Not only did he build a racecar and tell us the story but he allowed young enthusiasts to help him knowledge is the best payment

When John is telling a story you forget that you aren't actually sitting in the same room listening to him. Guy is a master story teller.

We are going to start releasing Car Trek 4 a week from today on Freddy's channel.

Always amazing that I can hear this man talk for the better part of half an hour and think that only 5 min went by.

John is a born storyteller .. a total joy to listen to

"They just wanted to work on a race car...." "Well.... Sorry. I don't have one, but I got this corona" 😄😄😄

That Corona is legendary, didn't realize John was the nut responsible for it! Great story, I'm bummed my team will be racing without me this weekend glad to see people keeping the love of racing alive!

Yup! Know the feelin': 80% done, just 80% to go.

John is an absolute legend and the best storyteller. If he told those stories about buying a drug dealers truck or that lame BMW story breaking down on a bridge, it would not only sound believable, but interesting.

KZfaq has added a COVID warning to this video. 🤣🤣

Love the expression on his face when he says "Oh I need everything."

How do you know they are passionate racers: "weep openly on each other shoulders."

It's funny you mention the smell of leaded fuel. I was just telling one of the younger guys in the shop that leaded fuel used to smell amazing. I probably haven't talked about or heard about it in over 10 years, now it's twice in one day LOL

This truly is one of the best Vin Wiki car stories I've ever heard and I listened to most of them. Kudos to John and the "Corona" race car team!

Ficarra just raised the bar on Vinwiki episodes! Lemons, Supra's and ending with a Shovel nose Corona on steroids. a tree, family, kids and Elves man what an epic journey. Now I want to hear the Corona lol

I was waiting for the coronavirus part the entire vid, the double entendre went right over my head 🤦🏻‍♂️

I follow lemons and this is THE iconic car . One of the most badass builds ever . I do love it . Well Done

I'd totally watch a full episode of John's detailing the "cheaty things" the Supra had..

Enjoy Ficarra's stories everytime I could hangout with him anytime.

Me and my twin brother spent 6 months building a 78 Chevy Nova from ground up. plenty of 4 in the mornings and all nighters and EVERY weekend. We finished it just in time for the points season. If the car got a scratch on it, it was repaired after every race. We had the cleanest and best looking car week after week. More 4 o'clock in the mornings during the week. We didn't cheat at all But we were meticulous about EVERY detail that was legal to make us run faster. Everything was perfect every week! We even greased the wheelbearings every week and made springs to keep the brake pads off the rotors. We had the best paint jobs and everything else. That was ALOTTTT of hard work!!! We didn't have alot of money, both of us are auto mechanics and spent SO SO SO much time on that car. We missed times with our family's as well. But it really showed on the race tracks. When we went to any track, we were the car you had to beat if you were gonna win a race with us in it. Either my brother drove or I did but for points seasons he raced for points.

Anyone else feel this way?: When I first got into the channel, I was annoyed by not seeing who was telling the story on the thumbnail, but now I know the regulars well enough to play a little guessing game when I see the title and thumbnail. This one had Ficarra written all over it.

A '68 Corona was my second new car...and that two-speed transmission drove me crazy. Drive for an hour around 90 mph, then get into city limits and slow down, and you suddenly end up sitting there going absolutely nowhere for a couple of minutes until it cooled down. Wasn't a bad city car, and for it's time was quite a nice ride. Brings back memories......

I love listening to John's stories!!! One of my favorite revolving VINwiki storytellers, hands down.

A recent thrash all night to get some bikes ready to hit the grid makes me appreciate this story even more. It takes my friend being in a deep hole before he'll pick up the phone and scream help but I'm always happy to hang out with him and work on stuff. Great story.

Comfortably a top 10 VINwiki car story of all time.

This is one of the best VINwiki videos to date.

Here’s hoping he will be back with stories of this car next year. And all the crazy shenanigans he and his team went through. Such awesome and wholesome car stories!

ed's work putting everything together, finding all these people who can tell such good stories! when i hear john tell a story, i get the feeling of excitement and well being. thanks to everyone making it happen!

A delight listening to this. A 20-year old 1970 Corona was my first car at 17 and I absolutely loved it. Super reliable and used it for all sorts of stuff.

The title is talking about the Toyota Corona but KZfaq thinks its talking about the real virus lol

John Ficarra's story telling is like the gravitational pull for car enthusiasts who love a wholesome feel good story🙂. In his stories , he almost always blends in some technical know how, a sprinkle of history ,a dash of drama, and a dose of action. He's never going too heavy or too light with his story telling, just right 👌🏿.

John I love your style, the amount of times I've watched a vinwiki story & said my mother had one of those & today John rolls out this monstrosity & it's the 1st car I remember my mother owning, your a madman & I love the way you think, Rj in Oz

From 1987-1988 i I bought a1977 Corona from my coworker/ roommate? We were stationed in Quantico Va! I was the Tenth owner of this car and the Eighth person to own it at my company. It had over 300K Miles on it With the original clutch! I did a Complete Front brake overhaul and oil change. Sold it to another coworker when I left thier in 1988! Took It home to Pittsburgh PA Every other weekend driving 70 Plus when the speed limit was 55!! They Really Don't Make Them Like They Used To! It was also one of the shop cars! I would just leave the keys on the counter top and whoever needed s vehicle would just grab them and go for errands. Thank You for the memories!! Sometimes The Need to Prove a Concept Overrides The Conscience!

Did they really make that car look like Wingo from Cars? That is the coolest thing I've seen in awhile.

We need new videos on Best Cars for $5k, $10k, $15k, $25k, $50k, $100k, $250k and so on, but for 2021 post-covid era!!! The older videos starting to lose their accuracy for the times I feel. That content would do great for this channel.

Amazing how good ANY car can look sitting on RPF1s!

John is the best story teller on here. Rabbit is second. Switch cars Doug is third. Ed is in his own league tho.

I’m old enough to remember the smell of car exhaust from leaded fuel and I agree - It’s a lovely smell. Now, I have my pilot’s licence and when I first got a waft of exhaust from a plane burning 100LL, it took me straight back to my childhood.

I don’t see how the Supra having a 1jz was cheating since some of the third gen Supra’s over in Japan actually came with a 1jz gte. I say if it was a option for the car,regardless of the country it was sold in it’s not cheating.

this is by far the best Lemons story ever told

He is my new favorite story teller. Between him, Casey, and Rabbit and Ed I'm set. Thank you for sharing.

Mr. Ficarra is definitely my favorite vin wiki story teller and also has the types of stories I want

John puts so much detail into his story’s!!! Amazing car!!! Amazing episode!!!

It's so true how the last part of a build can take forever. I worked at a car shop that built a lot of specialty cars for athletes and other wealthy people. The car that took the longest to complete was a project for a friend of the lead mechanic. It was an early 80s Porsche 911 Turbo slant nose. We had done so many conversions using brand new Porche that we didn't realize how difficult this was going to be. The problem was that the poor car hadn't been cared for properly, and it had been "upgraded" several times by people who had no idea what they were doing. So we had to completely disassemble the entire car and start from scratch. After we were done painting every part and started putting it back together, we had no choice but to install a new wiring harness and refreshed engine. Then we had to order a bunch of miscellaneous parts because when the previous "upgrades" were done, parts were lost, and scrap parts were installed instead. When you spend that much money on new paint and interior, you don't want to have a bunch of mismatched nuts and bolts holding it all together. It felt like it was one of the best projects we did, but it took forever to get the last bit finished. There's something special about seeing a big project completed. Wish I could still do stuff like that.

1st car I ever bought at a dealer was a '72 Corona that I bought in November 1985. GREAT car. Very reliable. Boring, but reliable.

23mins of John?! Best way to start the week

Enjoyed the tale - drove a ‘64 Corona “Deluxe” in high school, likely the first Toyota in an East Texas town! Fun car, tiny engine, three on the tree! Good times!

The more story’s he tells/appearances ,the more I see he is a true gentleman.. Thanks for sharing 💯👊

Ironically I happen to be sitting across the street from the Sonoma raceway while watching this.

So awesome. People don't get how important just having moral support is on these projects. Just having a friend around to hand you a wrench, or run to the hardware store, or hold up the other end for a minute is a HUGE help. Every additional pair of hands cuts the time-to-completion by leaps and bounds and lowers the stress by half. Sometimes it's as simple as having another pair of eyeballs to catch the stupid mistake, sometimes it's just the assurance of being on hand to call 911("Hold my beer"). So if you have a friend working on a project car, grab a couple of cold brews and drop by after work once a week. It's important.

The best story teller on VinWiki. John is the king of stories.

Brilliant video, I almost never watch long KZfaq videos but I followed every minute of this. Great story and great storytelling

$300 for a beautiful 80's MA70 Supra with pop-up headlights is a steal ! Can't believe it was advertised for sale as a 4cyl ! SMH.... This car came stock with a 1JZ in Japan. It looks like they went with a front mid-mount setup, three cylinders of the 1JZ are behind the original firewall !! This is such a fantastic story by a really great storyteller 👍

Made my day to listen to John Ficarra doing another yarn. I would listen to him tell his whole story over many hours. Another great story and gave credit where it was due. Fantastic

Always love when I see VinWiki uploaded a new video I know this will be a good one😎

John you’re an awesome story teller. Keep the stories coming 👍🏽

Love these stories, why I’m a car guy. Taking a piece a crap and turning it into a sleeper is always fun.

The last 2 minutes and 50 seconds of the story had me in tears 😭 amazing stuff thanks 🙏

This story had EVERYTHING. So good.

Oh...wait...he’s the mastermind behind the Lemons 1JCorona. Can’t imagine anyone better to have done it.

Making our Mondays this much better, thanks John

I dont understand how John is such a good storyteller

Bring car trek to VinWiki!! Tavarish and Hoovie bring in the teenage audience but this is where the real automotive experts flood in from.

Yes! My favorite story teller...besides of course Mr Ed Bolian.

Best story teller on this channel

Those early Toyotas & Datsuns were popular being close to Port of Entry in So Cal.. Row upon row of them in Pedro' awaiting shipping across the country. As we saw them on a Sunday scenic drive where dad hauled freight during the week. Still a massive sight today!

His genius is the use of irony. You can look Listen to him talk about cars, military battles Sports, etc and it's always fasinating!!

I love a lot of these stories but this one is now my favorite!

John tell his stories with such a passion and love for cars is very touching! One my favorite storytellers from vinwiki!

Ficara needs his own channel!!

One of the best stories on the channel ever, well done.

Great storyteller! And the coolest looking old Toyota Corona in the world

I loved this, this is just great story telling!!! truly enjoyed spending 20 mins in your world! thanks!

My dad had bought a 71 Toyota carina from a customer and it was the first car I drove after turning 16 and getting my license. It was purple but faded and looked more brown, it had the big hemi four cylinder and a 4 speed manual transmission. For a sixteen year old it was a fun little car.

This guy has such great stories and I enjoy every single one keep going on this guy is great

A great way to start a raining Monday. Another great story from John! Thanks Ed

John allways has the best stories!

Interviewee: it was shooting fire out the tail pipe hotter and faster then someone on taco Tuesday Vinwiki song starts

He never fails to be a great storyteller

Love racing with these guys. Love hearing the stories.

This was not only the greatest car story I have ever listened to but this corona ist also one of the most brilliant cars I have ever seen

His stories are incredible. Keep them coming!

We had a Corona on base in Japan in the early 70's.. identical to this one.. my dad tried to purchase it and ship it home to Virginia after his ToD.. the car was US govt property ..he was pissed.

Say "Toyota Corona" and KZfaq be all like, "GET THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE CDC ABOUT COVID-19!"

Man I enjoy John's stories so much!

My first car was a 1969 corona, the same year i was born back in 1986, I wash I still had it, so easy to fix and very relialable. Glad to see and old " corona" modded to the max!!!great job

John really hustled that guy 😂

I could listen to John's stories all day long....his are the best

Thank you John, that was a great story and really improved my morning!👍

Mr. Ficarra, if you happen to see this comment. Thank you for this story that is awesome. One piece of the story I’m really interested in is the don’t ask don’t tell livery supra. Did you chop it up to build this car? Is there a place i can see more pictures of it?

My favorite story guy just keeps having more stories!

This should be excellent.

at around the same time my grandparents got a new car...an 80 corolla.i can remember my grandfather who was in his 70s ...i was gonna help him do the first oilchange......it took me a long time to find the oil filter....!So much stuff packed into such a small space.what a difference 10 years had made. i really love the simplicity of older cars and trucks

It's so odd because I bought a MK3 supra and the 7MGE that was blown and I 1JZ swapped it xD Crazy how expensive MK3 Supra's have gotten since 2010

Love this guy's stories. Best part was the "elves". It gives me hope for the future.

First time here... bro this was an awesome story, and yes must agree, you are a great story teller. Lol..

What a great, and inspiring story! Thank you John, and Ed!

What an ending to the story John! So humble!

We do it because its awesome. Most people never get to experience a race track, especially with a car you've built from scratch. Its the most satisfying feeling in the world!

Early! Plus it's Ficarra!! Life is good.