Me gets new car too., poor celica Options

[creis]

So I/we (as in the girl friend too) ended up with a new car or i should say truck. sorry to say the celica still does not run but deff. has not been sold I just keep stackin em up. Currently a total of 5 and a half cars between the 2 of us.)
this one has a interesting and cool history, and is our first vehicle bought together.




The history is that my girlfriend and her dad built this truck from the groud up a few years ago then had to sell it. We bought it back from the same guy who has done a few things to it but mainly let it sit. Its a 77' Ford 3/4 ton chassis with a 77' F150 custom cab and long bed, featuring a 400 ci V8 I belive from a 77' F350? its in ok shape for its age but its our project truck as my celica is the project car. one for on road fun and one for off-road fun. It runs good and has plenty of towing capasity (to drag the celica around to races and shows etc once i get it running again) My girl was crazy about getting it again as she use to drive it all the time, and it saves us a ton of work fixing up her other truck, a 79' Ford 1/2 ton with a 351 thats now for sale allong with the 3/4 ton chassis and a 390 we have for it. Its far from the prettyest looking truck but its got plenty potential. Plans were to get as much of it sanded down as posible last weekend but rain canceled that. the idea is that once its all fixed up and pritty with a maching car trailer, and the celica is all fixed up and runs, we can hit the races and shows.

--- And to save an extra thread the subaru got new stoppers ....




- Brimbo Cross Drilled Rotors and HAWK Ceramic pads in all corners

[BLINKYxMUNKEY]

I want the Impreza..

[BigRog95]

Looks like the rumor is true...

It always rains in Washington. lmao

Thats a good deal, what's wrong with your celli?

[creis]

it was actualy a pretty nice summer i think, little rain. but yeah rain is here to stay.

celica has rod knock, pushed to much at autoX with not enough care. thus time for a new motor eventualy.

[95CelicaST]

So whats the plan? New 5S or 3S? And what project holds priority? The truck or the Celica?

[forkee]

nice wheels!

[amysmojo]

OMG for a second I thought u got rid of ur celi too. I was about to say that would make 4 of us NW members now. Crazy times...

Looks like u have a fun new project though!

[m0dd3d1]

What do you do? Lol. Nice scooby! That truck is hot, I was going to buy an oldie (can't remember anything about it) like that from my cousin before he joined the Navy but got the Celica instead!

[creis]

well since the celica is in storage its pretty much indefinetly on hold, I plan on dropping around 3.5k into it in one shot to get it to where I would like it, meaning a st185 clip and a few upgrades but that wont be for a while, maybe another year who knows. the truck only has priority since its in our driveway and already runs pretty good. most the work on that is just time rather then money and I'm tired of spending money on the celica

I've discoverd that old trucks are fun because there's space to work, dont have to lift it up every time i want under and the engine bay is very spacious. plus there is very little electronic crap all over the place, the subaru is loaded with it, and the celica is not much better where as the truck is pretty basic, plus not worring about bumps and dips all the time is nice.

What do you do?

Operations Analysis Teir II. Sounds better then it is.

[m0dd3d1]

well since the celica is in storage its pretty much indefinetly on hold, I plan on dropping around 3.5k into it in one shot to get it to where I would like it, meaning a st185 clip and a few upgrades but that wont be for a while, maybe another year who knows. the truck only has priority since its in our driveway and already runs pretty good. most the work on that is just time rather then money and I'm tired of spending money on the celica

I've discoverd that old trucks are fun because there's space to work, dont have to lift it up every time i want under and the engine bay is very spacious. plus there is very little electronic crap all over the place, the subaru is loaded with it, and the celica is not much better where as the truck is pretty basic, plus not worring about bumps and dips all the time is nice.

What do you do?

Operations Analysis Teir II. Sounds better then it is.

If you don't mind me asking, what company? Contractor?

[95CelicaST]

I believe he works for Microsoft.

[kerosene]

I wished i worked for Microsoft... I am doing stupid contract work... bah! but at the same time I hate working for the "man"... Sysadmins get underpayed, and no credit for any work....

[manphibian]

Wow that thing is cool!


You sure do make some ugly vehicles in the Sates

[creis]

I wished i worked for Microsoft... I am doing stupid contract work...

lol, I'm a contractor too I work for Denali AI, but I'm contracted to MS and belive me working for them is not exactly glamor and high salary. I'm on the low end of the scale pay wise too. they have a lot of problems.... and dont really want to solve them the right way regardless of how easy you make if for them. but anyway...

[m0dd3d1]

I wished i worked for Microsoft... I am doing stupid contract work...

lol, I'm a contractor too I work for Denali AI, but I'm contracted to MS and belive me working for them is not exactly glamor and high salary. I'm on the low end of the scale pay wise too. they have a lot of problems.... and dont really want to solve them the right way regardless of how easy you make if for them. but anyway...

...PM'd.

Hey Manphibian...only have one thing to say to that..."Ford KA." Yeah, you know what I'm talking about!

This post has been edited by m0dd3d1: Oct 29, 2007 - 3:28 AM

[kerosene]

I wished i worked for Microsoft... I am doing stupid contract work...

lol, I'm a contractor too I work for Denali AI, but I'm contracted to MS and belive me working for them is not exactly glamor and high salary. I'm on the low end of the scale pay wise too. they have a lot of problems.... and dont really want to solve them the right way regardless of how easy you make if for them. but anyway...

It's better than nothing, I'm 19 and lets face it, I'm not exactly doing work in my age group...Rerley get any work with contract since I am 19... sucks arse....