I Just Got A WORTHLESS Toyota Supra For FREE...And It's WORSE Than You Can Imagine

The reason for the cut out is that Japanese rear plates must be bolted to a non removable part of the car, then have a seal placed on one of the bolts. That applies to all white number plate passenger cars……reason seem to be so that people can’t swap or steal plates, road tolls and taxes here are horrendous.

That last shot at the end... I felt that haha

So stoked for this! Always brings joy to my heart to see these neglected Supras getting a new lease on life. Let's fix all of them!!

The remote control was the thing back in the 90s. I had one for my Alpine/JP stereo system. Instead of leaning forward to hit the button, you had a remote typically left in the cup holder that can do everything the buttons did on the unit. Kinda of a safety feature when you didn't want to take your eyes off the road. The remote I had consisted of six buttons. Disc change, skip forward and reverse, volume, and a power off.

I'm honestly impressed with the amount of questionable/awful modifications. It's really kind of incredible.

It's always funny to see the 3000gt getting better storage care than most of the other cars

I definitely like these types of videos best. Love seeing cars being put back onto the road.

10:30 it's common for sound systems of the period to have a remote, since most high end ones had a monitor to display video and everything, the remote was so your passengers could control it on long road trips.

Am I the only one that was very nervous when Freddy had his head inside the back hatch with that super sketchy prop? Especially when he talked about how heavy it was?

This will be the most expensive free thing you have ever gotten.

Outstanding Vlog !! Mr Tavarish & Team .............. Bless

You got a steal my friend. What I'd give to have a Supra. I fell in love with car, as everyone else probably did watching FnF.
Good luck on the build broski, definitely gonna keep and eye out for more content on this.

I like to imagine each of those switches to the left of the shifter deactivates a cylinder, cause why not

All 93-96.5 JDM Supra’s had vinyl/pleather rear seats. Very few got factory leather upfront so the mismatched front/rear is pretty standard.

I’ve had a couple modified 4x4’s. The remote is nice when driving off road or on bumpy roads because the radio is bouncing and bucking around when you’re trying to change the thing…. It beats having to stop or slow down. I doubt that’s what the engineers intended it for, but works nice.

Best use I found for a remote control on stereo head is in a lifted truck, or a slammed car. When the vehicle is bouncing all over, it is hard to push small fine buttons on the dash.

I’m hesitant to be as excited as I should be for this project bc this is such a huge dream car build and I’m not sure we will ever see it cross the finished line.

The reason behind the remote is for passengers to control without having to reach across the center console ‘for safety reasons’. Volvo used to do this with Built in Nav back in the early-mid 2k

exterior wise, it looks pretty great, apart from the dust, the choice for the body parts is great

Remote control is used for outside of the car
Outside with your buds drinking beer with the speakers on
Control the radio from outside
Or backseat can

Mileage is one thing in Japan, but a significant concern is engine run time. Because there is a lot of traffic and you can spend hours just slowly moving through traffic. So some cars that don't seem to have that many miles on them, have double the engine run time the mileage would suggest.

Always heard that the 7M in the mk3 sounded like a WRX when you cyl 6 was out. Getting strong Subaru vibes from that

10:22 is so true. The remote for my touch screen stereo has been in the glovebox since day 1

The Switch near the ignition is for a locking up sound whenever u use the remote control

The reason is that Japanese rear reg plates are permanently attached to the car via a tamper-proof seal on one of the bolts. Most JDM cars have the plate mounted to the bumper....

@14:25 this is hilarious!!! My imported supra had the same Panasonic navigation startup! I'm absolutely excited to see how this pans out. I'm located in Tampa if you ever need to compare this to a clean JDM imported supra!

side note for anyone interested, I had a 2JZ VVTI that was a JDM motor. Car would take forever to start (like Tavarish) and after a few minutes of priming, it would start. Ended up being an issue with the twins, switch to a single and BOOM started right up.

One trick, to get used to JDM wiper/indicator arrangement is to put your left hand on the gearstick while engaging the blinkers. Thus you need to use your right hand for that.

A car that I wished I had never sold. Had her before F&F came out. So many memories, but unfortunately life got in the way.

I love this car. Greatest overkill of non essential gauges ever. I can’t wait to see it corrected 😃

Around 10:25. Remotes for stereo head units are usually for sound competitions. At a certain decibel level you’re no longer allowed to stay in the car during the “run”

Also holes are factory in rear bumpers to reduce drag and increase airflow if not it's like a giant sail attached to the back of your vehicle

Store Clerk: How many gauges would you like?
Previous owner of this Supra: *Yes*

@tavarish I know it’s tough to get parts (long wait times, parts show up broken, etc.) but I feel like the channel just introduces projects then doesn’t film/ release the follow ups for months or years. I like the build along style of the Merci or Mclaren, etc. if it’s not possible due to sema contracts, or whatever (where you can’t reveal the finished product until the show, that’s fine, just tell us that in the video when you announce the project. I love the content, just curious about current builds and not constant new projects.

The remote control, for the radio is important.
When changing the song at 100mph

In Japan there is special tamperproof heard where that hold the licence plates off and when the plate is mounted to the body in the rear there is generally a 10mm bolt that you undoubtedly flip the plate up and slide the bumper off over it

Well it is Florida after all... You found the most famous civic and heaps of other terribly neglected cars... What's happening with Hoovie's R8?

Well being in the UK I'm usually sleeping at this and with us getting actually good weather for once I'm still awake cause it's warm so this is something getting to watch a Tavarish upload within and hour of upload 👌😂😂

Yo Tavarish. Man I've been following your channel since you only had 20k subs. Great to see you crushing it bro.

the box under dash is a ETC box, yes it works like ez pass here in USA. They are very rare as most people remove them before selling the car, they sell for a Few hundred bucks in working order. Also those AVS wheels are amazing. Get them fixed up. and they will look amazing.

Oh the joy of a new project. I can't imagine the taste of consternation mixed with anticipation but Im sure its needs a stiff chaser. Good luck. Will watch every episode!

The rear wing blade is kevlar and would have been expensive when new, its likely original Veilside.
The brand new steering wheel/cheap gauges and N/A engine/screwed clutch would have been because all the fancy parts were removed before it was sold.
Switch is for the rear fog light.

Radio remotes were a great tool for audio competitors in the 90s still are today but alot of folks now just extend their radios on long pigtails to outside the car cuz the levels of vibrations today's comp systems put off can mess with radios. Prs80s by pioneer are notorious for not liking bass levels in the 155dbs or highers at about 30 to 32hz or lower unless on an "enteral headunit" set up.

Remotes for decks were used for rear passengers, when you're outside the car but playing music and want control, for front passenger if interior is cockpit style (angled away from them).

All the switches work tavarish! The first one is a smoke screen the second one is a oil slick the third one is a night version monitor and the forth one is a ejection seat! Geez Tavarish get it right next time! I feel like I’m taking crazy pills when you misdiagnose switches! Lol 😂 lol haha 😂

Supercool and entertaining to see you bring back cars that was at the brink of death. Like the Mclaren that most said that couldnt be fixed and you and Jared brought it back and made it even better.
Cant wait to see what will happen with the beaten up Supra :D
Used to dream about having one of these back in the 90's, just couldnt afford one then :P
had a Honda Civic CRX, 1986 year model, 125 bhp engine, was tons of fun (felt like it was super fast, but it wasnt :p), wanted the newer one 150/160 bhp with the VTec engine, again, couldnt afford one back then :(

My Japanese (RHD) Imported (to Australia) Black 1993 (Series 1) MKIV Supra had an insert in the rear bumper covering some of that hole (not all of it though). The horizontal fins in the insert sat either side of the license plate when fitted. I would think that your 94 would also be series 1 as well. Mine was also 5 speed manual (SZ not the Twin Turbo RZ) with the cloth front seats, leather rear seats, no airbags (Tri spoke steering wheel and double glovebox) and a factory LSD (Rare I was told). It also had orange side indicators that I changed to clear (like yours). I removed the ashtray in the centre console and used that hole as my cup holder (Yes they're essential). I had it for 6 or 7 years before I was T-Boned in it. Unfortunately it never drove the same after the repairs so I sold it. I'd love another one but they're way too expensive now. I look forward to seeing how you go with yours. Brings back so many memories. Good luck! :)

FYI the "easy pass" machine located on the side is a highway toll payment system (called an ETC). In Japan highways aren't free, so you insert your highway card into the slot and it automatically pays without you having to stop to pay manually.
The Japanese lady's voice when you turned on the car is telling you the card isn't inserted.

Sounds like it's running on 3cyl... AVS wheels were 👌 for the day... Love the rear lights. Lots of potential.

The engine sound reminds me of some of those Japanese fishing boats on it's last leg. :D
Also I wouldn't mind seeing those white rims cleaned up and put on your white supra just to see how it looks.

I have those same wheels in my garage, Stillen AVS wheels, theyre quite light weight so I used them as my auto cross wheels for a 300zx tt I had years back. Still has good Kumho MXs on them, but no one wants them. Super duper cheap too, $500CAN is a steal for expired awesome rubber and oldschool name brand wheels.
I used to change my wheels at 5am before autocross every week, and change them back to Monza Autostradas with Falken 512s on them, after the day of autocross.

passenger side air bags didn't become required till 98. As for the remote for the radio. its was common on flip out radios of the day. They didn't have steering wheel controls, or touch screens yet. at its was the early 2000s.

Is it worse than Brians Supra from the movie?
they had to put about 15 grand in it or more if they had to overnight parts from Japan.

I'm still waiting for the day that Esprit finally gets shown off. I want to see it on more than just the stand!

The remotes for radios are for when ur at car meet and ur a bit from ur vehicle and wanna turn your music up alot of guys would keep em in thier shirt pockets look cool flippin it out amd turnin up or changing ur radio

The reason the radio has a remote is for when ur outside of the car and playing music and want to skip a song or turn the volume up or down. For example if u and the boys r playing some ball and want some music while ur playing.

You should definitely keep the rear wing. Early 2000s vibes😂😂

This would have been perfect for a future Car Trek! "The worst you can buy" When he said it was going to a "special Home" I thought maybe sold to Hoovie. "I bought the cheapest Supra in the U.S!"

Love your channel keep up the good work bro❤

The remote control is if you want a passenger or someone in the rear to DJ or if you're parked and listening to music outside the car you can change the radio controls from outside the vehicle

Looking forward to seeing the color and the build!

The Leather rear seats are oem and only the s2 supras had the cloth rear seats.

honestly now that i've seen the whole thing, i love all of it if only it would've all been in good condition. especially the interior and veilside wing. i'd paint it a really flashy color and chrome the VS5's, and make it as tuners in the 90's would.

@Tavarish
The point of a remote for the radio is to control it, while standing outside the car, at things like car shows.

“11 seconds ago” 💀

It's a little (really) rough, but you can't not like a supra, especially a mk4. Really looking forward to seeing the build and the finished product.

I'm really excited for this build. You got me back Tavarish.

I love those whote advan wheels, i had them on my r32gtr, you buy how u ised to build them before Jared showed you the error of your ways.
Now get it rebuilt forged & boosted to a happy 550bhp and let a fan buy it

The remote control is so you can use the radio while you're in the back seat. 😏

Look, considering there are more than likely NOT "running-and-driving" AT ALL MkIVs asking $20k out there, this isn't bad.

In Europe we use to party in the parking after the discos shut down. The sound systems back then in some cars were crazy, The remote control was useful to control from the outside, I imagine same thing in Japan.

10:29
When your car's audio system is loud enough and high quality, you need a remote to be able to play music from outside your car like at a carmeet or a car audio competition (they are real things) without hurting your ears by being in the car.

There is no bad FREE Supras brother. Good luck with the project

Well at least the starter works well. It's always fun to see you get involved with terrible cars. It makes the rest of us feel like we've made much better choices in buying the vehicles that we did.

NA 2JZ can make probably 350-380kw on e85 once turbo and supporting mods.

seems like a perfect time to do a twin turbo 6g75 build... or even an all motor 6g75 tuned for some spicy fuel.

I remember at one point, this guy said the white Supra is going to go to one of the viewers....
Will this one be the same? We shall see 👀

I can not understand how on earth how this cars pass the Japanese version of MOT/inspections - in Japan you can fail an inspection just by having none shiny paint work

the gps screen isn't that someone damaged it or keyed it, its a common failure with LCDs where the polarization filter starts to break down. if you touch it, might be sticky even. That unit likely is really old and been sitting in some heat for a long time.

The remote for the stereo is for when you install the real speakers and it is almost painful to be in the car when the volume is up. For competition you can stand outside of your car and still control the stereo. I installed a system into a hatchback Civic and when you turned up the stereo it became hard to breath in the car! And the damage to my ears was probably also not good, so with the remote we could control it outside the car

ill be honest. ive bought worse cars and been over the moon. Most of the bad bits are removable. fact is. its a Supra, rough or not, its worth atleast 20k even in that state right now.

This car needs a complete rebuild, but if the bones are good it's worth it, I think you should make it a channel project car and convert it to a left hand steering car. It's doesn't need to have a bunch of horse power in the end, but it would be really interesting to see a left hand drive conversion.

The card slot nearby the pedals is for the ETC card. it allow to access the paid highway without need to stop for a ticket (yes I know, american people often miss that in many country you need to pay the highway). So, you sign a contract, get a ETC card, slot in, and then you can properly roam for the tokyo highway.
Edit: the "female robot" told you that there is no card slotted in.

I think the remote isn't necessarily for cars. There's lots of other places that will use a car head unit. For example boats while yes there's marine head units but they're kinda garbage 90% of the time and depending on the type of boat you can use a nice car head unit. I've also seen people use them in their garage for music or even the interior of their house. And obviously there's RVs where you really wouldn't have a dedicated stereo receiver for music you'd just use the head unit in the dash.

Dang, wish I had a free car. Haha, my mom was a single parent and I've always worked for my cars and older motorcycles . Hopeful to see this restored of fixed up properly!

I have been watching you for years and really enjoy your videos but lately your videos have been a lot of talking and chatting about things way to much about nonsense and not a lot of building it better it’s a shame because your builds are great to watch please don’t take this as bad I think it’s time to build some thing ☺️

Valvoline fully synthetic gear oil with limited slip additive included is one of my favorites at a great price, as is Valvoline full synthetic High Mileage oil with 'MaxLife Technology'. The MaxLife quiets down my three noisy lifters completely and makes the engine smoother on the highway, like a toughened, slippery barrier is jammed between all metal to metal points. (It did make the engine a bit harder to start I must warn)

I worked for a Japanese company and I was always told that the Japanese companies were all cutting edge technology. The company I worked for didn't even allow computers onsite until like 2000. I had to do a lot of Health and Safety reports to OSHA and the last reports were typed on an IBM Selectric. (That is a typewriter)! They were not high tech
at all.

Once it’s a Supra it’s a HUGE win especially for free 😩

The little box next to your left leg is the ETC card machine. It’s used to pay highway tolls

The plate is cut out because the license plate mounts to the chassis in Japan. So that way they can take the bumper off without removing the plate.
Super strict laws about plates staying on the vehicle at all times

The og owner out here just watching you roast their old car lol

The quick release bumper is instant added lightness. The Esprit(s) would approve.

Ever tried to operate your radio on a bumpy road? That's where your remote comes in handy. And a remote is easier to operate without looking away from the road.

Right hand drive...NICE! I would love a right hand drive car.
I wonder if any of the early 2000s Volvo S40s were made like that.
I would LOVE one if any are out there!

This bodykit actually looks sweet. If he goes OEM look with this, its a waste.

Jeez, for free? I wouldn't care what condition a Supra was in if it was for free x_x I've dreamt of owning that car even before Fast and Furious made it popular. 23+ years now

That gadget you put the card in is for ETC (electronic toll collection) for highway toll gates. The one voice in Japanese said you don't have an ETC card in the machine.

That black box in the foot well is for Toll Roads in Japan

I can’t believe you got it for free !