How much in my totaled mkIII worth?

[I h8 Hondas]

Words cannot describe how much I hate the fact that I have to post this. I am actually getting a bit teary-eyed. I hit a deer at about a year and a half ago with my beloved Supra and, unfortunately insurance totaled it. Being a broke college student I put it in the shed and used the insurance money to buy a Jeep (at least it still has a straight 6, right?) since it wouldn't cover fixing the Supra. So it's been sitting in the shed for a year and a half and I've come to the ugly realization that between gas and maintenance for the Jeep and paying for college I won't be able to save enough money to fix it any time soon and my dad wants it out of his shed.

So anyway, the car is a 86.5 N/A with 161k on the clock. I put all of 3000 miles on it and had just changed the oil before I hit the deer. With the exception of the deer damaged panels the body is perfectly straight, no hail damage, door dings or anything. The under coat is excellent and there is no rust on the underside of the car. All glass is good. The interior could use some work. Climate controls, console lid, and door lock covers need replaced. There are a few stains in the seats (not that kind, get your head out of the gutter, me being 6'5" makes that impossible anyway) and carpet and the driver's seat has one cigarette hole from the previous owner. The vinyl on the dash has shrunk up a bit. The headliner is perfect. It comes with a Kenwood head unit and remote (not sure what model) with an amp and a 10" Alpine subwoofer (I covered it to protect it from sun damage).

The car ran good and silky smooth except for its tendency to get warm if you had go <25mph for very long. I have a thermostat sitting on my desk that was going to be put in over that weekend had I not hit the deer. It has new shocks, brake rotors, and pads with less than 4k on them. The tires are good. The A/C won't hold a charge for more than a couple weeks.

Now for the deer damage. It pretty much took out the whole right front corner of the car. He came out of a field at full sprint and I had no time to react. I just stomped the brakes and locked them up and pushed the front end when I tried to steer to the rear. If I hadn't locked them up I would have missed him, but I hit him doing about 50-55mph. Ruined the right headlight, bumper, right front fender, the hood, and bent the radiator core support a bit (he was a big boy).

Here are some pics of her as she sits now.



The worst rust on the whole car.







Thanks in advance.

P.S. This will not be my last Supra. I WILL own another at some point. This one left too good of an impression on me even though it was far from perfect.

[pandrade]

sad to hear another supra died, but this kind of stuff happens. im not profesonal pricer( far from it) but if i saw your car in its shape i would actualy consider buying it because it looks like minor damage( the part not so much the frame i assume) i would offer maby 1.2k for it since all the important parts look like they are there and dont seem to be that banged up.

doesent seem like its not to beat up for hitting a big sized deer maby replace the quarter pannel and frame damage. how sever is it or is it that insurance marked as a total loss



good to hear that it left a good impression on you, i love my mk3's flaws it gives it character

[cre]

Is there any damage preventing it from running? All I see is a new fender, the radiator support needs straightened or a replacement welded in and new headlight. Oh yeah, and I see you mentioned the hood. What am I missing?

I've seen plenty of deer accidents... If he was big, he was a ballerina. You're lucky.

[Ranma]

Looks like minor damage to me. Would want to take apart the front before making it final. About the overheating, have you checked out the fan clutch? I had a 85 Camero and the electric fan went out producing the same results. About the A/C, well it is time to start changing o rings.

Anyhow the Supra is not "totaled" to me. A bit of work and he will be back on the road.

[I h8 Hondas]

Originally Posted by pandrade

sad to hear another supra died, but this kind of stuff happens. im not profesonal pricer( far from it) but if i saw your car in its shape i would actualy consider buying it because it looks like minor damage( the part not so much the frame i assume) i would offer maby 1.2k for it since all the important parts look like they are there and dont seem to be that banged up.

doesent seem like its not to beat up for hitting a big sized deer maby replace the quarter pannel and frame damage. how sever is it or is it that insurance marked as a total loss



good to hear that it left a good impression on you, i love my mk3's flaws it gives it character

Deal. When can you pick it up? I don't think there's any frame damage. Everything still seems to line up like it did before and I didn't notice the handling being affected.

Originally Posted by cre

Is there any damage preventing it from running? All I see is a new fender, the radiator support needs straightened or a replacement welded in and new headlight. Oh yeah, and I see you mentioned the hood. What am I missing?

I've seen plenty of deer accidents... If he was big, he was a ballerina. You're lucky.

I drove it an hour home after I hit it and nothing out of the ordinary happened. Stayed cool (at least until I got onto my gravel road and had to go slow, I had to stop and let it cool) and everything.

Originally Posted by Ranma

Looks like minor damage to me. Would want to take apart the front before making it final. About the overheating, have you checked out the fan clutch? I had a 85 Camero and the electric fan went out producing the same results. About the A/C, well it is time to start changing o rings.

Anyhow the Supra is not "totaled" to me. A bit of work and he will be back on the road.

It wouldn't have been totaled if State Farm didn't require estimating with new parts. Body shop said it was like $4000 in damage (that's buying all new parts though, stupid State Farm). Not sure how much it would be to just fix the core support. I could do the rest myself if I had enough money. Fan clutch was junk when I got it so I installed a 2500cfm electric fan and got it calibrated correctly. It helped but didn't solve the problem (I figured 2500cfm would be plenty). The A/C wouldn't be a big deal now if I could drive it. I replaced the evaporator core in my Cherokee so I'm not so afraid of tearing into A/C systems now. Nothing could be worse than getting to that stupid evap core in that Cherokee.

[Ranma]

How much do you want for him? What are all of the specs? I live oh about 400 miles from you.