei Mainichi, watches Jamie Kennedy steer the Toyopet out of a garage where it had been stored

Hokubei Mainichi Newspaper / Toyopet story

February 9, 2013by cdftupelocdfms Leave a comment

One of the many stops during the Toyopet research trip to San Francisco that was made included a stop to the Hokubei Mainichi newspaper.  The Hokubei Mainichi newspaper was a […]

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Akira Nishiyama, Appearances, Press/News, San Francisco, California
The engine and transmission

Toyopet Engine Installation / First Crank VIDEO

February 9, 2013by cdftupelocdfms 1 Comment

On August 30, 2011, Frenchy Dehoux arrived from Arizona to install the engine he rebuilt.  The Toyopet’s engine and transmission was installed and the car was cranked for the first […]

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Appearances, Frenchy Dehoux, Tupelo Automobile Museum

Toyopet at the Business to Business Expo

February 9, 2013by cdftupelocdfms Leave a comment

The Tupelo Toyopet was on display at the Community Development Foundation’s Business to Business Expo in Tupelo, Mississippi. The Tupelo Automobile Museum had a booth at the B2B to showcase […]

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Appearances, Press/News, Tupelo Automobile Museum

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Tupelo Automobile Museum
1 Otis Boulevard
Tupelo, Mississippi
38804
(662) 842-4242
Monday – Saturday
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Sunday
12:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Closed New Year's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas

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