Should I buy it?

[surferofthesnow]

A guy in town wants to sell me a 1987 supra for like $300. It has had a junk title which is slightly worse than a salvage. It's not running well, but we'll be able to figure that out before i buy it. It says 7m-GTE on the timing cover but it has the NA intake manifold. Was it a turbo? Can I convert it back? It's cheap and I need some parts for my car anyways. I might make it a track car. What do you guys think?

 

[natedogr]

i say yes. that cheap, you can use parts off of it, and if its not what you thought it would be then you can always part it out. but that na intake mani with a 7mgte timing cover is weird, should be able to tell whether its turbo or not. any pics?

 

[Rennat]

for 300 why not. you can always just part it out. but try and get some pics of it, and then we can for sure know whats in it.

 

[surferofthesnow]

i say yes. that cheap, you can use parts off of it, and if its not what you thought it would be then you can always part it out. but that na intake mani with a 7mgte timing cover is weird, should be able to tell whether its turbo or not. any pics?

Yeah. Thats what I was thinking. I dont have any pics but I'm gonna go get it running later today so I'll send some from my phone to Photobucket. The guy that owns it now is an idiot btw. Either way I can get it back on the road/ track turbo or no turbo.

 

[surferofthesnow]

It's really weird. I opened the hood and immediately noticed that it said 7m-gte on it. Then I looked at the intake and the lack of a turbo, so now I'm confused as to what it is.

 

[SupraMario]

ummm, that shouldn't require thought. A parts car is always a good thing laying around.

 

[surferofthesnow]

Yeah. I just dont want a car sitting in our driveway, as I dont have a garage at the moment

 

[SupraMario]

Yeah. I just dont want a car sitting in our driveway, as I dont have a garage at the moment

Car covers rock.:biglaugh:

 

[natedogr]

he probably just needed a timing cover and took the turbo one. so its probably na

 

[Rennat]

yup, thats what im thinking too...


either way, parts car!!!!!
and get the vin and run it on here.

 

[surferofthesnow]

Did you want me to post the vin? I think they just took a cover off a gte and put it on th ge

 

[Rennat]

yeah, post the VIN and theres a guy on here who will check it for you. just have to PM him the VIN and your email.

 

[surferofthesnow]

I already carfaxxed it

 

[Facime]

its a no brainer really. Parts or fix it up, either way if its a mostly complete car you cant go wrong. I got a parts car with no engine/trans/diff for $500 and parted it out for well over $1000 in total.

 

[surferofthesnow]

Nice. I'll be bringin it home tonight.

 

[ninja6o4]

Good find for sure. You can sell the interior for $100 maybe, the exterior trim for $100-200 depending on condition, and the rest of your car is free! Pick what you want, give the rest to a wrecker.

 

[surferofthesnow]

True that ^

 

[surferofthesnow]

The rest of the story:

Got the title from the guy's dad. Got back to town, towed it home. (I was in the car.) The rope snapped going through an intersection and I almost died, but we got it home. I put a new battery in it while the old one was charging and tried to start it. At first, I had to have my foot all the way down on the gas, but it slowly it got better, then we noticed that water was coming out of the exhaust. Finally, it got to where it could idle. At first it was rough, but after the water was out, it ran fine. I started it up this morning and it was still running great.

$300! LOL

 

[SBM713]

we need pics lol and hahaha at the almost died thing my brother had a 300zx and was towing it with a rope up a hill in an almost broke ford haha he almost jerked the bumper off

 

[surferofthesnow]

Here's a pic. The one on the right. Sorry about the crappy pic.

I think it was worth $300