Hey, all. I've lurked the site for a while, and have sold my '88 Celica GT-Four to a friend a couple months ago, and am strongly considering picking up a MKIII to do some work on. I've been talking with a local enthusiast who has two for sale, and wanted to gather a few opinions. Both are turbo/targa pre-facelift cars. One has a recent engine swap and the guy's been driving around as a daily for the past few weeks. It's a 5-speed, and he's asking $3K for the car.
The other is a shell, no guts in the engine compartment or anything. The body's in great shape but would need to be repainted. Interior is pretty nice, and even comes with the Super Monitor, as well as an aftermarket boost gauge. Suspension seems to be in good shape as well.
Right now I'm considering picking up the shell, storing it in my backyard and turning it into a project. Firstly, does anyone know what kind of price a shell like this(Turbo/Targa, no engine/tranny, good body/suspension but needs paint) would go for? I've checked the F/S forum and don't really see anyone selling a standard MKIII shell, so I wanted to pose the question here. If anyone has any advice or reasons to pick up the running one, gimme your opinions!
Thanks!
The other is a shell, no guts in the engine compartment or anything. The body's in great shape but would need to be repainted. Interior is pretty nice, and even comes with the Super Monitor, as well as an aftermarket boost gauge. Suspension seems to be in good shape as well.
Right now I'm considering picking up the shell, storing it in my backyard and turning it into a project. Firstly, does anyone know what kind of price a shell like this(Turbo/Targa, no engine/tranny, good body/suspension but needs paint) would go for? I've checked the F/S forum and don't really see anyone selling a standard MKIII shell, so I wanted to pose the question here. If anyone has any advice or reasons to pick up the running one, gimme your opinions!
Thanks!
