Vehicle Description
1992 Lexus SC300 Restomod Street legal ?sleeper? built
professionally built by a Lexus tech for drag racing Chevy 408cid
small block V8 engine with AFR 195cc SBC Eliminator Street Heads
Balanced Scat rotating assembly, .7 rods, hypereutectic pistons
Holley 750 carburetor, Edelbrock air gap intake TCI Turbo 350
three-speed automatic transmission, TCI 3600 and B&M trick
shift shifter Torque converter, Ford 8.8 rear end with 4.10 posi
traction 4 link rear suspension and QA1 rear adjustable shocks with
150 pound springs Nitto NT 555R drag radials 275/60R15 Garnet Pearl
exterior and black interior Recaro seats, Autometer gauges, EZ wire
harness for street with all lights Power rack-and-pinion steering,
power four-wheel disc brakes, power windows, power locks, power
sideview mirrors and power seats with driver?s memory feature and a
sunroof Fuel cell and battery located in rear First year for the
SC300 model in 1992 If you?ve ever wondered what it would be like
to have a true street ?sleeper? with a powerful GM 408 V-8 engine
but with the seductive lines of a Lexus SC300 wrapped around it,
wonder no more. MotoeXotica Classic Cars is pleased to present
"Dis-Lexus!" A 1992 Lexus SC300 Restomod. This sleeper Lexus has
been personally owned and built from a good local friend of ours.
He has been a professional Lexus Technician since the brand started
in the US and this has been his ?Lexus? with a dirty little secret
under the hood! Made in April 1992 at Toyota?s Motomachi assembly
plant in Aichi, Japan, this grand tourer was converted at some
point into the Restomod you see here. It was originally delivered
on June 15, 1992. Finished in Garnet Pearl, (code 3K3) the paint
and trim are in good, original order with some delamination of the
clearcoat present, especially on the nose and sideview mirrors. The
car?s bodywork is otherwise solid and straight. The engine bay is
extremely tidy and the cargo area is in good, original order. The
car?s body-colored bumpers are in good, original shape, mirroring
the rest of the paint condition. In front, there are BFGoodrich
Touring T/A radials, size 205/70R15 in front and Nitto Drage NT
radials 275/60R15 in back. Each tire is wrapped around original,
factory lace alloy wheels. Suspension contains 4 link rear
suspension and QA1 rear adjustable shocks with 150 pound springs.
Under that counterbalanced hood is not the Lexus motor but a Chevy
408cid small block V8 engine with AFR 195cc SBC Eliminator Street
Heads fed by custom dual air intakes with lots of chrome parts ?
alternator, cam and crankshafts, and the motor breathes through
dual exhausts. Balanced Scat rotating assembly, .7 rods,
hypereutectic pistons, Holley 750 carburetor, Edelbrock air gap
intake. Backing the motor is a TCI Turbo 350 three-speed automatic
transmission, TCI 3600 and B&M trick shift shifter. Connecting
the power to the rear wheels is a torque converter, Ford 8.8 rear
end with 4.10 posi traction. Driver convenience features include
power rack-and-pinion steering, power four-wheel disc brakes, power
windows, power locks, power sideview mirrors and power seats with
driver?s memory feature and a sunroof. Inside, the car?s black
leather interior has been modified. There are black Recaro buckets
in place of the factory front seats. The Recaros are in great
shape. The newer, gray carpeting is also in very good order, as is
the matching headliner. A Grant GT three-spoke steering wheel with
a flat rim on the ?bottom? faces the driver instead of the stock
steering wheel. There is an Autogage tachometer near the steering
column. The original inner door panels and instrument panel are in
good, original order and the factory power windows still work. On
the transmission tunnel rests a B&M shifter. The back seat,
carpet and floorpan have been removed and a fuel cell and battery
are located in the rear of the vehicle. In July 1992, the SC300, a
smaller-engine version of the SC400, premiered in the United
States. The first-generation SC lasted in production until 7 July
2000, over nine years, quite long compared to the other cars of the
1990s. Even with the SC's long production cycle, only minor
exterior changes were made. This Japanese Sleeper answers a
question few people may have ever asked but it is a curious critter
and one that should not be overlooked. Stop by MotoeXotica Classic
Cars and view this unlikely Japanese-American hybrid today. VIN:
JT8JZ31C5N0007598 This car is currently located at our facility in
St. Louis, Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer shows 17
miles. It is sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear, mileage
exempt Missouri title. GET OUT AND DRIVE!!! Note: Please see full
terms and conditions listed below that pertain to the purchase of
any said vehicle, thank you.
