Charlotte....an ongoing project..., (when funds are there) Options

[Spider77]

Well, I've been reading so many of these over the last year or so and figured it was time to slap mine up here. Not a whole lot going on now, but in a few months I'll be putting her to rest (hopefully) and gutting/cleaning/and adding to shortly. I've planned for it to be a long term project that my daughter can help out with, as she'll get this car when shes old enough...myself, I have plans for something else down the road.
So, where to begin.....

This is probably the earliest shot I have (that I can currently find). It was taken Sept 2008, my first Celica meet (put together by "GotToyota"). As you can see, its pretty much stock, save for the fancy blue stuff.

Shortly after the meet, I was at a going away party for a friend. Things got dicey and one guy wound up going to the hospital, on the way there I was cut off by a Tahoe. My choices were eat the curb or eat the Tahoe. So I ate the curb, got some Enkies out of it from a local MR2 guy....although looking back, they were hideous.....and one was slightly bent, causing massive shakes. Although the company was kind enough to makes some center caps for me (they were out of production).


So I soon replaced those with my current wheels. And my daughter helped!


Soon after I had a shop put on a Magnaflow exhaust.


Then I got some Tien S Sports for fathers day!


After that everything has been a giant blur (time sure goes by fast.)
I put a header on, along with a Neon strut bar...



Additionally there have been numerous projects for which I don't have photos. Mostly due to time and personnel constraints I don't have them.
Endlinks were replaced, engine donated by 2BCelica is in her now, SpecialEdy helped me troubleshoot the wiring on that project. 2BCelica sold me a GT-4 Hood and Bumper Cover (which is still waiting paint).
All in all, its been a very good time. Taking the bad with the good. I've got to meet a good number of people, past and present. Most of all I am impressed with this community, and look forward to posting more, a lot more progress as she goes under the knife in the next four years. Kinda wanted to get this "placemarked" so I can slap pics and notes down the road.

[Spider77]

March 26 2014.
Well, the weather was supposed to be decent (a few days ago). now its in the 50's and raining. But that wont stop the work from going on. Todays goal is to drain/flush coolant system (right now Im waiting on the patch job on my bucket to cure), drain oil, and pull engine out of the bay.

First and foremost, this job is brought to you in part by Navy Federal.


Positioned in the garage and ready for fluid to be drained.



End of the day, almost....pulling it up


And out....


Empty. At this point I blew air through the heater core...it was a mess, but now there is nothing but air coming through...so I hope thats clean enough.


Tomorrow I will remove wiring harness, and trans. Slap the engine on a stand and at least clean it up before I start replacing seals and pumps.

This post has been edited by Spider77: Mar 26, 2014 - 5:35 PM