19th Jul, 2025 11:00

The July 2025 Car Auction

1988 Toyota Supra 3.0i
UK registered RHD example

Estimate
£5,000 - £6,000

 Lot details

Registration: E353HJU
Chassis: JT1LBMA7000084737
Odometer: 118,000
Transmission: Manual

• Lots of paperwork
• Service book containing 22 stamps
• A very rewarding project
• Appears to be standard specification

This has to be a great opportunity to get yourself a very rewarding project that would appear to be not too difficult to do. This Supra comes from a time when Toyota was making great sports cars that had style, performance and of cause reliability, and this is the one to have.

This is a 1988 Toyota Supra that was supplied new on 14/1/1988 to a company called Harry Dalby Engineering Ltd in Leicester by Leicester Toyota. This we know through the service book which contains 22 stamps. We also have a lot of invoices and receipts, previous MOTs, a V5 and a clear HPi. A UK supplied example, this is the 3.0i version and is manual, which we think is quite a rare combination. The Supra is finished in red, arguably the best colour for one of these and very 1980s, with grey leather. Being a project it is not that bad, so nothing too much to bring it back to spec. It runs and drives, although it currently has no MOT so we have only moved around our car park. What it does need is paintwork, not because it is damaged but because it has been in storage for a while. The last MOT expired in June 2023, so it’s not been off the road for too long. The paint has some lacquer peel and fading here and there and it would probably be easier to repaint the whole car. The interior has some older damage to the bolster and the seats, so some time and money sorting the interior would transform the Supra and would be money well spent.

These 80s beauties are becoming very rare now and it’s especially nice to see one that is UK supplied and has nice paperwork with it. This is a very worthwhile project worthy of closer inspection.