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Apr 21, 2006 11:54:47 GMT
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Hey folks, I'm new here. I've just come over from Volkszone. Theres a 1979 Toyota Carina at a garage near me for £450. Its got 80,000 miles on the clock, and the owners reckon thats true. The body looks ok apart from the front and rear n/s arches. They're rusty as and have been "treated" with filler numerous times from the look of it! I had a look under the bonnet and it all looks clean, as far as I can tell. Can anyone give me an idea of its worth £450 or not? Cheers!
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Toyota Carina questionBenzBoy
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Apr 21, 2006 12:03:02 GMT
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Welcome! Not too sure about the prices of these 70's J-motors, but I always think that garages and forecourts are at least 20% more expensive than private sales. Have a poke about it though - if the arches are full of wag then the sills could be too
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Apr 21, 2006 12:11:16 GMT
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Sounds a bit optimistic. I paid £300 for my '79 Starlet with less miles and good history, full MoT, but still with a bit of rot in the arches, from a garage. Maybe I was lucky?
Undoubtedly it doesn't owe them anything like that, so make them an offer. While these things do have some value for export/banger racing it's nothing like £450, and it's unlikely they'll sell it on to someone who just wants cheap transport.
Carinas are the must-have RR car right now and they have lots of potential.
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Apr 21, 2006 12:41:21 GMT
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A 1979... TA40 style? Deeply, deeply cool. Is it worth £450... possibly. They are getting like poor quality wobbly children's play pony poo these days as they are snaffled by banger lads & west african export merchants. See if you can knock them down a bit and go for it. I used to have the later TA60 model, last of the RWD ones, and it was a superb chariot. Comfy & mega reliable.... although mine was rustier than a fisherman's bucket with moss in the footwells and finished in a fetching shade that can only be described as 'Dog Poo'.... Happy days!
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Apr 21, 2006 13:08:36 GMT
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I've just been back and took this And haggled a bit too. The lowest they would go is £360 without tax. I'm soooo close to handing over the cash!
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Apr 21, 2006 13:14:43 GMT
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I'd have it at that price Doesn't look too bad
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Apr 21, 2006 13:16:57 GMT
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Lotus Wheels! Hit it with the stick!!
Lotus Wheels! Hit it with the stick!!
Lotus Wheels! Hit it with the stick!!
Lotus Wheels! Hit it with the stick!!
Lotus Wheels! Hit it with the stick!!
Lotus Wheels! Hit it with the stick!!
Lotus Wheels! Hit it with the stick!!
;D
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Apr 21, 2006 13:32:13 GMT
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Go for it at that price! Full MoT I take it? That red paint shouldn't be too bad for blowing-in any repairs, better than the metallics many of them came in. Look at all the space under the arches, lots of potential there and Celica stuff all bolts in for upgrading.
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Apr 21, 2006 13:39:48 GMT
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I think you should definately bag it for that money ;D Huge potental and like its been said above, red isnt a difficult colour to blend in, so you can be doing repairs to the bodywork as you go Get it baught!
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Apr 21, 2006 13:52:36 GMT
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£450 ...buy it! Friends have had these and have 'messed' with them myself in the past. Things to look out for. Cosmetic rust areas are: All four arches rust Boot lid rust bad all over! Rear doors on arch area and in middle/door handle area Below windscreen Structually rust areas are: Anywhere on sills Anywhere in boot floor (spare wheel well and corners of boot etc.) Front chassis leg (...but is easy to repair as adjacent floor never seems to rot Suprisingly the bulkhead, main floor or even mcpherson strut mount areas never seem to suffer Straps holding petrol tank on! ...THIS was a major problem even when they were quite new (friends straps rotted through and 'dropped' it's tank ...that was an interesting breakdown recovery )! Have fun
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Neil
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Apr 21, 2006 16:42:03 GMT
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Hey Captainhazzard, you don't 'appen to live in Cornwall d'ya? Snap that Toymota up pronto
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Toyota Carina questionBenzBoy
@benzboy
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Apr 21, 2006 17:05:22 GMT
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It's in Cornwall?! Be quick, or I might have to snaffle that one then!!
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Apr 21, 2006 17:38:01 GMT
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Based on that pic, it looks like a good 'un.
If it's not solid though, I'd leave it. Where these unloved J-classics are concerned the price difference between a good one and a bad one makes buying a bad one rather pointless.
If it looks like it's got a couple of MOTs in it then £450 is probably a fair price, but I'd be waving a £300 shaped wad under their nose first.
A set of Lotus wheels and a grinder will bring instant hero status!
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Apr 21, 2006 18:16:15 GMT
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I'd have it at that price. Assuming it passes a basic structural inspection.
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that looks well clean in that pic, but to tempt me to something red takes a lot!!!
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