- 5,760
- Pennsylvania
- Ilikewaffles_11
Hello folks, I can now finally call this '85 Supra my own. Here it is, in all of it's glory after being washed. Nice and clean.
So, a little bit about the car. I'll get to the backstory a bit later. Anyway, it's almost entirely stock, I think the only thing that isn't is the exhaust. Not everything is original however, it didn't look nowhere near as nice as it did when my dad originally bought it. Yes, my dad did purchase the car I did not pay for it. Now, it's not like the car was $4K or anything, on fact in total (including the two donor cars and the new paint job), there maybe $2500 into this car. I've even offered to pay for the thing. However, I am paying for insurance, gas, any needed repairs and whatnot. Plus I did have to put some work into it, which I guess counts for something right?
The engine is the mighty 5MGE, a 2.8 L DOHC inline 6. Not a real powerful car, but it handles great and it fun to drive.
Some interior shots. The drivers seat has a rip in it (can't tell by these photos, but it's there) so I'll probably need to have them reupholstered at some point.
Only 136,356 miles as it stands today.
As I mentioned, it's not all original and some donor cars were involved. Two cars gave their lives for this one to run. The engine was pretty solid, needed a tune up and a new radiator. Then later on the alternator kicked the bucket which luckily we had a spare. Mainly the only thing that needed work was the body. It was in a slight accident at some point, hit in the front left fender. The front bumper, front left headlight, fender flare, and fender were all replaced along with the front right fender flare which was chewed up. Because the donor cars were different colors, my dad sent it to the body shop for a respray. Wasn't a particularly expensive paint job (was like $800), but it looks nice.
Here's what it originally looked like
And here are the two donor cars. This one is an '82 L Type, the engine on it was fairly good so some bits were taken off of it
The second one was an '84 P Type with an automatic trans. This was eventually stripped down to nothing more than a shell. The only major parts left on it were the wheels and the engine block.
This was all done about a year and a half ago, so I've just been waiting until I could finally get my hands on it. My dad drive it a while, however he bought his own '85 Supra which was in way nicer shape.
Took it to some shows and whatnot, Cars and Coffee
And here's the back end, I'd like to do something with those exhaust tips. I'm not a huge fan of that.
So, there it is, my newly acquired Supra. Thanks to the three of you who bothered to read through my novel.
I'm looking forward to many miles of cruising, car shows, and good times in general in this thing! 
So, a little bit about the car. I'll get to the backstory a bit later. Anyway, it's almost entirely stock, I think the only thing that isn't is the exhaust. Not everything is original however, it didn't look nowhere near as nice as it did when my dad originally bought it. Yes, my dad did purchase the car I did not pay for it. Now, it's not like the car was $4K or anything, on fact in total (including the two donor cars and the new paint job), there maybe $2500 into this car. I've even offered to pay for the thing. However, I am paying for insurance, gas, any needed repairs and whatnot. Plus I did have to put some work into it, which I guess counts for something right?
The engine is the mighty 5MGE, a 2.8 L DOHC inline 6. Not a real powerful car, but it handles great and it fun to drive.
Some interior shots. The drivers seat has a rip in it (can't tell by these photos, but it's there) so I'll probably need to have them reupholstered at some point.
Only 136,356 miles as it stands today.
As I mentioned, it's not all original and some donor cars were involved. Two cars gave their lives for this one to run. The engine was pretty solid, needed a tune up and a new radiator. Then later on the alternator kicked the bucket which luckily we had a spare. Mainly the only thing that needed work was the body. It was in a slight accident at some point, hit in the front left fender. The front bumper, front left headlight, fender flare, and fender were all replaced along with the front right fender flare which was chewed up. Because the donor cars were different colors, my dad sent it to the body shop for a respray. Wasn't a particularly expensive paint job (was like $800), but it looks nice.
Here's what it originally looked like
And here are the two donor cars. This one is an '82 L Type, the engine on it was fairly good so some bits were taken off of it
The second one was an '84 P Type with an automatic trans. This was eventually stripped down to nothing more than a shell. The only major parts left on it were the wheels and the engine block.
This was all done about a year and a half ago, so I've just been waiting until I could finally get my hands on it. My dad drive it a while, however he bought his own '85 Supra which was in way nicer shape.
Took it to some shows and whatnot, Cars and Coffee
And here's the back end, I'd like to do something with those exhaust tips. I'm not a huge fan of that.
So, there it is, my newly acquired Supra. Thanks to the three of you who bothered to read through my novel.
I'm looking forward to many miles of cruising, car shows, and good times in general in this thing! 
Nah, I quite like my 5MGE. 
Those exhaust tips are absolutely horrid though. 
