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Production figures for the series 3 RX7 were much higher than for the MkIV Supra. Its also not as big a movie star as the Supra. Its also not as indestructable as a Supra. But you still get RX7's listed at £25k.

From what I've seen prices have stalled since the Spring but thats not a Supra thing the entire second hand car market has fallen so stalling is still a positive trend against the overall market trend. I recon prices will double over the next 7 years so if its an investment you are after it should be future proof, so long as nothing major goes wrong mechanically. The market is also likely to diverge between stockish and the highly modified cars with stock cars being the holy grail for both the purist and the modder seeking a fresh canvas. If its maximised return on investment you are after then you need to go for the rarer, more desirale, versions which is either a stock aero or TT6.

I just ordered a Karcher K3 with the chassis cleaner and patio scrubber - its on numbers restricted offer at tooled-up for £169.95.

I was asking £260 including 2 good to fit tyres

If anyone looking for a pre-facelift NA set I have a pretty decent 16" set with caps.

I did hear Ed China was looking for some work. Takes special skill to cut in new metal seamlessly onto a curve.

My old cars, touching some formica as I type, have all been 100% reliable. I love stripping down, rebuilding and tuning carbs. Its like you personally get to set up how the car runs. Go carbs.

Read the title on an Evo forum about the thirst for more power (no Supra owner hasn't been on that journey) and I figured its got a certain ring of real World truth to it. I love driving around in my little MGB probably because it rides like a 50 year old car and I get to do lots of gear changes because it struggles up big hills in 4th and if you want to accelerate at any other time you probably don't want to be in 4th either. Anyone who has never driven an old British Sports car should really go out and buy or rent one, its proper driving without any power steering or ABS and if you don't break down on the run, even better. Sub 100bhp with miles of smiles. I'm hoping for a few more sunny days before summer is over to get my little roadster out rambling the local lanes and B roads. Asked which keys I'd grab first between the Supra or the MGB; that depends if the sun is shining.

Did they have PPI in the States driving up Supra prices?

Demand is always price related. You see a £15k TT6 of decent standing and it'll be gone inside 3 days. See one of £20k and it has to be very good to go inside a month.

Collected together all the torque settings today for the reassembly: Torque setting Rear frame rear cushions 43 lb/ft (58NM) Rear frame front cushions 129 lb/ft Prop to diff bolts 58 lb/ft Drive shaft to differential 61 lb/ft Differential mount bolts front 108 lb/ft Differential mount bolts rear 105 lb/ft Stabilizer bar drop link (both) 54 lb/ft Stabilizer bar bracket 13 lb/ft And for the arms:

There are several top washer thickness options, 1mm, 1.6mm and 2mm. Anyone know which is correct for a 1996 RZ TT6 jspec? Or should I just recycle the one that is on the car? Also, anyone have the part number for the bottom bush for the front diff mount?

Tackled the rear bushes this morning. Didn't go to plan. The rears don't have the compressible split in the casing that the fronts do. I decided after having the left bush bounce out for a majorly large number of times it just wasn't going to seat. On my own today so decided it was safe to put the bushes into the freezer. Tried again 3 hours later and job done. Because the bush is on a solid cup it did take a good few drops on the 15lb side of the sledgehammer to get them home, probably around 30 as it wasn't slipping in easily. Anyone doing the rear frame bush should note the bolt holes are not central to the bush so orientation is very important as I doubt rotation is a possibility after they are fitted. Just the two new mounting cushions to fit now, seeing they slide onto the shaft I'm not anticipating any issues. Frame bushing guide: Tool - 15lb sledgehammer Materials - Grease Ancillary equipment - freezer Ease of fitment - Much easier than anticipated. So far so good.

Fuzzy shots makes the fins look old, powdered and knackered. Fin condition is pretty pivotal to intercooler efficiency so a in focus shot of those might be helpful to a sale? My original fit intercooler fins were dust to the touch after X number of years.

You could swap the wheels over to see if the knock moves though with unidirectional tyres you'd want to swap the wheels back straight away. Could be a balancing weight loss or a buckled wheel that a quick wheel swap would confirm or rule out.

Not sure how many here own vintage cars and know what makes the classic market tick. With Supras there is enduring interest in how easily modded they are on a small budget and that is good because it means stock is Nirvana either a blank canvas to a modder or as a collectable icon to a purist. The big money cars in the USA and Japan now are all stock items, that is all people need to see to know where future value lies. How many Supra owners are actually in it for the investment though? There is a World of difference between maximising an asset to realising an asset.

If you have a few days free, do come around and show me how its done. I'm not going to change hubs or drive shafts or paint up the diff so its not going to be looking quite as black clean as yours.

I'm planning on standing the frame on its end after I fitted the cross braces this afternoon to aid frame rigidity and will be trying the sledge hammer drop technique again on the rear diff bushes. The front frame bushes when mated up looked to be quite a bit too large for the cups so I'm hoping the rear diff bushes will slip into place as easily.

Whifbitz will never knowingly be the cheapest and with UK brakes Toyota dealers (Burrows on eBay for example) are retailing them 20% cheaper. Second hand rotors and pads has always been a budget market.

PARTS UPDATE Finally had the parts picked up, the arms, bushes and fuel + brake lines. Paid the son in law £100 to go pick them up from Toyota in Oxford in his people carrier as I didn't want to risk the lines to a courier. They still didn't arrive in the best of shapes, the thin brake lines have lots of new curves over the schematic I ordered from, one has 20 curves which I recon is about 10 to many. Fortunately no crushes on the brake lines so I'm hoping they will straighten out when clipped into place. the main fuel line which is made of good gauge metal didn't fare as well with a flat crush on one bend. Its almost impossible to bend by hand so it must have had a major force applied to bend and crush. SM at Toyota Oxford sighed and promised to replace it, this time it'll need to risk a courier journey. SM was unable to locate a source for the RH rear frame and roll bar mounting bush (52205-14020) and the front diff mounts (41654-30010) but fortunately TCB came good with those so I did manage to cobble a full set of arms and bushing for the rear frame from Amayama, Toyota Oxford and TCB. though TCB do deserve particular credit as I pushed onto them the parts the other two couldn't supply. I'm sure there will be more parts I find I need when the original frame comes off and I'll start with TCB first. Tackled the main frame front bushes today with a bit of trepidation if I'm honest. Figured start off with the likely hardest first. I felt a bit guilty afterwards because they went in with commensurate ease. I greased the cups on either side of the frame that holds the bushing and used the side of a 15lb sledgehammer dropped onto the bush from about 30cm. They bounced out a few times until they seated but once seated it only took 5 or 6 gravity drops on the sledgehammer to drive them fully home. I was left feeling smug so figured I'd quit while ahead meaning I'll probably tackle the two rear diff bushes at the weekend if I find time. So far, so good.

Advert archive record - listed for sale in July 2013 as a TT6 Supra - weirder still

1993 Red TT6 converted to single in 2012 for £15k on invoices using a HKS turbo kit introduced in 2001 capable of 700bhp but mild tune 1.4bar 500bhp on this car. Car has MOT to May 2018 but not according to DVLA who list it as expired; last MOT'd in 2007. Weird. AJZ 9224 original registration K456PHT imported May 2000.

I have arranged that a mobile tyre fitting and alignment outfit will come to me once I swap out the rear sub frame on my car. Priced at £49 + VAT for 4 wheel alignment. Theoretically that means the car won't be driven around with who know what asymmetry on the alignment.

Just been checking Japanese listings, stock TT6's over US$30k becoming the norm even for more normal km cars. Wont be long before importers will be asking £30k rather than £23k.

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