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June 1, 2009 12:50 p.m. mrwillie New Reader

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/1197966608.html
June 1, 2009 12:57 p.m. 93celicaGT2 Dork

Oh god.... 2nd gen notchback. DO WANT. Can't have.
June 1, 2009 2:31 p.m. 4cylndrfury HalfDork

yummy...I like the 70s better though...still would be a fun project, especially if the "spare engine" comes with!!!
June 1, 2009 8:39 p.m. matt147 New Reader

Very cool! I had one of those back in college in '93, '81 Celica GT 5spd coupe except it was light blue in color. It was the first car I bought with my own money, $500. :)
June 2, 2009 7:31 a.m. carzan New Reader

That looks just like our '06 BABE Rally car. Awesome car! How the heck do you crack a piston in one of these? With normal driving, it's like trying to crack an anvil with a plastic spoon. We only paid $250 for ours from a guy in Jersey. Except for a couple of spots near the back window, there was almost no rust...and the paint was original! It would still shine up nice, but we let it haze for a nice BABE look.
June 2, 2009 9:59 a.m. captain_napalm New Reader

I'd be all over that, if I could find a place to swap the engine... Good thing it's so far away. I don't know how he cracked a piston, AFAIK the 22R was indestructible
June 3, 2009 9:33 a.m. Duke Dork

I don't know about bottom ends, but the 6ME in my same vintage Supra blew headgaskets like bubblegum bubbles and cracked the head on more than one occasions.
June 3, 2009 9:36 a.m. 93celicaGT2 Dork

Duke wrote:

I don't know about bottom ends, but the 6ME in my same vintage Supra blew headgaskets like bubblegum bubbles and cracked the head on more than one occasions.

Yeah. That's an inline 6. And not a good one, at that.