This first post will be a bit long, so I apologise but its just setting the scene 
A bit of back story - Ive been a big Toyota fan, Japanese imports but more specifically the JZ engined cars. For those that don't know, its the legendary family of 6 cylinder, Yamaha designed petrol engines used in Soarers, Aristo's Supra's. Strong as an ox, reliable and take lots of power on a stock, unopened engine.
I got my first Soarer in 1999 and I've pretty much constantly had a JZ engine car in my possession constantly since then. Mostly Aristo's (import version of the Lexus GS300 but with turbo's!!) And during that time Ive accumulated a lot of good quality bits. Ive currently got my own Supra which is, unashamedly investment material for me, aint gonna lie, 98 twin turbo facelift car, utterly and achingly stock
Ive been trying to buy this particular car for about 5 years, but the seller was having none of it, then as often happens with these things, a call out of the blue asking if I'm interested. Bish bash bosh, deal done. Now this car is a bit special, full of quality parts, HKS T51 turbo, Mishimoto this, Aeromotive that but most importantly, a Toyota V161 gearbox 6 speed box, manufactured by Getrag, very strong, very expensive.
The initial plan was to get it back on the road and sounding like this
But what I wasn't told was its had been sitting about for 8 years in various garages trying to get it sorted, and 50 oafs had had a go at rewiring it. It was an absolute disaster and way beyond trying to recover. So I did what any other sane thinking man with a big turbo JZ and a 6 speed box would do, went about getting a Supra to throw the running gear into
Now onto the Supra...
A bit of back story - Ive been a big Toyota fan, Japanese imports but more specifically the JZ engined cars. For those that don't know, its the legendary family of 6 cylinder, Yamaha designed petrol engines used in Soarers, Aristo's Supra's. Strong as an ox, reliable and take lots of power on a stock, unopened engine.I got my first Soarer in 1999 and I've pretty much constantly had a JZ engine car in my possession constantly since then. Mostly Aristo's (import version of the Lexus GS300 but with turbo's!!) And during that time Ive accumulated a lot of good quality bits. Ive currently got my own Supra which is, unashamedly investment material for me, aint gonna lie, 98 twin turbo facelift car, utterly and achingly stock
Ive been trying to buy this particular car for about 5 years, but the seller was having none of it, then as often happens with these things, a call out of the blue asking if I'm interested. Bish bash bosh, deal done. Now this car is a bit special, full of quality parts, HKS T51 turbo, Mishimoto this, Aeromotive that but most importantly, a Toyota V161 gearbox 6 speed box, manufactured by Getrag, very strong, very expensive.
The initial plan was to get it back on the road and sounding like this
But what I wasn't told was its had been sitting about for 8 years in various garages trying to get it sorted, and 50 oafs had had a go at rewiring it. It was an absolute disaster and way beyond trying to recover. So I did what any other sane thinking man with a big turbo JZ and a 6 speed box would do, went about getting a Supra to throw the running gear into
Now onto the Supra...
on cars, and in fact generally make a bit of cash. But since I had the most innocuous of rear end shunts in my E36 Ive had a really bad run of fortune, losing every single time. So why should this transaction be any different.
