Has anyony got the Toyota Tarago YR 20 21 22 1983 - 1990 manual. Is it any good? Does anyone know what the sections are about?Because I`ve been looking for a manual for my Spacecruiser for a couple of years now
- (#13840) Ben, 20 Oct 04 11:29
Hi Ben.
If you look on Ebay,and type Spacecruiser in search box you will see complete body and engine manuals for Spacecruiser,that's where I acquired mine at present their asking for £20.
Hope that helps,I got mine for £26 last year.
Cheers
Andy Richards(Bridport)
- (#13840) Andy Richards(Bridport), 20 Oct 04 19:51
There are two available in Australia - Gregory's and something else (I forgot what teh other one is called!).
I have the Gregory's and it is quite good. (I am not willing to part with it, and freight from Perth to England would probably be more than a new one!)
http://www.haynes.com.au/category174_1.htm
That is the link to the Aussie site.
Regards,
Dave.
- (#13840) DaveW, 20 Oct 04 21:25
Where are you, Ben? Maybe someone will let you see theirs. I have one.
- (#13840) Dave Mason (Sussex), 21 Oct 04 03:24
I have one, plus the Toyota Spacecruiser one to compare.
- (#13840) Clive (Bristol), 21 Oct 04 05:44
While we are on the subject of Tarago am I correct in thinking that the Tarago name has now been given to the Australian version of the Previa / Lucida.
- (#13840) Bill, 21 Oct 04 16:39
Bill - Yes, After the "Model F" Tarago, which you guys called the "Spacecruiser" and the US guys called the "Van" (imaginative aren't they?), Toyota sold a Wide body Previa/Estima/Emina whatever under the name Tarago.
The Tarago name then carried over to the FWD people mover they introduced a few years later - much sharper edges - not sure of the model designation, but I think it also carried the Previa etc tag elsewhere.
Interestingly, when Toyota dropped the "Model F" and introduced the Previa version, they upped the price and lots of people were asking for the old version at a cheaper price - so they brought it back as the "Spacia" and continued to sell it alongside the Previa version until about 1998 or so!
The Wide body Previa is quite a bit wider by the way - seems like the best part of a foot, although I am not sure of the exact measure.
I never thought much about it until the narrow body imports started coming in, and then you can see the Tarago/Spacia heritage much more.
- (#13840) DaveW, 22 Oct 04 00:05
The Japanese home market Estima/Enima/Lucida were mostly of the narrow guage. This is to fit in to parking spaces, also why the rear mirrors are fitted so you can get up to your side of the line. If you park over the edge of your space, a large fine and/or removal of the offending car never to be seen again!
The width is just over 9 inch thiner and is spotted by the wheel arch having a small flair on the narrow version, no flare on the wider World wide bodies.
Probably the same with later models?
- (#13840) Clive (Bristol UK), 22 Oct 04 01:24