Jon Bautista's passion with cars started at a very young age. He remembers asking his father for a car, "instead of giving it me to, he gave it to my other siblings," he remembers. "I will never forget the experience." So with that, Bautista learned to work harder than any other so he can continue the passion and hoping to share it with his sons.





The build of his 1969 Toyota Sprinter Corolla started when his son was 13 years old. "He asked if he could get a car that he can build," he mentions, "and not cost a lot to tinker with." So Bautista searched and eventually found the Corolla in 2017 in a friend's yard in Carson, California. It took 3 years to restore it with as much parts as they could to make the car look stock. "However, it ended up being a restomod with all the amenities modern cars have," Bautista states. "I came from a Euro car environment so JDM is new to us." He and his son made new friends with the JDM community and, lucky enough, helped them to get the knowledge to get our car moving.

Owner: Jon Bautista
Location: Carson, CA
Vehicle: 1969 Toyota Sprinter Corolla
Horsepower: 245-250 (estimate)
Club: Hoolugan - Impact

SOCIAL

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Instagram: @1maingarage

Photography by Jon Bautista, lumangoto.com.

ENGINE & PERFORMANCE

• 3TG full race motor
• Arias Piston 14:1 compression
• Carrillo rods cemented water jacket, oversized wrist pin shot peened
• Magnaflux camshaft
• Port and Polish
• Titanium retainer bronze guide h Duty dual cut, sized springs from v8 TRD ring/pinion
• Gerolamy 2 piece billet aluminum intake
• Dual 48 Weber custom made by Paul Hassle Green
• TRD 3T crank stroker
• TRD high flow oil pump
• 4/1 high rise header from Nelson Pamintuan
• ARP fasteners
• TRD 320 intake cam
• TRD 320 exhaust cam
• TRD 1st and 2nd short ratio
• 8lb aluminum flywheel

EXHAUST

• Custom straight pipe with exhaust valve bypass

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS

• Electromotive HPV-1

DRIVETRAIN

• TRD LSD
• Mark Williams Hi torque rated for 800hp axles

WHEELS & TIRES

• Compomotive retro wheels
• Toyo Proxes R888 tires

BRAKES

• Toyota Starlet disk brakes with front lockers 

CHASSIS & SUSPENSION

• Eibach coilovers (f)
• Custom de-arced leaf springs with torsion bar (r)

EXTERIOR

• White with custom vinyl

LIGHTING

• Hella with after market HID headlights

INTERIOR

• Custom interior
• Recaro vintage racing seats

AUDIO & MULTIMEDIA

• Alpine HD Full Cinema entertainment custom enclosures
• Alpine DSP module
• Alpine mid range speakers (8)
• JL Audio 12" subwoofer
• Apple 8" iPad
• Karaoke machine

FAVORITE MODIFICATION

"It's the sound entertainment system. The sound system took us 3 months to build and many hours spent to build the enclosures in the cabin and trunk sections.The audio system gives us more to show when going to a local car meet specially with the karaoke. Big hit, for sure!"

FUTURE MODIFICATIONS

• LED screens
• Body painted

SHOPS & MECHANICS

• Jon Bautista and son
• Friends and car enthusiasts