Cost effective? Need some major advice here!

[Devoted2Supra]

I'd first like to say hello! I'm new to the forums. Been researching a lot through this forum as well as many others. I live in Easton, Pennsylvania and can't find an MKIII to save my life! I would prefer it to be manual, turbo doesn't matter as I'll add that in later anyway or upgrade it.

What is a problem though is the distance between the ones that I eventually do find. Finally after much searching I came upon this one (link provided) http://allentown.craigslist.org/cto/1054362065.html

It's in my area and looks decent enough. I'll be totally fixing this bad boy up (hopefully). What I need to know is for the cost of the car and what needs to be done transmission wise would it be cost effective? I've also seen a shabby (not in depth detail) post about how to swap auto for manual and wanted to know if anyone had a detailed list of parts needed for this swap/model/make and a guess at a price for it all. I would hopefully be doing this myself but need to know what exact tools I would need or if it would be better to take it somewhere else to get it done. Perhaps there is someone on the forums that lives close that would like to help on this project? That would be great!

Now for the fun. It needs a new transmission which I would have upgraded/repaired to my liking anyway. Roughly how much would it cost for this model? Also I would want to do a swap out from auto to manual and would need a cost estimate on that as well. I'm guessing around $1,000 for the swap?

Basically from what I have researched about this make and model hasn't led me to these answers or I wouldn't be asking. Sorry! But if someone could tell me what all would be needed for the swap and if this would be more cost effective for the price of the car and what needs to be done I would be more than greatful for it! Thanks in advance and hope to hear from some of you guys soon!

It'll be nice meeting other Supra freaks!

-Dave