What could go wrong with an '87 Supra?

Sep 02, 2011 1 Replies

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Ed Treijs

Okay, that's a bad sign. Eww. I changed the head gasket (and later the head) on my '87 Reliant, but hey if I screwed up, there were plenty of 2.5L engines in the junkyard. '87 Supra engines, not so much. The ad carefully avoids mentioning which transmission. I'd prefer a…

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This ad caught my eye:



1987 Toyota Supra 80k original - $5200 Very Clean Naturally Aspirated Toyota Supra with just over 80,000 original km. Car has never seen a real winter. Shipped from BC. Body in very good condition, mechanically sound vehicle. Safety Test passed, no need for e-test since car is made in 1987. Air Conditioning blows cold Completely Stock. No mods. Hate to sell this gem, but need a bigger vehicle.

My '78 Trans Am is about done for. It would be nice to drive something from this millennium, but that ad sounds intriguing. Were the normally- aspirated ones bad for head gaskets?


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Okay, that's a bad sign.

Eww. I changed the head gasket (and later the head) on my '87 Reliant, but hey if I screwed up, there were plenty of 2.5L engines in the junkyard. '87 Supra engines, not so much.

The ad carefully avoids mentioning which transmission. I'd prefer a manual, actually.

Looks like it.

Canadian. Car's in Toronto.

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While I would like to get a relatively inexpensive, interesting car to replace my interesting (if terminally rusty and leaking) Trans Am, I'm not sure I want to rush into a new learning experience with a new kind of (for me) quirky car. I suppose that there are enough Toyota fans in Toronto to snap this one up.

It's just that:

  1. BC car--no rust--good luck finding that with Ontario cars; how many unrusty '87 Toyotas exist in Canada east of the Alberta/BC border?
  2. Stock--geez is someone going ruin it by putting on 19" rims, a stupid exhaust, clear markers, and a crappy primered body kit?

....Ed

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