Wanted: a 1981 Supra in good condition.

Hi Toyota fans: I'm looking for a 1981 Toyota Supra (5-ME)
with automatic transmission, with a good body, good
powertrain and good everything else. (in other words I don't
want a crap junker). My current 81 Supra (the second one I've
owned) is close to death (body cancer and oil guzzling) and I
would very much like to have another 'cause I love this car.
Supra fans can relate to this, I'm sure. I live in Canada,
Southern Ontario, just west of Toronto in Whitby. e-mail me
at [email]666momrath@sympatico.ca[/email] (remove the 666 to reply)

On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:10:54 GMT, Eric Oktober <blank@blank.nn> wrote:
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>Hi Toyota fans: I'm looking for a 1981 Toyota Supra (5-ME)
>with automatic transmission, with a good body, good
>powertrain and good everything else. (in other words I don't
>want a crap junker). My current 81 Supra (the second one I've
>owned) is close to death (body cancer and oil guzzling) and I
>would very much like to have another 'cause I love this car.
>Supra fans can relate to this, I'm sure. I live in Canada,
>Southern Ontario, just west of Toronto in Whitby. e-mail me
>at [email]666momrath@sympatico.ca[/email] (remove the 666 to reply)[/color]

If you want one without body cancer, you'll have to go shopping way
far south. Like 'South of the Mason-Dixon line' south. South far
enough to where snow and road salt are only a rumor.

Problem being that a 25 year old Supra that is still in drivable
shape is very likely to have a whole lot of miles on it (150,000 plus)
just not a rotten body. Buying a 25-YO car like this would make sense
if your car has a rotten body but a good powertrain that you could
yank out and reuse in another car - but you admit it yourself that
your old engine is 'guzzling oil'. So where's the advantage?

Then you have to pay off the Customs folks to get it into Canada.

--<< Bruce >>--

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Bruce L. Bergman <blPYTHONbergman@earthlink.invalid> wrote in
news:87vmq11k7321v6s63dkvconaruar0297r0@4ax.com:
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> On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:10:54 GMT, Eric Oktober[/color]
<blank@blank.nn> wrote:[color=blue]
>
> If you want one without body cancer, you'll have to go[/color]
shopping way[color=blue]
> far south. Like 'South of the Mason-Dixon line' south.[/color]
South far[color=blue]
> enough to where snow and road salt are only a rumor.
>
> Problem being that a 25 year old Supra that is still in[/color]
drivable[color=blue]
> shape is very likely to have a whole lot of miles on it[/color]
(150,000 plus)[color=blue]
> just not a rotten body. Buying a 25-YO car like this would[/color]
make sense[color=blue]
> if your car has a rotten body but a good powertrain that you[/color]
could[color=blue]
> yank out and reuse in another car - but you admit it[/color]
yourself that[color=blue]
> your old engine is 'guzzling oil'. So where's the[/color]
advantage?[color=blue]
>
> Then you have to pay off the Customs folks to get it into[/color]
Canada.[color=blue]
>
> --<< Bruce >>--
>[/color]

Thanks for your feedback, Bruce. Main problem about getting it
back to Canada is the logistics of transport. Thanks again.

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 03:37:00 +0000, Eric Oktober wrote:
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> Bruce L. Bergman <blPYTHONbergman@earthlink.invalid> wrote in
> news:87vmq11k7321v6s63dkvconaruar0297r0@4ax.com:
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>> On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:10:54 GMT, Eric Oktober[/color]
> <blank@blank.nn> wrote:[color=green]
>>
>> If you want one without body cancer, you'll have to go[/color]
> shopping way[color=green]
>> far south. Like 'South of the Mason-Dixon line' south.[/color]
> South far[color=green]
>> enough to where snow and road salt are only a rumor.
>>
>> Problem being that a 25 year old Supra that is still in[/color]
> drivable[color=green]
>> shape is very likely to have a whole lot of miles on it[/color]
> (150,000 plus)[color=green]
>> just not a rotten body. Buying a 25-YO car like this would[/color]
> make sense[color=green]
>> if your car has a rotten body but a good powertrain that you[/color]
> could[color=green]
>> yank out and reuse in another car - but you admit it[/color]
> yourself that[color=green]
>> your old engine is 'guzzling oil'. So where's the[/color]
> advantage?[color=green]
>>
>> Then you have to pay off the Customs folks to get it into[/color]
> Canada.[color=green]
>>
>> --<< Bruce >>--
>>[/color]
>
> Thanks for your feedback, Bruce. Main problem about getting it
> back to Canada is the logistics of transport. Thanks again.[/color]

Yeah. Things have eased up a bit since NAFTA; but the big problem was the
TAX! Whooo-Weeee!

It was always much easier to get a Canadian model into the US. My '88
Supra came from a dealer in Toronto.

BTW, I have been to Whitby a couple times in the late 80's. I like it up
there!


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Brian

Eric Oktober wrote:
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> Hi Toyota fans: I'm looking for a 1981 Toyota Supra (5-ME)
> with automatic transmission, with a good body, good
> powertrain and good everything else. (in other words I don't
> want a crap junker). My current 81 Supra (the second one I've
> owned) is close to death (body cancer and oil guzzling) and I
> would very much like to have another 'cause I love this car.
> Supra fans can relate to this, I'm sure. I live in Canada,
> Southern Ontario, just west of Toronto in Whitby. e-mail me
> at [email]666momrath@sympatico.ca[/email] (remove the 666 to reply)[/color]