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  1. WesPatt

    Strange things found while working on Supras.

    When me and my friend were restoring my 89 mk3 we found a 9mm bullet, and a pen, with "Federal Bureau of Investigations" on the side of it, in the passenger door. O_o I think it was pretty definitive what the first owner of the car did for a living... lol
  2. WesPatt

    Getting the car Painted.

    Yeah that's my Red/black Car. If you decide to shave the trim off, don't just slap bondo in, it'll crack within a month. I had to weld strips of steel into the trim groove, then bondo over that. When you put roughly more than 1/4 inch of bondo in one spot you seriously risk it cracking or...
  3. WesPatt

    Low/Sporadic Oil Pressure and Clicking/Tapping/Knocking

    I just saw/heard the vid in this thread, and It sounds exactly like my 7m NA does. It's been running for a year now, no problems. It's never gotten worse, so I believe it's mostly benign. Everyone I talk to that knows engines say it's a valve tick, which can get worse with time. so maybe I'm...
  4. WesPatt

    Project Cracker - Update #2 - No 56K

    Whats the oil pressure guage at? I have a 7m-ge currently, and mine runs fine, but oil pressure always seems low too. Just curious if all 7m NA's are like that.
  5. WesPatt

    ***The Two-Tone Supras Thread***

    My 89 mk3, 3 weeks of hard work. had a distant cousin paint it. I shaved most of the trim off. Welding and bondo work, the whole shin dig. I hand laid the pin stripe too, and hand painted the Supra badge on the back trim. Only has 7m-ge, but it gets me around, working on rebuilding a 2jz-ge...
  6. WesPatt

    Bout damn time I got on Supramania...

    Anyway, I'm Wes, from TN, friends with SupraMario here. I have a Mk3 89 Supra, with a 7m-ge. Nothing special, except the paint job. I spent about 3 weeks of body work and painting on it. It has a Red (bottom)/ Black (top) two tone paint job. I'm slowly getting money to work on the car. starting...