After last weeks sad news some good news: I got word from Arpad that his coupe was spotted with different licenseplates on it, so there is hope he will be reunited with the car! Nevertheless, if you spot it somewhere: don't hesitate to contact me!

Now to get back on topic: I found this immaculate Panda Carina GT-R coupe for sale on Auctions Yahoo:

Panda Carina coupe GT-R AA63
The buy-me-now price is at 1000000 yen (13000 US dollar) a bit steep but you will get a whole lot of car for that money!

First of all the car only travelled 110000 kilometer so far, the body is practially rust free (and in very good shape) and is still in its original panda paint with colorcode 041 (Super White III, only available on late models). Second of all the car features an oldskool period correct urethane lip and louvre rear window.
Click here for the Auction Link and to read more on this Carina.

This Carina Sightings is actually a very sad posting: I received an email from Arpad that he bought >AndrewGL's Carina Coupe TA62 and that he was very happy with it...until someone stole it a couple of days ago! :(

This is how the Carina looked before it got stolen:

Carina Coupe TA62
The thief was well prepared: they car was immobilized by removing the battery. Unfortunately that didn't stop them.
Click here to read more about the details of the car.

In the same thread as yesterdays Carina coupe there was a link to someones 1981 JDM Carina hardtop coupe TA42.

Russian Toyota Carina TA42
Even though the Carina is missing some (small) pieces of trim it still appears to be in quite decent state!

Especially the interior still looks great:
Click here to see pictures of its fuel injected 3T-EU!

In Google Analytics I saw a lot of traffic coming in from a Russian forum (forums.drom.ru) where my site was linked. It involved a request by ExperienceGT who asked if it was worth to persuade the owner of a Carina coupe TA45 to sell it and restore the car. Also in the garden this Carina coupe RA30/TA31 was rotting away next to the trash:

Toyota Carina RA30/TA30/TA31/TA32 in Russia
Even though it looks very rusted away it is definitely something worth to save! The first generation of Carina coupes is almost extinct now and, apart from the windows, it still appears to be complete. Of course you never know how badly rusted through the floorpan might be.

Found at [forums.drom.ru]

I've been (slowly) watching Roman fixing up his AA60 Carina coupe. Every few months he posted another update or image on AEU86.org showing what progress he made, either a F series live axle, an engine bay spray or acquisition of a 3SGE. Two weeks ago his Carina came back from the paintshop and all he has to do now is to put that puzzle back together. :D

This is how the project looked half way in 2008:

Romans SA60 Carina coupe project

And this is how it looks now in light greige metallic:
Click here to see the pictures of how the Carina looks today!