Hello! My name is Paul, and am am very excited to have found this forum. I just purchased a new to me X1/9 this weekend sight unseen. I still have not seen it in person but I was able to have a friend go check it out and make the payment for me. I will be picking it up next week Saturday and am excitedly counting down the days.
Here are a few pictures that I have of the car. I will get more posted once I have it in my possession.
From what I've learned about the car so far, it's a1982 5-speed, 2 owner car that was last purchased in 1987 with 45,000 miles on it by a collector. They did some maintenance to it and drove it a little bit, but it's only had another ~4,000 miles put on it since 1987. I plan on going over everything before even attempting to start the car. My friend did say that all the rubber parts looked to be in good condition so hopefully the collector did maintenance to it even while it was just sitting. I don't have any pictures on my phone of the interior or engine bay but they look to be in excellent condition. My friend said that the underside of the car had little to no rust and the shock towers are completely rust free. I'm sure I'll find some rust hidden around the car but hopefully it will be minor since the car was stored inside for most of its life.
I am so excited to get this car! I currently have an AW11 MR2 and this will make a good addition to the family. I find it hard to believe that I was able to pick up this car for only $2200! The guy had a long list of people offering even above asking price but I had managed to be first in line and he was the type of seller to honor the first come first served type of deal.
I've already spent hours reading up on the wiki and the forum here. This is one of the best forums I've ever experienced for my cars. I'm so happy that it's still in use and not all gone over to Facebook like many other groups.
Here are a few pictures that I have of the car. I will get more posted once I have it in my possession.
From what I've learned about the car so far, it's a1982 5-speed, 2 owner car that was last purchased in 1987 with 45,000 miles on it by a collector. They did some maintenance to it and drove it a little bit, but it's only had another ~4,000 miles put on it since 1987. I plan on going over everything before even attempting to start the car. My friend did say that all the rubber parts looked to be in good condition so hopefully the collector did maintenance to it even while it was just sitting. I don't have any pictures on my phone of the interior or engine bay but they look to be in excellent condition. My friend said that the underside of the car had little to no rust and the shock towers are completely rust free. I'm sure I'll find some rust hidden around the car but hopefully it will be minor since the car was stored inside for most of its life.
I am so excited to get this car! I currently have an AW11 MR2 and this will make a good addition to the family. I find it hard to believe that I was able to pick up this car for only $2200! The guy had a long list of people offering even above asking price but I had managed to be first in line and he was the type of seller to honor the first come first served type of deal.
I've already spent hours reading up on the wiki and the forum here. This is one of the best forums I've ever experienced for my cars. I'm so happy that it's still in use and not all gone over to Facebook like many other groups.