Keymaster Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Its a wedge of the aspirational 80's Its in Merseyside Its Beige It has pop up lights It has bonnet stripes It has PROPER BOSS retrimmed interior Its got DAB Its done 126k and has MOT til end of May Its got a folder full of receipts. Some of these relate to work done to the car. A small fortune has been spent on it over the years. Its paintwork is fucked. It looks gr9 from 10 yards. Do not be fooled. It is microblistered to buggery on pretty much every panel. And not just one or two blisters here and there. Theres hundreds of them absofuckinglutely everywhere. Its sound where it counts - engine strong, chassis & bodywork free of major rot, calipers, coolant pipes etc all had a small fortune spent on them. I'm selling because I barely used it over the last couple of years, I've lost interest & can't be arsed forking out for a respray on a garage ornament. What are you waiting for? Give me £1500 and it can be your collection of mobile blisters to drive as is / paint / leave to collect dust in your garage instead of mine. A few pics of the car in happier times: And a few close ups of the blistering - not easy to get pics of this but these do show the extent of the problem: laser wheels, Fabergé Greggs, MrDuke and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I would defo buy this etc etc Uncle Jimmy, Keymaster and SambaS 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 LOLCAT not as good as billehs LOLDOG but close nice early one doh - beige tho WTF thought early ones were two tone....? Keymaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keymaster Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 LOLCAT not as good as billehs LOLDOG but close nice early one doh - beige tho WTF thought early ones were two tone....?Most early black bumper ones where white or red. The metallics and 2 tones were very expensive options... they cost about 10-15% of the list price depending which one you went for. I believe metallic black was the most expensive colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 That is very nice, the interior is lovely - what are the blisters though, is it rust bubbles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keymaster Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Cheers. The interior cost me a fair bit of money 3 years ago. It's probably done 3000 miles since then so it's like a new car inside. The blistering is some sort of chemical reaction. The paint job is actually 14 years old now so its been a very slow fault to manifest itself, I did get the odd warning... in 2011 the rear spoiler blistered pretty badly after some time under a cover, as did the petrol cap to a lesser extent. It's definitely not water, in fact it's difficult to coax any liquid out. What came out from the spoiler was yellow and bitter tasting. Working theory of my tame bodyshop is that it may be silicon or similar that wasn't properly cleaned off before one of the coats went on. It was winning trophies as recently as last year. It was properly mint until this winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keymaster Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Barry Cat Sez "why have none of you rotters bought this beige car yet? This place etc....." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacho man Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Soz Dora cat says I have had my quota of mid ship runabouts for this year (even if it was a girly new one) plus she seems to like old Peugeots. Keymaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Jimmy Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Not beige, champagne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 That is very nice, the interior is lovely - what are the blisters though, is it rust bubbles?not Beige, it's MANGE DeeJay and Keymaster 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-T Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 That's bloody lovely. Were the bonnet/side graphics factory options? I used to have a red B reg Mk1a, they're ace. Seriously tempted by that I must say, beige or non. Keymaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Do you know "Peter Smith" - he's from your neck of the woods and was seriously into mk1 mr2's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I'd say that's value, Look after it and in 5 years time that's a £2500 car, even with the microblisters. Most appealing. Keymaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keymaster Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 That's bloody lovely. Were the bonnet/side graphics factory options? I used to have a red B reg Mk1a, they're ace. Seriously tempted by that I must say, beige or non.They were dealer options in the USA market. I made them myself with the help of my mate Tommy who has got all the cutting gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keymaster Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Do you know "Peter Smith" - he's from your neck of the woods and was seriously into mk1 mr2's.Nope, I've had this one 5 years & don't think I've met him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keymaster Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 I'd say that's value, Look after it and in 5 years time that's a £2500 car, even with the microblisters. Most appealing.I agree. Prices for these are going up, there wont be one anywhere thats vaguely as tidy as this for the same money. I don't need to sell it but at the same time I don't use it enough anymore to really justify the respray and annual running/storage costs. I'm considering lending it to somewhere like stondon if a buyer doesn't surface, so at least someone would get to enjoy it until I got my mojo back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraWomble Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Dash Cat is sad because back in the day (1989) he wanted one but now is to fat to enjoy one. Keymaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Do you know "Peter Smith" - he's from your neck of the woods and was seriously into mk1 mr2's. I know a Peter Smith, it might be the same one? What came out from the spoiler was yellow and bitter tasting. Working theory of my tame bodyshop is that it may be silicon or similar that wasn't properly cleaned off before one of the coats went on. It was winning trophies as recently as last year. It was properly mint until this winter. I think your car needs a doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inconsistant Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 MR2 alors! That's nice. I can't believe the mk1s are 30 yrs old they look great. If I didn't have I would definitely but. Glwts Keymaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 kgb603, on 23 Feb 2015 - 08:13 AM, said:kgb603, on 23 Feb 2015 - 08:13 AM, said:What came out from the spoiler was yellow and bitter tasting. MR2s AREN'T for licking! 5 points from Gryffindor!. Keymaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minimad5 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Bloody lovely ! Keymaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keymaster Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Still here & the microblisters have, well, sort of disappeared in the warmer weather. Have some new photos taken today: Front Rear Drivers Side Passenger Side Interior Interior Dash DAB Engine Bay Frunk Frunk Graphics Graphics Passenger A Pillar Passenger B Pillar Drivers A Pillar Drivers B Pillar Passenger Front Arch Passenger Rear Arch Driver Front Arch Driver Rear Arch Skizzer, trigger and SambaS 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keymaster Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 Deposit taken from a man who knows how to win at life! KruJoe, J-T and trigger 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugong Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Stunning AW11 for the money. I also second trapped silicon wax being the culprit for the pits and bubbles on the paintwork - my Amazon has the same problem. I'd rather have unbroken (pitted) paint than panels letting moisture in. Of course, the bobble hat OEM brigade will judge your car fit for the crusher, but who really cares in the scheme of things? Keymaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Jesus Christ that is tidy. There's not a spec of rust where the are meant to rust (ie everywhere).I was welding mine up today and the difference between the two, that must've been so well looked after. Keymaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keymaster Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 Aye. This one is as solid as they come. The buyer has got the mr2 mk1 bargain of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Station Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Looks like the same one? Price hike, probably about right though: http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/178999/1985-mk1a-2500-swap-scarborough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keymaster Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 yep same one, no mention of the fucked paintwork on his ad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 What a spiv. I hope he severely stubs his toe, the profiteering bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keymaster Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 What a spiv. I hope he severely stubs his toe, the profiteering bastard. Nah, good luck to him! He has got it at about the right starting point for a good haggle & I'm sure a serious buyer would be able to find my ads to figure out how much wiggle room there is! Personally I couldnt be bothered with all the haggling the paint blisters would have led to, so was clear about the problem, priced it low & refused to budge. Its his car now & can (try to) sell it for whatever he wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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