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Last I saw steering wheels were a cool grand from Mr T.

LV Classics have my TT6 at £24k. Just copied over some adverts and pictures and all set.

Mileage on a 40 year old cars outside of museum pieces is inconsequential compared to the rust and mechanical condition of the car with body condition the paramount concern. The classic World is alien to many Supra drivers so its not surprising that many view no testing requirment as a negative step. In the public consultations 56% of respondents were opposed to raising the limit beyond the present pre 1960 exemption. So clearly public opinion didn't hold sway in the decision. It was probably more tangible things like insurance data and MOT pass/fail data. There is a reason why classic car insurance is so cheap and that is very much down to its a low risk end of the market. If you look at MOT failure rates, in some cities that is over 50% of vehicles tested and in the very best you still get 33% fail. Contrast that to pre-war Austin 7 owners whose last test year statistics were 7% failed. Considering the insurance stats and vehicle testing data it is a sensible decision to remove these generally well cared for and usually low mileage vehicles from the requirement for compulsory testing. The vehicles will still need to comply with any road inspections for lights, safety, tyre tread, oversized wheels etc and owners subject to fines and endorsement for any infringements. As a owner of several cars in the 1960 - 1978 vintage I'm delighted that the MOT test expense is going to be no more from May next year.

The DfT have announced today the pre 60 no MOT requirement is being lifted to pre 78 vehicles, in line with the European guidelines from May 2018. That's going to save me a lot of test fees on my stable of cars and it won't be long till the Supras get to 40. Not sure if it'll be a rolling 40 years or be stuck on 78 like it has been on 60 for a while. Anyone with pre 78's can still submit their cars for a voluntary MOT test but I would want to clarify that any failure would not have any impact on the insurance cover before doing that. PS - The 40 year rule is going apply so the date for exempt vehicles will be raised each year.

http://www.supraforums.com/forum/showthread.php?506648-Broke-the-rear-sway-bar

Out of interest, did it rust from the inside out? Apparently that's the common cause of failure with these bars.

Kind of suggests that all their PH ads are teasers. But here is a real, physical example. Hybrid twin silver for £23k There you go, someone needs to grab a bargain and this time, MkIV forum members are not barred.

I have a high def card and monitor for graphic design work, maybe that's why the shading is very different on my pixels?

I put my £150 dehumidifier on every time I open the garage door for 6 hours after the door closes (internal timer). Sometimes It'll pull a litre of water sometimes no more than a small cup full. When the outside humidity is over 85% it really starts to fill the collector. I think you'd have difficulty getting the water levels down anywhere near 50% humidity unless a garage is well sealed and at a fairly constant temperature. I even did an estimate of the humidity after the 6 hours using the every kg of air can absorb 13g of water (100% humidity at 20C). The volume of my garage is 90m3 (1.2kg air/m3) giving a water content of potential of roughly 1.3l on one of those humid 90% days. So I recon after 6 hours with the dehumidifier on and sometimes pulling 1l out its down to under 30% humidity. An ideal level for leather. apparently. So would definitely recommend a dehumidifier though I never saw one that'd run on humidity level in the price range I looked at, just timed with various fan speeds and heat settings. PS - As a add in, the reckoning is that when humidity is above 50%, the moisture level is sufficient to enable rust to form. So my dehumidified garage should, in theory, be a rust free zone.

Possibly the worst colour match and fit front bumper this year? £23k single white (several shades).. Low mileage, 13k.

You can see why its not be allowed to go out for a while but even so the recorded km reading history is a bit iffy. Suit some back street ganja dealer.

I've bought a few times from McGeorge, a Virginia Toyota outlet. They were very competitive 2 years ago but are a little more expensive today relative to Amayama. Only bugbear was they ship by US Mail which ends up with Royal Mail handling charges; rather like Amayama with Parcel Force handling charges. Other than that they would quote and follow instructions to only ship if they could source the essential list of components. Thats a big upside compared to Amayama were my last but one order shipped the order padding and dropped the main components. That one was really frustrating.

It can be a pain getting agreed value insurance on a stock car, modified I'd imagine could be even more painful as some insurers wont quote on modified. Don't know that any Supra import in any guise has actually sold for anything like £30k so give it a go. Any valuation on any Supra is pointless though unless its an agreed payout value as Lbm has just found out.

This might be true as both the orders with subsequent cancellations were on Amayama Japan as UAE wasn't stocking the parts. Of the 53 items just ordered, UAE only had one item as a stock item whereas Japan had them all on a 4 day turnaround order, which turned out to be bollocks.

Amazon have loads of sellers sub £100 and one sub £90 with free delivery.

I always appreciated one thing with a Supra, its so reliable and uses no oil between servicing and doesn't go out in the rain any longer so the washer fluid is hardly used meaning that the bonnet needs lifting once a year. Now with the 65 Mustang, I do need to check the oil and coolant levels regularly and its all chrome rockers, pulleys and filters. The surgically clean engine bay thing leaves me wondering.

The interior looked spot on to me! No bling, no painted dash, no wrapped dash, and no holes. Even the seat cushions didn't have the usual crimp and crush effect. Think you must have been looking at a different car. As for the mileage, 94k on a 1993 car doesn't suggest its been a reps car at any time in its lifetime. Anyone who buys one of those many 40k milers out there and believes it without stacks of documented verification is living on a hope and a prayer.

These are only £90 (incl VAT) delivered to your door new.

I email a list of part numbers to TCB. They will sub in superseded parts when appropriate so they must do more than religiously follow a presented list.

I have had issues before when Amayama have refunded parts payments for those they can no longer source which does then load the freight and Parcel Force admin charges on whatever they do finally ship. As a side add in I have then gone on to get the AWOL parts from other sources so it seem Amayama don't try hard to locate parts. So this time, I used their quote me option which is supposed to fill you in with what is around before you finalise and pay for the order. I did my big 53 item nuts, bolts and bushes order and requested a quote. Got confirmation to my email then never heard anything more so checked into the site two days later and there was no sign of the order placed for quotation. It had disappeared without a trace. I entered again, the 53 item order and decided this time I'd better just fo ahead and buy as its quite a chore tapping in all those part numbers. Three days later I receive two emails advising various bits are no longer available so it'll be value wise 30% short shipping with no freight discount due. Amayama is too risky these days with my last two orders being short shipped and that makes Mr T or TCB in the UK quicker and a lot cheaper. I'm not going to be troubling Amayama any more.

Found this which may be of some use, recon the cost is about £2k for a double garage. So might be worth talking to companies who supply that type of garage for suggestions.

There is a battered one on eBay for £55 that you could get re-trimmed?

Just a reminder that its the Manchester Classic Car show this weekend, Saturday and Sunday. and there is a 3 car Supra stand hosted by Ian Ian, so good they named him twice. Be good to get a decent turnout for the gents exhibiting there. Usually lots of good freebies to be had from the retail stalls as well, if you get there early enough! http://www.manchesterclassiccarshow.com/

I just got quoted £450+VAT to rebuild the two Supra turbos. Only tried one place as a look see so maybe if you shop around you could get it cheaper than you were quoted. If anyone is after the part numbers for new they are for the CT20 and CT20A turbos 17201-46030 (front) and 17208-46030 (rear). There is a guy selling both unused in the US for $2,400 at the moment. or you can buy one from Burrows Toyota off eBay for £2,700

Depends if its a Supra 6sp or not. If its a run of the mill, say BMW Getrag box they are really cheap by comparison.