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Chapter 1

I can't say for sure if I knew I'd be getting back into a Supra one day. I know for some time I was against having a personal pleasure vehicle. When I did begin entertaining the thought of a personal car, I really only looked into MKIV Supras. I was generally aware of other vehicles but I didn't want to go another route before I gave the Supra another go.

I began seriously watching Supras for sale in late 2008-early 2009. The only local car which really drew my interest was a 1994 Black/Black Twin-Turbo Hardtop 6-speed with just under 45k miles and zero modification except for Eibach springs. The car was being sold through Sound Performance, perhaps the most influential Supra tuner in the Midwest. I don't know for sure why I didn't hop on it when I had the chance. Maybe because it was a Black car and I'm afraid of maintaining Black finishes. I doubt it was because it was a Hardtop because that's something I find desirable. In the end, it wasn't the car for me. A 1997 Royal Sapphire Pearl/Black Twin-Turbo Targa 6-speed with just under 40k miles then became available in May '09. I've always loved the RSP color and I already had a trip to California planned -- this particular car's location.

I traveled to California as planned and scheduled a time to see and test drive the vehicle. Below are some of the pictures the seller provided to assist in the sale:


After seeing the car and deliberating for a few weeks, arrangements were made for the vehicle's sale and delivery.

Transport Pick-up pictures:


Transport Delivery pictures:


And so goes the opening chapter in the tale of my second MKIV Supra.

A Little History

OK, so now that the first post jitters are out of the way, allow me to get to work on bringing this blog up to date.

This blog is about my second MKIV Supra.

My first Supra was a 1994 Twin-Turbo Targa Automatic , Super White exterior/Tan interior vehicle. I bought the car with approximately 78K miles in 2002 and sold it in 2006 with just under 90K miles. The car was BPU+ when I purchased it and looked like this:

Just your typical BPU+ mods. Car came with the 18" Work Equips you see here. It also included a pretty rad stereo setup - motorized H/U, amps, speakers, bass tube, etc.

In time, I replaced the Work Equips with 18" Blitz Z2 wheels in the Blitz Silver finish. I also replaced the Kenwood bass tube with (2) 12" sub-woofers mounted in a custom enclosure in the trunk where the factory spare tire resides.

In its final iteration before leaving me, the car looked like this:


Ahh, the memories :) Sold the car for various reasons and was without a 'fun' vehicle for several years. All that changed recently...

Welcome!

I created this blog with the intention of documenting my ownership of this vehicle. It's been a little over a month since taking delivery at the time of my writing this. For the sake of getting things going, I will delay any write-ups and post a picture in the meantime. Enjoy!