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[supermac]

Hi Steve, The sherwood went ages ago to Ryan I think.All I have to play with now is my 87 s/c (red) and a restoration project, an 87 n/a T-bar(Will). mica blue over silver...

[stevenb]

Hi Steve, The sherwood went ages ago to Ryan I think.All I have to play with now is my 87 s/c (red) and a restoration project, an 87 n/a T-bar(Will). mica blue over silver...

At least it went to another club member eh...
Looking at the mk1 club pic gallery you had about 5 or so cars.... ...thats commitment!

[mr2mk1chick]

Hi everyone
this is a busy forum introductions page!

I'm Jo from near leicester, and i'm a new mk1 addict.
I have an Orange MK1 n/a 'tango' machine

I try to go to lots of shows and cruises/ meets etc so hope to catch a few of you there.
Now with this forum i can try and bully a few of you in going to some of these mk1 events too!

[supermac]

Just to clear up a point stevenb, I think you are confusing me with another north-east member,namley michael sheavills my son and heir. Mike has the grand collection,one of which still lives in my garage,the white T-bar. Won best T-bar at JAE this year. at his house he has an 89 s/c tin top, mica blue, 87 n/a coupe, mica blue, 89 n/a coupe, helios blue, and his fiance jo has a red 88 n/a coupe. Add to this an MX5 and an Escort,RS 2000 4WD. Would you buy a second hand from this man????
Mac

[waynestoyotamr2]

Would you buy a second hand from this man????
Mac

No comment on that Mac!!!!!

[chiefbrody]

I'm Danny, I've got a Mica blue t-bar that I bought in March

I live in Calderdale, W. Yorks and Im 26

love my MR2, its the first MR2 I've had but always wanted one.

Unfortunately my radiator went on the M1 just outside sheffield on the way to Retro Cars show and I've only just fixed it so I am just getting back into driving it (but trying to take it easy )


ummmm

there you go

[Philbar]

Hello, just joined the forumy thing... A couple of you might know/remember me from the Ripon Show this May .. I own a 1989 n/a t-bar in white as is expected, I have owned it for 3 years now and had minimal problems with it, although this year saw me having a few starting problems which a BIG thanks =D> must go to Alan Jones for help and supplying parts to get me mobile again, .. I live in East Yorkshire, and rarely see any other local mark 1's flying around, so feel a little isolated here, hopefully will get to attend more events next year....


Phil

[Tony jinxy froude]

Hi im Tony, everyone on here knows me as "JINXY" its a long story but you will hear it all eventually , i live in sunny Hertfordshire & own a mica blue 89 t-bar , im a freight ttrain driver & im 40 years old ( yeah i know !! ), ive had the pleasure of meeting some of you for the first time this year Pete M, Kel, Michael & Jo, Pete K & Alex plus some others. Along with Crazylegs ( Kev ) we have a huge stock of spare parts, but thats not why im here its just to say a big hi to everyone and hope to meet some more mk1 friends very soon, all the best, Jinxy

[Jimbo_Jet]

Hi, my name's James (Jimbo_Jet) and I bought a fantastic red '88 MK1 3 weeks ago and I'm loving it!

Just sent off my membership form to the MK1 club so I hope to see some of you at some North West meets soon!

[andyj]

This is a good idea. Recognise some of the South East names on posts in here!!!

I'm Andrew Jackson and live in Banstead, Surrey. Have a white t bar...one of the last ...and go along to some South East meets. Married, have two kids, 12 and 14. Elder one Sam comes along to meets particularly the pubs as he's recently discovered beer!

I work in publishing, on a flexible consultant basis - my wife has her own little business so I usually have to do the school run!

I'm bit of a Mark 1 addict having had my first ten years ago. Run some other cars for family use but still get the MR2 out couple of times a week.
Thought about getting an SC recently after Steve Kingsnorth worked on me but can't bear thought of ever selling my current vehicle!

Andy

[ex_bo_driver]

Okay, this seems like a good place to introduce myself - I'm Pete and I am the current custodian of a '87 Mica Blue T-bar

I bought this as a bit of a project, it was basically sound but needed some TLC as the last few owners seem to have been running it on a budget (the tyres gave it away!) - however I have approached it with my eyes open. I'm a researcher by day, but love to play with anything mechanical in my free time with a particular interest in old cars and motorcycles

The last car was a '72 Triumph 2000 but Sarah (the fiancee) deemed that to be impractical as she couldn't see over the steering wheel! I've wanted a MR2 for many years so it seemed the ideal replacement - it is certainly more "her size" and has met with approval, I now just need to get around to selling the Triumph

Currently spending far too much money on tidying the car up, but it is worth every penny in the enjoyment I get from driving it . Pics of work to date to follow

Looking forward to tapping on your collective wisdom

[AW11 Forever..!]

23KMR2 - pics please!

AW11 Forever - you've got to get this one along to the monthly meets!

Wayne, its an absolute MINTER and I mean MINTER, one of the best in the UK. Hopefully we will get to meet up with Dave and see the car for real at the 1st Sunday Social meeting on the 4th September.

[Lunarmatic]

Hi

I'm Andrew, I'm 29 and live in Brighton. I bought my current MR2 about a month ago, it's a 1987 white over silver T-bar supercharger with a manual gearbox. My girlfriend has named it Wayne since this was the first name that came to mind given the letters on the numberplate. She also said it looked like a Wayne kind of car - I'm sure I should apologise to anyone called Wayne reading this! We've got a white and black Mini Cooper that's called Floyd too.

I bought my first mk1 in Sept 2002, sold it last September and then missed it! If you see G672 RMV anywhere then that's him! He went up to the Midlands.

I'm hoping to join the MR2 Mk1 Club but would like the form that lets me set-up a direct debit can anyone PM me the details of how to join? Thanks, and hopefully see some of you soon - there seem to be plenty of folks in the South East.

[pistol supercharged pete]

good to see you here
im on the romney marsh i used to be an area organiser but now i am redoing the mk1 website the person you want to email about joining
well there is 2 of them
give these guys a email about joining

[email protected] steve kingsnorth
[email protected] pete kyte


and have a look here
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/SEindex.html

[lurcher10]

Hi

The name`s Geoff, been a member of the Mk1 club for over a year, and IMOC slightly less..(lurcher10).
Proud owner of a red coupe, vintage 1988, low mileage and an absolute dream to drive.
And I`m very old..!

[jamliz]

Hi,

Just bought a Dark Blue D plate T Bar. 117k miles - very happy with. Found a very garage in the South West for servicing. Cam belt, major service, ALL fluids changed (with ForLife) for about £350. I thought it was resonable for ex-Toyota mechanics who knew how to drain the coolant and put it properly back together.

Looking to restore back perfect condition, so will be posting enquries as I cant put a shelf up without breaking it !!!!!

[kevin..in]

Hello everyone my name is Kevin Tooth I have been an mr2mk1club member for two years I have an E reg 87 white sunroof model owned for 18 months. I live near stoke on trent and am at the moment trying to get all stoke based members together but not having much luck! so if you are near to stoke then why not contact me and together we can see what we can do to help each other I have helped to put together the peak district/cat and fiddle runs lately and will continue doing so untill I'm told to stop, all we need now is some more of you to come along and try it out

[Icsunonove]

Hi

The name`s Geoff, been a member of the Mk1 club for over a year, and IMOC slightly less..(lurcher10).
Proud owner of a red coupe, vintage 1988, low mileage and an absolute dream to drive.
And I`m very old..!

Hi Geoff, Tom here!
Glad to see you back on the Forum, you've been away a long time!

Did you find / buy some metric spanners? I don't think Whitworth spanners will fit!

(P.S You're more than welcome to borrow mine, I've got just about two sets of everything )

[j0nathan]

Hi,

This seems like as good a place as any to introduce myself properly. My name's Jon and I am the owner of a rusty Black MK1a. I hail from the North West and joined the MR2MK1 Club 4 days before JAE where I met some of you. My girlfriend is a widow to my car and dreads me mentioning anything to do with MR2's.

My car was in one piece until last night when I thought I'd have a prod and a poke and see how bad the rust was. I ended up with car in one hand and passengers rear lower quarter in the other - oops. Now I really need to find a reputable repairer since my previous experience with bodyships regarding the MK1 is that they really don't know the car very well at all (£££££!). If any one can recommend a good bodyshop in the North West (I'm in the Preston area but am willing to travel) I would be very pleased to hear from you.

I'm very pleased to see a dedicated forum to the MK1 since I hate trawling through the endless MK2 posts (no offense to MK2 owners but I'm trying to find info on the MK1) - a filter would be handy?!?

Keep up the good work and look forward to meeting more of you. Can any body let me know when the next North West meet is - Ryan did give me his phone number but I can't find it at the moment.

Thanks,
Jon

[lurcher10]

Hi Tom !

Yes, got the spanners, thanks, not used `em much though, [-o< , haven`t needed to !
Sailed thro` MOT at end of July, which was a great source of satisfaction!
Still monitor the forums...this Mk1 forum is a great idea, congratulations to all concerned =D>