UOD
3rd March 2020, 10:27 AM
Hi all,
I was brought to this forum through tragic circumstance.
I bought my MR2 last summer from a good friend of Darren Trewin who I believe was an active member of the MR2 Mk1 Club judging by the number of club magazines I was given. Darren tragically passed away in a car accident in January 2017 - https://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/News/newsarticle.aspx?id=cad21915-9e3a-4128-a6c8-ac4d5331cbb7 and his friend became the custodian of the MR2 after his death. I don't know if Darren used this forum much but found his name amongst a post for the Silverstone Classic 2016 where he was listed as attending http://www.mr2mk1club.com/showthread.php?17202-**-Save-the-Date!-**-Silverstone-Classic-2016-29th-to-31st-July-2016&highlight=silverstone+2016.
Darren clearly had a lot of love for this car as I was in receipt of a large binder of invoices and records of work carried out over the years.
I had the car resprayed at the back end of last year in an attempt to keep the rust at bay and in the main it's holding off quite well. However a respray for under 1k was always going to leave a little wanting on the prep side so it's by no means perfect. Plenty of bits of trim replaced which either broke off or were past salvageable when I dug a litter deeper including the rear reinforcement bumper bar and the C pillar trims which cost me an arm and a leg. All the rubbers for the front bumper and side skirts were also replaced.
I haven't done many mods thus far as the car came with plenty already: BC Coilovers, huge brakes from a Celica ,17" Oz Racing wheels stainless steel exhaust and OMP steering wheel.
The engine is pretty standard other than for a K&N cone air filter and the Woodsport manual choke fix.
I have recently managed to fit the clear indicators, after much fettling with a stanly knife to get them to fit.
The car turns over first time every time and although I bought it as a track day runabout I've been using it as daily driver while my F80 M3 is gathering dust on the drive. :grin:
Hopefully I will actually get it out on a track this year. Considering putting 16" wheels on it if I can make sure they can actually clear the huge front brakes! The ride is bearable but when you hit a pot hole, you know about it.
First photo was during the summer after I just bought the car and the second was yesterday after a quick wax, although not the most flattering of photos.
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I was brought to this forum through tragic circumstance.
I bought my MR2 last summer from a good friend of Darren Trewin who I believe was an active member of the MR2 Mk1 Club judging by the number of club magazines I was given. Darren tragically passed away in a car accident in January 2017 - https://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/News/newsarticle.aspx?id=cad21915-9e3a-4128-a6c8-ac4d5331cbb7 and his friend became the custodian of the MR2 after his death. I don't know if Darren used this forum much but found his name amongst a post for the Silverstone Classic 2016 where he was listed as attending http://www.mr2mk1club.com/showthread.php?17202-**-Save-the-Date!-**-Silverstone-Classic-2016-29th-to-31st-July-2016&highlight=silverstone+2016.
Darren clearly had a lot of love for this car as I was in receipt of a large binder of invoices and records of work carried out over the years.
I had the car resprayed at the back end of last year in an attempt to keep the rust at bay and in the main it's holding off quite well. However a respray for under 1k was always going to leave a little wanting on the prep side so it's by no means perfect. Plenty of bits of trim replaced which either broke off or were past salvageable when I dug a litter deeper including the rear reinforcement bumper bar and the C pillar trims which cost me an arm and a leg. All the rubbers for the front bumper and side skirts were also replaced.
I haven't done many mods thus far as the car came with plenty already: BC Coilovers, huge brakes from a Celica ,17" Oz Racing wheels stainless steel exhaust and OMP steering wheel.
The engine is pretty standard other than for a K&N cone air filter and the Woodsport manual choke fix.
I have recently managed to fit the clear indicators, after much fettling with a stanly knife to get them to fit.
The car turns over first time every time and although I bought it as a track day runabout I've been using it as daily driver while my F80 M3 is gathering dust on the drive. :grin:
Hopefully I will actually get it out on a track this year. Considering putting 16" wheels on it if I can make sure they can actually clear the huge front brakes! The ride is bearable but when you hit a pot hole, you know about it.
First photo was during the summer after I just bought the car and the second was yesterday after a quick wax, although not the most flattering of photos.
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