My 1974 GT
Posted: April 26th, 2010, 10:27 pm
I purchased the 1974 Celica GT in 1977. It came of course with a 5 speed standard 18RC engine and nothing has changed since then.
This is it in 1977 untouched from the factory with 22,000 miles on it:
Of course living in Vancouver I had to ad fog lamps:
Got tired of the door nicks and scratches that a vandal did at University so I got the whole car painted in 1978:
Finally in 1987 I got sick and tired of the door dings down the side and decided to have a paint job. I removed all of the exterior moldings and bumpers and etc... The interior stayed but I supplied new:
And some shots of the interior with the tape deck mounted in glove box. You can also see some woodwork on the consol. This was due to the previous owner melting the consol with cigarette burns. So I redid the consol in teak. It will be matching burled walnut to the dash and back consol when I am done:
Believe it or not, this is how it looked when the sway bar bracket let go in 2003 and caused me to put the car on blocks in the garage. The sway bar precipitated this restoration, because, as you know, once you open up a panel there is another repair!!!!
Hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane.
Quicky
p.s I have been posting the entire restoration at another site before I was pointed to this one. Is it kosher to post that link here as it is up to 8 pages with responses so far? I can always start a new thread here
This is it in 1977 untouched from the factory with 22,000 miles on it:
Of course living in Vancouver I had to ad fog lamps:
Got tired of the door nicks and scratches that a vandal did at University so I got the whole car painted in 1978:
Finally in 1987 I got sick and tired of the door dings down the side and decided to have a paint job. I removed all of the exterior moldings and bumpers and etc... The interior stayed but I supplied new:
- two new quarters
two new radiator support and fender supports
new trunk lid
new rocker panels
new fenders
And some shots of the interior with the tape deck mounted in glove box. You can also see some woodwork on the consol. This was due to the previous owner melting the consol with cigarette burns. So I redid the consol in teak. It will be matching burled walnut to the dash and back consol when I am done:
Believe it or not, this is how it looked when the sway bar bracket let go in 2003 and caused me to put the car on blocks in the garage. The sway bar precipitated this restoration, because, as you know, once you open up a panel there is another repair!!!!
Hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane.
Quicky
p.s I have been posting the entire restoration at another site before I was pointed to this one. Is it kosher to post that link here as it is up to 8 pages with responses so far? I can always start a new thread here
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