bluesunbeam
8th October 2011, 10:40 PM
SOLD
Mica blue supercharger with 45300 km for sale .
This car is in good condition other than third gear grinding when changing down quickly at higher speeds.
It is by no means in mint condition but has no serious rust .
The rear valance has been bent up in the middle about 2cm and has surface rust on it.
The nose cone has a slight dent in it.
There is a small patch of rust under the boot seal rubber about 3cm long that has been treated but not re-painted.
The chin spoiler is badly scraped at the bottom edge and has a large chip out of the paint (about 2 cm square) low down on the passenger side.
The rear quarters both have light surface rust at the bottom and about 5 cm up the back of the rear arch.
The side skirts are both quite scuffed in places.
The paint has peeled off the drivers side wing mirror mount .
The T-Bar leaks a bit .
There are some stone chips on the bonnet.
I must emphasise that any rust is just light surface rust and i am happy to jack the car up so people can get a proper look at the floorpan etc. and remove the side skirts so the sills can be examined.
The arches are all fine showing no sign of rust swelling up between the two metal skins.
I bought this car in 2008 and have only done 4000km in it .
When i bought the car both front arches were scraped and the rear nearside had a dent in it. I had this damage . repaired though you can still see evidence of the dent in the rear arch at certain angles and there is a small dark patch on the front nearside arch where the refinisher missed it with the topcoat .
When i read this back the car sounds terrible but it is honestly a very good car and looks great.
The interior is very tidy with no tears or marks. It is velour not leather.
There is no A/C .
I have had a Thatcham approved Toad immobiliser fitted .
It is fitted with a factory rear anti-roll bar .
The wheels are BBS alloys-3 have been kerbed.I do have the original wheels but they have spent many years in a damp celler and are in poor condition.
The Tyres are all Goodyear and have loads of tread left.
The exhaust is in good condition and is a Toyota item. The catalytic converter is still fitted.
During my ownership i have replaced the waterpump (did not fail but had a very annoying squeaking),cambelt and tensioner,s/c and alternater belts,clutch slave cylinder (complete unit0,clutch master cylinder(re-seal kit),dizzy,rotor arm,spark plugs,coolant(red forlife),air filter and front discs.All parts used were Toyota items bar the cam belt tensioner(Toyota sent the wrong part twice and i got fed up waiting and got it from Fensport) and the front discs.
The car as a proper Toyoya workshop manual that covers the n/a and s/c .
The MOT runs out April 8th 2012 and tax until 31/03/2012 .
A brief history of the car.
It was bought new by the Goodyear Tyre company and taken to their research facility in Luxembourg. After the testing was finished it sat in one of Goodyears storage depots until spotted by a freelance journalist who was doing some work for Goodyear.He bought it and it stayed in Luxembourg until he moved to the UK in 1997.
I realise that photos would help a lot but i am rubbish at all IT and will probably end up overloading the website.
The only forum members who has seen the car properly are Brawr and nocturnal(i think that is his name)who saw it at the Ace Cafe retro Toyota meeting . The car appears in some of the photos in the Past Events thread on the Ace Cafe retro meet - its reg ends in TLX .
If anyone is interested please call me on 01189583252 between 10am and 9pm-you can try and PM me but i dont know if that facility works due to my lack of posts on the forum . I am in Reading .
Mica blue supercharger with 45300 km for sale .
This car is in good condition other than third gear grinding when changing down quickly at higher speeds.
It is by no means in mint condition but has no serious rust .
The rear valance has been bent up in the middle about 2cm and has surface rust on it.
The nose cone has a slight dent in it.
There is a small patch of rust under the boot seal rubber about 3cm long that has been treated but not re-painted.
The chin spoiler is badly scraped at the bottom edge and has a large chip out of the paint (about 2 cm square) low down on the passenger side.
The rear quarters both have light surface rust at the bottom and about 5 cm up the back of the rear arch.
The side skirts are both quite scuffed in places.
The paint has peeled off the drivers side wing mirror mount .
The T-Bar leaks a bit .
There are some stone chips on the bonnet.
I must emphasise that any rust is just light surface rust and i am happy to jack the car up so people can get a proper look at the floorpan etc. and remove the side skirts so the sills can be examined.
The arches are all fine showing no sign of rust swelling up between the two metal skins.
I bought this car in 2008 and have only done 4000km in it .
When i bought the car both front arches were scraped and the rear nearside had a dent in it. I had this damage . repaired though you can still see evidence of the dent in the rear arch at certain angles and there is a small dark patch on the front nearside arch where the refinisher missed it with the topcoat .
When i read this back the car sounds terrible but it is honestly a very good car and looks great.
The interior is very tidy with no tears or marks. It is velour not leather.
There is no A/C .
I have had a Thatcham approved Toad immobiliser fitted .
It is fitted with a factory rear anti-roll bar .
The wheels are BBS alloys-3 have been kerbed.I do have the original wheels but they have spent many years in a damp celler and are in poor condition.
The Tyres are all Goodyear and have loads of tread left.
The exhaust is in good condition and is a Toyota item. The catalytic converter is still fitted.
During my ownership i have replaced the waterpump (did not fail but had a very annoying squeaking),cambelt and tensioner,s/c and alternater belts,clutch slave cylinder (complete unit0,clutch master cylinder(re-seal kit),dizzy,rotor arm,spark plugs,coolant(red forlife),air filter and front discs.All parts used were Toyota items bar the cam belt tensioner(Toyota sent the wrong part twice and i got fed up waiting and got it from Fensport) and the front discs.
The car as a proper Toyoya workshop manual that covers the n/a and s/c .
The MOT runs out April 8th 2012 and tax until 31/03/2012 .
A brief history of the car.
It was bought new by the Goodyear Tyre company and taken to their research facility in Luxembourg. After the testing was finished it sat in one of Goodyears storage depots until spotted by a freelance journalist who was doing some work for Goodyear.He bought it and it stayed in Luxembourg until he moved to the UK in 1997.
I realise that photos would help a lot but i am rubbish at all IT and will probably end up overloading the website.
The only forum members who has seen the car properly are Brawr and nocturnal(i think that is his name)who saw it at the Ace Cafe retro Toyota meeting . The car appears in some of the photos in the Past Events thread on the Ace Cafe retro meet - its reg ends in TLX .
If anyone is interested please call me on 01189583252 between 10am and 9pm-you can try and PM me but i dont know if that facility works due to my lack of posts on the forum . I am in Reading .