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iamsuprman13

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Well Hello everyone,

My name is Sean, I am a Mechanic in the United States Army. Just recently home from Afghanistan. Recent as in 10 Sep 2012, and I just purchased my very first Supra. I bought a 91' MKIII Turbo, 5 Speed, Sunroof, White with Blue Interior. The car had almost 300K on it when I picked it up. Now for the bad...it threw a rod before I even made it home. Yep. As bad as that sounds, so needless to say this has turned into a pretty big project for me. I had been working on an engine swap for another vehicle, and instead I am going to put that engine into this one. So this car is going to be my biggest focus over the next couple of weeks. Well here is a few pics of the car the day I picked her up.

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This is it before I drove it for the first time.
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Happy as hell, about to test drive it.
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How it sits now, just waiting to be worked on!
 
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lxsirprize

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Welcome to the forum and glad you made it back home safely! Sorry to hear about the car....mine did kinda the same thing (blown head gasket ><). If your not familiar with the forum, read lots!!! There are many great people here that have a ton of knowledge and respond quite quickly. Also, check the want ads in the forum...lots of time you can get a great deal for your needed parts during the rebuild!

Happy motoring!
 
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iamsuprman13

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I am going to put in the 1UZFE. I had planned on doing this swap anyway. But a long time from now. I was in the middle of building my Offroad Crawler...and I was going to put the 1UZ in that as well, and then after that project was finished I was going to start building the car. Well I was going to use the car as my DD in the meantime, so now that this happened, I kinda gotta put my truck on hold and work on the car. Since I have almost everything I need for the engine, I am going to pick up the needed parts to finish the tranny mate-up and work on the wiring. If I can get the money straight, then this shouldn't take me too long..."shouldn't"

But thanks for welcoming me. I have been wanting a Supra for a long time, and I actually like the square body style of the MKIII more than the rounder MKIV. So I really like the car I got.
 
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iamsuprman13

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Yeah I will start a build thread on here soon. Just as soon as I get started on it...which I might start tonight...since I just finished cleaning the better half of my garage...so now I have room for engine work...
 
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iamsuprman13

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I really wish it would be but sadly I won't have the money to finish it that quickly. I am looking at around 1500 before I can finish it. However, I am gonna try to sell off the good parts of the 7M to pay for it. I am sure plenty of people will want the good stuff.
 
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