I bought a '77 toyota celica. I haven't been more stoked on spending $250 in a long time.

The longterm goal is mini muscle car. Combining hot rod and jap style.


The good:
The body panels are all straight, all the glass is good, and the lights and signals are good. Doors and windows all work. It has a 20r engine with good compression, hopefully I can sell that.
The bad. Some rust issues in rear quater panel and trunk lid. Both of the bumpers are dented.

I may just use this car for parts, and find a shell with out rust. It's really hard to find replacement glass, trim, lights and whatnot, so just having all that is worth it. It'll be good to have a car to test fit on.

I have a line on a lexus ls400 engine, and a supra r154 tranny for pretty decent prices.

 

There was a local kid here with an old Celica like that that had a 2.3t Mustang engine in it. Good luck, nice find

 

------- sweet!

 

Cool project.Those old cars like that are getting harder and harder to find.

 

Very very nice. I want do to almost the same thing you're doing. Lexus v8, along with how light that is... man, it would fly.

 

i know where one of those are that is orange , looks jdm actually but its left side drive. super clean too, i dont think whoever owns it knows what it is. just sits by the street all the time.

 

My first car was a 79 celica for like 200 bucks.I had hydraulics on it . I rebuilt the toyotra 22r engine in it also. THe same type that is in the puckup truck.

http://www.swat-clan.8m.net/photo3.html

http://www.fullautopaintball.8m.com/photo4.html

http://www.fullautopaintball.8m.com/photo3.html

 

No hydraulics for me. This is what I'm after.

 

Nice find man. I love that body style.

 

---- those look great.I really like old import cars they had some style and a sense of individuallity.