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Carina Sightings: Panda Carina coupe AA63

August 31, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

After last weeks sad news some good news: I got word from Arpad that his coupe was spotted with different licenseplates on it, so there is hope he will be reunited with the car! Nevertheless, if you spot it somewhere: don’t hesitate to contact me!

Now to get back on topic: I found this immaculate Panda Carina GT-R coupe for sale on Auctions Yahoo:

Panda Carina coupe GT-R AA63
The buy-me-now price is at 1000000 yen (13000 US dollar) a bit steep but you will get a whole lot of car for that money!

First of all the car only travelled 110000 kilometer so far, the body is practially rust free (and in very good shape) and is still in its original panda paint with colorcode 041 (Super White III, only available on late models). Second of all the car features an oldskool period correct urethane lip and louvre rear window. Continue reading

Carina Sightings: stolen Carina Coupe TA62

August 24, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

This Carina Sightings is actually a very sad posting: I received an email from Arpad that he bought >AndrewGL’s Carina Coupe TA62 and that he was very happy with it…until someone stole it a couple of days ago! :(

This is how the Carina looked before it got stolen:

Carina Coupe TA62
The thief was well prepared: they car was immobilized by removing the battery. Unfortunately that didn’t stop them.

Carina Coupe TA62
The car is quite distinct: it is in the unusual brown/gold color (I guess 4A8), got a factory sunroof (rare!) and it features the deeper dished 14 inch Celica Supra wheels.

Carina Coupe TA62
The engine is the 1.8 liter 3T and gearbox a T50.

Carina Coupe TA62
The car was stolen last Thursday (18th August 2011) on the Mohai út in Budapest.
If you have seen this car, recognize parts of it or want to verify the VIN: please let me know and I’ll pass on the info to Arpad!

Carina Sightings: Carina TA40 deluxe wagon

August 17, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

Yesterday this orange Carina deluxe wagon became for sale on Marktplaats and I wrote to the owner asking if I could put it on the blog since it is such an amazing treasure find!

Carina deluxe TA40 wagon
The owner is the second owner of the car since 2006 and bought it back then with only 124.000km on the odometer and today the Carina only covered 146000km so far!

The bodywork appears to be in excellent condition and that is mainly due to the anti rust treatment the first owner applied to the car.

Carina deluxe TA40 wagon
That doesn’t mean time stood still on this car: there is some minor surface rust on the wheel arches and around the fuelcap but apart from that the car is in great nick.

Also the interior is in excellent condition:

Carina deluxe TA40 wagon
which is due to the first owner driving around with (sheepscloth) sheets and the second owner being very careful with the car.

The engine is the well known 2T and is mated with, probably, the same 3 speed autobox as mine:

Carina deluxe TA40 wagon
I’m very tempted to buy this car, but it is simply too beautiful and perfect to be ruined by me… ;)

So if anyone else got 1250 euros for spare: this is an excellent opportunity to get yourselves one of the last Carina station wagons! You can find it for sale here:
Carina deluxe TA40 wagon on Marktplaats

Carina Sightings: find the Corona T120!

August 12, 2011 / banpei / 2 Comments

This hideous creation is actually a Corona T120!

Frankensteins Toyota Corona T120
At first I thought there was a Corolla KE70 hiding under that ill fitted front and backend, but after close inspection on encountering the very same car at the airport I concluded that it had to be a Corona T120.

As you can see these KE70 wind deflectors are ill fitted on the doors and the shape of the mid section of the bodywork distincts it from the KE70.

Frankensteins Toyota Corona T120
Can anyone guess what car was used as the donor of the frontend? :P