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post Aug 7, 2019 - 10:41 AM
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punkxrckprincess

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@Sixgentoyota and I finally got ourselves a real GT4

After he had severe envy over our friends getting one, Jacob spent night and day and night and day and work and free time looking for a GT4. When this one came up (shout out to @enderswift on the assist) the deal could not be passed. So we hopped on the car before our importer even paid the auction bill back in June. The car got on a boat in Japan on 7-4 and docked in Tacoma, Washington July 18th. The car cleared customs in an incredible only 24 hours, and we flew out to Seattle the night of the 24th to pick it up.
We put her on a lift thanks to, again, our amazing importer (Sodo Moto if you ever want a suggestion!) and did a quick oil change, replaced the rear differential bushing, and were off for leg one of our journey home.
Seattle - Denver. Over 1,700 miles between the pit stops and the fuel ups. 1PM local time Thursday the 25th, got to our destination just after 7PM local time the 26th. Lost about 4 hours to sleep and an extra hour and a half to brief friend visit along the way. Thanks to @richee3 we were able to do a few other small 'repairs' to the car - including replace the Japanese radio and toss the fouled spark plugs so we had boost. We did some mountain driving on the 26th with their GT4, as well as two Supras on Squaw Pass southwest of the Denver area.


We left a little after 3AM local time for the last leg of our journey home- 985 miles (plus stops!) back toward Chicagoland. Rolled into our driveway just before 7PM CST the 28th.
The car held up under all the stress of over 3K miles in the span of 80 hours flawlessly. We don't know how long it sat for before we got it, but it's in excellent shape. No rust at all, clean undercarriage, minor paint fade and front fender has a little ding/crease but nothing serious.

Since we got it home we've buffed it and already taken it out for it's first play date (with @enderswift)


There will be a lot of love going into this car.

Posts in this topic
- punkxrckprincess   Project Scarlett: 94 GT4 WRC   Aug 7, 2019 - 10:41 AM
- - bloodMoney   Midwest GT4s UNITE!!!!   Aug 7, 2019 - 10:51 AM
|- - punkxrckprincess   QUOTE (bloodMoney @ Aug 7, 2019 - 10...   Aug 7, 2019 - 11:11 AM
- - richee3   Maybe nobody will notice if I join the cheering to...   Aug 7, 2019 - 12:30 PM
- - Box   Everyone be getting GT-Four now.   Aug 7, 2019 - 12:45 PM
- - TimeslideZ   QUOTE (Box @ Aug 7, 2019 - 1:45 PM) ...   Aug 7, 2019 - 1:12 PM
|- - punkxrckprincess   QUOTE (TimeslideZ @ Aug 7, 2019 - 2...   Aug 8, 2019 - 10:13 AM
- - navseal345   lOok At mE, i ToO OWn A GT-Four.   Aug 7, 2019 - 7:06 PM
- - cheela   ^that. I ain't jelly............................   Aug 7, 2019 - 9:45 PM
- - Box   RE: Project Scarlett: 94 GT4 WRC   Aug 7, 2019 - 10:12 PM
- - enderswift   QUOTE @Sixgentoyota and I finally got ourselves a ...   Aug 8, 2019 - 2:36 PM
- - narly_charley   I thought I saw a GT4! **** yeah!   Aug 9, 2019 - 7:24 AM
- - punkxrckprincess   So since our last update... Friday 8/16 we were 9...   Sep 4, 2019 - 1:34 PM
- - narly_charley   Gotta love old cars. lol Good ****.   Sep 4, 2019 - 2:19 PM
- - cheela   pics of GTFO! oh the joys of owning old as...   Sep 4, 2019 - 3:58 PM
- - navseal345   Make sure when you put the new turbo in that it ma...   Sep 4, 2019 - 6:21 PM
- - richee3   Hopefully the rebuilt turbo will help the boost is...   Sep 5, 2019 - 12:06 AM
- - bloodMoney   I still want to know what was causing the high cra...   Sep 5, 2019 - 8:34 AM
- - enderswift   My best theory is that the turbo seals on the comp...   Sep 5, 2019 - 10:42 AM
|- - bloodMoney   QUOTE (enderswift @ Sep 5, 2019 - 10...   Sep 5, 2019 - 10:59 AM
- - Bitter   I hadn't imagined boost pushing into the drain...   Sep 5, 2019 - 10:34 PM
|- - punkxrckprincess   QUOTE (Bitter @ Sep 5, 2019 - 10:34 ...   Sep 6, 2019 - 6:18 AM
- - enderswift   Damn thats a good check. It would be interesting t...   Sep 6, 2019 - 12:30 AM
- - Bitter   I thought I explained it fairly well. Just google ...   Sep 6, 2019 - 7:45 AM
|- - punkxrckprincess   QUOTE (Bitter @ Sep 6, 2019 - 8:45 A...   Sep 6, 2019 - 10:46 AM
- - Bitter   I understand, but it's not that weird of a car...   Sep 6, 2019 - 1:22 PM
- - jim7564   why dont you simply disconnect the vacumn hose to ...   Sep 11, 2019 - 3:22 AM
- - Bitter   This threads needs an update, with pictures.   Feb 22, 2020 - 8:30 AM
|- - narly_charley   QUOTE (Bitter @ Feb 22, 2020 - 8:30 ...   Feb 24, 2020 - 9:20 AM
- - punkxrckprincess   Long time no update We (mostly Jake, though I did...   Jun 1, 2022 - 4:04 PM
- - Bitter   Pictures are 2 years over due. I can't even re...   Jun 1, 2022 - 10:39 PM


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