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 Apr 26, 2009 - 6:48 PM
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alright everyone, its finally time for me to stop post whoring and post up my first topic. lol well my celica sat in some farmers feild out here in colorado with no windows for atleast 2 years... so lets just say there was about 2 inches of cow, and rat **** inside the entire car, the story was that the previous owner decided to get drunk and stoned off his ass, then go driving, and missed a turn, and rolled the car over a few times. he owned anouther celica so he took most of the good parts out, and just let it sit, well being a mechanic i couldnt pass up a free car like this so heres some pics of what it looked like, and what it looks like now, feel free to post any build ideas, cause if i get a job soon, she wont be stock for long, this took me about 2 months of 8 hour days, but atleast i did it myself. thanks for lookin.
LR quarter panel, just getting her home for the first time  Left A/B pillars, and crushed in roof  The old roof line  The new roof line with a/b pillars back to factory mesurements  heres a few pics of the car finally legal, and in primer    
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Apr 27, 2009 - 9:24 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 27, '09 From New Orleans Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
I must say that is an amazing job you have done. The rear left quarter panel work was similar to mine. but mine wasnt flipped but i think backed into a pole. I also did my own body work and you can only admire how well it looks now compared to before. I would mabe suggest shaving the antenna if ur up for it. you can check my post with the work taht i did and see if you like it. But once again great so far and good luck with the car!
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Apr 27, 2009 - 9:44 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 26, '09 From Longmont, CO. Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yeah, it was a pain, but its 1000x better than b4, its kinda funny that all the panels were screwed on the drivers side, and the door was purfect, didnt even have to touch it. lmao
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Apr 27, 2009 - 10:57 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 2, '07 From Berlin, WI Currently Offline Reputation: 18 (100%) |
holy ****! wow! nice job on that. how's the interior looking? although i know this is an "exterior" progress. But keep it up.
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Apr 27, 2009 - 11:02 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 26, '09 From Longmont, CO. Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
the interior looks great, but id love to change to black seats, and carpet, but after comp. gutting the interior and pressure washing, scrubing, and then steam cleaning, it looks, feels, and smells great!
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Apr 28, 2009 - 12:58 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 29, '07 From Philly Currently Offline Reputation: 11 (100%) |
QUOTE (Ryouxrs @ Apr 26, 2009 - 7:48 PM)  the story was that the previous owner decided to get drunk and stoned off his ass, then go driving, and missed a turn, and rolled the car over a few times. NICE!!  very nice man....very nice...good to see someone else on here doing there own work...thats the only way you learn...not to bad for being rolled a couple times though..lol my only advice to you..since its the good old ST, unless your looking for a full blown project, is get it where you want it, both interior and exterior wise, then save up, and if you have the time, patience, and money, put a 3s in her....if not, sell it and buy a gt for a swap...it makes things a little easier...if your not looking for all that then a nice head unit, system, and some exterior mods and it'll be everything you wanted in a car. good luck with it...keep us updated --------------------  I"M NOT A TOYOTA FAN, IM A FANATIC 1984 accord hatch 5 speed (T-Belt)-Junkyard 1991 VDUB jetta wolfsburg Ed. 5 speed (clutch)-junkyard 1988 Dodge Aries K (sold) 1969 Chevy El camino - Traded for celica 1991 Dodge Daytona-Traded for Celica 1988 Chevy Camaro-Work in Progress 1989 Ford Mustang LX 5.0 - For Sale 1995 Toyota Celica-Work in Progress |
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Apr 28, 2009 - 2:15 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 2, '05 From Guam Currently Offline Reputation: 15 (100%) |
I notice most of the people do their own work here.
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Apr 28, 2009 - 4:51 AM
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good work man!
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Apr 28, 2009 - 10:46 AM
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Damn dude - impressive. Now get your ass a job and start modding
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Apr 28, 2009 - 11:57 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 26, '09 From Longmont, CO. Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
thanks guys, well it has already become a project, as u can see, i've put 2k into her so far just in parts, but she handles like a dream and now gets 39.5 mpg. so i cnt complain, but as for a 3s swap... we might see my lil 7a with an ebay turbo kit b4 to long, but the 3s will be in her one day.
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Apr 28, 2009 - 2:41 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 25, '09 From Ohio, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
How do you get 40 MPG???
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Apr 28, 2009 - 2:44 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 4, '06 From Kelowna, BC Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
Probably a lot of highway driving.
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Apr 28, 2009 - 3:03 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 26, '09 From Longmont, CO. Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
pretty much, speeds of 55-85mph most of the time, and the motor is very health, and i gave it an uber tune up. lol
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Apr 30, 2009 - 12:53 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 25, '09 From Ohio, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I wish I was smart enough to rebuild my motor.. =\ hell, I'd rather swap.
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Apr 30, 2009 - 1:51 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 26, '09 From Longmont, CO. Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
meh, i just wanna turbo to get close to 200 whp, if i wanna go fast ill pull my 65 gt out of the garage. lmao
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