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Anyone have a "Kanto Auto Works" emblem under their hood?

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Old 06-02-08, 08:35 AM
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Default Anyone have a "Kanto Auto Works" emblem under their hood?

I have a metal emblem plate under my hood towards the rear passenger side. It says "Kanto Auto Works" After researching them, i found that they actually build auto-bodies for Toyota in Japan.

I have owned many Toyota products, and this is the first time ive seen that badge, Its only on my 05 ES330, my 02 ES300 doesn't have it.....
Old 06-02-08, 10:16 AM
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that's cool
plus didn't you fix that '05 up?
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Yea, Its the one i fixed up.

The badge looks very Official, Since i never heard of them I didnt know if it was some sort of aftermarket tuning company or what. But then after thinking about how the original owner was a Litigation Lawyer, i doubted it.
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Hey J! How are you sweetie?

I have that emblem. I always wondered why it was there and just thought it was a company that serviced the car and put that there to know it was their workmanship. My car is perfectly fine so I never looked into it and thought it was a good thing that it was serviced at all. I don't know anything about the previous owner of my car other than he/she smoked in the car and it has the transmission update.
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Okay, I just saw that emblem. Actually it's a label, on the underside of the hood itself. A silver label with a red logo, and the black letters, "Kanto Auto Works".
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