Hey guys, I recently added a Toyota brochure archive on my site, but I have absolutely no 3rd-gen Supra brochures. If anyone has any then please give me a shout. I'm either looking for someone who is will to scan them and email me the JPGs or to ship me the brochure so I can carefully scan it and return it. All brochures will be publicly available at www.toyotareference.com. Thank you much!
Looking for scannable MKIII brochures
- Thread starter scionlife
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Hey, I have a mint 1988 dealer brocure. I dont have a scanner and i dont know how I feel about sending it to an unknown member. Do you know of any places that I could go to in order to get it scanned, such asna Walgreens or some place like that?
eman2289;992880 said:
Thanks guys, three replies by the time I woke up!
I'm not sure who would provide a scanning service, but I imagine that it wouldn't be cheap and I can guarantee that they wouldn't be as careful with your brochure as I would.
'Gargoyle' PMed me and he thinks he has a few brochures laying around that he'll let me scan -- plus he is here in Portland. Let's see if 1988 is one of the years and then it might be a moot point anyway.
I should know which years he has in the next couple of days, but anyone that might have them hidden in a drawer go ahead and dig them up! Extra points to anyone that scans them for me!
Just wanted to drop by so I can make those of you that are a little nervouse about having someone else handling your brochures feel better about sending them to Scionlife.
When I gave him the two that I have, he met me at odd hours just to get ahold of them. We had been playing phone and e-mail tag for a week or two and when we finally had a time set, he went out of his way to come pick them up. You might be thinking - Welll that makes sense, since he wanted to get ahold of them- but when he picked them up he said he would scan them and get them back to me the next day.
True to his word, the next day, at the same time and place that definately benifitted me instead of himself, Scionlife showed up with not only my brochures in the same condition I handed them to him in (near mint), but he also dropped off a disk with the images in hi-res, so I can hold onto my keepsakes also.
Thank you to Scionlife for taking the time to do this for the community, and being so workable with my schedule for pick up and return of the brochures.
Brian
When I gave him the two that I have, he met me at odd hours just to get ahold of them. We had been playing phone and e-mail tag for a week or two and when we finally had a time set, he went out of his way to come pick them up. You might be thinking - Welll that makes sense, since he wanted to get ahold of them- but when he picked them up he said he would scan them and get them back to me the next day.
True to his word, the next day, at the same time and place that definately benifitted me instead of himself, Scionlife showed up with not only my brochures in the same condition I handed them to him in (near mint), but he also dropped off a disk with the images in hi-res, so I can hold onto my keepsakes also.
Thank you to Scionlife for taking the time to do this for the community, and being so workable with my schedule for pick up and return of the brochures.
Brian
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Good looking website. I'm definatly adding that to my bookmarks.
Thanks for taking the time to research, archive, and share this information with everybody.
Thanks for taking the time to research, archive, and share this information with everybody.
Awesome, that would be great. I've been scanning at 300dpi, but 200dpi is also passable. Can you email the images to me? darren_at_toyotareference_dot_com Send a few images in each email or else it kind of clogs up the pipes. Thank you!
Thank you!
I believe Kinkos locations have scanners as well.
PS. I guess its obvious where I got my sig from, lol
PS. I guess its obvious where I got my sig from, lol
theWeezL;1020589 said:
Yeah, but if you need to scan an oversize brochure you might be out of luck. Regular scanners are limited to A4/letter size... 8.5x11-ish. A lot of brochures are larger... 11x11. I purchased an oversize scanner just for these larger brochures. Call around, though, maybe Kinkos has an oversize unit.
interesting story from mine...i've had my 89 NA now for 7 years. This is my re-build year and i was going through EVERYTHING! i found the original brochure under the back seats! Unfortunately, it's folded, but quite nice. It's red with a black supra turbo on the cover. Cool find for me!
scionlife;992776 said:
You know you will never find a brochure that says third gen or mark 3, infact, they say first generation, begining of the dynatsty.
The least you could do is correctly credit the Celica Supra as being the Celica that it is.
Nick M;1020952 said:
I know that, but I think most people will understand that I am looking for brochures that span the years of the third-gen Supra, not brochures that have the words "third-gen" on them. I agree with you completely, and I think I will add "Celica" to the first two charts.
I have the original 1979 Celica-Supra brochure but the innermost 4 pages are missing because it was a 2-page gatefold spread profile picture of the car plus the 2 "pages" on the back side) that the original owner's daughter detached and hung on her bedroom wall when it was new then lost over the years, and I'm not totally sure it'll fit on my scanner but if you'd still like to have it with the missing pages for your collection I'll see what I can do...
and in case you've forgotten or are somehow clueless to this little detail...
"The" Official 15 year Anniversary Edition 1997 Supra completely ignores the 1979-81 Celica-Supra but uses the 1982-1986 Celica-Supra in the math to reach 15 years of the Supra Dynasty you mentionned... what's wrong with this picture...
Technically and unofficially the 1994 Supra was the 15 year Anniversary Edition but releasing the Premier Edition 1993.5 Supra immediately followed by a 1994 Anniversary Edition Supra apparently didn't appeal to the marketing department at the time, either that or they somehow forgot about it.
and if the 1986.5 was the Premier Supra, how can the 1993.5 Supra also be the Premier Edition Supra and has the badging to prove it?
and by your logic the 1996 Supra couldn't be an anniversary either because of the 1986 Celica-Supra vs the 1986.5 Supra and Toyota stopped shipping Supras to the U.S. one model year before they reached the real 20 years of Supras mark, DOH!
No matter how you look at it they're all part of the heritage that is the Supra.
Without the Celica to start out with, what exactly would the Supra be "above and beyond" (the actual definition of Supra)?
Were you trying to actually promote the Celica, or separate it from your Supra's heritage which simply cannot be done?
After all, your 7M powered MkIII is derived from the original 2.0L 6 cylinder M-EU, 4M-E, 5M-E, and 5M-GE, and the 6M that we didn't even get in the U.S. whereas the MkIV at least got a whole other JZ series engine that never even saw the engine bay of a Celica (from Toyota) in its' entire existence...
Like a rear wheel drive fully loaded all-wheel disc brakes, i.r.s, 22R-E powered 4 cylinder version Celica GT-S doesn't easily hang with the slightly higher powered and much heavier 5M-GE 6-cylinder Celica-Supra of the same model year in performance and handling with the same features offerred in both, except maybe auto climate control, and the snub-nosed front of the 4 cylinder Celica starting in 84 when they finally covered the pop-up headlights looks a lot cooler than the long pointy MkII Celica-Supra front end ever did, imo, although the MkII front end did finally grow on me eventually...
Not everyone knows as much about Supra heritage and brochures as you seem to. It's a learning process for everyone at some point in their lives...
Help them learn and forgive their ignorance, that's what we're here for.
Sorry for the rant...
No flaming intended or anything, I was just wondering about the intentions of your "the least you could do is" statement is all...
Oh sure, go get all picky on him Nick... why is that even important?Nick M;1020952 said:
and in case you've forgotten or are somehow clueless to this little detail...
"The" Official 15 year Anniversary Edition 1997 Supra completely ignores the 1979-81 Celica-Supra but uses the 1982-1986 Celica-Supra in the math to reach 15 years of the Supra Dynasty you mentionned... what's wrong with this picture...
Technically and unofficially the 1994 Supra was the 15 year Anniversary Edition but releasing the Premier Edition 1993.5 Supra immediately followed by a 1994 Anniversary Edition Supra apparently didn't appeal to the marketing department at the time, either that or they somehow forgot about it.
and if the 1986.5 was the Premier Supra, how can the 1993.5 Supra also be the Premier Edition Supra and has the badging to prove it?
and by your logic the 1996 Supra couldn't be an anniversary either because of the 1986 Celica-Supra vs the 1986.5 Supra and Toyota stopped shipping Supras to the U.S. one model year before they reached the real 20 years of Supras mark, DOH!
No matter how you look at it they're all part of the heritage that is the Supra.
Without the Celica to start out with, what exactly would the Supra be "above and beyond" (the actual definition of Supra)?
Were you trying to actually promote the Celica, or separate it from your Supra's heritage which simply cannot be done?
After all, your 7M powered MkIII is derived from the original 2.0L 6 cylinder M-EU, 4M-E, 5M-E, and 5M-GE, and the 6M that we didn't even get in the U.S. whereas the MkIV at least got a whole other JZ series engine that never even saw the engine bay of a Celica (from Toyota) in its' entire existence...
Like a rear wheel drive fully loaded all-wheel disc brakes, i.r.s, 22R-E powered 4 cylinder version Celica GT-S doesn't easily hang with the slightly higher powered and much heavier 5M-GE 6-cylinder Celica-Supra of the same model year in performance and handling with the same features offerred in both, except maybe auto climate control, and the snub-nosed front of the 4 cylinder Celica starting in 84 when they finally covered the pop-up headlights looks a lot cooler than the long pointy MkII Celica-Supra front end ever did, imo, although the MkII front end did finally grow on me eventually...
Not everyone knows as much about Supra heritage and brochures as you seem to. It's a learning process for everyone at some point in their lives...
Help them learn and forgive their ignorance, that's what we're here for.
Sorry for the rant...
No flaming intended or anything, I was just wondering about the intentions of your "the least you could do is" statement is all...
Wow!
Toyota definitely fudged history a little with their math, but Nick M actually made a good point. On my page I didn't call the first two generations the "Celica Supra" when I really should have done so. I added the "Celica" prefix to those generations so that anyone that might not be aware of the car's history will now know a little more. Also made some other changes, such as the "Camry Solara" and "Corolla Tercel". Did you know that the first couple of years of the Camry it was actually the "Celica Camry" in Japan?
myothersupra, I actually thought that he was ignorantly talking down to me, but I wasn't gonna call him on it. I try not to stir up the pot too much. Nice to see someone else take a stand, though. Oh yeah, and thanks for the offer to scan some of the '79 brochure, but I might as well just wait until I find the complete issue since I'll just have to scan the missing pages anyway.
Hear that people? I'm still looking for these years:
1979, 1984 (rear cover only), 1989-1991 and 1993 (rescan).
Toyota definitely fudged history a little with their math, but Nick M actually made a good point. On my page I didn't call the first two generations the "Celica Supra" when I really should have done so. I added the "Celica" prefix to those generations so that anyone that might not be aware of the car's history will now know a little more. Also made some other changes, such as the "Camry Solara" and "Corolla Tercel". Did you know that the first couple of years of the Camry it was actually the "Celica Camry" in Japan?
myothersupra, I actually thought that he was ignorantly talking down to me, but I wasn't gonna call him on it. I try not to stir up the pot too much.
Nice to see someone else take a stand, though. Oh yeah, and thanks for the offer to scan some of the '79 brochure, but I might as well just wait until I find the complete issue since I'll just have to scan the missing pages anyway.Hear that people? I'm still looking for these years:
1979, 1984 (rear cover only), 1989-1991 and 1993 (rescan).
nevermind Nick, he gets a little cranky now and then and thinks hes a know it all..:sarcasm:
The Celica Supra was the original supra regardless of the Celica heritage. Does it bear much in resemblance to the mk3, not really, but neither does the mk3 to the mk4. You also made a great point in that the Supra was the "Supra" because of how much more it had over the basic Celica. If you look at the mk1 supra and compare it to the Celica GT of its era for example you have huge differences at the subframe level and up.
Because the first two gens of the Supra came from the Celica line doesnt make them any less of a Supra.
The Celica Supra was the original supra regardless of the Celica heritage. Does it bear much in resemblance to the mk3, not really, but neither does the mk3 to the mk4. You also made a great point in that the Supra was the "Supra" because of how much more it had over the basic Celica. If you look at the mk1 supra and compare it to the Celica GT of its era for example you have huge differences at the subframe level and up.
Because the first two gens of the Supra came from the Celica line doesnt make them any less of a Supra.
ive got two magazine ads for the mkiii, they are only 8x10. let me know if they are something you would be interested in.