85 Supra
 

I came across a 85 Supra. The car seems to be running fine, but the paint is trash. Any idea if this year was a problematic one? One of those sticker in the window sales. I have not yet inspected the car and the lady owner did not know anything about it other then it was her daily ride.

I do not know if it is a turbo model.

What is the going rate for one of these?

Are parts hard to come by?

So its an mk2. No turbos came in them. They aren't anymore trouble than any other car that old. Parts are available. They aren't worth alot of $$.
You might be able to book it out on kbb.com

Actually it is one of the first MK3s. This was an import from Japan.

I can't seem to find much info on it.

18 looks and only one post. Thanks mrnickleye. Come on folks!

well from stats the mk3 was only produced from 86.5
prior to that was the mk2.. which we suspect you have.. maybe it was a registration screw up?

got a pic?

if it's mk2.. watch the rust in the rear hatch, under the rear quarter windows and in the front bar etc

none of the years were particularly problematic
all 7m mk3's blow a head gasket eventually lol
umm... i would go and inspect it then post back what you saw initially :)

The car is the same shape as yours, but is maroon in colour. The paint is real crap, but the body looks decent. Haven't had a good inspection or drive yet, but I just wanted to get an idea of what the ball park value would be.

Could well be that the owner gave me the wrong rego year/build.

By the way your Supra looks like a real killer! Love the work you have done to it, reminds me of the extend I went to with an X19 over 20 years ago!! Squeezed a 2liter Beta engine into it!

Hmmm..... really odd. The car is definitely a MK3, but the rego says year of manufacture is 85.

Something fishy here. Could the importer have fudged the documentation to take advantage of something?

Is there a way to find out the year of manufacture from the chassis number?

i think if you open the driver door and look by the latch it has a strap with the year of manufacture.

ok, confirmed that the car is a 86 car. 2.8 non turbo. All seems to be in working order, full options, including cruise. It has the auto box.

Asking is about 3k, is it worth that?

maybe 3k after a paint job and if the body is ok and engine runs. id ask them to throw in a basic pj and take it for 3k

What's the cost of a decent paint job? Guess you get what you pay for, but any idea what the ball park figure is?

alfred if you are in australia you should be asking these sort of questions on
www.supraforums.com.au

prices in us are quite different

Thanks for the link.

Finally saw the car today. It is 7/86 3 liter non turbo. Looks like alot of work!