PaulGRhodes
4th October 2010, 12:50 PM
Hi all.
On Sunday I made the long trip down to Plymouth to view and then buy this MR2.
http://cdn.images.pistonheads.com/aimg/2104/2104761-1.jpg
Bar 2 cosmetic issues (small dent next to engine hood, and 4 holes in the bonnet where some kind of statue once stood :roll: ) it's perfect - no rust, no resprays, no welding.
Going through the 2 owner History it's clear that it was a daily driver up until the early 90's covering 39k. Then it became a garaged sunny weather car. Mintex pads and brakes went on in 96, along with sports exhaust, braided brake lines, "Toyota Handling Kit" and O.Z. Wheels.
It was then sold to the person I bought it from in 2009 (original owners neighbour) where he kept it under a cover as an investment before deciding to stick it on PistonHeads the other week.
The only real Problem I have is that the History shows that the Cam-belt hasn't been changed since 1993! It's only done 7k since then but surely it needs doing.
Pinkstones Toyota Stoke quoted me £240, and my local garage £200.
Does anyone know of a specialist in the North Staffs area who can do the work at a more reasonable rate? Or at least one who doesn't seem scared to work on it?
I consider myself to be a pretty practical person and plan on doing most of the maintenance myself, so if there isn't anyone nearer I'll set aside a weekend or 2 to do it myself.
But anyways... Hi, I'm Paul!
On Sunday I made the long trip down to Plymouth to view and then buy this MR2.
http://cdn.images.pistonheads.com/aimg/2104/2104761-1.jpg
Bar 2 cosmetic issues (small dent next to engine hood, and 4 holes in the bonnet where some kind of statue once stood :roll: ) it's perfect - no rust, no resprays, no welding.
Going through the 2 owner History it's clear that it was a daily driver up until the early 90's covering 39k. Then it became a garaged sunny weather car. Mintex pads and brakes went on in 96, along with sports exhaust, braided brake lines, "Toyota Handling Kit" and O.Z. Wheels.
It was then sold to the person I bought it from in 2009 (original owners neighbour) where he kept it under a cover as an investment before deciding to stick it on PistonHeads the other week.
The only real Problem I have is that the History shows that the Cam-belt hasn't been changed since 1993! It's only done 7k since then but surely it needs doing.
Pinkstones Toyota Stoke quoted me £240, and my local garage £200.
Does anyone know of a specialist in the North Staffs area who can do the work at a more reasonable rate? Or at least one who doesn't seem scared to work on it?
I consider myself to be a pretty practical person and plan on doing most of the maintenance myself, so if there isn't anyone nearer I'll set aside a weekend or 2 to do it myself.
But anyways... Hi, I'm Paul!