1989 TOYOTA MR2 WHITE MK1 AW11 with V6 Camry 3.0L installed

[phaeton]

This is a very special car, it was the 2nd V6 conversion ever started, but more importantly it was the 1st that was actually legally driven & registered on the road in the UK. I take no glory in the building as it t was built by a qualified Aeronautical Engineer to a very high standard there is a 45 page build manual over on twobrutal if you want to see it's history. It started life as a standard MK1 which had been very well looked after which had only 3 previous owners, with under 60K miles. The car was completed, driven for a while but on the way back from JAE in 2008 (I think) there was an issue with the differential which locked up & effectively acted like a welded diff. The car was put into the garage & left until last year when I bought it from the builder, the gearbox was replaced with a low mileage turbo box with LSD, it was my intention to keep the car as we were moving to a bungalow which had storage space & garages, but that has all fallen through & I now have nowhere to keep it.

It really is in very good condition there is just starting to show a small amount of rust on the nearside arch but it is still very solid & I was quoted £100 to put it right.

Engine

Normally aspirated 3.0Litre V6 engine from Toyota Camry
Intake cone filter attached to AFM in place of original air filter
Aluminium Fidenza flywheel
Standard exhaust system from Yoyota MR2 MK2 GTS with connecting pipe modified to match Camry downpipes
Engine mounts custom fabricated from 4mm mild steel with chassis members reinforced to suit
Engine rubber insulators from Toyota MR2 MK2 GTS

Transmission

Standard Toyota Celica GT4 clutch
Gearbox Toyota MR2 MK2 Rev3 Turbo with LSD
Driveshafts combination of Camry & GT4

Suspension

KYB gas shocks absorbers front & rear
Rear anti-roll bar upgraded to MR2 MK2 Turbo 19mm unit

Brakes
Standard front discs upgraded from 256mm to 280mm diameter
Standard front calipers upgraded to Willwood 4 pot calipers

Wheels
TSW Apex 16" Alloy wheels
Yokohama A539 205/45 R16 87V

It's MOT'd until December 2017

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So if you have got this far you may well be interested, so finally the price, it's £3500 car is located in Worksop North Notts

[coverco]

Very nice, those exhaust pipes look great, good luck with the sale :+:

[MylesHSG]

I think I'm in love :D

[ayresyboy]

To clarify....Has the problem with the diff been fixed? Is this a driveable car?

[phaeton]

Sorry yes, the gearbox was replaced with a late model low mileage turbo gearbox with LSD, it's on the road, you can press the money into my hand & drive away D

[ayresyboy]

Did you sort the advisories from last MOT? Andy

[phaeton]

No, I spoke with the tester at the time & even he said he was being very critical, I have examined them & tbf I can't feel it, you're welcome to come test, or send AA, RAC etc. to check.

[jimi]

Thank god I've nowhere to keep this either :mrgreen:

[Angpozzuto]

This is like mk1 two brutal history. Surely this has to go to a proper mk1 enthusiast jimi it's got your name all over it


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[phaeton]

This is like mk1 two brutal history. Surely this has to go to a proper mk1 enthusiast
This is so true

[jimi]

If it was a T-bar and not white then I probably couldn't resist :D

[paulsims2001]

Pmd

[phaeton]

Just for full disclosure somebody came to look at the car & pointed out some things that I was not aware of, the car has been in an front end accident at some point in it's life as it has got red painted panels behind the bumper & it appears to have had the radiator crossmember replaced.

[jimi]

Not necessarily accident damage, might have been replaced because of rust.

[phaeton]

Possibly Jimi but I like to be honest about these things, I've been on the wrong end before & it's not nice

[jimi]

I quite agree, it's just a pity more people aren't upfront and honest about these things, I was only pointing out that there could be other reasons for different coloured/replacement parts especially on a 27 year old car, doesn't make it any less of a nice car :+:

[Adi64gt]

Think I better head over to twobrutal for a read!!!

I really shouldn't though!

[phaeton]

Sale Agreed

[tommundy]

Sale Agreed
Nice one. Are they going to join up on here? :)

[phaeton]

They are already here, but I will leave it to them to decide if they want to reveal themselves in the future.

[chasmundo]

Congratulations !!
I knew it wouldn't be around for long...it was a tough choice between yours and Bill's - both very clean cars in my favourite colour

Hopefully you'll stick around on the MR2 site and share your knowledge and good humour :D

[topolino]

hi, when I sold this it went to redcar, I recently looked to see if it was still on the road as I heard it had been stored reg F71 PNA no longer exists on database old mot list, I hope it has not been scrapped.