This is a very good example why Cash for Clunkers is wrong:
Immaculate German Toyota Celica ST162 to be wrecked
This Celica is for sale at Marktplaats (Dutch craigslist), but you can never drive in it!
According to the ad:
AUTO KOMT VAN DUITSE SLOOPREGELING DUS GEEN CHAS>NUMMER DUS ALLEEN VOOR SLOOP OF ONDERDELEN
Which roughly translates into something like this:
Car was taken in from the German Cash for Clunkers, so no valid chassis number and only to be used for wrecking or parts
Immaculate German Toyota Celica ST162 to be wrecked
That is a bit of a shame since it is a very rare original cabrio Celica GT (3S-FE) and comes with ABS, central locking (like that is useful!) and 4 brand new tires!
Immaculate German Toyota Celica ST162 to be wrecked
And if you thought it had been used a lot before it was traded in you’re wrong! It did not even drive 75000 kilometers in its life! For a Toyota the car has just been broken in. :(
Hopefully the car is now being reused in some other way… It is still a shame to see such a thing happen! In some cases the Cash for Clunkers may be a good thing, but looking at this example it sounds like a very bad practice of funding the car industry…
Wow, wish my T16 was as clean as this one! Looks like it doesn’t have any rust. Really hope it will be used as a parts car and not for banger racing..
Such a crime!
I wouldn’t use it for a banger race: its a cabrio and it doesn’t have a rollbar either, so the chassis is not stiff enough to endure the absue. Would be more sane to use a cheap T16 coupe and weld in a cage. ;)
Thats just wrong :(
Hi,
the car is not that immaculate, you just have to know the model. The front bumper has been replaced, the black line in it is gone OR the whole car was resprayed. The last possibility is strong given the fact that the wheels are not correct either. These t16 convertibles had standard alloys, this one has plastic hubs.
Plus there is no picture of the roof, which at that age is usually with torn, broken and untransparent windows because of age. so it looks great but that is not certain.
but it is a real pitty anyway.
a friend of mine offered 1200 euro and he did not get it, so they really try to make money on this one.
My convertible t16 from 1987 looks as good as this one since I cleaned it up and placed a new roof plus put the engine in perfect order. It looks as good as this one but has ….
230.000 km on the counter but we have info that looks more like 330.000 km
1200 euro and still didn’t get it? Did they expect to receive the highest price for a non-drivable car?? Madness!
Thanks for the info!
stupid cash for clunkers……..