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#10 A Year Steeped in Toyota's Carmaking Origins: Part 2

A special project team worked on reviving a Toyopet Racer, Toyota's first racing car from over 70 years ago. In the series' final installment, three young leaders share what they gained through the project.

Kiichiro Toyoda Motorsports Toyopet Racer Make ever-better cars Monozukuri (manufacturing)

2023.08.24
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#10 The Toyopet Racer is Finally Complete--And It Works! Part 1

A special project team worked on reviving a Toyopet Racer, Toyota's first racing car from over 70 years ago. This next-to last installment tracks the vehicle's assembly, first run, finishing, and installation as a museum exhibit.

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2023.08.24
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#9 Forget Restoring－The Challenges of Redesigning: Part 2

A special project team worked on reviving a Toyopet Racer, Toyota's first racing car from over 70 years ago. The ninth article in this series recounts the journey of creating the suspension and related components.

Kiichiro Toyoda Motorsports Toyopet Racer Make ever-better cars Monozukuri (manufacturing)

2023.05.30
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#9 Forget Restoring―The Challenges of Redesigning: Part 1

A special project team worked on reviving a Toyopet Racer, Toyota's first racing car from over 70 years ago. The ninth article in this series recounts the journey of creating the suspension and related components.

Kiichiro Toyoda Motorsports Toyopet Racer Make ever-better cars Monozukuri (manufacturing)

2023.05.30
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#8 Taking on Time-Honored Manufacturing with the Latest Technology

A special project team worked on reviving a Toyopet Racer, Toyota's first racing car from over 70 years ago. The series' eighth installment showcases the travails of members tasked with casting the transmission case.

Kiichiro Toyoda Motorsports Toyopet Racer Make ever-better cars Monozukuri (manufacturing)

2023.02.15
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#7 No Blueprints? Make it from Scratch!

A special project team worked on reviving a Toyopet Racer, Toyota's first racing car from over 70 years ago. In the seventh installment of this series, the seat is built from scratch.

Kiichiro Toyoda Motorsports Toyopet Racer Make ever-better cars Monozukuri (manufacturing)

2023.01.23
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#6 Veterans Inspired by Dedication to Authentic Monozukuri: Part 2

A special project team worked on reviving a Toyopet Racer, Toyota's first racing car from over 70 years ago. This article focuses on the struggles of I-beam forging.

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2023.01.12
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#6 Stories in Monozukuri - Making Things the Old Way: Part 1

A special project team worked on reviving a Toyopet Racer, Toyota's first racing car from over 70 years ago. This article traces the challenge of creating I-beam molds.

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2023.01.12
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#5 Welding, Sheet Metal Work, and Other Challenges Outside Daily Routines: Part 2

A special project team worked on reviving a Toyopet Racer, Toyota's first racing car from over 70 years ago. This fifth installment highlights the efforts of the ladder frame restoration team.

Kiichiro Toyoda Motorsports Toyopet Racer Make ever-better cars Monozukuri (manufacturing)

2022.11.28
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#5 How Wits, Not Money, Led to a Pending Patent: Part 1

A special project team worked on reviving a Toyopet Racer, Toyota's first racing car from over 70 years ago. This fifth installment highlights the efforts of the ladder frame restoration team.

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2022.11.28
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#4 Engine Restoration in Search of Lost Horsepower: Part 2

A special project team worked on reviving a Toyopet Racer, Toyota's first racing car from over 70 years ago. This story reports on the engine restoration work in full swing.

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2022.07.14
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#4 Engine Restoration in Search of Lost Horsepower: Part 1

A special project team worked on reviving a Toyopet Racer, Toyota's first racing car from over 70 years ago. This fourth installment highlights the efforts of the engine restoration team.

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2022.07.14
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#3 Digging Through Designs: The Transmission Team Starts from Scratch (Part 2)

A project team worked on reviving Toyota's first racing car, the Toyopet Racer from over 70 years ago. This third part describes the challenge of rebuilding its transmission.

Kiichiro Toyoda Motorsports Toyopet Racer Make ever-better cars Monozukuri (manufacturing)

2022.04.26
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#3 Digging Through Designs: The Transmission Team Starts from Scratch (Part 1)

A project team worked on reviving Toyota's first racing car, the Toyopet Racer from over 70 years ago. This third part describes the challenge of rebuilding its transmission.

Kiichiro Toyoda Motorsports Toyopet Racer Make ever-better cars Monozukuri (manufacturing)

2022.04.26
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#2 Young Engineers Come Together to Launch Restoration Project

Toyota Times provides a series of articles featuring the project to revive Toyota's first racing car "Toyopet Racer", developed 70 years ago. This second part describes how the project team was formed inside the company.

Kiichiro Toyoda Motorsports Toyopet Racer Make ever-better cars Monozukuri (manufacturing)

2021.12.01
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#1 Kiichiro Toyoda's Conviction that Gave Birth to the Toyopet Racer

Toyota Times provides a series of articles featuring the project to revive Toyota's first racing car "Toyopet Racer", developed 70 years ago. The first part describes its historical background and Toyota founder Kiichiro Toyoda's passion in developing the car.

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2021.11.17