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It might just come down to that! Ok, thanks. What about the alcantara material choice? Is that off-putting?

Haha, that's precisely the response I'm looking for! Thanks, opinion noted!

Good points. I'd love to see a side by side comparison of the signal on an O-scope. Seems like that would need to be done during development of this sort of product. I can also picture the magnets flying at redline RPMs. Throw in a violent jostle from a bump in the road/track and you might have...

Hey all, I need some opinions. I'm normally not one to care that my styling choices match the crowd, but this car will end up being a showcase of sorts, should my plans come to fruition. Stay tuned for that in a year or two. ;) Anyways, I'm having my 91 Metallic Blue Exterior car steering...

Great to see new product development for the MK3 and 7M!

I saw this on reddit a little while ago and never got around to posting it. It's incredible. The exhaust manifolds are amazing. I'd hang them on my living room wall if my wife let me. What an awesome and inspiring project. The bodywork, frame, crankcase, crank, everything is one-off. From...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjVemFRyVS8 Part 8! Exterior Overview. I'm going to try to get the exterior completed first. Here's my rationale: 1. Exterior in perfect or near perfect shape adds more sell-able value to the car in case I don't finish this project. Sad thought, but pragmatic...

Which one are you looking at?! I show the closest as COTA and that's still 15 hours for me. :(

$61,600, 119 bids and no sale - reserve not met. I guess we'll see it go across the block at Barrett Jackson! Wish I lived there still to attend. I could have walked to the shuttle parking lot from my old work... I feel like there's a good chance it'll hit the block in a couple weeks and flop...

I think it's been undervalued for the last 10 years and may be for another few. We've already gone past the low point, it's just a question of how quickly values will rise. Tough to say how much of this sort of rare car value will trickle into the general, well maintained population. I think the...

Awesome link, thank you! That's wonderful to see that many rubber parts available for chassis that old.

I'd bump that figure to 95-99%, but I guess it depends on your threshold for what's clean. For restoration, I'm thinking the only things that are really not refurbish-able are the rubber seals for the interior. Even then... I'm sure with a bit of an investment (~$10k per piece) you could have a...

I completely agree and just as stumped as you. I suspect this is it, though I think it's a bad premise. Once you've got the car, I think you would want values to skyrocket. It's not like the maintenance items are going to get more expensive, or that your insurance will spike. Nobody benefits...

I always thought the asking price was stupid high on that Canada one. After seeing this recent ebay listing though... turns out it wasn't/isn't so stupid. After all, that is probably the only one of its kind. 3k miles is impressive, but 92km or whatever that Canada one has is an entirely...

Well, Hagerty hasn't had many #1 vehicles to base the market on, I bet. This is probably the single best preserved mk3 we've seen up for sale in recent years, is it not? There have been some really low miles cars and some very well maintained, but never this mint and never this few miles. When...

Awesome! I'm torn between wishing it sells for $30k+ on ebay and wishing it doesn't sell so I can see it roll across the block at Barrett Jackson.

Thing is though, on your average MK3 up for sale, even some nice ones, they're going to have the following just as dry-rotted and worn out. Likely far worse than a stored car, I'd wager: Subframe bushings Suspension bushings Ball joint boots steering rack bellows (except the rack wont be...

This is a cool project if nothing else, just as an engineering exercise. So as a preface, I'm all for the experiment. My question, though, is if there is any evidence to suggest this short runner vs long runner difference has any impact in a boosted application. We know it has a distinct...

If you want a car to work on, the mk3 is hard to beat. Lots of potential and tons of work. If you want a car to just drive there are probably more options than we have time to discuss, haha.

I can very much relate. I just spent a grand on a bumper for the Cruiser. I won a base rear bumper at an event and paid an extra $1000 or so to outfit it right. That could have been enough to jump start the engine build on the Supra, or buy a Kaminari wing and a lip. Time sink aside, though, I...