Greeting from Portugal

[Wanabe 15x8]

Hello there,
Marcos here, from Portugal. I'm a proud owner of an AE86, kouki, from 1985, one of the firsts kouki here in Portugal perhaps...
I'm not a new new member, but I'm presenting just now. I'm an AE86 lover, and was trying for a long time to buy one, but the prices kept climbing faster then I could save... Fortunately appeared one cheap enough to buy and I jumped the gun. My thought was to buy it also as a investment, until I drove the first meters... I just felt in love with the car.

The car is a 1985, Kouki, imported new from Switzerland. I didn't understand well the story, but the truth it is one the firsts here in Portugal, because of the license plate, and it is a MAF with catalic converter.

The car has some problems that I didnt antecipate (perhaps the cheap price), that I need to solve, like the bent chassis from a old impact. Nevertheless, I have big plans for the future. The after solving the chassis problem, I would like to rebuild the engine, with some few mods, like poncams and an exhaust. After that, in the future, the car will be restored, painted and converted to Trueno. That's my dream, that I hope to achieve.

And the nickname came from the wheels that I have, the Rota RKR, that are the wanna be watanabes .

[Ivan141]

Welcome!, got any pictures of your ride?

[decryphe]

Sounds like a big project! If you ever need info specific to the Swiss delivery models (they were different, among others with factory LSD!), ask here, I and some others are Swiss.

[cannabolic]

Welcome!

[banpei]

Welcome!
You say it's one of the first in Portugal. Do you mean the AE86 was only introduced in Portugal from 1985 onwards?

[Wanabe 15x8]

Here it is, my beloved AE86.



What I was trying to say, regarding being the first, I'm talking about being the first Kouki AE86 in Portugal. We can look at that with the license plate, and I think that I saw a Zenki that was registered later then mine. But the cars were introduced in 1983, I think, like the rest of the Europe?

Right now the only mods are the RSR Springs, Koni Dampers and Prothane Black Bushings for the performance. And visually I only change the rear lights for the White line, and a "TRD" gear knob.

And of course, my "wanna be watanabe" Rota RKR 15x8, with 195x50R15 Tires.

[banpei]

(Yesterday 05:54 PM)Wanabe 15x8 Wrote:  What I was trying to say, regarding being the first, I'm talking about being the first Kouki AE86 in Portugal. We can look at that with the license plate, and I think that I saw a Zenki that was registered later then mine. But the cars were introduced in 1983, I think, like the rest of the Europe?

Thanks for clearing that up!
Yes, that's why I was surprised, as I knew Portuguese cars have been competing in rallies and other races from 1984 onwards.