Classic Supra parts back in production

[Elesmart]

TommoAE86 said:

Elesmart said:

Fingers crossed Toyota see the demand for this and begin to add other models to offer parts for.

This would be really great. I never found parts for my Skyline GTS-t a problem though, even got a pair of rear shocks within 3 days through the snow a couple of years ago

Yeah. for me, it's not engine parts / suspension components etc which I struggle with. It's more things like door seals / unusual interior parts / headlamp motors etc. These things almost always have to be bought second hand and you can never guarantee their quality.

[SpeckledJim]

1430 said:

BuzzBravado said:

Thats a good point. The 25 year rule has made the price of R33's shoot up, even lowly GTST's.

It's not just skylines, all 90s jap cars have massively gone up in value,

It's this. The market for restoring GTRs has leapt as the huge increase in the value of the cars now makes them economically sensible to improve and flog to Americans.

[aeropilot]

jay-kay-em said:

With the 'new blood' manufacturers on the scene being so good nowadays (Kia... Hyundai…) then heritage is one of things these old timers are leaning on more. New blood can’t buy heritage.

I’m restoring a Volvo 480 at the moment and it is so hard. When Ford bought Volvo in 2000, they absolutely decimated spare part reserves.

I can promise you Volvo will start leaning on its 80’s and 90’s classic car owners to support their events under a heritage banner, when essentially they hung us out to dry.

Rant over - and I know restorations for even older cars are tougher - it was just good to vent that

Well done Toyota…. and I hope other manufacturers follow your lead *cough* Volvo *cough*.

Yep Ford killed the 'old' Volvo.
Back in the 70's and possibly into the 80's I can remember Volvo's newspaper adds featuring their old cars proudly stating that they had full parts support for all past models to be able to keep them on the road. Volvo played on the fact that a lot of the highest mileage cars on the planet were indeed Volvo's!

[TheAngryDog]

Ford themselves could do with doing this. Many parts are NLA for cars that went out of production in the 90's and some in the 2000's. Let's not mention 80's cars.

[aeropilot]

TheAngryDog said:

Ford themselves could do with doing this.

Ford have been missing a huge trick with this for past 10+ years especially with their motorsport heritage. They could have easily licensed Escort shell reproduction for historic rallying, and lots of bits for the Lotus-Cortinas, RS Escorts, RS Capri's and RS Sierra's etc.
Ford USA have done this, so its not as if corporately they don't get it.
Baffling.

[tejr]

Billy_Whizzzz said:

Really, you have to ask why bother - with a car that wasn’t that lauded in the first place. Hardly classic.

Lots of art out there that is not appreciated in its own time tbf.

[swisstoni]

Really brilliant gesture from a big manufacturer.

I hope other makers with a popular back-catalogue take note.

[mwstewart]

TheAngryDog said:

Ford themselves could do with doing this. Many parts are NLA for cars that went out of production in the 90's and some in the 2000's. Let's not mention 80's cars.

They have. Some non-essential parts for '90's cars e.g. heat shields actually went NLA after five years. Quite shocking really!

BMW and especially Mercedes are quite good at supporting old stock.

[itcaptainslow]

matrignano said:

Is it because they can now be imported to the US and therefore there will be a (temporarily?) large market for spare parts?

So they can actually "overnight parts from Japan"...?

[TheAngryDog]

mwstewart said:

TheAngryDog said:

Ford themselves could do with doing this. Many parts are NLA for cars that went out of production in the 90's and some in the 2000's. Let's not mention 80's cars.

They have. Some non-essential parts for '90's cars e.g. heat shields actually went NLA after five years. Quite shocking really!

BMW and especially Mercedes are quite good at supporting old stock.

There is a part for the clutch on the Borg Warner T5 gear box has been unavailable for about 20 years. I tried to get this part, which is a plastic clip, but failed. It's for the clutch pivot arm.

[Matty322]

They were on display at TAS today

Nice parts but you will pay for them

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