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snoball
21st June 2013, 06:46 PM
this looks nice and has had plenty of attention paid to it :-

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Toyota-MR2-T-Bar-Sports-PETROL-MANUAL-1988-E/121058848252?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1c2fab6dfc

it's an 1988 t-bar in white asking price £2495

snoball
21st June 2013, 06:49 PM
sorry - forgot to mention that it's got a blue interior but hell this is seriously clean :)

have a look at that under car shot and tell me that's a rust bucket.............

cchrysos
21st June 2013, 07:08 PM
Hi snoball.

Yes it is very clean isn't it. Getting closer too ;-)

snoball
21st June 2013, 07:15 PM
am doing my best to try and find you summat to occupy your brain cells lol :)

cchrysos
21st June 2013, 07:18 PM
You won't have to try too hard for that ;-)

coverco
21st June 2013, 07:19 PM
Looks like a full respray, no stripes.

muckyman
21st June 2013, 07:30 PM
Am I the only one to notice that its one if those 'special' t-bars that has a sunroof rather than a t-bar?
:-)

snoball
21st June 2013, 07:39 PM
i didn't notice that it had the removable sunroof lol :)

is it still a mk1b ? :)

reg suggests it is lol :)

it's still clean as a whistle though :)

muckyman
21st June 2013, 07:50 PM
Yeah it's a Mk1b and if the description can be believed, it's got ABS too (why do dealers make so many mistakes on adverts? Surprised it doesn't have 5 seats and airbags too)
:-)
Does look nice and tidy but I'd be wondering what the story was about the respray (assuming its had one).
What was the reason and any pics before respray to see what body works been done, if any.
If all is well on that, then it's a fair price I suppose. Naturally it's had a bit of a mark up as its from a dealer so better could be available cheaper privately. I'd sell you mine for less :-), although it doesn't have ABS and only a normal sunroof rather than a t-bar sunroof :-)

snoball
21st June 2013, 08:01 PM
mines only a mk1a so pre-ABS invention lol :) and my sunroofy t-bar is removable so that makes it a semi targa top :) why semi cos the bit of roof round the edges is still there when the tinted sunroof gets put in the boot lol :)

as for price reckon it'd be about 1800 if it really has been kept this clean and unblemished throughout..........as for the paiintjob - could've just been rusty screws leaching onto the paint, that's what mines got it's nothing major --- mines up for a respray at some point still not sure whether dorothy's gunna be black - candy purple or lettuce leaf green though :)

coverco
21st June 2013, 08:13 PM
Do you know that all MK1's had three pinstripes all the way round them, we are not talking about rust stripes :-)

cchrysos
21st June 2013, 08:19 PM
Do you know that all MK1's had three pinstripes all the way round them, we are not talking about rust stripes :-)

Actually.....only all MK1b's. ;-)

coverco
21st June 2013, 08:56 PM
Actually.....only all MK1b's. ;-)

1a's also had pin stripes they were just different, I did the stripes on Marks car

http://www.mr2mk1club.com/showthread.php?6567-From-rust-bucket-to-wedding-car!-)-PIC-HEAVY&highlight=Kmk11

They are the same width as 1b stripes but two colour and there are just two. Having said all that the car in question is a 1b so should have three pin stripes :-)

superwhite90
21st June 2013, 08:58 PM
I think not having the pinstripes put back on after a respray, which this looks like it has, looks mingmong. It just looks unfinished compared to other immaculate mk1s about.

cabbydave
21st June 2013, 09:13 PM
This one looks nice
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TOYOTA-MR2-MK1-1987-SUNROOF-4AGE-AW11-1-6-TWIN-CAM-2-SEATER-SPORTS-CLASSIC-CAR-/261231389807?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3cd29aac6f

coverco
21st June 2013, 09:17 PM
I have no pinstripes as I don't like them personally, even though I can make them any way I want :-)

superwhite90
21st June 2013, 10:09 PM
Ahhhh...I will be needing some replacement pinstripes soon for my front & rear bumpers ;)

snoball
22nd June 2013, 05:54 AM
is it english or irish or is it on private plates ????? cos it's wearing different front/rear plates........

does look tidy though :)

i think that as it's been resprayed at some point then the stripes should be left off to signify that it's had a paintjob so not totally standard bit like paul painting the roof of the mrx black to signify an engine change - just my thoughts..........

Deadly_smell
22nd June 2013, 07:01 AM
[QUOTE=snoball;150659]is it english or irish or is it on private plates ????? cos it's wearing different front/rear plates........ [QUOTE]

he explains in the text that the private plate has been removed and replaced with the original, and the fact it is resprayed from red to silver

Johnso
22nd June 2013, 05:04 PM
I am new to all this, so has this one been resprayed based on pinstripe-ness ? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161051421942?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619

The mud flats MR2 lettering looked done by hand, so I guess so?

coverco
23rd June 2013, 06:15 PM
That car looks like it has already had a full respray, as the rubbing strips have also been removed. Just to say though a car being resprayed is not a bad thing, you just have to check that any repairs have been done properly and that the respray is not hiding a bodge job. My car had been bodged when I got it on the rear arches, I only paid £500 for it so I expected it, the problem comes when you pay £2-3000 and find out it is a bodge job :-(