Rising sun on concours South Africa 2022
Underlining Concours South Africas prestigious status, Toyota South Africa is entering its justrestored 1968 2000 GT sports car.Also, the subject of painstaking efforts by two of the continents premier restoration shops, chassis number MF10-10207 is creating a media storm to match the Highvelds current wave of thundershowers!Furthermore, the Solar Red Sportster is now the cornerstone of Toyota Motors South Africas private collection. Back in 2020, Toyota Gazoo Racing announced that it would be reproducing replacement parts for the Toyota 2000 GT as part of the GR Heritage Parts Project. Therefore, this initiative paved the way for a decision made by Toyota South Africa to commission a full bare metal restoration of its unique 2000 GT.Greg Marucchi – MC of the event – is clearly excited by the addition of the punchy straight six from IwataI cant wait to see this sexy little sports car hold its own against the best of Britain, Germany, Italy and the USA. Will this be the year that a Japanese car finally takes CSA Best of Show?