Hey SM! 92 Turbo coming out of hiding

pjbm3

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I made my first post in another thread that was calling out for later MKIII Supras and received a nice welcome from te72 to post here...so hey everyone at SM!

I’ve owned two ’87 non-turbos, one light blue w/dark blue int and a maroon w/gray, and an ’89 turbo targa maroon w/lt gray…all manual trans. By about ’97 they were sold and I got into M3s starting w/a ’95 and now have an ’05 that I do driving schools with a few days a year at Watkins Glen. I've installed catless headers, underdrive pulleys, CAI, adjustable coil over suspension, and a nitrous system with two 10lb bottles that helps it run 12.5 secs @ 115mph (http://www.m3forum.net/m3forum/showthread.php?t=206519).

It’s been a while since I’ve owned a Supra…but always liked them and think they still look cool. One of my ’87s I got from my Dad who was a Supra guy before me. Then he spec’d and ordered this ’92 turbo targa, black on shadow grey, manual trans, and it currently has 59k orig miles w/no accidents and completely stock. He even has the ’92 factory Toyota shop manual. I remember how my ’89 turbo used to feel faster to me than his ‘92…always thought it was because he never spooled up the turbo enough and took it easy all the time. Unfortunately a few weeks ago he passed and now it’s in my garage.

While it’s brought back a lot of nice memories I don’t think I’m going to keep it and trying to assess its value. I was thinking ones like this would be more like just under $10k…even with the year, specs, unmolested condition, mileage, and rarity. Any thoughts?

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te72 said:
First off, welcome to Supramania, should post up in the introductions section with some pictures of the Bimmers. Second, sorry to hear of your father's passing, looks like he took very nice care of that car, if you don't intend to keep it, I'm sure someone would give it a good home. I personally wouldn't set the price even a dollar less than $10,000 for that.
 

suprarx7nut

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Welcome, great car and thanks for the pics.

$10k isn't unreasonable given the rarity of late model mk3's in great shape, but you may have to wait a while to sell it at that mark. You'll have to wait until an enthusiast that really knows these comes across that car.

Sad to hear you aren't keeping it, but hopefully you'll pass it on to another mk3 fanatic. :)
 

kotu100

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Another vote for keeping it.
An original 92 supra with those options WILL be worth a lot more in the future.
If you can store the car and keep it in excellent condition it will be a great investment.



Oh and welcome to the club. :)
 

pjbm3

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If I keep it I don't think Ill be able to resist putting miles on it...in fact I put 600 on it in past few weeks getting reacquainted...and the dreaded mod bug...both will hurt the value...then again we're all dust anyway right.

Thanks for the comments.
 

Avicii

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very very clean! i agree keeping it not only for an extremely awesome rare car but also because it was your pops.