Hi there,
I know this is the Celica Supra forums,but i can't find many other usefull or friendly resources in relation to my recently purchased car,so i have joined your,from what i can see,massive community.Hope you don't mind.
I used to own a Supra red 1985 Celica Supra 2.8i MA61 with the 5M-GE motor which was a fantastic car and one of the only cars that i have owned that i regretted selling.The only reason at the time for selling it was the amount of rust in the tailgate and sunroof.Replacing and spraying both of these at the time,around 12 years ago,would have set me back around £750.
In September last year i bought a 1985 Toyota Soarer 3.0 GT LIMITED MZ12 in pearl white with burgundy leather interior.I absolutely love the car.I owned a 1985 Toyota Soarer 2.8 GT MZ10 a few years ago but as with the supra the bodywork and even the chassis in some areas was dissolving away so it sadly went to the scapyard in the sky.
Luckily this Soarer i bought has been looked after well by the 2 previous owners and garaged for most of its life so there is only some small areas of rust at the rear of the car.I am slowly doing the car up and what original parts i can't get hold of i have found some companies doing good aftermarket upgrades,for example spark plug leads from Magnecor and an air filter from k&n.
My brother likes the car even more than me so he has set up a website to document the restoration project www.soarerproject.blogspot.com
Most of my Soarer mechanically is almost identical to the MA61 Supra so its been interesting reading a lot of the topics on this forum.
Cheers for now,
Jim Connolly
I know this is the Celica Supra forums,but i can't find many other usefull or friendly resources in relation to my recently purchased car,so i have joined your,from what i can see,massive community.Hope you don't mind.
I used to own a Supra red 1985 Celica Supra 2.8i MA61 with the 5M-GE motor which was a fantastic car and one of the only cars that i have owned that i regretted selling.The only reason at the time for selling it was the amount of rust in the tailgate and sunroof.Replacing and spraying both of these at the time,around 12 years ago,would have set me back around £750.
In September last year i bought a 1985 Toyota Soarer 3.0 GT LIMITED MZ12 in pearl white with burgundy leather interior.I absolutely love the car.I owned a 1985 Toyota Soarer 2.8 GT MZ10 a few years ago but as with the supra the bodywork and even the chassis in some areas was dissolving away so it sadly went to the scapyard in the sky.
Luckily this Soarer i bought has been looked after well by the 2 previous owners and garaged for most of its life so there is only some small areas of rust at the rear of the car.I am slowly doing the car up and what original parts i can't get hold of i have found some companies doing good aftermarket upgrades,for example spark plug leads from Magnecor and an air filter from k&n.
My brother likes the car even more than me so he has set up a website to document the restoration project www.soarerproject.blogspot.com
Most of my Soarer mechanically is almost identical to the MA61 Supra so its been interesting reading a lot of the topics on this forum.
Cheers for now,
Jim Connolly
