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Email address is jlodestone@gmail.com.

phone 408-710-6813

Added OBO to post.

Pretty clear above... $3200.00 i have it on the street for $3400.00 OBO.

Rather sell it to someone who wants a sharp looking car and can keep it up. Lots of minor stuff goes wrong with these cars.... This one has an engine that is good for another 70-80k. Body is very straight and running gear/windows/doors and things like that are very good. car looks great except for hood cancer.. clear coat is coming off.

I have about $5000.00 and a lot of work in it in the last year... Needs minor stuff any enthusiast could do to make it cherry.

So yeah...

$3200.00

Putting it on Craigslist... Wednesday 13th..

Sold 1995 Celica Convertible, 5 sp manual transmission. Starts/Runs well. No leaks. Handles very well. Second owner. Clean Title

Vin JT5ST07K0S0030122

Daughter moved from Morgan Hill California to Washington D.C. Convertible stayed behind. I LOVE driving it with the top down, but.... need to sell it.

Black paint, black leather seats. All windows, top, seats work. Power top has a few small wear holes in it, size of a dime in the exterior cloth. Rear window was replaced (glass) in 2009 top is tight, window is sewn in tight.

This would be a great car for a collector with little cash and a lot of love for Celicas.

I just put $4100.00 in the engine work done by Toyota Certified mechanics. Head resurfaced, timing belt, water pump, seals, head gasket and valve guides, new radiator, new cold idle stuff, new distributor, new timing belt, water pump, lots of other little engine parts new. runs beautifully. Cold starts perfectly.

Work was done by Made in Japan in Morgan Hill (first half timing belt head etc) and Made in Japan Campbell California (fine tuning distributor, cap, rotor, plugs etc.)

Guarantee is 24000. Work was done at 70,500 in February 2012. She used the car to commute 35 miles for four months zero problems.

All Brakes rotors and pads done 2012.

New battery.

Tires BF Goodrich P55/205/R15 about 1/2 worn out. Has racing wheels... a little on the scuffed up side.

Clutch done in May 2011... works well.

AC/Heater works well. Radio/CD player works well.

Body is Straight , little dings here and there. Paint is good except for hood which has almost all of the clear coat gone. Would need to be repainted and or buffed out and clear coated to match rest of car. The car has never been in an accident.


Things that don't work. (The Bad or quirky)

Windshield washer (wipers are fine).

Power antennae. Left in up position works, motor is good drive band is stripped.

High Beams don't come on, Light on panel does though. (bulbs may be blown)

Cruise Control (yes on a 5 speed manual transmission) never worked since we bought it but it is all there.

Clifford alarm and remote entry... stopped working a few years ago. Remote seems to be fine (light up and checks out st auto store as working) and door stills auto open and lock with key, but alarm doesn't respond to key fob and car won't open or lock from fob, so I disabled it. The fob probably lost the code to control the Clifford alarm system.

Synchro into 3rd gear is not right. Daughter and I never notice, but you have to let off the gas a little between 2nd and third or it will grind a little. She doesn't know it is a problem because you get used to it so fast and it doesn't grind unless you aren't used to it.

As I said needs someone mechanical who wants a really nice car cheap. Car was about $30,000.00 new. Had every option.

I would MUCH RATHER sell it to an enthusiast. I don't know how to attach photos to this post, but there are a few on my description of the car..click on my name on the left.

I can't really deliver the car anywhere outside of Central California for this price....

Phone 408-710-6813 or email jlodestone@gmail.com

My daughter's 1995 5-Speed Convertible is now running well after $4000.00 worth of engine work. I am looking at all the little things that don't work on this originally $30,000.00 little beauty. Tons of little extras, some work, a bunch don't.

Cruise Control?

I don't think it was working when she bought it and it seems odd for a 5 speed, but this Celica has power everything else so I guess it makes sense.

She will probably sell it for less than I have in it when she leaves California for Washington D.C. in a few months.

So the question is, is it worth looking into, or is it something that maybe never was meant to work on a standard stick shift?

We bought it 7 years ago ($5800) and never got any of the owner's manuals or sales stuff on it.....

Welllll ...... Cautionary tale here.

Took it to a good shop. IAC replaced, TPS re-set, coolant temperature sensor replaced, distributor was full of oil, replaced, cap, rotor replaced, sensor from transmission adjusted/repaired. $1500.00. Now I have $4000.00 in an engine on a car that is worth MAYBE $3500.00.

Drove car home from shop, running nicely until a few miles on freeway, temperature gauge was swinging up and down wildly, car running fine. Took it off the freeway... no antifreeze in car. Called shop, drove it last mile home, installed 1 1/2 gallon antifreeze, drove it back and blew an expansion plug on the way, though it was no longer overheating. Hell of a coincidence but you guys (mechanics) all claim overheating can't cause an expansion plug to fail. So does the shop.

Lesson.... If you can't work on one of these things (I can't) put it down or sell it to someone who can.

Shop says plug is not failing because they forgot to put the 1 1/2 gallon of antifreeze back in the radiator. Wasn't leaking ANYWHERE when I put it in before returning it for a courtesy check, I had run it in my garage for 10 minutes until the fan came on to make sure it wasn't leaking. Claimed the plug must have failed on my way home... it didn't 100% positive of that, can't prove it though since I don't live at their shop.

Started leaking on the way back. 40 miles round trip. Argued them into eating the 5 hours shop time and $4.00 for the plug to replace it, but not an easy argument to win.

IF they fix it I am going to sell the car. I have $4K in an engine "guaranteed" for 2 years 24k by the shop.

$3500. and count myself lucky?

5 speed convertible, lots and lots of expensive extras, most don't work. Cruise control, nope, power antennae, nope, power door locks and Clifford keyless entry/alarm, nope...

Nice body, needs some paint on hood and rubbed out, black. Beauty of the fleet if fixed up.

Federal smog living in California. Top is ok, rear window and cowl replaced a few years ago, leather seats no rips (replaced from a yard), windows all work (replaced one a few years ago as well as one motor). Anyone know what this car sold for new in 1995? Toyota claims there were no five speed convertibles built in 1995, and cruise control was not available in manual transmission cars. I am second owner.... First owner said car cost nearly $30,000.00 new. Story there somewhere.

Nice car for one of you.

I'll try here first.

My rebuilt (new head and belts, seals etc) 95 GT convertible is hunting for an idle around 800-1100 RPM and occasionally falters and dies.

When I got it back from the shop the second time ($2500.00 so far) they had cleaned out the throttle body and the cold idle was working for the first time in years but it was idling fast. Now it is back to no cold idle and it is thready on idle at best. Toyota wants $140.00 to diagnose problem and $550.00 to replace IAC if needed and it will be needed as well as who knows what else.

Tried the carb cleaner in the IAC trick, no help. Runs like a tiger at speed, but won't idle worth a damn....

Anyone know a shop that really knows the 2200 L in the Central California area? The shop that rebuilt the head just tightened up the throttle cable so it was idling (poorly) at 1400-1600 rpm.

Need a reference for a shop that actually knows Toyotas. It is a Federal smog set-up 2200L 5SFE 5 speed.

Thanks, get the car back today, I will try that!

I am about to get my daughter's 1995 Celica GT Convertible out of the shop.. $1900.00 for a head gasket, radiator, belts, hoses... The drivers side high beam filled with water a few years ago and looks really crappy. Neither high beam works, but I haven't checked the fuses yet... Significant other (wife) insists I disassemble the front and replace the whole assembly. Brother-in-law insists you can get them. I'm thinking not likely.

Looks like a lot of work to take it all apart, anybody done this before? Can it likely be cleaned and resealed and go back in service, or am I looking at $100.00 + to find a used one? Don't want to start taking the front hood assembly apart and find out I need to wait for a part from Illinois...

Anyone out there care to give some advice?

My daughter ran her 1995 GT Convertible with a pinhole leak in the radiator until it stopped. It starts and runs ok but the head or head gasket (or block?) is gone and it turns into a geyser after 3 miles on the road. Engine has/had 170k on it. 22L engine. Check engine light comes on if you run it after a mile or so... maybe high pressure in cooling system? Wasn't on before she cooked it. Still has the pinhole leak (plugged with Blue Magic quick seal) in the radiator.. No water in the oil. no oil in the coolant, just lots of pressure in the cooling system when you start it up.

Used engine (50k) installed locally will cost her $2800.00 so maybe $3100.00 with a radiator.... What the car is worth I suppose.

State of California will give me $1000.00 for it and crush it 1/2 hour later.

Worth posting for sale in Gilroy California? Don't want to part it out...

A mechanic could put a new head on the car and have a nice, relatively straight (no accidents just bumps and bruises) convertible, decent top that works (3yo glass rear window with defroster), all windows work, recent clutch, recent rear brakes.... Only mechanical problem before she cooked it was a slight synch problem going into third gear you don't notice after driving it for an hour.... We bought it ($5800.00) that way six years ago.

Lots of other extras and several minor problems.. high beams don't work, antenna doesn't go up and down anymore, cruise control stopped working Clifford alarm/keyless entry quit working, paint on hood is missing almost all the clear coat.... Rest of paint and body looks pretty good, never been in an accident that we know of, previous owner didn't report any damage from before we bought it in 2004.

All black paint and interior, leather seats are pretty good, replaced two of them recently from a yard......

If I post it for sale with photos does anyone think maybe a fan could rescue the little thing? I may try Craigslist, but I hate talking to fools about a car they don't understand...

Is it worth posting in the "for sale area?" or should I have the air board put it down for $1000.00?

Don't want to part it out and I'd take what the State will give me for it cash...

any Californians want a project car? I'd have to sell it non-op.

Thanks

I have a cracked and broken driver's side tail light assembly on my 1995 Convertible GT. The parts yard down the street has a 1997 hatch-back in the pick & Pull area.
I get one chance and I bought it if I am wrong... Are they the same for the hatch back and the Coupe Convertible?

Ok, they are not the same... looked at your photos.

Is the Convertible part #81560-2B430 correct?

Can anyone point me where to find the part?

Need drivers seat, black leather preferred, but I can take any seat . I'm in Northern California.