1989 Toyota MR2 Mark 1
Discussion
I picked this up quite cheap on eBay. It's a total hoot. Quite good condition at 97,000 miles, but the rear wheel arches may need doing in the next year or so. Fast, handly, and stoppy, and not thirsty on petrol . Really good fun, and mega eighties.
The wheels are from a Mark 3. so I will put some Mark 1 wheels on in due course.
url]
|https://thumbsnap.com/n16AphRn[/url]
The wheels are from a Mark 3. so I will put some Mark 1 wheels on in due course.
url]
|https://thumbsnap.com/n16AphRn[/url]Britcrocks remain - currently I have a Lotus Eclat, a Land Rover Series III, and a Morris Sherpa van. I also have a Lancia Beta and an old Italian bike. I now have a big barn to let them be eaten by mice in.
Photies of other old MR2 s welcome.
I have bought a new air box and filter. The spare wheel is in the three slot pattern of the early cars, although pepperpots/ telephone dials might be more age appropriate for a 1989 car.
Photies of other old MR2 s welcome.
I have bought a new air box and filter. The spare wheel is in the three slot pattern of the early cars, although pepperpots/ telephone dials might be more age appropriate for a 1989 car.
BigMon said:
Are you back from your Caribbean jaunt then BV?
If so welcome back, and good work on 'investing' your ill-gotten gains. Always liked these but yet another car I don't fit in.
I am still based in the Caribbean but am back in the UK every eight weeks or so, and could not resist a cheapo buy on eBay. I did resist buying a Scimitar GTE. If so welcome back, and good work on 'investing' your ill-gotten gains. Always liked these but yet another car I don't fit in.
Stuff that happened: MR2 ate its water pump while I was away in Norfolk one weekend in the spring. Low loadered back to Oxon. Pump replaced after a bit of faffing. Garage bloke wants to buy the car for his daughter, but says it needs some welding. This I knew. Wheels not changed. Original spec wheels in shed. Car also in shed, probably being eaten by mice.
I am next in Blighty in early Nov, and I hope to give the car a blast down to the west country for a posh country house hotel weekend with a recently acquired FWB. No doubt the posh hotel (one of those places that always has some posh motors on the gravel forecourt) willpark the car out by the bins.
The valet parking guy will probably resign on the spot. I will say "Yeah, mate, but it still corners better than that POS Audi/Porsche/Bentley/whatever modern Spaffbox over there", before flipping him a tip, 1989-stylee (50p).
I am next in Blighty in early Nov, and I hope to give the car a blast down to the west country for a posh country house hotel weekend with a recently acquired FWB. No doubt the posh hotel (one of those places that always has some posh motors on the gravel forecourt) willpark the car out by the bins.
The valet parking guy will probably resign on the spot. I will say "Yeah, mate, but it still corners better than that POS Audi/Porsche/Bentley/whatever modern Spaffbox over there", before flipping him a tip, 1989-stylee (50p).
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 22 October 12:50
That would not surprise me. Lotus also helped on one of the Supras IIRC. Some incorrectly allege that a Lotus Excel is a Supra in drag. In fact the Excel has a Lotus engine and chassis and body, but Toyota drivetrain and brakes. That is why an Excel may be one of the best Lotuses ever.
My useless brother left the car out in the rain for three months, parked outside the dry barn that I rent at some expense. The car is soaking wet, has mould on the carpets, and the battery connectors have corroded. It is one and a half working days before Christmas. My brother is a useless 
.
. Gassing Station | Readers' Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff