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General Category => The Chill Out Room => Topic started by: larry on September 21, 2007, 12:10:07 am

Title: ST165 UK Magazine Road Tests
Post by: larry on September 21, 2007, 12:10:07 am

Hi, well i've been and gone and done it.............Bought a ST165, its a bit rough but complete and is an unusual colour -  dark metallic blue......not seen any this colour before, mind its a early chassis number i believe.

Anyhow do any of you have any Autocar or Car mag roadtests of the 165's .

Cheers

larry

Title: Re: ST165 UK Magazine Road Tests
Post by: paul_gt4 on September 21, 2007, 12:34:12 am

well hope you got a good one, i'm sure the 165 guys shoud have something lying about, cause they seem to not get rid of anything including there cars, all the best with it

Title: Re: ST165 UK Magazine Road Tests
Post by: madgaz on September 21, 2007, 08:23:15 am

I happen to have a 1988 issue of CAR magazine with the road test between the ST165 and the Delta ;)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/madgaz007/Cars/Car88Pg1.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/madgaz007/Cars/Car88Pg2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/madgaz007/Cars/Car88Pg3.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/madgaz007/Cars/Car88Pg4.jpg

Title: Re: ST165 UK Magazine Road Tests
Post by: Gary ST165 on September 21, 2007, 05:18:56 pm

Hi Larry.

You bought this one?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130152436278&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=003

...they all need work due to the age.

welcome :D


also some road test  info here:

http://www.gtfours.co.uk/ > stuff >> GT4 magazine articles

(Kris's site is very useful for ST165 newbies :) )

Title: Re: ST165 UK Magazine Road Tests
Post by: Gary ST165 on September 21, 2007, 05:21:14 pm

p.s (no edit function :lol:)

Full workshop manual download here: http://www.celicatech.com/imagearchive/bgbonline/88alltrac/st165_repair_manual.pdf

right click, "save as"

hope that helps

Title: Re: ST165 UK Magazine Road Tests
Post by: larry on September 21, 2007, 06:27:15 pm

Hi, Thanks for the welcome

I thought my new car was an early one  cos the reg number is 4 digits lower than the Road test GT4, also I may be mistaken but i think mine may have been owned by Toyota at some point, i'll investigate further.

I think they are underated cars and will start to be appreciated more in the future, like all japanese classics.........

Ps  it will share the garage with the CS i've had for 7 years.

Cheers

larry