Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject: Banpei's new TA60 family cruiser

Today I bought this fine mint TA60! Smile

The car only covered 71k so far and is kept in excellent condition. The first owner apparently kept it in a garage and the second owner (who imported the car a year ago) kept it mostly under his carport and I was only able to discover one spot where rust may become an issue, so enough time to prevent that from happening. Puh

Enough space for us and the baby.

Ryousuke Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 184

Nice car, must be in very good condition Thumbsup

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:11 pm Post subject:

Whahaha cool! I know of at least one Dutch member who is going to be very jealous. You might be able to nick an entire 4A-GE driveline from him if you're lucky.

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:05 pm Post subject:

When's the panda spray paint scedualed and should I order the tofu stickers yet:)

She looks very good man!! When are you going to come and show it over here? Smile

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:12 pm Post subject:

Nice car! Probably a better plan then making the AE86 family friendly. That Laurel (?) in the background isn't really the average car on the streets as well these days.

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 10:13 pm Post subject:

LOL!

No panda spraypaint or 4AGE driveline scheduled. Puh

@ ash: never seen a second hand car that clean. Smile

@ NoHachi: who? The Doctor? Blonde question

@ EELiftback: that's no laurel. That's one of the three Crowns the previous owner owns. Drool

And indeed a better plan than making the hachi a family car. Wink

Took some pics when I got home:

Sorry bit blurry Embarassed

And the engine:
The very powerful (ahem) 2T engine

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:08 pm Post subject:

WOOOOOT Looks like new banpei!!! Superb find! Keep it in that perfect shape Thumbsup

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 11:55 pm Post subject:

waahh!

Do I still need to say that that car fucking rocks? Cool

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:03 am Post subject:

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Cheerleader

Nice find man!
Great cars, and they share chassis with the Celica too!!

You NEED to show that to all of us tomorrow (sunday) at the Japanese Classic Sunday at Lunteren!!!!

//edit:

It's a 2T engine producing 75 roaring horses btw, not a 2T-B (it's single carb, a 2T-B is twin carb)

now get the twin frontlight grille on there and a nice 3T-GTEU to make a nice Carina GT-TR Very Happy

Did i tell you i'm absolutely NOT jealous? Puh

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:39 pm Post subject:

Too bad I have other obligations today... I would have loved to be there. Crying or Very sad

Doc: Modelcode is TA60L-AEHDSW, so you are right, it is a single carb so just a 2T and not 2T-B as I assumed. Wink

And figure out what te rest means. Puh

And I see where you got those pics:
http://page8.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/h48103036
Puh

And ofcourse I am already looking for the triple lights grille (in between the two lights there is another light). Saw one for sale two weeks ago, but ofcourse now it has been sold. Neutral

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:58 pm Post subject:

Ow great find Banpei!! Thumbsup

(^the dashboard+steeringwheel looks cooler than 86s Mad

lol)

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject:

Thanks!

But my dash doesn't look that cool: it is a family cruiser, so it has a standard dash. Neutral

Ryousuke Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 195 Location: Prague

Congrats Banpei!! Smile

Its pretty rare to own a daily driver you actually enjoy to drive Confused

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:39 pm Post subject:

n1 car banpei hmmmz ......see how economic the 2t is maybe drop in a 4afe ???? they run 1-13

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:48 pm Post subject:

Dunno yet how economic the engine is yet: still have to drive enough to find out. Wink

But if I ever change the engine I'm seriously thinking about the 4AGE. Puh

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:27 pm Post subject:

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject:

if you don't do too many crazy stuff, a 2T can be reasonable with fuel.
Around 1liter to 11kms.

That's not to bad Smile

For the VIN code, check this site.

A LOT of info on there Smile

Good luck with the car, and if you ever want to sell it.... Smile

and you've missed something today!
There where 2 TA60 (of which one was a wagon) and a nice KE70 wagon! Very Happy

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:20 pm Post subject:

Doc,

I do hope you took pictures???? Very Happy

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:21 pm Post subject:

jep i did

pics

and Ja-Sper doing what he likes Puh

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:39 pm Post subject:

This would be a nice replacement for the volvo:)

Isn't that the station version of your car banpei?

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:03 am Post subject:

Nope... That's the facelift TA40 station. A bit inbetween version of the TA40 and TA60 look. Puh

This is the TA60 station: