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  • aussiesmg

    Feb. 7, 2010 10:01 p.m. aussiesmg UltraDork

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1995-95-Toyota-Celica-GT-Liftback-Castrol-Rally-Car...

  • autoxrs

    Feb. 7, 2010 10:15 p.m. autoxrs New Reader

    $2500 for a Celica with stickers?

  • maroon92

    Feb. 7, 2010 10:26 p.m. maroon92 UberDork

    seems pretty reasonable. that is a clean Celica GT for the money.

  • Vigo

    Feb. 7, 2010 11:32 p.m. Vigo Reader

    2500 reserve not met doesnt mean much.. Also, it doesnt say that it WASNT rallyed that i noticed in skimming the ad.. it did talk about having to do bodywork and be repainted, which may just be because he was going for looks or may be because he took out his stock hood and bumper cover by hitting a deer just after touching down from a sweet jump out on a stage

  • Matt B

    Feb. 8, 2010 8:35 a.m. Matt B Reader

    I hope his exhaust is super obnoxious like the real thing. Pretty entertaining cosmetic build.

  • 93celicaGT2

    Feb. 8, 2010 8:43 a.m. 93celicaGT2 UltraDork

    That's very well done, and is missing but a motor/drivetrain swap to take it from neat poseur-mobile to awesome chariot of win.

    I'd pay $5k for that. Maybe more.

    Yes. It is possible to dump the AWD running gear under this car.

  • cwh

    Feb. 8, 2010 8:52 a.m. cwh SuperDork

    My opinion- Right now all it really is is a cop magnet.

  • 93celicaGT2

    Feb. 8, 2010 9:07 a.m. 93celicaGT2 UltraDork

    cwh wrote:

    My opinion- Right now all it really is is a cop magnet.

    It's cool. It's not like the stock motor is capable of even speeding on the interstate.

  • aussiesmg

    Feb. 8, 2010 12:14 p.m. aussiesmg UltraDork

    Just blame the lack of power on the Turbo restrictor mandated by the FIA

  • mr2peak

    Feb. 8, 2010 2:01 p.m. mr2peak New Reader

    Buy it and drop in a built 3sgte

  • John Brown

    Feb. 8, 2010 2:14 p.m. John Brown MegaDork

    93celicaGT2 wrote:

    F2T Yo!

    Edited.

  • 93celicaGT2

    Feb. 8, 2010 2:31 p.m. 93celicaGT2 UltraDork

    John Brown wrote:

    93celicaGT2 wrote:

    F2T Yo!

    Edited.

    Nah. Gotta stick with my roots for a variety of reasons:

    1) 3sgte > F2T
    2) The transmission options are MUCH more appealing with a 3sgte. The fact that an S54 transmission originally attached to a 5sfe motor is WAY stronger than the H-series Mazda crap transmission paired with the F2T speaks volumes. Need i even mention the nuclear bomb-proof E153?

    Remember, i'm not REALLY a Mazda guy.

  • jstein77

    Feb. 8, 2010 2:32 p.m. jstein77 HalfDork

    93celicaGT2 wrote:

    That's very well done, and is missing but a motor/drivetrain swap/wheels/tires/springs/shocks/swaybars/seats/exhaust/intake/etc./etc/etc. to take it from neat poseur-mobile to awesome chariot of win.

    Fixed

  • 93celicaGT2

    Feb. 8, 2010 3:36 p.m. 93celicaGT2 UltraDork

    jstein77 wrote:

    93celicaGT2 wrote:

    That's very well done, and is missing but a motor/drivetrain swap/wheels/tires/springs/shocks/swaybars/seats/exhaust/intake/etc./etc/etc. to take it from neat poseur-mobile to awesome chariot of win.

    Fixed

    Yeah yeah yeah... The wheels are fine, and the rest are pretty cheap, though.

    You could go at it two ways.

    Street/non-rally: Caldina GT4 swap, fmic, Yellows and GCs, whiteline swaybars, 7th gen GTS seats, open downpipe. Done. 300+whp.

    Rally: ST205 drivetrain swap.

  • aussiesmg

    Feb. 8, 2010 3:55 p.m. aussiesmg UltraDork

    autoxrs wrote:

    $2500 for a Celica with stickers?

    Do you think you would get the real Celica rally car for $2500?

    I still think it is a neat street car, nicely done, not just another Dale Jr Monte Carlo

  • thatsnowinnebago

    Feb. 8, 2010 8:34 p.m. thatsnowinnebago Dork

    autoxrs wrote:

    $2500 for a Celica with stickers?

    Its got mudflaps too

  • Feb. 8, 2010 9:03 p.m. NGTD HalfDork

    Vigo wrote:

    2500 reserve not met doesnt mean much.. Also, it doesnt say that it WASNT rallyed that i noticed in skimming the ad.. it did talk about having to do bodywork and be repainted, which may just be because he was going for looks or may be because he took out his stock hood and bumper cover by hitting a deer just after touching down from a sweet jump out on a stage

    The total lack of a rollcage is sort of a dead giveaway that it hasn't been rallied.

  • Volksroddin

    Feb. 8, 2010 9:11 p.m. Volksroddin Dork

    ^^^^thats what i thought

  • GI_Drewsifer

    Feb. 8, 2010 9:47 p.m. GI_Drewsifer Reader

    Buy, rally, wreck, repeat.

  • Vigo

    Feb. 8, 2010 10:04 p.m. Vigo Reader

    The total lack of a rollcage is sort of a dead giveaway that it hasn't been rallied.

    Oh you're no fun.

    Buy, rally, wreck, repeat.

    No, its buy, INSTALL CAGE, rally, wreck, REMOVE CAGE, fix wreck, SELL ON EBAY, repeat.

  • neon4891

    Feb. 8, 2010 11:59 p.m. neon4891 UberDork

    aussiesmg wrote:

    I still think it is a neat street car, nicely done, not just another Dale Jr Monte Carlo

    +eleventy billion

  • GI_Drewsifer

    Feb. 9, 2010 1:29 a.m. GI_Drewsifer Reader

    Vigo wrote:

    The total lack of a rollcage is sort of a dead giveaway that it hasn't been rallied.

    Oh you're no fun.

    Buy, rally, wreck, repeat.

    No, its buy, INSTALL CAGE, rally, wreck, REMOVE CAGE, fix wreck, SELL ON EBAY, repeat.

    For $2500, why bother fixing it? Scrap yard

  • ignorant

    Feb. 9, 2010 5:33 a.m. ignorant UltimaDork

    I think its a cool replica, but needs the hardware to back up the looks.

  • Wally

    Feb. 9, 2010 8:15 a.m. Wally UberDork

    Just get a big antenna for the back

 

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