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hey this is my first entrance... (topic)

I kno its SKYLINES only but i wanna get a supra and i ve been reading up about importing it and I ve been browising these forums for quite some time now..

but i found a dead cheap supra on ebay and i just wanna knnow if it is worth gettting it..

thats the item description...

" You are bidding on a REPAIRABLE WRITE OFF SUPRA 1995. I'll try and be as accurate as possible but if you have any queries just email me.

I bought this car as a write off from fowles auctions Melbourne over 2 years ago and never got around to finishing it for reasons i will state below, its just sitting in my yard and I have no intention of finishing it. I have spent over 16,000 on it thus far.

It was repaired by Performance Crash Repairs in Adelaide with receipts. It was very hard to find the parts for this car and the repairer took his sweet time to getting around to it, but in the end it was a pretty good job and the panels align dead straight.

After getting it back from the repairer i found the car would not start due to an electrical problem. I replaced a lot of the key electrical components but still nothing..

I took it to an auto electrician which found out it was a dry solder joint in the instrument cluster. And 400 bucks later it starts without a problem.

As i was putting the rest of the little bits and pieces back together I found that the brake master no longer works, and possibly the clutch master. So after almost 2 years I just had enough with it.

So now to the good and bad and what needs to be done:

GOOD:

Starts, good compression in all cylinders

only 125,000 km on it roughly I believe as this was the date on the service sticker on the windshield when i got the car. Though the current cluster shows 150,000 but this is a replacement cluster as the original was stolen during transport to Adelaide.

Panels all straight and freshly resprayed 2 years ago.

Has receipts for parts and repairs including vin numbers etc..

Car is complied.

its the 95 model with the larger brakes etc..

can be registered still.

BAD:

Needs a windshield, bonnet release cable, airbox enclosure.

It starts ok but when it warms up the car will chug and stall, I believe this is due to the missing air temp sensor on the airbox enclsure which i dont have.

interior could do with a bit of a clean.

comes with 3 mags and a space saver as the 4th mag was damaged when i got it.

Have a look at the pics or come have a look at the car if you are interested, I don't have a battery in it at the moment but i will try and get one by sunday so i can start it up if anyone is interested.

Would make a cheap daily just finish off the bits and pieces and get it registered or a cheap track car, just drop in a 2JZ-GTE.

One of the pics shows it is missing a side skirt but i have it just havent put it on the car.

I just dont have the patience for this anymore, everytime i fixed something I found another problem, as a result i cant be bothered to look for a brake master and airbox, bonnet cable... this car has cost me too much and just want to cut my losses and start over. I will update then when i think of more things.

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direct quote of the descrpition

now is it worth it.. paying 3 grand(bargainign it down) and then investing another 5-6g to get it working?

SORRY IF IM OFF TOPIC HERE ITS MY 1ST TIME

thanks in advance

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eeiko321 Experienced

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ey

thanks guys

yeah i slept on it.. i dont think its worh it could be a major lemon if its that cheap

u know, somepeple like to buy things in shambles and work on things themselves...somepeople find it a hobby to work on their cars.

but if your hoping to buy a cheap as chips car thats broken and fix it.,..then drive it hoping nothing is going to go wrong. then this car msy noy be for you.

check out trading post, theres some dirt cheap supras.

look, buying an import or any second hand car, theres always a risk. unless the car is brand new.

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Personally, I wouldn't touch it, as it certainly sounds like it's stuffed. Yes, some people like to get things working themselves but with something like that, you have no idea how much it's going to cost to actually have it running and be reliable.

Besides that, the non-turbos Supras aren't really that fast. You want go to match the show, right? Unless you're on your P's... :)

If you *really* must have a Supra and can't get a turbo, then I guess that would be a better choice than a non-turbo (say R33) Skyline. You've got the extra 0.5L capacity and I really think that makes a big difference, and generally the consensus is that the Supra looks better than the R33 Skyline.

Practicality wise - have you thought about this? The Supra has no useable boot/hatch to speak of - it's basically about half a foot deep and if you want a sound system, that's most of that space gone. The Skyline's boot is much more useable. Same with the back seats - forget about more than 2 people in the Supra - but 4 or even 5 will fit in an R33 quite comfortably.

Finally, if you look around the private import mobs like prestigemotorsport.com.au, j-spec.com.au and one that Terry above recommended to me: www.topsecretimports.com.au - you will find something in your price range, or maybe *slightly* more, that should be in pretty good, and most importantly, a *running* condition!

Hope that helps!

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