A couple of days ago I received an email from John Coakley with the subject “My two Carina GT-Rs!” and a link to a topic on ae86irl.com. Of course I immediately opened the link and found these two beautiful Carinas! So what’s better than owning one GT-R? Owning two GT-Rs! So let’s kick off with…
I’m not very fond of Volk racing rims nor led headlights on (modern) nostalgics, however I do think they suit this white Carina GT-R well: White Carina GT-R E-AA63 with led headlights The Carina is a five speed manual with an AE92 4AGE engine swap, controlled by a Freedom ECU. Too bad the owner did…
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…
After last weeks posting about the Toyota Carina GT-R AA63 cluster I could not leave it on the shelve anymore…So I opened it up: Carina GT-R AA63 cluster cleanup: opened up First thing I spotted under the tachometer was this: Carina GT-R AA63 cluster cleanup: check engine light The check engine light! I already thought…
I was just wondering since I was browsing http://auctions.yahoo.co.jp for Carina E-AA63 parts and I came across two very nice Carinas for sale. A coupe for 198000 yen (1650 euro): Toyota Carina GT-R E-AA63 Coupe on auctions.yahoo.co.jp Interior of the Toyota Carina GT-R E-AA63 Coupe on auctions.yahoo.co.jp This car drove 165000km and looks like new!…
I found this recent video of a dragrace on 24th of august 2008 with a final between a Volkswagen Polo (called Gol here) and a Toyota Carina AA63 in Peru. 17 seconds Final Round August 24 2008 CADEPOR Spoiler: unfortunately the Carina AA63 does not win this race (0.6 seconds) but I think it is…