Awesome job mate..

Great info!
 
Maybe scan and add it to the other thread here, so its all in one place:
http://www.mr2australia.c./mr2play/tm.aspx?m=85277
 
Cheers
 

Wow, i cnt beleive i just found this thread!! Bloody awsome!! Ur an inspiration to us adub owners!!

hey RDS what is your source on the sales figures in australian AW11's.
 
930 only sold locally, thats nuts, add 25 years to that and you will probably find at least 1/3 of those gone due to write offs and wreckages due to poor upkeep. maybe even half if you count all the hack jobs converted to S/C's
 
Makes you wonder, there aren't many original ADM AW11's left out there. Are they gonna ever become super rare and sought after? hmmmm.......

Flighter
The radiator overflow bottle came with an opaque plastic cap (like the reservoir itself) that disintegrated after a while, and the replacement is the much hardier black one you see in the photos.  While I can't can't categorically rule out that the later cars had the black cap, the early ones definitely did not.

 
Do you think that was a bit of a design fault from Toyota originally? I remember almost cooking my engine due to that seemingly insignificant piece of plastic, which at the time was the white opaque variety.

edit/updated with the 1989 Toyota range brochure now. :)
 

wiso

hey RDS what is your source on the sales figures in australian AW11's.

930 only sold locally, that's nuts, add 25 years to that and you will probably find at least 1/3 of those gone due to write offs and wreckages due to poor upkeep. maybe even half if you count all the hack jobs converted to S/C's

Makes you wonder, there aren't many original ADM AW11's left out there. Are they gonna ever become super rare and sought after? hmmmm.......

 
source was this:
http://mr2club.com.au/tec...Aust_Registrations.htm
 
also checked against vfacts (?) data I had access to a couple years ago - cant remember there being any difference.
Interestingly, at that time I also posted the last of the ZZW30 numbers here. A google search should turn up a post from me on the old forum..
 
Definitely know of MANY aussie AW11's that have been parted in Australia. I can think of 3 or 4 red aussie cars from Melbourne in the last 12-or-so months!
Luckily the ones that get parted we all know about, with virtually none slipping through traditional pick-a-part wreckers; so its easy enough to keep track of the decline in numbers. They're not going to disappear from the roads overnight.. or like a Camira for example, where you just keep wrecking them (thinking theres many many more..) until you suddenly realize theres none left...!
The possibility of many sitting, broken, unregistered; could also make up for the total lack of seeing them on the roads. Like older Monaro's and GT's etc; if they ever became popular for whatever reason (majorly unlikely), many more may return to the roads in the future!
 
 
I just want to keep the information out there, so we all can identify what makes them somewhat 'unique'. :)
I've got more to add to this thread, including closeups of decals and their placement, paint details, etc. Itl all be handy one day...
 
 
 

Have you ever considered putting together and AW11 register? It might help in getting a better idea how many are still active or out there?

there is alot of people out there who own them who have nothing to do with forums or clubs. so a register would be difficult.

rds sweet info. i love the adub. kinda makes me proud having an ADM knowing what they could become.

Great info and another reason I want to hang onto my ADM one with the original Blue interior, just for prosperity.

wiso
there is alot of people out there who own them who have nothing to do with forums or clubs. so a register would be difficult.

 
Perhaps, but going by the limited numbers that made it over here, and the fact it's a pretty niche car these days, I'd say most owners were enthusiasts. There's also ebay and other online sales sites, that have plenty of details of those still out there.  Just a thought anyhow.