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Where Is the Missing Star Wars Toyota Celica?
New York Post ^
| https://nypost.com/2022/05/04/where-is-the-missing-star-wars-toyota-celica/
| Gary Gastelu
Posted on 05/04/2022 10:59:29 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The future of Star Wars is coming into focus on this May the Fourth, with new film projects being announced during the annual celebration, but there’s a four-decade-old mystery tied to the franchise’s history that remains cloudy.
In 1977, Toyota teamed up with 20th Century Fox for a promotional sweepstakes where the grand prize was a custom Star Wars Celica that featured imagery from the original film, including the movie poster painted on its hood and reproductions of film cells on the sides.
Unfortunately, things didn’t go to plan. After the California shop that customized the car was mired in a string of drug, kidnapping and murder charges, the contest was apparently buried and the winner – if there even was one – never announced.
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TOPICS: TV/Movies; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cars; starwars; toyotacelica
To: nickcarraway
Probably in a private car collection in Japan is my guess.
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posted on
05/04/2022 11:01:29 AM PDT
by
CivilWarBrewing
(Get off my b"ack for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
To: nickcarraway
Whatever became of Connie Celica?
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posted on
05/04/2022 11:06:43 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
To: BenLurkin
Where is Carmen Sandiego?
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posted on
05/04/2022 11:09:10 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Russia no longer looks like the #2 military power in the world. Maybe #2 military power in Ukraine)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/04/2022 11:11:31 AM PDT
by
MercyFlush
(The Soviet Empire is right now doing a dead cat bounce.)
To: nickcarraway
It’s in a galaxy far far away.
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posted on
05/04/2022 11:12:08 AM PDT
by
shoff
(Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
05/04/2022 11:21:08 AM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
05/04/2022 11:26:48 AM PDT
by
DCBryan1
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To: MercyFlush
Prima Tesh, Connie's daughter.
Not guilty:
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posted on
05/04/2022 11:28:55 AM PDT
by
DCBryan1
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To: shoff
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posted on
05/04/2022 11:29:35 AM PDT
by
DCBryan1
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To: DCBryan1
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posted on
05/04/2022 11:42:47 AM PDT
by
MercyFlush
(The Soviet Empire is right now doing a dead cat bounce.)
To: DCBryan1
To: DCBryan1
Nothing screams 70s more that that van!
To: kaktuskid
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posted on
05/04/2022 12:21:10 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
05/04/2022 12:25:11 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
To: DCBryan1
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posted on
05/04/2022 12:33:12 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
To: nickcarraway
Tks for posting — I never heard of that car.
My first car, which I took to college, was a ‘77 Celica. Piece of crap (transmission SUCKED), but it got me home and back for four years.
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posted on
05/04/2022 1:01:06 PM PDT
by
nicollo
To: CivilWarBrewing
I’ll forward this along to my friend in Georgia...
.... Who owns this car.
I bet he’ll get a kick out of it.
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posted on
05/04/2022 1:37:30 PM PDT
by
Celerity
To: fishtank
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