1991 Toyota Carina II barn find...

[Slarty Bartfast]

Sadly, one of my neighbours died last year and the relatives asked me if I could dispose of his car for them.

It looked a sad old thing once pushed out into the daylight, flat tyres, flat battery, no fuel…



But I noticed it only had 31,500 miles on the clock and the interior, though dusty, was hardly worn!

Turns out it hasn’t been on the road since 1999!!!

So, I may be mad, but a new battery, plugs and air filter, plus some of Shells finest she started. New rubber all round and she even went through a MOT with no advisories!

Not sure what to do next with her though??? I’m sure it’s not exactly a classic, but part of me just wants to run around in it for a while, so retro lol...

More to follow...

[paulshears]

Make it into a BTCC replica ... you know you want to

[Slarty Bartfast]

What a good idea!!!

[ShampooEfficient]

Get over to Retro Rides and you'll find inspiration!

[kurt535]

How can you not but just love Toyotas!?

[Ilovejapcrap]

My mum had one of them that then ended up with me and my brother just the same.

Oh happy days

[Slarty Bartfast]

Few more pics...





Sorry about the quality but you get the idea...

[designforlife]

That's brilliant, well worth saving/using.

2JZ it?

[lucido grigio]

paulshears said:

Make it into a BTCC replica ... you know you want to

Same sponsor,different model,these are later Carina Es.

My sister had a Carina 2 for years,spent about 50p on maintenance in that time.

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designforlife said:

That's brilliant, well worth saving/using.

If I was the OP I'd be keeping it. I always had a soft spot for the old Carina.

[Slarty Bartfast]

I would love to keep the old girl, we already have 4 cars in the family and I may be hard pushed to convince the Wife I need a 1990s toyota as well lol...

I have already had the comment "What on earth are you going to do with that old thing!" :-)

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Slarty Bartfast said:

I have already had the comment "What on earth are you going to do with that old thing!" :-)

You could always divorce her

[designforlife]

not an auto is it?

my gf is american and needs to pass her uk test, but she loves toyotas, and currently only drives auto.

[Slarty Bartfast]

Its Stick! :-)

[designforlife]

Damn, i was pretty close to throwing money at you!

tbf in retro circles, someone will snap your hand off for that i reckon.

[Slarty Bartfast]

Just had an offer of £1250!!! Not sure if that good or bad??? I may have to sell if the Wife gets wind of it!

[lucido grigio]

£1250....snap his hand off,that's a good offer.

[Slarty Bartfast]

Running like a dream now... Im going to put her up for sale in the classifieds and see what happens. Would be a great project for somebody....

[p4cks]

I happily drive that.

Not sure I'd pay anywhere near the prices that have been mentioned already, but if I found it, I'd happily keep it

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p4cks said:

I happily drive that.

Not sure I'd pay anywhere near the prices that have been mentioned already, but if I found it, I'd happily keep it

You don't think it's worth £1250?