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***BLUEMEANIE*** · 06-03-2004, 12:50 AM

she's champigne and has a stick.
...I'll let you guys know in a few weeks

***EKam*** · 06-03-2004, 12:55 AM

w00t!

***CDNVITZ*** · 06-03-2004, 01:17 AM

Oh kwel..... pics pics!!

***BLUEMEANIE*** · 06-03-2004, 10:15 AM

1983 Cressida

dunno tho... I also found a '93 gen3 v6 5spd for $2000usd but the guy was totally shady when I spoke to him on the phone.

and the coupe was a flop. I asked if it was a 5spd and the lady was like yeah, so I went out (an hour out) to look at it and it was an auto but she insisted it was a 5spd auto

Still not sure if I'll even get a car for a while.

***Chris Corolla S*** · 06-03-2004, 11:05 AM

Dude that car is a great project car!
7mge RWD 5 speed

Sounds like it is up to snuff with maintenance.
Of course we would never forgive you if you bought it and DIDN'T swap a 7M-GTE in there

Seems like more of a project car than a daily driver though. I mean it would be reliable enough I supose but not like a Gen3 v6 cam. It gets worse mileage and is probably slower.
But with a swap it would be sleeping monster

***Ratko*** · 06-03-2004, 11:35 AM

Congrats! I don't see a problem having a Cressida forum if it's justified.. meaning someone is willing to dig up all the Cressida threads of all time and populate it initially.

***BLUEMEANIE*** · 06-03-2004, 12:50 PM

It snot a 7M-GE... its either a sohc 5M-E or a dohc 5M-GE there was a switch sometime in or around either Oct or Aug of 83 for the 84 and onto the 85-88 models. The 89-92 got the 7M-GE but they never came in a manual.

But the swap gods have sent me a chassis that will successfully hold a 1UZ-FE (link)...but thats WAAAYYYY into the future right now I just need to get to work in the mornings.

[edit] ...or a 2JZ-GTE

***Ratko*** · 06-03-2004, 12:54 PM

you will be a JDM-p.i.m.p. if you do you're cressida right

I personally love that gold'ish color.

Deep · 06-03-2004, 10:32 PM

Oldskool

but 192 miles.... I dunno man.

***Chris Corolla S*** · 06-04-2004, 11:10 AM

That's a lot of miles but it's had the seals done, you'd just have to check it out really well, do a compression test and the like.

***BLUEMEANIE*** · 06-04-2004, 12:01 PM

dunno... my first Camry was an 85 gen1 and she lasted +331000mi

***Chris Corolla S*** · 06-04-2004, 12:32 PM

My first camry was an 84

90 HP at the fly 4 speed o/d A/T... Hatch back

Check this one out eric:
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/t39817.html
It's perfect for you...
wait is 92 gen2? I didn't think they had the SE trim for Gen2s...?

***BLUEMEANIE*** · 06-04-2004, 01:12 PM

Gen3 92-96

I thought about it but he's asking $3100

...and with a mismatched fender... I've found a couple clean granny owned gen3.5 SEV6's for +/-$2500 with less miles and no admited "tweaking"

***Chris Corolla S*** · 06-04-2004, 01:45 PM

yeah but with a 5-speed? You hardly ever see 5-speed Camrys.
I've only seen one in real life.

Well two if you count the 84 I saw that was exactly like mine but had the turbo diesel and 5-speed. Now that's rare.

***BLUEMEANIE*** · 06-09-2004, 01:23 AM

Speaking of rare... I just found out that the Cressida has the dohc 2.8l 5M-GE i6 w/the 5spd and its an 83! I'm driving to Nashville asap to look at it.

btw Chris, both my 85 and my 95 Camry's were 5spd ...so's my dad's gen4.5 and I founs a gen4 LEV6 5spd on the dealer lot the other day