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Last Post By: poutanen ON: May 18th, 2012, 8:40 pm
Topic By: poutanen ON: May 18th, 2012, 8:40 pm

taman86 wrote:that 77 body seems to be in fairly decent condition from the pic. are there major rust spots? i like the wheels also.

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Last Post By: poutanen ON: May 18th, 2012, 8:40 pm
Topic By: taman86 ON: May 18th, 2012, 8:29 pm
that 77 body seems to be in fairly decent condition from the pic. are there major rust spots? i like the wheels also.

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Last Post By: poutanen ON: May 18th, 2012, 8:40 pm
Topic By: toyboyracer ON: May 18th, 2012, 4:39 pm
Even where Celicas roam free here in everyones back yards, VGC bars are pretty much non existent now.

We'll also have to resort to the fiberglass ones soon !

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Last Post By: poutanen ON: May 18th, 2012, 8:40 pm
Topic By: poutanen ON: May 18th, 2012, 1:50 pm
Here's your answer... lol

Smiley's seem bloody expensive here, so I'm thinking about going with fibreglass ys.

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Last Post By: bones36 ON: May 18th, 2012, 12:06 pm
Topic By: bones36 ON: May 18th, 2012, 12:06 pm

toyboyracer wrote:Offer placed & accepted yet ?

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Last Post By: bones36 ON: May 18th, 2012, 12:06 pm
Topic By: toyboyracer ON: May 18th, 2012, 9:55 am
Offer placed & accepted yet ?

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Last Post By: poutanen ON: May 18th, 2012, 8:40 pm
Topic By: toyboyracer ON: May 18th, 2012, 9:39 am
G'day from 1/2 way around the World > Australia calling

I hope your "Moose" 29 has s_m_i_l_e_y bumper bars & not USDM "park bench" ones !

Welcome.

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Last Post By: poutanen ON: May 18th, 2012, 8:40 pm
Topic By: poutanen ON: May 18th, 2012, 9:10 am
Hey all, figure it's time I post in here... at the moment I've got a '77 RA29 that I'm starting to restore, but my history with old celicas goes back a LOT farther than that!

In 1997 when I was 16 I got my first car, an '82 Celica GT-S. I joined up with celicas.org on the old OCC mailing list long before online forums were around. Learned a lot from guys like Matti Kalalahti, Sean Figgins, Gary Meisner, etc.

Fast forward a couple years and I picked up a '78 RA4X coupe, but just wasn't feeling that car. Seven more cars, 15 years later, and a move from Ontario to Alberta, and I'm in the process of selling my '91 MR2 Turbo that's heavily modified (standalone EFI, disco potato, RMR intake manifold, custom A2W setup, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.) I'm feeling the bug to have a project again. The MR2 was fun but it was too complete and too easy, just ready to drive everywhere...

So I found myself an old '77 Celica in central Alberta last weekend, picked it up on a trailer (wouldn't start) and get the thing back down to Calgary. Haven't had much time to work on it this week, as I'm getting everything buttoned up on the MR2 to be picked up tonight, but I did find that it was just a loose wire on the starter. She starts right up and purrs like a kitten! It has weber sidedraft carbs and a header already, but the body is rough and the interior trashed.

I plan on leaving the 20R in there, or possibly doing a 20/22R hybrid. (a 1UZ is a VERY remote possibility). I want to do a complete resto on the body, and take the interior to a local shop to have it recovered/repaired, etc. I've already ordered complete new brakes (drums, rotors, shoes, pads, calipers, wheel cylinders, master cyl) and both clutch cylinders. The existing stuff feels spongy and has likely had the same fluid in it for years. Considering I'm planning on the occasional autocross, I want everything to be in good order.

Anyway, I'll start a new thread for the build/resto itself, but just wanted to say hi!

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Last Post By: Lukman ON: May 17th, 2012, 10:50 pm
Topic By: Lukman ON: May 17th, 2012, 10:50 pm

dePenghukum wrote:Hi there..

I'm from Malaysia, South East Asia..
My ride - Toyota Celica Liftback a.k.a Celica TA28 a.k.a Japanese Mustang..

In progress to transform this car to be Bumblebee..
Nope.. Bullitt car.. Yea right.. Bullitt car..

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Last Post By: taman86 ON: May 17th, 2012, 9:22 pm
Topic By: taman86 ON: May 17th, 2012, 9:22 pm
i like the wheels, gives it a rally look

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Last Post By: taman86 ON: May 17th, 2012, 9:22 pm
Topic By: StingrayGT ON: May 17th, 2012, 8:23 pm
welcome

nice celica you got there

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Last Post By: bones36 ON: May 18th, 2012, 12:06 pm
Topic By: toadboy ON: May 17th, 2012, 1:09 pm
My guess is 77 due to a passenger side door mirror and 77 style steel rims also 76 had no front plastic inner fenders I believe. probably a 77. Id offer 1500-2000 if it was me.

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Last Post By: bones36 ON: May 18th, 2012, 12:06 pm
Topic By: jhun_hapi ON: May 17th, 2012, 8:59 am
grab it.. love the plates 444 444 plus its blue. its 76 or 77.. but u jst have to worry bout smog..

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Last Post By: bones36 ON: May 18th, 2012, 12:06 pm
Topic By: taman86 ON: May 16th, 2012, 4:25 pm
i wish there was a 77 down the street from me

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Last Post By: taman86 ON: May 17th, 2012, 9:22 pm
Topic By: Lukman ON: May 16th, 2012, 11:57 am
Thx guys