My other project

This is the object thats been sucking up all my spare cash at the mo and preventing me doing any mods to the supe. A few guys on here have asked me to keep them updated on the progress so I thought it would be easier to start a thread.

Its an early celica for those that don't recognise it. (See, I'm keeping it Toyota related ).

This is how it stands as of last weekend, ready for paint if I can just decide on what shade of blue I want.

Had this car about 15 years but its only been on the road 1 (the first year I had it) and no, it won't be a standard restoration.

Is that the ST? With the twin headlamps and the U shaped chrome bumper?

I love those cars!

Is that the ST? With the twin headlamps and the U shaped chrome bumper?

 

I love those cars!

Yep, thats the one, but its not a standard ST any more, I broke up a corolla AE86 for the running gear for it and later on, once the bugs are worked out of the car it'll get a 4AGZE supercharged motor.

one of them goes to dragstrip a black one. they look classic cars. what you got planned for it any engine transplant. are they rwd too

Hopefully once the 4AGZE is in it, it'll get a pulley change that will overdrive the charger so making approx 200 bhp in a car that weights considerably less than a tonne.

That should be entertaining.

I remember I loved those old Celicas when I was a kid.

One used to pull up outside our school to drop off a kid. It was a GT. Always remember the ST had the badge on the grill offset ot one side. The GT badge was bang in the centre. Other than that I didn't have a clue what the other differences were other than the GT was rare and quicker!

I'd really like to see this when it's finished!

I love those old celica's you will end up with a garage like mine on GT4 before long

Keep us updated mate, can wait to see it finished

I bought these wheels a little while ago for the celica, there made by Rays Engineering whom I know also make Volks and gramlites but I can't seem to find a type designation for them they look a bit like Volk CE 28N's, there also very light, 4.9 kgs per rim so I'm guessing there made of magnesium.

Can anybody shed any light on them?

Before anybody say's, yes I know they need refurbing, thats why I got a good deal on them.

Do them yourself, seriously

Do them yourself, seriously

I might give it a go but I think a couple of them are gonna need to see a lathe to get some of the "kerb rash" out, nothing bad but just too much for a file I think.

Use wet-n-dry m8 , either that or use a sander to start then the wet n dry to tidy up

Use wet-n-dry m8 , either that or use a sander to start then the wet n dry to tidy up

Sounds reasonable.

Also considering leaving the rim part polished instead of painted and the centres either gold again or charcoal grey.

Looking at them it'd be easier to spray the whole thing, but thats nothing a bit of masking tape and autosol for the polished rim cant sort

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One of the best front ends ever - there's just something about double headlights

One of the best front ends ever - there's just something about double headlights

Yeah! I know what you mean fella.

Went to "Mr T" a couple of days ago on the off chance that they may still have some old stock for this model, well they didn't have much but I could still get the headlamp units new from them at less than a tenner each, bargain!

I remember I loved those old Celicas when I was a kid.

 

 

I'd really like to see this when it's finished!

My exact words too, my uncle had the GT in Brown it had the cream vinyl seats, still remember it.

My first car was a very rare 2 door MK1 Corrola SR. (showing my age now).

my uncle had the GT in Brown it had the cream vinyl seats, still remember it.

One similar to that turned up to japfest this year, original GT too, rare!

I think it was the only "classic" toyota that went other than a couple of very early GT4's.

New pics of Celica in paintshop should hopefully be finished paintwise and back for rebuilding shortly......

Nice colour.

Stick a 3S-GTE in though, plentiful supply and lots of potential

Good idea.. classic is always good of course, but that'd make it a very spritely car

:)Great to see.

My first ever car was a 1600 ST, metalic red with chrome wheels. Loved it to bits.

One of my favorite cars them.

My mum use to have a Yellow ST and i loved the round dash dials.

During my school holidays i use to help my uncle at Golders Green Toyota dealers. I use to drool on them GT Celica, especially during service times.

The best bit was i got to sit in them, while he got to test drive them and boy he trashed the shit out of them

The good old days

Wow! The missus has resurrected a really old thread of mine here. I should have updated it myself but its taken this long just to start getting some paint on it and I'd all but forgotten about the thread.

Nice colour.

 

Stick a 3S-GTE in though, plentiful supply and lots of potential

In the recent months I've been giving this some serious thought already, when I started this project (all those years ago) the 3S-GTE was no where near as plentiful as it is now and come to think of it, if I had been starting this project now I would never have broken up a perfectly good AE86 for the running gear as they seem to have become quite popular again.

I've also been thinking about dropping the 4A-GZE idea and just turbo charging the 4A-GE I've already got, the drifters seem to be making some respectable numbers by going that route (...and it also means I won't have to re-think all the engine mounts and steering rack mods again).

Anyway, at the rate I'm progressing with this car I'll have had a few more years to change my mind yet.

More new pics of the Celica in the paint shop with Laquer but waiting to be cut back and polished.