What is a fair price to pay for a 5-speed 1994 or 1995 SC300
03-16-17, 09:59 PM
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04-01-17, 07:26 PM
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UPDATE: The red one discussed above just sold on EBAY for $12,500 which is much higher than everyone had thought.
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04-02-17, 05:15 AM
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I'm in the process of buying this 94 on ebay. I offered 11k, he countered at 12k and I accepted. I don't know why the listing says it sold for 12.5k but it doesn't really matter because it's not a real significant difference. Hopefully it all checks out, I have a pre-purchase inspection scheduled for early next week, so I'll be able to feel good about the condition.
I thought the price was on the high side but I really appreciate a car that is garage kept, and does not show a lot of age. I know that it's much less expensive to find a car in great condition than it is to find a good but weathered car and bring it to great condition. In my opinion these cars have a lot of potential, I'm probably preaching to the choir here, and even if just left alone it should be very solid and reliable. It's not an investment.
I was looking for a really nice 4-5 seater with a manual transmission. I had an IS300 which I regret selling a few years back, but I had bought a Z06 and I decided to get it paid off. Fast forward, my kids are bigger and want to go places with me so I sold the Z06 but got the car itch again. I wanted another IS but then I came across this SC300. My criteria was specifically a 5 speed, and one that had good history, and wouldn't need much or any reconditioning. I was wavering back and fourth about this SC for a few days and on Friday I thought to myself...would I pay 12k for a 94 NA supra? For me the obvious answer is yes, so I decided to try and buy it.
Hopefully it all works out and is as nice as it seems.
I thought the price was on the high side but I really appreciate a car that is garage kept, and does not show a lot of age. I know that it's much less expensive to find a car in great condition than it is to find a good but weathered car and bring it to great condition. In my opinion these cars have a lot of potential, I'm probably preaching to the choir here, and even if just left alone it should be very solid and reliable. It's not an investment.
I was looking for a really nice 4-5 seater with a manual transmission. I had an IS300 which I regret selling a few years back, but I had bought a Z06 and I decided to get it paid off. Fast forward, my kids are bigger and want to go places with me so I sold the Z06 but got the car itch again. I wanted another IS but then I came across this SC300. My criteria was specifically a 5 speed, and one that had good history, and wouldn't need much or any reconditioning. I was wavering back and fourth about this SC for a few days and on Friday I thought to myself...would I pay 12k for a 94 NA supra? For me the obvious answer is yes, so I decided to try and buy it.
Hopefully it all works out and is as nice as it seems.
04-02-17, 09:09 AM
#35
Any idea why the red 94 5spd has a 97+ trunk spoiler?
Pretty sure (99% sure) only SC400's came with a factory spoiler between 92-96, than in 97+ SC300 and SC400 came with the newer style spoiler from the factory. All SC300 older than 97 that had the flush mounted spoiler were a dealer accessory option that retained a third brake light in the rear deck of the cabin by the subwoofer and had no third brake light on the actual wing like on the OEM spoiler for SC400's.
But this car has a 97+ spoiler which definitely tells you it was added on at some point, curious why that's not disclosed in the ad for something "so original".
Pretty sure (99% sure) only SC400's came with a factory spoiler between 92-96, than in 97+ SC300 and SC400 came with the newer style spoiler from the factory. All SC300 older than 97 that had the flush mounted spoiler were a dealer accessory option that retained a third brake light in the rear deck of the cabin by the subwoofer and had no third brake light on the actual wing like on the OEM spoiler for SC400's.
But this car has a 97+ spoiler which definitely tells you it was added on at some point, curious why that's not disclosed in the ad for something "so original".
04-02-17, 02:39 PM
#37
Both are very nice examples, and easily worth $5-7k. I got my 95' 5spd Renaissance Red on Black w/145k miles from my cousin for $2500, with a flawless interior but rust on the quarters....never in an accident!
I don't plan on this being an investment like a Supra, because the SC's don't carry that kind of a reputation (even though they share 90% of the Supra parts)...the SC was never in the Fast and the Furious so it's never going to appreciate as much.
I believe the people that will pay more for the 5spds will be the engine swapping folks.
I don't plan on this being an investment like a Supra, because the SC's don't carry that kind of a reputation (even though they share 90% of the Supra parts)...the SC was never in the Fast and the Furious so it's never going to appreciate as much.
I believe the people that will pay more for the 5spds will be the engine swapping folks.
04-02-17, 02:49 PM
#38
Both are very nice examples, and easily worth $5-7k. I got my 95' 5spd Renaissance Red on Black w/145k miles from my cousin for $2500, with a flawless interior but rust on the quarters....never in an accident!
I don't plan on this being an investment like a Supra, because the SC's don't carry that kind of a reputation (even though they share 90% of the Supra parts)...the SC was never in the Fast and the Furious so it's never going to appreciate as much.
I believe the people that will pay more for the 5spds will be the engine swapping folks.
I don't plan on this being an investment like a Supra, because the SC's don't carry that kind of a reputation (even though they share 90% of the Supra parts)...the SC was never in the Fast and the Furious so it's never going to appreciate as much.
I believe the people that will pay more for the 5spds will be the engine swapping folks.
It was in Fast and the Furious.
04-02-17, 05:41 PM
#41
I'm in the process of buying this 94 on ebay. I offered 11k, he countered at 12k and I accepted. I don't know why the listing says it sold for 12.5k but it doesn't really matter because it's not a real significant difference. Hopefully it all checks out, I have a pre-purchase inspection scheduled for early next week, so I'll be able to feel good about the condition.
I thought the price was on the high side but I really appreciate a car that is garage kept, and does not show a lot of age. I know that it's much less expensive to find a car in great condition than it is to find a good but weathered car and bring it to great condition. In my opinion these cars have a lot of potential, I'm probably preaching to the choir here, and even if just left alone it should be very solid and reliable. It's not an investment.
I was looking for a really nice 4-5 seater with a manual transmission. I had an IS300 which I regret selling a few years back, but I had bought a Z06 and I decided to get it paid off. Fast forward, my kids are bigger and want to go places with me so I sold the Z06 but got the car itch again. I wanted another IS but then I came across this SC300. My criteria was specifically a 5 speed, and one that had good history, and wouldn't need much or any reconditioning. I was wavering back and fourth about this SC for a few days and on Friday I thought to myself...would I pay 12k for a 94 NA supra? For me the obvious answer is yes, so I decided to try and buy it.
Hopefully it all works out and is as nice as it seems.
I thought the price was on the high side but I really appreciate a car that is garage kept, and does not show a lot of age. I know that it's much less expensive to find a car in great condition than it is to find a good but weathered car and bring it to great condition. In my opinion these cars have a lot of potential, I'm probably preaching to the choir here, and even if just left alone it should be very solid and reliable. It's not an investment.
I was looking for a really nice 4-5 seater with a manual transmission. I had an IS300 which I regret selling a few years back, but I had bought a Z06 and I decided to get it paid off. Fast forward, my kids are bigger and want to go places with me so I sold the Z06 but got the car itch again. I wanted another IS but then I came across this SC300. My criteria was specifically a 5 speed, and one that had good history, and wouldn't need much or any reconditioning. I was wavering back and fourth about this SC for a few days and on Friday I thought to myself...would I pay 12k for a 94 NA supra? For me the obvious answer is yes, so I decided to try and buy it.
Hopefully it all works out and is as nice as it seems.
04-02-17, 06:31 PM
#42
At the end of the day, the Supra will always be a Supra....and an SC will be an SC, and not a Supra. For us SC guys, that's great because we have more of a "selection" of affordable tuner cars....for Supra guys, not so much.
Last edited by LexIS007; 04-02-17 at 06:42 PM.
04-03-17, 04:25 AM
#44
Not to mention production cut up a couple of identical looking NA's for all the driving process shots (cut up frame on trailer pulled by another vehicle with the film camera mounted on the side of the disabled car). Not every single show does it that way particularly with any very rare model but it's painful to know that this was done to any MKIV 
I didn't realize an SC was in one of those films. Nice catch!
I didn't realize an SC was in one of those films. Nice catch!
Last edited by KahnBB6; 04-03-17 at 04:29 AM.
04-03-17, 01:23 PM
#45
I'm in the process of buying this 94 on ebay. I offered 11k, he countered at 12k and I accepted. I don't know why the listing says it sold for 12.5k but it doesn't really matter because it's not a real significant difference. Hopefully it all checks out, I have a pre-purchase inspection scheduled for early next week, so I'll be able to feel good about the condition.
I thought the price was on the high side but I really appreciate a car that is garage kept, and does not show a lot of age. I know that it's much less expensive to find a car in great condition than it is to find a good but weathered car and bring it to great condition. In my opinion these cars have a lot of potential, I'm probably preaching to the choir here, and even if just left alone it should be very solid and reliable. It's not an investment.
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I thought the price was on the high side but I really appreciate a car that is garage kept, and does not show a lot of age. I know that it's much less expensive to find a car in great condition than it is to find a good but weathered car and bring it to great condition. In my opinion these cars have a lot of potential, I'm probably preaching to the choir here, and even if just left alone it should be very solid and reliable. It's not an investment.
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