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An auto conversion with lots of 'top secret' styling plastic - another show car for £30k. Not many Supras make £30k in the UK.

Has anyone who didn't want to repair the mechanism tried fitting a US or Euro passenger seat instead?

Look forward to receiving them!

There is a painted red facia set on eBay at the moment. You could repaint that and probably sell your stock items for much more. The eBay set are from a RHD auto.

Just post up a detailed wanted and you will probably find people approach you with cars not on the market if the budget is high enough to gain their interest. The red NA manual on on eBay looks decent on the surface, auction at £7k last I saw.

I used to use their hycote Audi brilliant black and that was spot on, over two cans ordered years apart as well which was impressive.

£1.500 for a high powered car at 24 doesn't sound that bad. My daughter pays £650 for her Astra. Don't worry, if you are fortunate you'll get old and the premiums will stay the same (my premiums were the same in £'s 40 years ago that they are today) and when you get to be old you can put yourself through a voluntary retest because its the right thing to do.

Reading this thread it seems everyone prefers what they actually have which is fantastic. I wouldn't know what its like to drive a Supra auto but from all the auto cars I have owned or driven I don't feel I'm missing something in my life.

A normal, real OEM, badge is metal, I believe the genie bloke is turning out plastic.

I have just purchased a 93 - 97 Corolla gold badge from the USA that looks to be the same size as the Supra front emblem. Will report back when it come in.

My daughter insisted I took her to her prom 3 years ago in the Supra, with friends. Giggling girls and crushed up prom dresses in the back - something else. Got all the boys gawping though and thats probably what they were after.

I always wished I'd painted the floor of my garage but on a new build there was so much more to be getting on with getting the first floor ready for occupation and the outside walls painted. You say that painting walls is a pain and that it needs regular attention but in a garage with block walling its a doddle if you have an air compressor and spray gun. You could emulsion spray paint it all in no time. Just have Grace follow you around with a brush to catch any runs as they develop. You don't need a silk sheen perfect after all, in a garage.

Any overseas buyer would arrange the shipping anyway and all they need is the V5 and a receipt for the car so you wouldn't need to be involved unless you agreed to drop the car off at the port or with the shipping agent.

Have you asked Whifbitz if they would restock this less a small handling fee?

Worth noting if it is the rubbers and you replace them then the bottom rubbers just unbolt easily but the side rubbers have araldite from the factory so you need to tear the old rubbers off and blow torch the bolts to melt the araldite to get those out. Its usually the side rubbers that lead to the annoying tailgate rattle. Some rubber sets are on sale on eBay at around the £60. You can get them cheaper elsewhere but not always a off the shelf item. Probably because I just bought a load of sets.

Impossible to price seeing its a marmite setup. You could put it on an eBay auction with a high reserve then add 30% to the final bid price and you'd be somewhere in the right place to start.

Suggest you post this in the Supra chat section, there gets much more traffic. There are a few owners close by you but many will have their cars garaged up for the Winter.

There are lots of shits around. Sue the bastard, I always got great pleasure out of suing bastards.

There is a silver one running on auction on eBay at the moment. Collection though so I'm not sure how far top secret is from Leicestershire.

I do really like red Supras, so its for sure the second best colour.

No one interested in doing a hoarders club with at least a parts register so when there is a need there is a collective pool of parts to ask about? A group could even identify and buy desired pooled parts for when people have a minor bump or any hard to find discontinued parts to buy if and when they become available? Just need to be sure It's a trusted parts storer if doing pooled purchases, wouldn't matter if it was a maintained up to date list of parts that people could look to draw from as needs occurred. A lot of vintage classic car clubs do forums and sell parts as well, why not have the same for Supras. A cooperative and coordinated effort to pool and share/sell parts?

I think I have developed an addiction to buying Supra spare parts. I have a two full height multi shelf racks of shelving now dedicated to holding new and recycled spare parts for the Supra. The entire run of one side of the garage dedicated to parts new and old. A set of fuel and brake lines hanging off the garage wall. Alongside the garage I have two sets of Toyota wheels. I make sure I write the price paid for all the parts just in case I sell the parts, rather than utilise them myself. Just bought a 1st and 2nd cat and now looking at a spare set of inter-cooler hoses thinking should i? I know its not just me hoovering up parts so maybe a group session at a buyers rehab is needed this side of a hoarders club with a pooled store of parts set up instead. Are there any fellow hoarders interested in setting up a pooled parts resource?

I just bought a load of OEM controller bulbs - £7 a pop and some new button covers which were £75 so £50 for a head unit is a bargain. Nice 1.

I think most people who have sold and no longer have a Supra in their life do suffer a yearning. I had that after selling my MkIII turbo until a few years later when I purchased my Mkiv. Thing is today, more and more of us are parking up the Supra and I find the prospect of buying a ludicrous car like a Bentley GT a bit more appealing than probably I should. The prospect of wafting around in abject luxury for £20k may be something that I ultimately fail to resist. I know the wife wouldn't approve which only makes it even more appealing.

You made it in the end and managed to land the best colour choice as well, so there's a result. I do hope it goes on to becomes your best ever car. If you ever need to poke around underneath then feel free to drop by and park it on my ramp.