Hello all, names Ian and I am from Jacksonville Florida.
I had always wanted a MKIII Supra, but the opportunity just never came up.
1st car was an 86' Toyota Cressida. I had always wanted to do a 1jzgte swap into it but when the time came, it was up to a MKIII Supra 1jzgte front clip or a down payment on a new car. I went with the new car. Bought an 03' VW GTI, drove it daily for 7 years. Did some stupid things, and went back and fixed them and did some good things. I sold it a few months back and stepped into another car.
I was browsing one of the forums I frequent and someone had posted a super clean MKIII and it reignited the need for one. I hadn't planned on picking one up till next year because my wife and I are trying to buy a house at the end of the year. I was talking to a close friend of mine about getting one and he said that he had one at his grandfathers wrecking yard that they are about to destroy. I got some info on it and took a look at it.
Turns out it has a 1jzgte, and a good bit of aftermarket goodies. We came to a deal that was too good to pass up and this is where I am today. I still don't have the car at my house yet as we are waiting for the title to come in. But hopefully in the next week or so I will have it and I can start doing work on it.
I have big plans for it. But for the time being I am just going to take it easy, I can't be dumping too much money into it right now. Basic plans are a full OEM color respray, wheels, suspension, bride seats, and single turbo.
Here are a few cell phone shots of it sitting in the weeds at the wrecking yard. It isn't a looker just yet, but once I start working on it I am hoping to make it a clean example of a MKIII.
Incase anyone is interested, the rest of my garage/driveway is occupied with an 83' BMW 320i, 91' Mercedes Benz 300E, 03' VW GTI 24V VR6(not the one I recently sold), and an 04' Audi S4 Avant.
I had always wanted a MKIII Supra, but the opportunity just never came up.
1st car was an 86' Toyota Cressida. I had always wanted to do a 1jzgte swap into it but when the time came, it was up to a MKIII Supra 1jzgte front clip or a down payment on a new car. I went with the new car. Bought an 03' VW GTI, drove it daily for 7 years. Did some stupid things, and went back and fixed them and did some good things. I sold it a few months back and stepped into another car.
I was browsing one of the forums I frequent and someone had posted a super clean MKIII and it reignited the need for one. I hadn't planned on picking one up till next year because my wife and I are trying to buy a house at the end of the year. I was talking to a close friend of mine about getting one and he said that he had one at his grandfathers wrecking yard that they are about to destroy. I got some info on it and took a look at it.
Turns out it has a 1jzgte, and a good bit of aftermarket goodies. We came to a deal that was too good to pass up and this is where I am today. I still don't have the car at my house yet as we are waiting for the title to come in. But hopefully in the next week or so I will have it and I can start doing work on it.
I have big plans for it. But for the time being I am just going to take it easy, I can't be dumping too much money into it right now. Basic plans are a full OEM color respray, wheels, suspension, bride seats, and single turbo.
Here are a few cell phone shots of it sitting in the weeds at the wrecking yard. It isn't a looker just yet, but once I start working on it I am hoping to make it a clean example of a MKIII.
Incase anyone is interested, the rest of my garage/driveway is occupied with an 83' BMW 320i, 91' Mercedes Benz 300E, 03' VW GTI 24V VR6(not the one I recently sold), and an 04' Audi S4 Avant.
