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^^..'90s toyota's is that they rust.'85 1.6 with dark/beige two-tone paint and 4AGE motor. Is this a aw11a of aw11b?
and if this is in the wrong subforum please move."buying guide" it will have all the details you need.... 
Sills, bottom of A-Pillars, Wheel arches, floorpan, bumper bars.... if it's metal it will rust. They need to be garaged and loved to survive well, or have had major restoration work done. I have no idea on prices in your part of the world, but it is worth spending a bit more to get a car with history and that has been well looked after, or one that has been loveingly restored."rockets". They're great fun, but not the fastest thign around by some margin!
'wearing' components replaced like the brake pads, discs , master and slave cilinder, clutch disc and plateau(?), all fluids...mechanical tip top and a nice paintjob according to the pics. its just the rear wheel arches are loaded with rust, the rest of the chassis is in sparkling condition.:p
expensive and most dealers say that these can no longer be had but I think there may be the odd pair gathering dust in a toyota dealership somewhere.(spares), Mk1b Mica blue T-bar Mar90, Mk1b Mica blue T-bar,full climate control,Jan90, 5 mk1's With the paint on, how does it rust? Wear, age, salt, weather ?:s128MB wrote:isnt i possible to do the rust and threaten the car so it will never rust again?.
The classic fawlty towers episode springs to mind! 128MB wrote:As far a i know, metal only corrodes when exposed to air.
cant the car be threated so it will never rust again? but i'm thinking here of a very expensive tear-apart and total respray if i'd want that
I dont know if it is worth buying a aw11 if rust is that a big problem.
You will need to cut all of the old rust out and weld in new metal.. there are replacement bits available for these.. If you buy a rotten one, it wll cost you a lot of money and or time and patience to get right. Add to that cheap italian steel and you have issues. 
I'd like to do it one day when I have a garage big and dry enough.(spares), Mk1b Mica blue T-bar Mar90, Mk1b Mica blue T-bar,full climate control,Jan90, 5 mk1's oukie wrote:Ollie, Xhermes is Dutch I think,
I just got some mk1 keyrings from him and they were from Nederland
:p only other 'cheap' fast cars i know is the 200sx for 3-4000 or the bit more expensive eclipse or ae86 or integra^^
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'just' an aw11. 
500. IF i intend to look at one i'd like to flip them open like im a specialist :s
I'd be surprised if they are the only rusty patches on that car. They rot underneath too! I don't know if it's on the left or right on european cars. Check all the releases work and all the keys open the locks - it can be a pain to sort out if they don't.
128MB wrote:i'm getting more pics from the owner in the weekend, he even has 2 pots of the original paint
but the big deal is, is it worth the buy? i hardly even have space to put it
at first i was looking at some porsche 944's, but they dont look very cool, and i almost see one every day.
but i just like the looks, and im used to 68 diesel horsies in my vw caddy so i think a 1.6 petrol is gonna rock my world
Way too soft. They are rust buckets, probably worse than the MR2. (i've got one) but again you will pay a lot more for one of these. MK1 MR2s are cheap to buy but the parts are expensive, although there are plenty around. They don't have the exclusivity of say an AE86 or the focus of an Integra but that is not overly important I guess.- Circuit Pack 
