I paid $3500 for my 1990 N/A with 130k. I probably have an additional $5k in it now to get it up to the way I want. And thats with 95% of the labor done by me. And I'm sure many will agree there is always something new to find and replace or tweak.

wow this thread took off fast ive put 400 into my car now with an aem wideband, radio, speakers, airfilter, and lube service all around

86.5 Supra - Paid $500 for it because it didn't pass NJ inspection. Needed a bushing in the passenger front. He had also already replaced the head gasket. Mileage - 103000.

Vehicle is still stock but needs a radio and A/C leak somewhere. Still runs strong.

I paid $4k for my red 92 w/sunroof. Front seats need to be redone but the rest of the shadow gray interior is in decent shape. 170k on the chassis and about 10k on the rebuilt 7mgte. I've put almost $2k into it to replace tires, steering rack and a few random parts.

86.5 for $750. Had the following:

138 thousand miles, remanufactured top end, new alternator, thermostat, belts, gaskets, breaks, rotors... interior is great with all the fancy power stuff. And several more things that i cant remember.

Ive done... new clutch, oil pump (that came with it un-installed), aluminum radiator (from a parts car i bought for CHEAP), tokico illumina 2 (parts car), stereo... waiting on speakers at the moment, new fuel pump (15 dollars on ebay), electric fans (45 on ebay), and a few other odds and ends.

Total at this point including everything, parts and legal papers and car, probably about $1100... a little more if you include the parts car.

Future items... lowering kit, new tires, gear up my rear LSD, and sound system.

What I paid
 

Paid $1000 for my 86.5 Red Spd N/A 7 or 8 years ago. Ran great known problems were bad starter, bad lock door switch drivers side, let it sit 6 years while drove my 87 Supra and some other Geos and Nissans.

87 Supra Auto Black, No Problems purchased 10 years ago for $1700.00
Now has tapping head problem. Recently started for reserrection.

'90 JDM Supra Turbo automatic, '99 import to UK, aero top in black with the digital dash. Near mint body & grey cloth interior, had fully rebuilt motor but with BHG & holed heater core, fair spec with climate/cruise, TEMS, 4-ESC, elec. everything but no leather, 17" Alessio wheels & new tyres, 3" stainless zorst, K&N intake, new Blaupunkt flip-front stereo, Thatcham Alarm/immob.

Swapped an '89 JDM Pajero SWB 2.5 diesel automatic with no MOT or front bumper & 4 worn (illegal) tyres and tatty paint for it. It did drive nicely though & had been looked after pretty well, that owed me around 400 pounds.


So far I've spent about 80 quid on the Supra, 11 of those for a head gasket off E-bay (a gamble which paid off as it was a quality part after all) and the rest on sundry bits & bobs to complete the HG job. Another 40 for MOT (flying colours anyone? :) ) and 205 for road tax (thank you Gordon!) and the total comes to around 725 on the road, under 500 minus MOT/tax with very little left to do. Not sure what the exchange rate is atm but I'm sure with Gordon Brown's help it doesn't come to any more than $1000 all in...

well i paid 3000 for mine two years ago.. it had no motor in the car but can with a rebuilt 7mgte.. it looked like a shitty rebuild jobs so i tore it down to bare bones and nothing was done right so for the lsat two years i have been rebuilding it.. with everything brand new its cost me close to 10 grand with out the stuff i have had to put in like the 1400 clutch and five hundred dollar exhaust and tires.. i prob have right around 10-11 thousand into right now.

Paid 6000.00 for mine (88 MKIII) about 2 years ago (when I first joined this forum). Now.. had I known about this FIRST.. I would probably not have bought my Supra here... I would have went state side to pick it up.

However, having said that... after putting 3500.00 into body work (removing rust and rebuilding wheel wells and quarter panels.. not painted yet), and looking at the 5-10k I will have to dump into the car to get it to where I want it.. I am happy.

Its very hard to pick up a good Supra if you dont know what your looking for (and I didn't). I dont plan on ever parting with the car unless I retire myself and give it to my son. Otherwise.. its off the market forever.

I think that these cars are undervalued and with the new wave of "exotic" collectibles, their value will rise. But "ricing" it out is a mistake and I see a lot of people doing that. Sure.. I could get this puppy up to 650 HP.. but why? I enjoy it stock. Mod the exhaust.. get everything to tip top running condition.. maintain it.. and grin.

I still get thumbs up whenever I take it on the road.

$0.00 87 Supra N/A with 226,000 miles on it. Had been sitting for 5 years and I was told it had a knock when I got it. It was missing the wheels but had a set of wheels off of an old Camry or something that was given to me just to get it on the wrecker to get it home. Had to remove the front calipers to get the wheels on. I have less than $500 in it now (including the wrecker expense) and got it running and everything on the car working, but it does have a bad knock. Time to call JDM and get an engine.