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carone · 04-21-2009, 04:24 PM

MR2 1988 Supercharged

I'm going to look at this car today and I wanted to see what everyone thought about it.

The car was not a factory SC car, a JDM motor was swapped in with unknown mileage. The speedometer cable is not attached on the trans side. The car makes a squeal at start up which the owner claims is from a loose sc belt. It has some kind of lowering springs, which I could do without. It has that god awful wing on the back. He doesn’t have any of the factory parts including wheels, pulley, wing, springs, ect. The most interesting thing he said was that the interior is stripped but based on the picture it looks complete. The only thing I could confirm on the phone was that the carpet is missing.

To me $2,400 seems way too high considering that to make the car “right” it needs an SC lid, some mechanical work, and possibly an interior. I also need to see how the motor swap was done, if it was questionable install which, judging by the owners choice in wings it very well might be the car might not be worth a thing. Is there anything else I should be sure to check when I go to look at the car?

04-21-2009, 04:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
carone No Skills Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 22 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	What's this car worth? MR2 1988 Supercharged I'm going to look at this car today and I wanted to see what everyone thought about it. The car was not a factory SC car, a JDM motor was swapped in with unknown mileage. The speedometer cable is not attached on the trans side. The car makes a squeal at start up which the owner claims is from a loose sc belt. It has some kind of lowering springs, which I could do without. It has that god awful wing on the back. He doesn’t have any of the factory parts including wheels, pulley, wing, springs, ect. The most interesting thing he said was that the interior is stripped but based on the picture it looks complete. The only thing I could confirm on the phone was that the carpet is missing. To me $2,400 seems way too high considering that to make the car “right” it needs an SC lid, some mechanical work, and possibly an interior. I also need to see how the motor swap was done, if it was questionable install which, judging by the owners choice in wings it very well might be the car might not be worth a thing. Is there anything else I should be sure to check when I go to look at the car?