What Is The Most Unusual Import On This Forum

[rickers]

I know there are a few soarers kicking around this forum, but are there any real oddball cars in this country. doesn't have to be toyota.

I am just intersted to see what is aout there :D

[dj_davo]

i got a black mk3 escort xr3 thats sat in my garage. it hasnt moved more than 5 yards in 5 years. i keep saying i'll get round to working on it!

RATHER SPEND TIME AND MONEY ON MY MR2 TUBBY!

[rickers]

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

we r not taking the piddle are we??

I suppose escorts could be imported from the continent, they were made in belgium weren't they.?

keep it for a few more years in the garage and it will be a classic.

[Carlgolsby]

depends on what you mean by oddball!

[+Steve]

i think yours is a very rare one rickers!

mine has to be in the league somewhere!

[97paseo]

The Sera's are quite rare, also those wierd looking Toyota MPV thingys with stupid transformers style bodykits must be quite rare!! I think there was one @ JAE? Did anyone get a pic of it?

[mellow_yellow]

what bout them TATA 4*4 thingies fro India? what are they all about?

[+Steve]

i have seen loads of seras

they are even listed on some of the insurers websites... you never see Crown, MarkII or Windom now!

[TheNissanMan]

most people rebadge there windoms es's i thought, have seen a couple

[toyotasera.co.uk]

They are fairly rare compared to MX-5 and MR-2 imports...

You see Sera 1600's listed on insurance databases. I've never seen one of those...

[+Steve]

on Direct line it is

[+Steve]

hang on.. thats for a

TOYOTA SERA 1.5 (90-94) AUTO

wow.. thats expensive too £350.. cripes... same price as a celica 20.gt

[toyotasera.co.uk]

Special body y'see - everything damaged in an impact apart from side repeaters is unique to the Sera.

However, running costs is somewhat cheaper...

The direct line website is wrong, Seras were made until December 1995...

[rickers]

By oddball i mean a car which hasn't got a european equivalent, like mine :P

Steve is correct in stating that mine is quite rare, the previous owner reckoned that there are about 80 of these in the UK, but I think this number is much lower i reckon, maybe as low as 1 :o .

I was hoping to see another like mine, but nothing turned up.

I know of one other person with a windom, not sure if it is rebadged

Sera is a good one too, don't know that much about it though

which insurance companies do you use, even tesco won't quote becaus eit is not in the database :censor: :censor: :censor: , i'm with direct line a the moment, but these are the only ones that can quote and allthough the quote is quite good (£300) I want another company for if DL quit or so.

rickers

[TheNissanMan]

t6ry liverpool and victoria, another member suggested it to me and they are superb (£250 cheaper than next best)...

they dont care about mods as long as you can prove it and dont car about points as long as you havent been banned in 5 years...

[rickers]

tried them trough my union no no

is a cars rarity deemed by it's ability to get insurance ??

rick

[silver surfer]

I have a Levin Ae101 20 valve, im not sure how many of these are in this country, i would be interested to know how many other members have one

obviously the corolla GT16 is the european equivilant.

[JT]

silver surfer, you got any pics of your car?

[silver surfer]

silver surfer, you got any pics of your car?

Sorry, im a new member, will post pictures soon as possible.

[jimma]

tried them trough my union no no

is a cars rarity deemed by it's ability to get insurance ??

rick

Currens are rare in uk. Have you tried adrian flux? I'm with them and they do most imports Jap and US.

[rickers]

had a ring round as usual, but only direct line would insure it. hadn't thought of fluxy though. But as direct line lowered yhe price by £8 to £292, i went with them again. :group-cuddles:

is any of the levin, curren or sera drivers coming to the haynes meet in september :meet:

as i am intersted in them now. can't remember seeing any of these at the JAE (saturday), but i'm sure i missed it because it was in the shadow of the rear wings of all the max-power muppets

rickers

[celicacity]

Grey imports are not a new phenomenon.

I own a 1977 Celica TA40 GTV - The car was built in very small numbers for the Japanese market only - I've spent a lot of time talking to people around the world and so far there are no other examples. The car was imported by Toyota GB in 1982 along with a TA45 GT Rally, which was last heard of in the West Midlands, and apart from a coupe in Wales is the only example I know of.

Somewhere at the back of my store is a 1976 TE35 Levin, built in Japan to compete in the RAC and campaigned at least twice in the late seventies...

Any information on any of those would be very welcome....

Marcus

[rickers]

When I bought mine, I sort of went with my gut feeling, the person I bought it from didn't know anything - thought it was a 1.9 ltr model- as it turned out it was a 2.0 straight 6 , nice smooth engine.

I just typed in the first digits from my VIN (GX81) in to a search engine (see below) and found all the info I wanted.

www.vinden.nl

hope this helps :bookworm:

[rickers]

check these links

http://bekijk.mijn.celicas.nu/TA40-78/

http://www.classic.celicas.nu/40/40-2-jan/

good luck

:bookworm:

[jimma]

had a ring round as usual, but only direct line would insure it. hadn't thought of fluxy though. But as direct line lowered yhe price by £8 to £292, i went with them again. :group-cuddles:

is any of the levin, curren or sera drivers coming to the haynes meet in september :meet:

as i am intersted in them now. can't remember seeing any of these at the JAE (saturday), but i'm sure i missed it because it was in the shadow of the rear wings of all the max-power muppets

rickers

I have been trying to get to meets and shows etc for months but I wpork weird shifts and am permanently on call. I am trying to go but who knows what will happen. :ffs: