

水曜日からChallengerがピンストライプの仕事でMOON Garageに入っていました。
車を見ながら派手だなーと思っていたら、木曜日にはArea-1の駐車場に懐かしいカローラが止まっていました。
Since Wednesday, this Challenger has been at MOON Garage for pinstripe work.
While looking at the car and thinking how flashy it was, on Thursday this nostalgic Toyota Corolla was parked at Area-1.
一瞬の70年代でした。
It was a 70s moment.
Mr. Blueのブログを見たら、「三重県の SHOE BOX の川村社長が、わざわざ横浜の田舎まで来てくれて・・・
I saw the following on Mr. Blue’s blog: “Mr. Kawamura, the owner of SHOE BOX located in Mie-ken south of Osaka, made a special visit all the way out to the Yokohama …
それもなんと、Hemi 1/2 カローラで!ほぼ毎日、足として使っている様で、流石!「旧車は出来るだけしょっちゅう動かしている方がいい!」と言っていますが、
On top of that, he came with the 1969 Toyota Corolla 1/2 Hemi! which was build by MOONEYES about 6-7 years ago. He has been using this to get around almost everyday, which is good! It’s important that owners of old cars move them around as much as possible.”

彼に譲ったこの旧車Crown Pick Upは今どうなっているのでしょう。
Although that was said, this 1970 Toyota Crown Pick Up was turned over to his care and I wonder what state it’s in now.
「旧車は出来るだけしょっちゅう動かしている方がいい!」 なんて言っていますが最近は軽トラしか乗っている姿を見た事ありません。
“It’s important that owners of old cars move them around as much as possible.” Mr. Blue says that but I’ve only seen him driving his Japanese size small-truck and nothing else.
「要らなくなったら戻します」との約束で持って行きましたがもう返してもらってもしょうがない状態なんでしょう。誰か画像あったら送ってください。
I said, “When you don’t want it anymore, bring it back.” He promised and left with the car but it’s probably not in any usable condition to even return now. If anybody has a picture of it, please send it to me.

ところでこのCrown Pick Up、まだMOONEYES Open前 Mr. Blueから購入しかけたのですが
Mr. Blue、昔も今と変わらずのゴウツクバリ、結局値段が合わず購入できませんでした。
Incidentally, I wanted to buy this 1970 Toyota Crown Pick Up from Mr. Blue before MOONEYES opened for business in 1986. A long time ago, not much different than now, Mr. Blue was very stubborn and wouldn’t come down on the price so I didn’t buy it.

もう一台は、昔のMr. Blueの廃車置場(あれ販売車だったのかな?)にあったCrown Pick Up。
これも値段が合わず購入できませんでした。こうしてMr. Blueは車を皆、土に返して行くのでしょう。
He had another one, a delicensed 1970 Toyota Crown Pick Up that was parked in the back (I wonder if that was even for sale?) but a price couldn’t be agreed on and it wasn’t purchased. Just like this, Mr. Blue would rather return all the cars to the earth.
あのPick Upも土に帰っていないとは保障の限りではありませんね。
If that Pick Up wasn’t returned to the earth, it would only be because of someone saving it.