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Old 02-26-05, 08:12 PM
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Default My "new" 1991 LS with 65,000 miles

Found this in Montery Park. Belonged to a retired Chinese guy (Imagine that) who kept it garaged and covered for most of it's life. He tried to give it to his daughter who said it was too big.

The car was purchased and spent the first 3 years of it's life in St. Louis and has been in So Cal ever since. Everything is in perfect working condition. No accidents, all original body panels and all Lexus dealer service receipts from day one. All of this was verified by Carfax and a call to a friend that runs the service dept. at my local Lexus Dealer.

Here are pictures of the exterior and interior after I detials with Zaino Bros. I didn't take any engine shots, but it's just as clean.


















Old 02-26-05, 09:25 PM
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Congrats! Looks like you got a really nice one
Old 02-26-05, 10:31 PM
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Congratz!

My Dad's 90' DeVille has 57k miles and my 92' BMW has 54k miles.

There's nothing better than owning nice, low mileage older cars from the last century.

Jon
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looks very clean... nice find.... any plans for it??
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Awesome, congrats on the purchase of a beauty.
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Congrats on the car, it looks really good in the pics. Good luck with it.

I owned a 1990 LS400 and I had good luck with it through the time I owned it. It didn't really need anything extensive until I traded it in. but mine had like almost twice the miles as yours because I got rid of it with almost 130,000 miles on it. But it served me well for the 4 years I owned it and I think you will like this one as well.

Keep us posted as how it treats you!!

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Congrats!!

That is one of the cleanest looking 1st Gen LS I've ever seen
What an awesome find!
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Nice find. The paint and the interior especially look like a 3 or 4 year old car at the most.
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Wow great find. The leather is immaculate. Looks like the preserved 1990 LS400 they have housed at the Toyota museum! Looks like corporate Lexus plate frames. Do you or the old man work for Lexus? If not, i'm guessing this was a corporate lease car from St. Louis.
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Excellent...nice find and acqusition!
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that car is clean and immaculate, nice find
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Beautiful interior, even the A/C LCD screen works, what more could you want.

I gave my 91 LS400 with 297K miles to my dad's wife the car was in perfect condition too.
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Default A friend at corporate

Originally Posted by flipside909
Wow great find. The leather is immaculate. Looks like the preserved 1990 LS400 they have housed at the Toyota museum! Looks like corporate Lexus plate frames. Do you or the old man work for Lexus? If not, i'm guessing this was a corporate lease car from St. Louis.
The car had frames from the Dealer in St. Louis, but a friend at corporate got me the Lexus frames...
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