Anyone seen my old red, silver striped MENTAL turbo about?

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jrleech
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Anyone seen my old red, silver striped MENTAL turbo about?

Post by jrleech »

Has anyone seen my old MR2 turbo about?

It's the Red 89 GT Turbo, with a silver stripe, and Mental up the side in big white letters.... Went to auction after it slipped off the road and down a drop on the 'Cat & Fiddle', was bought and fixed up by a garage (Coventry I think), but not heard of it since....

You can't miss it :P
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Re: Anyone seen my old red, silver striped MENTAL turbo about?

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bump.... Anyone spotter her yet?
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Re: Anyone seen my old red, silver striped MENTAL turbo about?

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Ya know, I swear I saw that on the M6 in December... can't remember now, but that silver stripe rings a bell.
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Re: Anyone seen my old red, silver striped MENTAL turbo about?

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Allan Farrimond (Fazza) had an NA in that colour scheme, but without the lettering or bodykit (but with a big aluminium spoiler).... if it was the M6 between Manchester and Preston, then it was probably that one.

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Re: Anyone seen my old red, silver striped MENTAL turbo about?

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what skirts where on that mental '2?? :P
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The skirts were MRD ones.... Sorry, I'm sure you'd hoped for a cheaper answer!
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Post by Mike 'MR2' McHugh »

That is proper mental......never seen it before though. =P~
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Re: Anyone seen my old red, silver striped MENTAL turbo about?

Post by jrleech »

Thanks :D

Loved that car... was superb. Still annoyed I killed it (black ice on the Cat & Fiddle).

Few more pics under the 'My Cars' section on my website:

http://www.mr2turbo.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

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Re: Anyone seen my old red, silver striped MENTAL turbo about?

Post by Rowland »

I once saw your Silver rev3 Turbo on a trip up to MRD many years ago.
How come you sold it? It was one of my favourite looking MR2's to date!



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The silver car project had many problems, and while it looked good (looked considerably better when I took the stickers off), I had no confidence in the build. I was also at a point where I needed the money, but I think I'd have sold it anyway, whether I needed the money or not. That was one of the few cars I was glad to see go.
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