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·Hey guys. New to the Supra forums. Just to introduce myself, I'm 16 and I have an '82 P-Type. My first car. Got it from my uncle for $500 and with the help of my dad, fixed it up. So far we have about $2,300, and most of that was just fixing up the body. Just as a disclaimer, I did NOT get this car because of F&F. In fact, I don't even like the movie. I got my car before the movie even came out!! I just wanted to let you know becuase I don't want peole to think I'm just some 16 y/o punk that can't afford an MKIV so he settled for an MK2! 
With that over, heres what she used to look like:
(the bad side)
(the better side)
As you can see, it wasn't much at first. In fact, it was pretty horrible. You'd come back from a drive smelling like exaust fumes and your eyes would burn! Most of it was comming through, believe it or not, the drivers side door. It was rusted so bad it was practically in two pieces, held together only by the top So a trip to the junkyard fixed it pretty simple. The door is from an '85 l-type and had a tinted window, so my dad and I figured we'd take the guts out of our '82 and just put it in the shell of the '85. Worked great. Here's a pic of it:
(old door)
(new door installed)
We actually replaced the tail-lights before the door because the lenses were broken and it looked kinda bad (the pic doesn't show it all). Got both for $80 from the junkyard... I realize they are from an '83 but they didn't have an '82 tail-lights and being my first car, I wasn't too worried about restoring it or anything.
(before)
(after)
Since then we've fixed a couple mechanical issues (breaks, slave cylinder for the clutch, rack + power steering pump) but it's been a good car. My dad had a friend of his work on the body cause there was (as expected with a 19 year old car) tons of rust. As you guys know, the hatch was horrible, there was a good deal of rust behind the drivers side rear-wheel (see pic | zoomed in) and there was a little below the gas-tank... ..and well a little every where.
I sadly, don't have pictures of it with the paint stripped w/bondo on my computer. I'll have to get 'em scanned one of these days. But it finally turned into a decent car, to say the least. Here she is right after the new paintjob/body work:
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Here are some misc pictures of how it lookd after the work if you're interested:
-hatch
-rear side
-radio mess
-front
-clean rims (or as clean as they have ever been since I've had it. Spent 5 hours one day cleanin' all the break dust off and finally said "Fuck it, this is as good as it's gonna get"
-she ain't perfect
-inside
-engine bay
I don't really have any future plans for this car, cause in a couple years it'll start lookin' pretty crappy again. I'm sure I'll see the rust start to show through in about a year or so. But hey, for $2,300 it beats anything else in that price range in my school parkin' lot Heck, it'll beat a lot of more expensive cars--once I learn to drive it a bit better....
I hope to one day find a gem and put the MK3 engine in it, that would be pretty badass. But that is definitly down the road. I hope to get involved in SCCA sometime soon. Before my uncle sold it to me, thats what it was used for. I dont know much about cars (though I'm learning) but it has very stiff suspension which accounts for really nice handling and it also has a K&N cold air intake. Probably nothin' else major cause from what I know there are "areas" in SCCA, stock, modified, etc. and this guy probably ran it "stock"
Sorry for the novel, but I know some of you guys are really interested in this stuff and I know I am. I love readin' about other people supras and was glad to find this site. Nice to see a place were the few MK2 supra owners can get together. We're flooded with MK3/4 sites, but not too many MK2 ones.
With that over, heres what she used to look like:(the bad side)
(the better side)
As you can see, it wasn't much at first. In fact, it was pretty horrible. You'd come back from a drive smelling like exaust fumes and your eyes would burn! Most of it was comming through, believe it or not, the drivers side door. It was rusted so bad it was practically in two pieces, held together only by the top
So a trip to the junkyard fixed it pretty simple. The door is from an '85 l-type and had a tinted window, so my dad and I figured we'd take the guts out of our '82 and just put it in the shell of the '85. Worked great. Here's a pic of it:(old door)
(new door installed)
We actually replaced the tail-lights before the door because the lenses were broken and it looked kinda bad (the pic doesn't show it all). Got both for $80 from the junkyard... I realize they are from an '83 but they didn't have an '82 tail-lights and being my first car, I wasn't too worried about restoring it or anything.
(before)
(after)
Since then we've fixed a couple mechanical issues (breaks, slave cylinder for the clutch, rack + power steering pump) but it's been a good car. My dad had a friend of his work on the body cause there was (as expected with a 19 year old car) tons of rust. As you guys know, the hatch was horrible, there was a good deal of rust behind the drivers side rear-wheel (see pic | zoomed in) and there was a little below the gas-tank... ..and well a little every where.
I sadly, don't have pictures of it with the paint stripped w/bondo
on my computer. I'll have to get 'em scanned one of these days. But it finally turned into a decent car, to say the least. Here she is right after the new paintjob/body work:
Here are some misc pictures of how it lookd after the work if you're interested:
-hatch
-rear side
-radio mess
-front
-clean rims (or as clean as they have ever been since I've had it. Spent 5 hours one day cleanin' all the break dust off and finally said "Fuck it, this is as good as it's gonna get"
-she ain't perfect
-inside
-engine bay
I don't really have any future plans for this car, cause in a couple years it'll start lookin' pretty crappy again. I'm sure I'll see the rust start to show through in about a year or so. But hey, for $2,300 it beats anything else in that price range in my school parkin' lot
Heck, it'll beat a lot of more expensive cars--once I learn to drive it a bit better....I hope to one day find a gem and put the MK3 engine in it, that would be pretty badass. But that is definitly down the road. I hope to get involved in SCCA sometime soon. Before my uncle sold it to me, thats what it was used for. I dont know much about cars (though I'm learning) but it has very stiff suspension which accounts for really nice handling and it also has a K&N cold air intake. Probably nothin' else major cause from what I know there are "areas" in SCCA, stock, modified, etc. and this guy probably ran it "stock"
Sorry for the novel, but I know some of you guys are really interested in this stuff and I know I am. I love readin' about other people supras and was glad to find this site. Nice to see a place were the few MK2 supra owners can get together. We're flooded with MK3/4 sites, but not too many MK2 ones.
