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Old May 24, 2012 | 09:57 AM
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Black interior is what people usually want, it would be great to have a 5 speed and black interior. Which is why I'm planning to have a 5 speed swap in the future
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Old May 24, 2012 | 03:58 PM
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It's rare right off the bat if it's a 5spd, then black interior alone is pretty rare, nakamichi audio system are all pluses
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Old May 24, 2012 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by t4l
I see the options/colors/etc... in the pdf file, but it doesn't show the number if vehicles equipped with them. Where is that at? Or am I missing something?
It's right there on the second page of the PDF towards the right center of the page, right under the performance numbers. It is labeled Total Units Produced.
If you look at 1997 for example, it shows these figures:

TOTAL UNITS PRODUCED
SC 400 - 2,261
SC 300 Manual Transmission - 120
SC 300 Automatic Transmission - 2,509
Total - 4,890

Let me know if you still don't see it.

Thanks.
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Old May 24, 2012 | 05:29 PM
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I have 94 5 speed. not a low number like OTL. I did see a hard top at the junkyard once as well as a Shiro special Z
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Old May 24, 2012 | 05:43 PM
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'97 5 spd and rsp sc300 are among the rarest. You would be hunting for quite some time if you decided to get one.
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Old May 24, 2012 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by SEXC
'97 5 spd and rsp sc300 are among the rarest. You would be hunting for quite some time if you decided to get one.
Rsp? ....
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Old May 24, 2012 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by speed6
Rsp? ....
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Old May 24, 2012 | 07:20 PM
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i have a 93' factory 5 spd sc300 so a 94' is not the earliest lol
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Old May 24, 2012 | 11:10 PM
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wouldnt they all be rare at this point...its not as if you see very many on the roads
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Old May 25, 2012 | 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by UniqSC
Go to the Lexus Knowledge Center (link below) and click on the year model you want information on. Each PDF contains invaluable info, including the number of SC300 Auto, SC300 Manual and SC400 made each year when available.

http://www.lexus.com/contact/model_s...ricing_sc.html

Thanks.
Great link. Ive never seen this! Thanks for sharing!
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Old May 25, 2012 | 01:27 AM
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I've had 3 manual SC's. The 2nd one was a 94.
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Old May 25, 2012 | 05:20 AM
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... how hard is it to do a manual swap
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Old May 25, 2012 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by BlakOnBlak
... how hard is it to do a manual swap
if you've never done it or researched it, hard.
if you've done it before, it's lust labor intensive.
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Old May 25, 2012 | 12:43 PM
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5 speed swap easy as cake if you researched it q million times like I didi
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Old May 26, 2012 | 02:14 AM
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theres only two types of SC's that are rare:

97 SC300 5MT and
VVTI SC400 5AT
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