D174 FUV - Black Mk1 Advert

[Ben]

Spotted this while idly browsing ebay. Given the rarity of black mk1s, is this still around does anyone know?



Link if anyone wants the poster for their collection:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Toyota-MR2-T-Bar- ... 240%3A1318

[Hybrids]

Looks like it may have been exported in 1987:

The enquiry is complete

The vehicle details for D174 FUV are:

Date of Liability 28 07 1987
Date of First Registration 01 11 1986
Year of Manufacture 1986
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1587CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Export
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLACK
Vehicle Type Approval null
The information contained on this page is correct at the time of enquiry.

[Ben]

Oh, pity. So even if it was around, it wouldn't have that UK plate on it and the owner would have no idea of their car's famous beginings!

Just out of curiosity, where did you get that info from?

[Hybrids]

DVLA vehicle check

Vehicle Check

regards
Gareth

[Tiny]

So if that Number plate was Available on the DVLA website and you had a black mk1 T top you could buy it?

[Tony jinxy froude]

Very similar to our one outside,, except its not a t-bar, but it is a black mk1b
Jinx

[jon_st205]

Slight aside from this thread, but I've got a few bits of original mk1 marketing materials I was considering printing onto canvas, mostly to put on my own walls (particularly the 'mk1 on the grand canyon' shot, if anyone knows it). I had considered fleabaying a few but shied away from copyright issues - obviously doesn't bother this fella though - does anyone know the score?

Jon

[Hybrids]

Very similar to our one outside,, except its not a t-bar, but it is a black mk1b
Jinx

Ooh another Black Mk1, would make a nice spare race car...
But then I wouldn't mind the A35, dump the (purchase tax dodging) windows and make it a Wallace & Grommit van

[Scott Barton]

The number plate is not even for the car?

MakeTOYOTA ModelCOROLLA GT COUPE

Taken from the RAC vehicle check (the free bit)

[Ben]

How wierd...
I guess we'll never know which car it is then. Pity.

/Cue people with black T-tops staking their claim to fame


Yours looks really nice though Jinxy

[Tiny]

Slight aside from this thread, but I've got a few bits of original mk1 marketing materials I was considering printing onto canvas, mostly to put on my own walls (particularly the 'mk1 on the grand canyon' shot, if anyone knows it). I had considered fleabaying a few but shied away from copyright issues - obviously doesn't bother this fella though - does anyone know the score?

Jon

think youd get done for copyright infringment if you did them on ebay but im sure that a small run for imoc members wouldnt go amiss if you did them at cost

[yellowmitch]

Is the black one for sale tony?

[kevin..in]

How wierd...
/Cue people with black T-tops staking their claim to fame

you wont get crushed in a stampede of Black 1B T bar owners
proper rare cars!!

[toxo]

My MK2 comes back as a corolla in some vehicle searches. Never figured out why, it's all correct on the V5

The number plate is not even for the car?

MakeTOYOTA ModelCOROLLA GT COUPE

Taken from the RAC vehicle check (the free bit)

[Tony jinxy froude]

Is the black one for sale tony?

Well it is for sale, but Tiny has first dibs at the moment as he has already shown an interest in it, watch this space, if Tiny decides he wants it then im sure he'll show off his new Mk1, if not then im sure it will find a new owner on here sooner or later. P.S did you see how close the reg is on my black MK1 compared to the one at the start of this thread ? , Jinx

[Ben]

P.S did you see how close the reg is on my black MK1 compared to the one at the start of this thread ? , Jinx

Yeah I spotted that... I suppose a lot of the black ones would have rolled off the production line together then?

Maybe they just did one or two batches, which would explain how rare they are

[Tony jinxy froude]

Im reliably told there were 8 mk1b's in black, apparently black wasnt a mk1'b colour, but it was availible only as a special order & it would have cost a fortune to have done, hence the reason they are so few, if anyone knows any different to that i'd love to hear it, but that did come from a reliable source , Jinxy

[Tiny]

Is the black one for sale tony?

Well it is for sale, but Tiny has first dibs at the moment as he has already shown an interest in it, watch this space, if Tiny decides he wants it then im sure he'll show off his new Mk1, if not then im sure it will find a new owner on here sooner or later. P.S did you see how close the reg is on my black MK1 compared to the one at the start of this thread ? , Jinx

I have big plans for it (you have email jinxy)

Its staying completely stock (maybe a magnex but thats it) full respray in its original colour depending on how much restoration is required. I may have the interior retrimmed in leather depends on the mrs tbh and how much she will let me play with it.

[Mk1Chris]

Im reliably told there were 8 mk1b's in black,

I can quite understand that there may have been a limited number of them for whatever reason, but I think it would be more like 8 hundred.

Especially since I have 2 genuine mk1b bonnets in black - that would mean that including the one you have, the one in this ad, the one in the ad I have (Another ebay poster - G305 FTH) and the 2 or 3 others i've seen sell over the past year - There are none left!

[Tiny]

and the problem with that is