Slo_Celly, *uber low budget re-build* Options

[slo_celly]

I guess i'll throw in a little bit about myself... im a now 26 year old male, studied all things automotive since i was 14, I'm also a bit of an artist, prodcing "music", and doing graphic design (the old school kind, lol) in my free time as well. I've been up and down the east coast, meeting many people and doing many stupid things, yet, ultimately learning many lessons along the way, and in 2011 i moved back to nnsylvania in the area of washington.

One unfortunate day I got in a fender bender with my car I had at the time while out on a delivery, and it ended with me having a fine and a rather damaged vehicle

so, i scrapped my 04 ford focus packed some bags, and headed for pittsburgh to stay with a friend.
after getting familiar with the area, i got a part time job and began gettin situated. Now, to find a new buggy....

Well, i never expected to pick up a celi in my life.. until i started driving my gfs old celi... well, after driving it more regularly and getting a little more info i saw what potential the platform had.. and wouldn't ya know it? i stumbled across this lil guy in hopes of turning it into a functional daily...


the picture on craigslist that lured me in. (cue coir music)


hmm...


well... lets take a look.................






so, after a test drive and a once over in poor light (it was getting late) i bought it. at the price i paid i figured "worth it"









well, lets see whats all wrong with it...

clutch slave cylinder = shot (Fixed 4/24/13)
clutch master cylinder = shot (Fixed 4/28/13)
rear brake assembly = fixed.
exhaust = (Fixed 4/29/13)
interior = fixed.
front transmission mount =fixed
audio = works.



This post has been edited by slo_celly: Dec 1, 2013 - 10:58 PM

[momentai99]

Major work got done the past couple days.



wtf broken/missing motor mount bolts?!



BAM!



Then, i had to persuade the old mount apart...



BOOM!

day after that, (yesterday) i left on a little trip sparked by a craigslist ad.



to get THESE for 100 bucks





the guy i got these from has more parts.

THIS IS WHAT HE HAS LEFT**

....yay progress!



i took this time to run a power cable for a stereo in the future.





and that is why we use fender liners kids...





ermagerd.







thats it for now... next is ds parking brake cable, making my rotor seat proper,
some battle damage (dent) removal, just a little rot repair, rims on, paint, and of course,
silence-able muffler.

this cars been excersising everything i've learned in automotives thus far in life. auto body,
paint, electrical, mechanics... its going to be extremely rewarding to drive her once she's
the way i want. i dont have much more to do really...

it's bad when I know exactly where you got your parts from, who you got them from and the fact that there's so few of us in the general area. We neet to have a pitt/butler/armstrong county/ clarion county meetup. The general vicinity has a handful of us. Oh and to the asshole driving through butler who decided to paint their celica white because they kept getting pulled over, KNOCK IT OFF! Now I'm getting pulled because they think i'm you and there's like 3 of us from here to pitt. It's some chick and she's ruining it for everyone.

[slo_celly]

it's bad when I know exactly where you got your parts from, who you got them from and the fact that there's so few of us in the general area. We neet to have a pitt/butler/armstrong county/ clarion county meetup. The general vicinity has a handful of us. Oh and to the asshole driving through butler who decided to paint their celica white because they kept getting pulled over, KNOCK IT OFF! Now I'm getting pulled because they think i'm you and there's like 3 of us from here to pitt. It's some chick and she's ruining it for everyone.

I agree completely, both with the fact that we need to band together here in the area, and that dumb broad needs get her license pulled.

But, to stay on a positive note: we should totally orchestrate a meet some time. And do it annually, or semi-annually or whatever. So we can exchange info, and tighten up our 6 gen community around these parts. As I've spotted quite a few around the monroeville, turtle creek, Churchill,penn hills, and I saw one in mckeesport too...

[momentai99]

it's bad when I know exactly where you got your parts from, who you got them from and the fact that there's so few of us in the general area. We neet to have a pitt/butler/armstrong county/ clarion county meetup. The general vicinity has a handful of us. Oh and to the asshole driving through butler who decided to paint their celica white because they kept getting pulled over, KNOCK IT OFF! Now I'm getting pulled because they think i'm you and there's like 3 of us from here to pitt. It's some chick and she's ruining it for everyone.

I agree completely, both with the fact that we need to band together here in the area, and that dumb broad needs get her license pulled.

But, to stay on a positive note: we should totally orchestrate a meet some time. And do it annually, or semi-annually or whatever. So we can exchange info, and tighten up our 6 gen community around these parts. As I've spotted quite a few around the monroeville, turtle creek, Churchill,penn hills, and I saw one in mckeesport too...

Your a lucky man, i'm trying to find a rear bumper support, mine wont pass inspection without it. Most of the other ones i've seen while traveling through there are beat to hell or someone is babying it to the extreme (as they should). I bought mine smashed from a college kid for 500 bucks and repaired it. But my local guys told me that one just went to the scrapper in harmony so i'm going to try and salvage parts first. Its a whole florida car so if you need something hit them up it's wagner foreign salvage (724) 368-8831 We definitely need to orchestrate a meet soon. My car is bordering 200k miles and if you saw it you'd never know it. I love this thing and we need more enthusiast. Where do you reside?
My mechanic said theres less of these around than we may realize and I need to start piling parts.


And yes she does, it's absurd. She got pulled over right in front of my house a week ago swerving in and out of 2 lanes.

[slo_celly]

Thank you. I do realise how fortunate I am, considering all that's happened in the past three years. I'm extremely grateful however for how everything transpired, however. Even the hardships as they did. Had it not played out the way it did, I wouldn't have met my amazing, supportive (celica owning) girlfriend, wouldn't have ever gotten this car, AND, I would more than likely STILL be an arrogant douche as well. Lol

I've noticed the comradory that fellow celica owners share as well... As ive owned Honda/acuras, Chevys, and fords.. Never have I experienced such a pleasant car community before. (Others are pretty much a pissing contest)

I'm actually in turtle creek myself. (there's four other 6g celicas in this town alone I've spotted including my gf's, one being this Uber clean OEM white one with factory skirts, I saw an "elderly" man driving it.)

Best of luck on your build as well, as I've also notice how sparse platform specific parts are. mine personally has 207xxx on the odometer, and runs surpringly well. (i suspect a newer motor, I need to stopbeing lazy and check the vin numbers to be sure it was swapped or not. Lol)

I'm not sure what ur financial situation is, but there is a 6g convertible for sale just up the street. It has a "custom" paint job, black with what appears to be harlequin racing stripes. Pretty cherry condition however.

But one of these weekends we should do a meet, maybe have a meet/ BBQ in the parkinglot here for 4th of July. As I'm sure my neighbors would love the activity(seriously, they would support it. Lol), and my landlord probably couldn't care less just as long as we clean up after ourselves.

[momentai99]

Thank you. I do realise how fortunate I am, considering all that's happened in the past three years. I'm extremely grateful however for how everything transpired, however. Even the hardships as they did. Had it not played out the way it did, I wouldn't have met my amazing, supportive (celica owning) girlfriend, wouldn't have ever gotten this car, AND, I would more than likely STILL be an arrogant douche as well. Lol

I've noticed the comradory that fellow celica owners share as well... As ive owned Honda/acuras, Chevys, and fords.. Never have I experienced such a pleasant car community before. (Others are pretty much a pissing contest)

I'm actually in turtle creek myself. (there's four other 6g celicas in this town alone I've spotted including my gf's, one being this Uber clean OEM white one with factory skirts, I saw an "elderly" man driving it.)

Best of luck on your build as well, as I've also notice how sparse platform specific parts are. mine personally has 207xxx on the odometer, and runs surpringly well. (i suspect a newer motor, I need to stopbeing lazy and check the vin numbers to be sure it was swapped or not. Lol)

I'm not sure what ur financial situation is, but there is a 6g convertible for sale just up the street. It has a "custom" paint job, black with what appears to be harlequin racing stripes. Pretty cherry condition however.

But one of these weekends we should do a meet, maybe have a meet/ BBQ in the parkinglot here for 4th of July. As I'm sure my neighbors would love the activity(seriously, they would support it. Lol), and my landlord probably couldn't care less just as long as we clean up after ourselves.

Well I'm gonna shoot you off a message man. We definitely should do something. Fourth of July weekend will be a cop fest though and there's always that chance of being shutdown. My wife wants me to do a 3sgte swap with h a 6 speed automatic tranny because she refuses to drive a 5 speed but thinks my celica is "pretty". Most women and celicas don't mix you got lucky bud.

[richee3]

Most women and celicas don't mix

I disagree, Celicas are TOTALLY women's cars. 7th gens especially... Around here, you can totally tell which gender owns a 7th gen by it's condition. Beat all to hell, it is and always has been a college girl's car. Leave phone number on windshield FTW.