OK, here's a sneaky peek. I'm not uploading the whole lot to flickR just yet but this gives the general idea:
Wheel is on straight, it was pointing away at the time..
Rear glass isn't merely a cosmetic add-on, it's almost 100% clear from inside but it's pretty much impossible to see in from outside, useful in a car with a bed in the back!
The monsoons on the doors are staying on, frankly I'm surprised that more UK cars aren't fitted with these things as they provide air without letting rain in.
Base cushion is in one piece, backrests move independently, and although I'm having to devise a way of fitting a hand-operated parking brake for ease of operation, it's legal as it is because only two of the pedals are required for driving the thing.
I'll maybe put up more info in the O/T section of the board as soon as I've been down south to collect. Mechanical bits are all entirely stock Yaris-sourced, only the outer panels differ from the UK-spec cars and all panels are available from the likes of Rock Auto in Wisconsin, as the American (Scion xB) version was sold in greater quantities and is still catered for. Unlike Dad's Verso - essentially the same under the skin - this one avoids the CVT in favour of a conventional auto with torque converter. Although a 2006 car (one of the last made before the newer version began to be sold in the UK), it doesn't need an emissions test and VED is charged at the pre-2001 small engine rate. I'm leaving the Corolla on DLA404 (free) VED as its 1587cc engine would cost more if it weren't exempt and as a wise forum member once suggested; I'm as tight as a dog's bottom.
The plan is to tidy up the Corolla gradually with a view to taking it to shows. It's already well received among the '80s/'90s stuff but although its original Ensis treatment has kept it rust free, it really needs to be detailed, its wheels need to be polished and lacquered and its driver's seat will be mounted on an additional pair of runners that will allow me to slide the seat out so that I can transfer more easily into the car. No such issues with the bB, access to which is easier than getting in and out of a low floor bus and that was kind of the point, the fact that these tiny Japanese devices are really pleasant to drive is purely incidental.
My bB is totally as it left the factory and will stay that way because it's right as it is, however, for some owners, fiddling and hacking is necessary, as the driver of the one in the clip below will now demonstrate for us:
https://youtu.be/szhl6v7wv-w
Ooh-er!
have you bought it yet?
to pick up the tiny MPV on Tuesday but sadly, it's a nine year old specimen of a car that was only released in 1999 so I can't post about that on here, even though it has a bench front seat and a column gearchange.
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