I recall an acquaintance having a Toyota Crown a few years back with a logo that resembled the ‘t’ with a crown on it - or perhaps something similar to the Maserati trident.
The one displayed here seems smaller than I remember.
Possibly, but that doesn’t change anything. I was just sure that I knew there was a logo on my Toyota (a '76 Corolla) that had an oval and stars on it, but all efforts to find a previous logo for Toyotas had failed to produce anything resembling what I remembered. Now I know that Toyota did use such a logo (at least on some of their cars–again, not important that it wasn’t The Company Logo) and I wasn’t just crazy or going senile.
Not about this, at any rate.
Here’s the dash of a 1976 Corolla, Opal, if it helps bring back memories.
Never said it did. I was just trying to get a complete answer.
In this close-up of the old Corolla logo, the oval portion of the Corolla logo is broken, so that it forms the letter ‘C’, and the three stars resemble flowers.
The Corona had this logo, which may be what you’re thinking of. But it too was specific to the model, not the company.
I was in Texas when that change happened. It clearly pissed off ‘Mickey Batson (Datsun)’, as his commercials had him saying words to the effect of: “They may have ruined my slogan, but we still got great deals for you down at Mickey Batson… Nissan.”
Aside: am I correct in thinking that “su-baru” means “seven stars” in Japanese?
err… I never said you said it did? I was simply clarifying that the logo that was found did indeed answer my OP to my satisfaction.
No, the one they found on the Corolla is the one I was thinking of, quite definitely.
Ah yes… except mine had a radio/cassette player and (admittedly installed my me) front machine gun and seat eject toggle switches. 
Oh, and mine was a 5-speed stick shift so that was different, too.
I had a '73 Corolla with the 4-speed manual stick. The 1200 cc “hemi” engine.
When I had it was 1988, purchased very very used for about $350, with somethine 120,000 miles on it and lotsa rust.
Took me a frustrated 45 screaming minutes in the middle of the night to find where the ^#^@#@ you insert the gas nozzle to fill the gas tank:
See the little decorative chrome trim between the rear window and the back passenger window, above the right rear wheel well? Yeah. It flips up. Gas filler cap is behind it.
I could totally tune that car by ear. Ignition timing, dwell, carb air/fuel mixture. It was so basic, no-frills. And a very nice car, as 15 year old rustbuckets go 
I loved my '78 Corolla and wish I had never gotten rid of it. I’m certain I would still be driving it today, because I could fix it when it broke. Learned a very valuable lesson the hard way: when replacing an alternator, check to make sure the electrical connection matches up before bolting the thing on and tensioning the belt. 
Oh, and I had a stereo/tape deck in mine, too, but it was in the glove box because I couldn’t bring myself to carve up the dashboard.
I was driving my '76 Corolla in 1988 
In 1990 I bought a '79 Celica which was also a nice car. I got it up to 120mph driving through Texas…
…by putting the pedal to the floor somewhere in east Lousiana.
I knew a Guy* who had one of those. Very sweet little car.
Bought** my '78 in '84 or '85, sold it in '93. 
I wonder how long we can keep these reminiscences up before the fact that we aren’t GQing any more gets this thread locked.
- Not a typo. That was his name.
** Okay, grandmother bought.
The best Toyota logo is the one that looks like Frank Zappa’s mustache.
I hate the ellipses. The design makes me think of a obese cowboy with no neck.
Do you work at Hooters, by any chance?