A possible forthcoming new (old) car purchase and the need to clear a bit of space on the driveway means my beloved Camry V6 is up for grabs.
1991 Toyota Camry V6 GX - clean for once by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
I bought this back in 2011 because it was a Camry and it was local. It got through an MoT without too much grief and the same happened every year since so I've been using and enjoying it as a back-up vehicle.
As it stands now it has done 134k miles and runs very well albeit rather noisily due to a blow in the exhaust frontpipe (I had it repaired previously but it hangs quite low). The temp gauge gets up to the middle nice and quickly and doesn't budge, irrespective of how it gets driven. It had an oil change not so long ago and the cam belt was changed at about 109k miles. Wheels are 5-stud 114.3mm PCD, so a good swappable fitment. It's FWD, so you won't become the local drift hero, but it still handles very nicely.
1991 Toyota Camry V6 GX by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Tax runs until the end of 2014, MoT is due Sept 30th. I have it insured for about £110 a year as a classic car.
Why spares/repair? The short MoT which with my present lack of spare time I won't be able to renew. It's developed a leak in the last year so the carpet inside gets soggy. The exhaust is noisy. It will come with a set of steel wheels and (just) legal tyres, not the alloys pictured. The paint's flaking off the rear spoiler. It could do with a replacement headlight (I can find one for you in my stash). The ABS light came on yesterday, but that coincided with me having replaced the headlight bulb and they share the same cramped space so I may just have knocked a wire off. It's well over 20yrs old so there will be the usual age-related marks and battle-scars. The HVAC panel got damaged by a previous owner and I leave it on the screen setting, temp/fan adjustment both work fine though. I doubt the AC works, I don't really find it necessary.
I hope I haven't made it sound too rubbish, because it's not really. I still regularly use it, and if it doesn't sell for sensible money it'll remain with me as a donor for my Camry 2.2 saloon and estate project cars.
The 24-valve, 3-litre V6 engine in this model is a wonderful thing and used to be worth good money to Woodsport for MR2 V6 conversions. They now use newer engines but say that home convertors still like them, they reckoned I should ask £500-600 but I'm after a quick sale hence £450 ono. Get it before the end of the month and you can drive it away. The rest of the car is built to a fantastic standard and it's still remarkably solid.
Camry V6 engine bay by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
If you want to buy it to keep on the road I would strongly urge you to view it first (hence the spares/repair thing). If it wasn't for this other potential car purchase and wanting to get my Camry estate back on the road I'd keep using it myself.
I'm located on the Norfolk/Suffolk border near Diss railway station, easy access from the London-Norwich mainline.
P.S. If you just want it for the V6 engine we may be able to come to a deal whereby I keep panels and/or everything else, depends where you are and how you take it away. I have an engine crane if necessary... I may also be to help with spare parts, although all my other cars are 2.2 4-cyl models.
Contact details: Please PM me through this forum.
Thanks!
1991 Toyota Camry V6 GX - clean for once by Spottedlaurel, on FlickrI bought this back in 2011 because it was a Camry and it was local. It got through an MoT without too much grief and the same happened every year since so I've been using and enjoying it as a back-up vehicle.
As it stands now it has done 134k miles and runs very well albeit rather noisily due to a blow in the exhaust frontpipe (I had it repaired previously but it hangs quite low). The temp gauge gets up to the middle nice and quickly and doesn't budge, irrespective of how it gets driven. It had an oil change not so long ago and the cam belt was changed at about 109k miles. Wheels are 5-stud 114.3mm PCD, so a good swappable fitment. It's FWD, so you won't become the local drift hero, but it still handles very nicely.
1991 Toyota Camry V6 GX by Spottedlaurel, on FlickrTax runs until the end of 2014, MoT is due Sept 30th. I have it insured for about £110 a year as a classic car.
Why spares/repair? The short MoT which with my present lack of spare time I won't be able to renew. It's developed a leak in the last year so the carpet inside gets soggy. The exhaust is noisy. It will come with a set of steel wheels and (just) legal tyres, not the alloys pictured. The paint's flaking off the rear spoiler. It could do with a replacement headlight (I can find one for you in my stash). The ABS light came on yesterday, but that coincided with me having replaced the headlight bulb and they share the same cramped space so I may just have knocked a wire off. It's well over 20yrs old so there will be the usual age-related marks and battle-scars. The HVAC panel got damaged by a previous owner and I leave it on the screen setting, temp/fan adjustment both work fine though. I doubt the AC works, I don't really find it necessary.
I hope I haven't made it sound too rubbish, because it's not really. I still regularly use it, and if it doesn't sell for sensible money it'll remain with me as a donor for my Camry 2.2 saloon and estate project cars.
The 24-valve, 3-litre V6 engine in this model is a wonderful thing and used to be worth good money to Woodsport for MR2 V6 conversions. They now use newer engines but say that home convertors still like them, they reckoned I should ask £500-600 but I'm after a quick sale hence £450 ono. Get it before the end of the month and you can drive it away. The rest of the car is built to a fantastic standard and it's still remarkably solid.
Camry V6 engine bay by Spottedlaurel, on FlickrIf you want to buy it to keep on the road I would strongly urge you to view it first (hence the spares/repair thing). If it wasn't for this other potential car purchase and wanting to get my Camry estate back on the road I'd keep using it myself.
I'm located on the Norfolk/Suffolk border near Diss railway station, easy access from the London-Norwich mainline.
P.S. If you just want it for the V6 engine we may be able to come to a deal whereby I keep panels and/or everything else, depends where you are and how you take it away. I have an engine crane if necessary... I may also be to help with spare parts, although all my other cars are 2.2 4-cyl models.
Contact details: Please PM me through this forum.
Thanks!
