the story so far
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3 weeks ago i got a call off a fellow mr2 owner
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he asks me whether i want to buy a tubby
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i said nah m8
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, i am skint
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he then tells me about this mr2 turbo at a house he is working at
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( he's a painter and decorater
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its a 1993 gt turbo done 50 k and is totally standard and a perfect untouched example.
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now i am listening
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he says its been owned by a woman since 2002
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and has passed away and her husband just wants rid of it now
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how much are my next words
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maybe around
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£2000
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probably a bit less
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so within 10 mins i arranged to go have a look
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soon as i saw it i just knew
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, its the genuine thing
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being a painter and having a trained eye i inspected closely and i was impressed
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believe me when i say i am fussy
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, i am not a lover of black cars because its such a hard colour to keep on top of so to speak
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, but this car is fantastic for its age
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next i hear it run
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, and from cold sounded smooth and no smoke
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the interior is half leather and swade which i really like
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it has abs brakes
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, them fog lamps that steer
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( like them as well
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) air con
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, a sub behind each seat that work
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at this stage i hadnt drove it
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and wanted it!.
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but soon as i got into 2nd gear i was having the car
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everything checked out
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and i was having it
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i got talking to the guy and he showed me receipts for work his wife had done etc
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, and he said whatever it wanted
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, she got
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it failed its mot on the brakes and it was due to the pads worn down.
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so she put new discs and pads all round
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i was looking at another receipt for the turbo
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aparently it was smoking slightly
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and she had it reconditioned
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a large bill
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so i bought it for
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£1700
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the first pic i taken of the car doesnt have the standard wheels on because i did a deal with someone and did a swap.
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i was going to put the wheels on off my n/a and i didnt want to put standard wheels back on the n/a because i figure it looks better on after market wheels as i am now selling the n/a.
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stock rev 2 turbo minus the wheels
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since buying this car ive set about it
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a bit
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ive put a rev 3 rear light conversion on it and done the quad lights
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ive put a japspeed exhaust on and gutted the cat
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the cat
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momo steering wheel and lockwood white dials
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its had cam belt and all other belts done now.
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the speedo has been converted but the mileage was still reading in kilometres.
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when working out what the mileage would be
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it turned out to be 49636 miles
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i was gonna up the boost to 0.9 but it was already at 1.0
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when we checked
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i had a look at the reciept for the turbo repair and called the company up to find out what exactly had been done
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i explained i had just bought the car and was trying to find out as much history about it
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its had the full monty and is strongly built
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the bill was for
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£490
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so i am pretty chuffed its like new.
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future plans
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not sure
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but i will lose the toblerones and put the uk strip in place
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dont know whether i want crystal clear or smoked sidelight/indicators
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???
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also if someone can point me in the right direction
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the indicators at the back of the front wings
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(small ones)
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where do i get clear
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/ smoked ones from
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???
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few pics from today
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any opinions welcome
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