Another MR2 junkie checking in...

BRoman · 06-30-2008, 05:16 PM

Hi all,

Guess I should say, I've been reading for awhile and already had a lot of questions answered: thanks! This community has a great knowledge base online...where would we be without our fellow MR2ers and the internet?

I live outside of Dallas and got my 89SC out of storage in May. Three years with no MR2! She was a daily for 4 years before hibernation.

This car never stranded me or made so much as a clunk in 20XXX miles (from the drivetrain anyway...the windows are another story)...now I owe her the same loyalty! Trying to clean up and fix little things as I go...so far she's got revived gauge lights, new shift boot, new pedal covers and a thorough cleaning (still in progress).

There is still lots to do, and I'm stuck on the speedometer repair...gauge and cable are good but the adapter (elbow thingy) is toast. And new replacement adapters don't seem to fit, not sure what to do on that.

Well, it's a journey and curves are the point, right? So hopefully this will get figured out. (And if anyone has a used working speedo adapter for an E51 laying around....)

My computer died in the move so I've only got a few pics and they're in my garage, which still looks like a helicopter crash site. But for now: http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...dos/laidup.jpg

She is all-original: stock intake, exhaust, paint and floormats.

Yeah those floormats are *really* darn sad...

o6spdracer · 06-30-2008, 06:55 PM

Welcome! Make sure to take some before and after pictures.

Timon · 07-01-2008, 02:32 PM

Mine is stock minus the rims (I still have the stocks for winter use) and the intake. The paint will also eventually be in the non-stock category.

From a distance your 2 look like it's in good shape., I could be wrong. Post up more pics as you go along, we're pic whores.

BRoman · 07-01-2008, 03:52 PM

Thanks for the welcome! I found a couple more pics on my camera but not too exciting...just another 2. Hopefully these can be "before" pics once she's remotely close to clean...

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/Interior.jpg
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m.../ingarage2.jpg

The motor is too dirty for pics, might hurt the camera!

Timon, what color you thinking for the new paint? Silver looks good IMO. Some days I dig mine for its sheer 80's-ness and other days mehhh...

BRoman · 07-04-2008, 02:26 PM

These are from an Austin meet; car looks the same now except for some storage dirt. Big pics:
http://www.padandwheels.com/mr2/meet...5/IMG_3554.jpg
http://www.padandwheels.com/mr2/meet...5/IMG_3559.jpg

Lots of very nice 2s at that meet and very cool people:
Austin Meet 2005

kbrew8991 · 07-04-2008, 04:22 PM

welcome

lsgheero · 07-05-2008, 12:48 AM

umm either you have very bald tires lol or those are slicks....if they are slick my question is why??

nice mk1! clean the engine lol we want pics!

Gairloch · 07-05-2008, 04:37 AM

Welcome!

For people lazy like me:

BRoman · 07-07-2008, 10:55 AM

Whoa there's big-ol' pics of my car on the internet! lol thanks gairloch

The slicks...yesss..."slicks" sounds so much better than "tires I am too poor to replace." I avoid water. Like kryptonite.

So many nice cars at that meet...the mk1 with the MRS wheels is very well done, wish I could remember who owned it!

Thanks for the welcome y'all

curvesrgood · 07-07-2008, 11:06 AM

I love the two-tone mk1's... one day I'll turn me up a cheap one in two-tone

Until then I'll just keep playing with the other 3 mk1's, lol. Nice ride, don't see too many grey/silver mk1's, but we did have a REALLY nice clean one local at one of our meets last year. Don't know who's it was, but it was SWEET!!

06-30-2008, 05:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
BRoman walking amok Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: TX Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Another MR2 junkie checking in... Hi all, Guess I should say, I've been reading for awhile and already had a lot of questions answered: thanks! This community has a great knowledge base online...where would we be without our fellow MR2ers and the internet? I live outside of Dallas and got my 89SC out of storage in May. Three years with no MR2! She was a daily for 4 years before hibernation. This car never stranded me or made so much as a clunk in 20XXX miles (from the drivetrain anyway...the windows are another story)...now I owe her the same loyalty! Trying to clean up and fix little things as I go...so far she's got revived gauge lights, new shift boot, new pedal covers and a thorough cleaning (still in progress). There is still lots to do, and I'm stuck on the speedometer repair...gauge and cable are good but the adapter (elbow thingy) is toast. And new replacement adapters don't seem to fit, not sure what to do on that. Well, it's a journey and curves are the point, right? So hopefully this will get figured out. (And if anyone has a used working speedo adapter for an E51 laying around....) My computer died in the move so I've only got a few pics and they're in my garage, which still looks like a helicopter crash site. But for now: http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...dos/laidup.jpg She is all-original: stock intake, exhaust, paint and floormats. Yeah those floormats are really darn sad...

07-04-2008, 02:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
BRoman walking amok Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: TX Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	hey that's my car! pics These are from an Austin meet; car looks the same now except for some storage dirt. Big pics: http://www.padandwheels.com/mr2/meet...5/IMG_3554.jpg http://www.padandwheels.com/mr2/meet...5/IMG_3559.jpg Lots of very nice 2s at that meet and very cool people: Austin Meet 2005

07-05-2008, 04:37 AM	#8 (permalink)
Gairloch Dreaming of apexes Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 4,436 Thanks: 114 Thanked 219 Times in 192 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (7/100% )	Welcome! For people lazy like me: __________________ "Inside the car, the world beyond the driver's immediate horizon ceases to exist. Alone with the solitude of his desire, survival sense numbed by the speed, he's outrun the mediocrity of the outside world, slipped the shackles it tries to clamp on us all. He is running free, chased only by a fear of failure, for failure is to risk ejection into the real world." ~Mark Hughes

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06-30-2008, 06:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
o6spdracer Nothing Clever Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 749 Thanks: 0 Thanked 58 Times in 55 Posts iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	Welcome! Make sure to take some before and after pictures.

07-01-2008, 02:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
Timon MR2 MKI AW11 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Utah Posts: 360 Thanks: 4 Thanked 23 Times in 20 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Mine is stock minus the rims (I still have the stocks for winter use) and the intake. The paint will also eventually be in the non-stock category. From a distance your 2 look like it's in good shape., I could be wrong. Post up more pics as you go along, we're pic whores.

07-01-2008, 03:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
BRoman walking amok Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: TX Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Thanks for the welcome! I found a couple more pics on my camera but not too exciting...just another 2. Hopefully these can be "before" pics once she's remotely close to clean... http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/Interior.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m.../ingarage2.jpg The motor is too dirty for pics, might hurt the camera! Timon, what color you thinking for the new paint? Silver looks good IMO. Some days I dig mine for its sheer 80's-ness and other days mehhh...

07-04-2008, 04:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
kbrew8991 gimme some turns Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,105 Thanks: 39 Thanked 52 Times in 45 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	welcome

07-05-2008, 12:48 AM	#7 (permalink)
lsgheero RAR! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 420 Thanks: 7 Thanked 22 Times in 22 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	umm either you have very bald tires lol or those are slicks....if they are slick my question is why?? nice mk1! clean the engine lol we want pics!

07-07-2008, 10:55 AM	#9 (permalink)
BRoman walking amok Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: TX Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Whoa there's big-ol' pics of my car on the internet! lol thanks gairloch The slicks...yesss..."slicks" sounds so much better than "tires I am too poor to replace." I avoid water. Like kryptonite. So many nice cars at that meet...the mk1 with the MRS wheels is very well done, wish I could remember who owned it! Thanks for the welcome y'all

07-07-2008, 11:06 AM	#10 (permalink)
curvesrgood three mk1's Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: NC Posts: 211 Thanks: 6 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	I love the two-tone mk1's... one day I'll turn me up a cheap one in two-tone Until then I'll just keep playing with the other 3 mk1's, lol. Nice ride, don't see too many grey/silver mk1's, but we did have a REALLY nice clean one local at one of our meets last year. Don't know who's it was, but it was SWEET!!