Lamborghini Corolla: Man Spends R100 000 to Pimp Old Toyota
- A Limpopo man's love for cars is amazing and he is wowing people on social media with his vehicle
- He modifying his 1989 model Toyota Corolla, which he bought in 2008
- Joy Motswi spent over R100 000 to customise his vintage whip
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By Thomo Nkgadima - Freelance Journalist
34-Year-old Joy Motswi, who hails from Seshego 15km outside Polokwane in Limpopo, changed his car from original butterfly ordinary doors to Lamborghini doors.
Source: Facebook
He has now turned it into a convertible, the first Toyota Corolla 1989 model to be turned into a convertible in Limpopo. The car is now turning heads every where he arrives and most people take photos of it and some ask to ride with him.
Motswi said: "It is fitted for a motor so the roof can open and close electronically."
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He told Briefly News that it cost him a lot of money and that he spent more than R100 000 pimping his car lovely car trying to modify and customise it.
“I bought the car for R20 000 and branded it izinja ze game. Everywhere I go people stop everything they are doing just to look at my beautiful car,” Motswi said.
Motswi added:
"I installed parking sensor lights and a camera".
He built it from scratch to make it look new.
His car is fitted with a 32-inch JVC plasma TV, complete wine rack, smoke machine, play station consoles, Talking Tom, CCTV cameras, Golf 7 GTI mag rims, massive sound system, Dstv and LEDs.
What is really unusual, amazing and unique about his car is that it is a self-driven car. When he commands it to move, it moves and when he tells it to stop, it stops.
“It is the high level technology inside the car that makes it listens to me only, and no one can command it to move. It surprises people because wherever I arrive, people always want to catch a ride and when I let them ride, they end up not wanting to get off,” he said.
He loves his car and has no plans or intention of selling it. It is a reliable car reasonable that's to maintain.
He fitted a converted bonnet which may be used as a table when he is out having a good time with family or friends.
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Briefly News previously reported a talented wire artist has built a life-size wire sculpture of the classic 1967 Ford Mustang, which is one of the most popular fast cars in the world.
Conty Fonane, who was born in Lesotho but now resides in South Africa, unveiled the masterpiece in Johannesburg.
He built it almost entirely out of wire and that it took him over 1 120 hours to complete it. Additionally, the materials he used cost up to R180 000.
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