And the winner of dreamer of the year is... Part 2!

CianRyan

I know nothing about old Fords but it looks like a fuel line connector in the centre, could be a feed for the carb, no idea why there are so many pipes.

PsychoPete

Fuel metering unit. My father had a few xr3s, I remember changing one of those

Tzardine

The red parts are the "i" in XR3i
It's part of the fuel injection system.

wotzgoingon

Seems complicated compared to other fuel injection systems from the 80's/90's.

Tzardine

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Seems complicated compared to other fuel injection systems from the 80's/90's.

Its actually fairly simple, but it is old fashioned mechanical fuel injection (MFi) compared to the later electronic fuel injection (EFi) systems.

If you want to see a complicated MFi system, have a look at some of the earlier Mercs.

Cheensbo

Tzardine wrote: »

Its actually fairly simple, but it is old fashioned mechanical fuel injection (MFi) compared to the later electronic fuel injection (EFi) systems.

If you want to see a complicated MFi system, have a look at some of the earlier Mercs.

Dang right, I had a 1.8 190e - it had efi but also what looked a lot like a carb. I just know it worked, nothing more :pac:

Titzon Toast

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-levin-bzr-rare-recaro-confetti-model/28147030

Looks clean, it's not worth 13k though.

passatman86

Titzon Toast wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-levin-bzr-rare-recaro-confetti-model/28147030

Looks clean, it's not worth 13k though.

Had a Levin years ago but couldn't see any one paying more than 6k. Stranger things have happened. That Levin is ek9 type R money

Speedline

Titzon Toast wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/toyota-levin-bzr-rare-recaro-confetti-model/28147030

Looks clean, it's not worth 13k though.

Completely original. Except for the superstrut suspension missing as the owner didn't want to pay the money to replace it. And the drilled and grooved discs matched with Blue Print brake pads. And replacement alloys. (14 inch I may add.)

But apart from that, completely original.

wotzgoingon

I have a Levin and I have never seen one that price well apart from many years ago when they first imported.

It doesn't even have Super Strut suspension. Mine doesn't either as it was changed out for McPhersion but still if I was going to be paying that high of a price(which I doubt anyone will) it would have to have got a brand new SSS fitted not one that has been on the car for the past number of years.

My car has higher mileage but the steering wheel isn't as worn as that one.

CianRyan

Chancer, making out the super strut taken out is a bonus. Haha

Yeah, good luck. It's clean but it's far from original.

wotzgoingon

CianRyan wrote: »

Chancer, making out the super strut taken out is a bonus. Haha

Yeah, good luck. It's clean but it's far from original.

I never even read the description till now I had seen the pictures and seen it didn't have SSS.

The line deposit secures as if the phone is going to be hoping or something.

PsychoPete

It really annoys me when people take the superstrut out of levins and try to make it out to be a good thing

Midnight_EG

PsychoPete wrote: »

It really annoys me when people take the superstrut out of levins and try to make it out to be a good thing

It's a good thing for cheap people... Because Levins were a sub 1k car at one point and SS was touching 2 grand to replace at the time.

wotzgoingon

Midnight_EG wrote: »

It's a good thing for cheap people... Because Levins were a sub 1k car at one point and SS was touching 2 grand to replace at the time.

It probably costs that now if not more as I doubt Toyota is still making them. Some Celicas have super strut also but they are different from Levins as in you can not just pick up a Celica set and hope it works in your car.

CianRyan

The ST205 stuff is totally different, all cantilever but more like an old Mazda Xedos 9.
I worked on Gerry Ryan's old Xedos a few times, so cool.

pah

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/lexus-is-2008-sunroof-1-owner-auto-exec/28168865

A dreamer at half the price. Bought a 06 3years ago for €2200

colm_mcm

And it’s on the more expensive Co2 tax!

Wibbs

passatman86 wrote: »

That Levin is ek9 type R money

Not any more. Having had a look out there on the back of this thread an EK9 R now would be over double that. The Japanese are looking at their own heritage now and pushing up the prices and of course the US market is in play now.

MetzgerMeister

bladespin wrote: »

Vury Dempsey and Makepeace

Miscreant

^
You need to catch up on your 1980s UK detective TV shows then

I believe it was a convertible XR3i in Dempsey & Makepeace though.

Wibbs

Yup, it was



IIRC the "Yank" cop drove a Merc convertible, Fords filled out the rest of the fleet. As was the case with British cop shows back then. They were usually a rolling advert for Fords.

yamaha4life

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/318187596550704/

€5500 for a non 20 valve levin, does this qualify?

PsychoPete

I like his honesty at the end of the ad

Toyotafanboi

Rear subframe looks red rotten too.

wotzgoingon

I wouldn't even ask for that much for my own 20v Levin. And mine has new alloys and new premium tyres.

wotzgoingon

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Rear subframe looks red rotten too.

You're right in all(just went back to look). If that part is rusted so is the rest of the underbody. You just cannot see it from the pictures he took.

Wibbs

PsychoPete wrote: »

I like his honesty at the end of the ad

Same here.

In terms of body its ugly as fúck, needs respray badly was gonna do it but ran out of time, wheels are ugly as well the chrome is fúcked

Defo a cut above compared to most out there.

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Rear subframe looks red rotten too.

Could well be just surface too T. Unless that's a known fail on them and that's what it looks like? 90's Jap car of course so.... It's got an NCT too. Wouldn't they have spotted a rotten rear end(matron!).

i don't think he's taking the piss too much, especially these days with JDM stuff?

Toyotafanboi

Ah i'd say it's probably ok strength wise for another while but it's probably beyond the point of tidying up. I wouldn't think anything is servicable on it anymore by the look of it, i'd say if you want to adjust anything the nuts and bolts will be snapping like nobodys business.

Looks like the rest of the car has been shultz'd at some point as they weren't undersealed from the factory so it should be body coloured under the car. Rear chassis legs look like they are starting to get some action too.

MetzgerMeister

Why the hell is there such an increase in people using Snapchat screenshots with the captions on them in car ads????