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Carina Sightings: 1985 red Carina GTR AA63

December 2, 2009 / banpei / 0 Comments

I haven’t seen many red Carinas so far… Of course I’ve seen the infamous Carina Firevan, but not a factory red Carina…

About three weeks ago Kyteler sent me an email about a red Carina for sale at the Toyspeed.org.nz forums:

Red 1985 Carina GTR AA63
Unfortunately I could not get in touch with the seller since the forums need approval of your account and I still haven’t been approved so far… :(
Lucky enough Roman posted the same Carina at AEU86.

The Carina itself looks good if you consider its age and mileage:

Red 1985 Carina GTR AA63
The car is already 24 years old and an average of 11k kilometers per year. The car travelled 270000 kilometers so far!

Red 1985 Carina GTR AA63
According to the seller the hood (and fender) have been repainted prior to his ownership. Most probably with a roller or a brush…

The engine may look good from the outside:

Red 1985 Carina GTR AA63
But from the inside it is not that great anymore: blue smoke is seen when cold started or put under stress. In other words: either rebuild the engine or put in a new one. I’d go for the new one: rebuilding a 270k engine doesn’t make much sense. ;)

Red 1985 Carina GTR AA63
The interior still looks amazing after 270k!

If you consider all the extras (14×6 Work Equip 01 wheels, torsen LSD, 4 new Monroe Shocks and a spare boot lid) the car is not that expensive for an asking price of $2000! (2800 NZ dollars)

Carina sightings: Carina GT-TR with twin cam turbo interior

November 26, 2009 / banpei / 0 Comments

Yesterday I spotted this amazing all original Toyota Carina GT-TR sedan on Goo-net:

Toyota Carina sedan GT-TR TA63
The only modifications done to this Carina was adding set of 14 inch Watanabe rims and repairing the front airdam!

Toyota Carina sedan GT-TR TA63
The car only traveled 82000 kilometers so far (that is 357 less than mine!) which is peanuts for a car like this!

Toyota Carina sedan GT-TR TA63
It still has the original Twin Cam Turbo interior (GT-TR only) and the interior still looks spotless! Also note that this is one of the few GT-TRs which has no rollcage installed!

Toyota Carina sedan GT-TR TA63
Engine surely looks like it did 82K, but no more and no less. ;)
Also note that there are no camberplates or strutbars installed. Car certainly has not been used as a circuit or drift car!

Toyota Carina sedan GT-TR TA63
In other words: this is a very nice uncut gem! You possibly can’t find a GT-TR in a better state than this!

If you are willing to spend 580.000 yen ($6600) on this beauty with full history it is certainly worth every penny (uh, yen?)!
You can find the car here:
Toyota Carina sedan GT-TR TA63 on goo-net

Carina Sightings: MSC Inland Sea Carina AA63

November 18, 2009 / banpei / 2 Comments

I finally found some video footage of the Carina AA63 I spotted each year at the MSC Inland Sea round!!

The car is not doing bad at all but he still lacks something. He misses the apex with a meter and doesn’t really keep his angle right, so it is just that his lines are a bit too wide I guess…

From its appearance it really looks like an 80s grachan zokusha! It has got an oil cooler sticking under its front bumper, it has the wild painted colors and a big banner on the front screen!

This is the car competing in round 12 in 2006:

Toyota Carina AA63 at MSC Inland Sea

Apparently the guy is local: I’ve never seen him competing outside the Inland Sea rounds. And the nice thing is he competes in that round every year!

This is the car competing in round 8 in 2007:

Toyota Carina AA63 at MSC Inland Sea

He always enters the Expert SD class but never manages to qualify for the best 12…

This is the car competing in round 4 in 2008:

Toyota Carina AA63 at MSC Inland Sea

Unfortunately there is still no complete photo page of round 11 of 2009, so we will have to wait for the 2009 photo a bit longer I guess…

Carina sightings: my Carina on Google Streetview

November 11, 2009 / banpei / 0 Comments

Google Streetview has been updated in the Netherlands yesterday. Of course I checked some familiar spots first including my house.

For some reason the images of my house are mixed up with the images of a street right next to it. Fortunately enough there are images of my Carina on Streetview:

My Toyota Carina TA60 on Google Streetview

Unfortunately this is the only “good” picture I could capture since the other images were from the street next to mine…

I also found some of the Down on the Street entries as well, so I’ll post them next Sunday.

Carina Sightings: Slammed Carina AA63 sedan

November 4, 2009 / banpei / 0 Comments

Okay, it may not be as ground scraping as the Carina firevan, but it surely is lowered a lot compared to normal Carinas (like the one right next to it):

Slammed Carina AA63 sedan

In some way it made me think of the sedan version of the Carina firevan: both slammed, deep dish rims and of course its red color… On the other hand this one is a bit over the top: a set of fender flares and a big beacon light on the roof.

It looks like the car had a clear headlight conversion as well, so at night it will probably look real mean! If I would live in a RHD country I would definitely gotten such a set for mine!

Unfortunately I don’t have anymore pictures nor info on this Carina than this. The picture was taken by one of my favorite Japanese blogs ( zenswd ) on a meeting but he didn’t give much more info than this.

Carina Sightings: Blue Carina Sedan

October 28, 2009 / banpei / 0 Comments

Apart from its color, this Carina Sedan looks really blue:

Blue Carina GT-R AA63 sedan

You can see the paint is already blistering and fading away. In my opinion it looks like a bad respray done 15 to 20 years ago…

Blue Carina GT-R AA63 sedan

It sits on its original rims and it has AC, power windows and power steering as luxury options. It still has its original 4A-GE with only 159000 kilometers on its odometer, so that engine should still be purring like a kitten!

Blue Carina GT-R AA63 sedan

It may not sound much, but you can’t complain for a car that is for sale at Auctions Yahoo and has a current bid of only $500! Even better: it has a buy me now option of only $1600! The auction will end in about 5 hours, so if you are quick you can just get it for $501! ;)

You can find its auction here: Blue Carina GT-R AA63 on Auctions Yahoo