Someone hit me...... Options

[808celica]

Im thinking about selling my celica.............

to get my dads 77 celica up, running, looking good and simply back to where it should be.

damn thing doesnt/didnt want to start up





and it finally did


alot of work needs to be done.

did some 2hrs of research prior to this post and i've found some people in Aus, Japan, and Philippines to get parts from.

main thing im worried about is the body and engine. the tranny, suspension, interior is alright. Hawaii just sux when it comes to old skool things. the weather and time hasnt been kind to this Ra24/29

rust on the left corner of the rear glass section, rust on the rocker panels, 1 door is shot, rust right where the rear window section is, a massive hole where rust can be seen inside :cry:

this car has been in the family since my dad bought it back in Oct. 76 "NEW!"
my dad is losing heart in this car after 30+ years of service without a single problem besides regular maintenence.
everything i mean everything is OG, engine trans, interior (even though its shot), suspension, I mean everything.

i dont want this car to go to anyone or anywhere. i want this car to stay in the family for another 30+ years if possible.

someone hit me or hit my dad (if you dare to try )

I wanna keep my car, but i have more love for this car than my own
i learned to drive with this car and i love it to death. i recently put the plates in storage.

my plans was to drop a 1jz or 5m in it but decided to stick to the 20r. mabye a 20r/22r hybrid. I pretty much wants this car restored because it deserves all that attention for the years of great service.

what should/can i do??? anyone got sources to body parts??? maybe some international people could show some light
what to do?? what would you do in my situation??

[MaskedMan]

Sorry to see you've made up your mind already about selling the 6gc. I know what it's like to have a father who wanted to sell a car that has been in the family since I was a kid. I guess the difference is that my father actually went through with it, without even telling me about it. It was hard to accept at first, but cars come and go. If it was meant to be, then I shouldn't have had to force things to work out. I guess someday when I'm ready, I'll just go buy my another Porsche 911(964) turbo. It's funny though, that car came from overseas, and the person who ended up buying it was overseas too so the car had to be shipped across again haha. As much as I loved that car, I know my dad didn't sell it for space reason alone. I know he loved that car too, but I believe financial situation played a factor as well, so I understood that family comes before any car. The person who purchased our car was some sort of movie producer and said he was buying the car to use in a movie (hopefully not as a stunt car). How much would that suck to see the car you gave up become the next famous movie car like Eleanor haha. Highly doubtful that could happen, but you never know!

Anyways, goodluck with whatever happens. If you need help finding any parts for your RA Celica then let me know, I have connections to classic japanese car parts. A first gen Celica is a project I would like to tackle in the future myself as well. Best of luck.