CJSREDPRA
05-09-2007, 10:26 PM
This thread spawned off of the most recent posting (05/09/07) of a Griffith Sunchaser that showed up on eBay & the auction link was posted in the F/S section. Since we have a few noobs who have never seen a Sunchaser before & had no clue that Griffith was also doing conversions on the MKI Supra (ie: the Griffith Legato), along with the RA4X Celica Hatchback (ie: the TX22 Sport, of which I did not post any pictures) I decided to educate a few of the MKI newb's here (after taking a 5 hour nap.... Days off & doing as little as possible can be good). So.... For your viewing pleasure, this is from the Griffith brochure that I have.
Cover.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/looperboy81/2007_0509Image0559.jpg
Back of cover. The MKI Legato is on the right.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/looperboy81/2007_0509Image0561.jpg
Product description for the Legato. Remember, this is VERY early 80's marketing shiznit.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/looperboy81/2007_0509Image0562.jpg
Pictures of their product. This is a Code 135 Taupe Gray example.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/looperboy81/2007_0509Image0564.jpg
Other pictures off to the right.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/looperboy81/2007_0509Image0565.jpg
Roughly about 5 years ago when we were still on the Yahoo list, Dave Anders (DaveA) found this link. This was written by a employee who used to work for Griffith @ their conversion facilities back in the day, down in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The article goes into detail on how the Celica Coupe's went through the conversion process to turn them into Sunchaser convertibles. There's also small excerpts on what was done to the Celica hatchbacks (the TX22 Sports), and the MKI Supra's (the Legato's), along with a one off Turbo car that was made. The article is in .pdf file format, so you will need to have Adobe Acrobat running in order to view the file.
http://www.pitt.edu/~chirdon/sunchaser/sunchaser-days.pdf
Now.... Some of you are probably wondering.... "Are their any Legato's still left in existence"??? At the moment.... Yes, we know of at least "one". About 2 - 3 years ago, Dave Koos (Supradavis) spotted one in the Phoenix, AZ area parked in front of someone's house & mentioned it on the Yahoo list. The paint is looking a bit rough (the Arizona sun is playing havoc w/ the paint), but the car is pretty complete. He has spoken with the owner of the car. The car has been in the family since around 82 - 83 & is definitely NOT for sale at this time, thus Dave left it at that (Dave got the impression that it's a family heirloom, thus they won't be letting go of it anytime soon). Otherwise, I don't know the whereabouts of any other cars at the moment.
Happy reading!!
Cover.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/looperboy81/2007_0509Image0559.jpg
Back of cover. The MKI Legato is on the right.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/looperboy81/2007_0509Image0561.jpg
Product description for the Legato. Remember, this is VERY early 80's marketing shiznit.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/looperboy81/2007_0509Image0562.jpg
Pictures of their product. This is a Code 135 Taupe Gray example.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/looperboy81/2007_0509Image0564.jpg
Other pictures off to the right.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/looperboy81/2007_0509Image0565.jpg
Roughly about 5 years ago when we were still on the Yahoo list, Dave Anders (DaveA) found this link. This was written by a employee who used to work for Griffith @ their conversion facilities back in the day, down in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The article goes into detail on how the Celica Coupe's went through the conversion process to turn them into Sunchaser convertibles. There's also small excerpts on what was done to the Celica hatchbacks (the TX22 Sports), and the MKI Supra's (the Legato's), along with a one off Turbo car that was made. The article is in .pdf file format, so you will need to have Adobe Acrobat running in order to view the file.
http://www.pitt.edu/~chirdon/sunchaser/sunchaser-days.pdf
Now.... Some of you are probably wondering.... "Are their any Legato's still left in existence"??? At the moment.... Yes, we know of at least "one". About 2 - 3 years ago, Dave Koos (Supradavis) spotted one in the Phoenix, AZ area parked in front of someone's house & mentioned it on the Yahoo list. The paint is looking a bit rough (the Arizona sun is playing havoc w/ the paint), but the car is pretty complete. He has spoken with the owner of the car. The car has been in the family since around 82 - 83 & is definitely NOT for sale at this time, thus Dave left it at that (Dave got the impression that it's a family heirloom, thus they won't be letting go of it anytime soon). Otherwise, I don't know the whereabouts of any other cars at the moment.
Happy reading!!