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It has been a long time coming, but this barn find was started probably nearly40 years or so ago back in the day. It has been discovered and will get a complete restoration to the original intent of the initial build. The shape the model in now is exactly as it was left in the 1980's by the owner, who is the original owner! The delivery truck showed up at the shop today, with the car in pretty bad shape.... we will need some equipment to get it out of the truck. Yesterday the engine showed up, and our mechanics looked things over and checked that all the parts and pieces are there. Like any car project, some things won't fit the application and some parts are missing, so we did an inventory and my purchasing guy got out there and threw a fit because there wasn't a bill of lading nor a receipt of the individual parts. It was not itemized, as it came in as ONE BIG component. This may have its advantages as it entered and exited customs much quicker and might I add, less duty to be paid which made our accountant happy. So we sent those two guys off into the office to sort things out and leave the real car work to the mechanics. It didn't take long to clean up the parts and get them prepared for the machine shop on Wednesday - and wait for the project car which arrived today, Thursday. So now back to the project car, while the guys were figuring how to get the car out of the truck without damaging it, they figure they have to sublet a rigger to help get it out. Boy oh boy, the accountant got wind of that and all the added expense and went ballistic! Whoa! Things really hit the fan when he called the BOSS MAN and lit things up! So the BOSS MAN shows up and ripped everyone up and down! It was crazy! Once things settled down a bit the BOSS MAN and the guys figured a way to get the car out of the truck and set out to inspect the project. Little did we know that the car is actually a TR7, not a TR8 by checking the VIN, but really that is only a hood issue and some minor changes which were gonna happen anyway, since it is a complete rebuild of everything on the car. So for today the boys called it quits and headed off to the local bar to conjure up a plan on what and how they are gonna attack their new project.

Inspired by the Photo Feature in Collectible Automobile February 2003. It's strange, but the Blackberry interior went with the Olive Yellow exterior at the time. Started with the 80's Gunze Sangyo kit with the usual rubber-pieces-that-should-have-been-plastic issue. The seats, door panels, and interior trim were all molded/cast in resin then rattle can painted in a color that matched perfectly. The fender skirts are plastic sheet, and I think they really enhance the lines of this car. The only other fussy item in this kit is the windshield, I think it has more parts then the real thing! Thanks for looking!