MR2

January 26, 2009
Kathy bought her 1987 MR2 new in Pennsylvania. It has 205,000 miles. The brake light was coming on and it was loosing break fluid so we brought it to Buster Armstrong, all American Mechanic, at Momentum Automotive in Harlingen, Texas. Buster had done work on it over the years and he honestly told us that the car was in stage-4 Rust. He suggested we find a car to use for parts.

Robin bought her 1986 MR2 new in Colorado. It has 84,000 miles. The passenger side fender and door were crushed in a fluke accident. She was not driving it so after months of sitting in the barn she pulled it out and put a for sale sign on it. That is just the time Kathy called Robin.
We picked the '86 up last week in Willow City, Texas. After a few days listening to live music in Luckenbach, we drove the '86 down to Buster. He sent us over to Salazar, next door. We made a deal: parts will be traded out to make the 1986 Van-go's new sports car. It will be in the garage for a month undergoing "treatments".

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