Whats your old car

Bigzavs

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Apr 21, 2005
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what kind of car did you guys drive before you Supra? What happened with it for you to get your Supra

I had a 94 SLP Firehawk w/ built motor, H/C, and lots of nitrous 200 wet shot

unfortunatley i had a faulty FPR from Lingenfelter and it became a literal FIREhawk, when it caught on fire and burned up last year, after that i got my supra
 

supra90turbo

shaeff is FTMFW!
Mar 30, 2005
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Technically the Supra is MY first car... I bought it, therefore I consider it as such...

Prior to that, I had an 88 MR2 n/a T-Top that was quite a bit of fun.

I bought it for $100 with a badly knocking engine.
Bought an engine for $300 and had it installed for $400, mentioned that there was a noise in the transmission, and to fix or replace the trans if necessary.

Got it back and he said that he couldnt figure out what the noise was in the transmission. I just shook my head and said whatever to that...

Had tons of fun in that car, but one day the noise got incredibly loud and then it popped out of gear. I had to hold it in 2nd and 4th, or else it would pop right out.

Started snowing as I was driving home. When I finally got home, there was like 2" of snow already, and I got stuck in my driveway. Spinning 2nd stationary in my driveway the trans grenaded right then and there.

Ended up selling it for $400 as it sat.

Found my Supra about a year later. I didn't have a job at the time, but I got one asap when I found the car.
 

jam4484

MKIII Lover
Jul 24, 2005
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1st car- 89 2door jetta with a vr6 swap-wrecked hard core
2nd car- 90 accord with a prelude motor in it- sold
3rd car- 89 crx with a sohc vtec motor and tons of other crap- sold
4th car- 98 wrangler- current dd
5th car- 89 supra turbo- got it because I finally have enough money to get a real car
 

Troyota

I Love What You Do For Me
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My first car was a '91 Ford Tempo, then '88 Ford F-150, Traded for '87 N/A Auto Supra that is now undergoing 1jz 5spd swap. Fiance bought a '95 New Yorker which was about to lose it's entire front suspension, so we traded it for a '95 Toyota 4-Runner. Once it was paid off we decided we needed better fuel milage, so traded it in on an '02 Acura RSX Type S (Her current DD). Found an '86 Toyota Corolla GT-S (AE86) in local junkyard for $250 and sat in driveway for about a year waiting to get put into running order. Supra was my DD until somebody backed into it, crunching the fender and rendering undrivable (would have sliced the tire). Put the Supra into storage awaiting repair and got the '86 into running order and became my DD (still is). Fixed the fender on the Supra and found that the Auto trans was slipping badly. Decided not to waste my $$$ on rebuilding the Auto trans and put into storage yet again until I got my JZA70 clip which got here last week and now I'm currently in the process of the swap at which point I will have to divide my attention between my two Toyota sweethearts. The newly Twin Turbo 5spd Supra and the beater AE86.

***CLIFFSNOTES***
'91 Ford Tempo (Traded)
'88 Ford F-150 (Traded for SUPRA!)
'95 New Yorker (Traded for safety sake)
'95 Toyota 4-Runner (Traded for fuel milage for RSX Type-S)
*CURRENT CARS*
'87 Toyota Supra (undergoing 1jz 5spd swap as we speak)
'02 Acura RSX Type-S (fiance's Daily Driver)
'86 Toyota Corolla GT-S -AE86- (rescued from Junkyard, My Daily Driver)
 

Topher E

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1978 CAMARO, it was a POS...ran well but leaked like a sink.
1989 Nissan p'up. the beater i used while looking for the supra.
NOW, 1991 supie :p i love it
 

da89soup

World I Am Gay Blue!!!
Dec 2, 2005
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where do I start!!!
owned some together

72 ford f100 shortbox
54 f100 shortbox 390 c6 411's (dad and I restored from ground up)

95 f150- daily driver
(ok this is where i start to get smart)
85 supra
85 toyota corolla gts

96 monte carlo (stupid again)
89 honda prelude 4ws
88 toyota corolla gts

Current cars
01 mits Galant
96 4 runner (da runner)
89 toyota supra targa (will never sell it)

Thats it for me
Da Soup
 

Joel W.

Just A Jedi
Nov 7, 2005
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05 chev silverado, 65 mustang coup, 86 dodge d50 4x4, 90 mitsu p/u, 76 toy celica gt lift, 71 ford capri, (then i went through my honda years, id buy 2 at a time at auction and sell one for 600, every few weeks for about a year) then, 1965 ford custom galaxy 500. and the family honda beater.. plus bikes and sleds.
 
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IJ.

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I come from a land down under
Listing all of mine would end up the size of my build thread ;)!
(I'm old)

Last one was a 77 Mitusbishi Lancer Coupe (I think they were an Arrow there)

I dropped a built Astron 2L with a T04 into it and had some fun as it was only 800 kgs/ 1700 lbs and had 250hp.

It was very primative so when the Supra came up at a great price I snapped it up.
 

Loki

The Future is Unwritten
Mar 30, 2005
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My first running car was my black '89 turbo, my first car was a '64 Chevy Biscayne that needed a motor and some suspension work. That car was badass, I wish I still had it.
 
This is the car I drove before the Supra:
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lanky189

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first car cost me 150 bucks,
1978 Malibu Classic, 4 doors, 305cid V8 2bbl, 3spd auto.

New interior, motor, and trans after i got it and a job.
Second car, (Patience was her name) 87 Supra Turbo Targa 5spd.
Third Car, the infamous 73 Celica
4th Car (still have) 82 Toyota Corolla (3tc, toyota pushrods!)
83 Toyota Supra (love it more than my 87 even w/o boost but that can be fixed)
 

PhiDelt109

MkIII Hobbyist
Jun 2, 2005
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- 78 Cutlass Surpreme Brougham (free)- beat it up and sold it for $250
- 93 Eclipse (slow) - Traded in
- 95 Probe GT ,Silver 5spd, bolt-ons, loved it, wore it out. ( i swear. best looking probe you ever saw, people always said I dont like probes, but i like yours.)
- 94 Jeep Renegade. Sweetness-good times, Traded even-up for the Supra (stupid, mk3 WAS a p.o.s)
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- 96 Accord EX, great DD. (sold it)

- 96 Disco - Ugly but I loved it, bullet-proof, drove excellent on and off road. (SOLD)
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Currently:
- 99 e46 323i DD.. Love it, FOR SALE SOON.
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- 87 MK3 (getting there)
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da89soup

World I Am Gay Blue!!!
Dec 2, 2005
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csrma71 to bad you and revolver could not of got together and ran for titles. Your american muscle looks way faster!!!
Da soup
 
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whudafux

Formerly dcrusupra
Jan 5, 2006
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First car a 1989 GMC Jimmy K15 with a removable top on the back that made it look like a pickup. 33" pirelli tires with a 2 inch lift. Got crashed into when I pulled into an intersection after I couldnt see around a raised F250. I THOUGHT the intersection was clear. Turns out there was a buick regal going about 55 in a 45. Anyway.....guy totaled his car and I drove mine home. But my dad didnt think it was worth fixing so it went off to the junkyard. See the damage in my sig. Then I went carless for about 8 weeks. With my dad disagreeing with every car I showed him. So i took it into my own hands and told a friend to drive me out to look at a 87 5 speed Supra. Ended up taking it for 1000 and learned how to drive stick on the way home. I only stalled maybe 5 times for about a half hour ride.
 

Stanzaspeed

2.5 Twin Turbo R
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Mar 30, 2005
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first car was a 90' nissan stanza. it had a scry transmission so it would rarely make it past 60 km/h. it died a horrible death while parked after it was hit by a drunk driver at 2am. it was fun... for 2 weeks... :icon_conf
 

ts_MKIII

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well my fist car was a supra actually haha, and i fell in love lol.

1st: 89 White targa Supra NA
Intake
Headers
Exhaust
Springs
Short Shifter
TOTALLED some one hit me.

2nd: 90 Red Targa Supra NA
NA-t
Exhaust
BOV
TEMS/SHOCKS
TOTALLED Hit by a state trooper(he was going 80) - i only had this car for 4 weeks and only got to drove it 2 weeks(swap)!!!

3rd current:89 Crystal Blue Targa Supra Turbo
Mostly stock(just got it)
HKS BOV
HKS exhaust
BOV hard pipe
Springs on the way
MORE MODS ON THE WAY.

Ive had other cars but i didnt really drive them.

89 240 sx SE
Springs
exhaust
headers
intake
strust bar
small mods
Blew a head gasket(SOLD)


89 rx7 Na(bought for my girlfriend)
headers
exhaust
strut bars
springs
small mods
Blew an APEX seal (sold)

89 rx7 NA("under the knife") Girl Friend's Project.
swapping turbo II
HKS BOV
custom IC + Piping
Springs
Standalone
Other things shes putting on there.(project)

02 Dogde Stratus Se
COMPLETELY STOCK.
Girl friends Daily Driver.
(soon to trade in for 02 acura rsx/94 rx7 FD3s)

97 Dodge Grand caravan
STOCK LOL
My family/daily driver




As a side note My girl friend is not only an rx7 LOVER Her whole family is!!

Rob(brother) 88 Rx7 turbo II
Standalone
BOV
cutom IC
coil overs
exhaust
alot of other mods (400+ HP)

Art(brother) 87 rx7 turbo II
basic mods
300 HP
(DAILY)

^ he is also going on another swap, Turbo II motor into NA body.