I promised myself the next car I buy would be REASONABLY classed in autocross (Street Prepared at most). They are not making it easy for me. He's going to get pictures to me tomorrow.
The RC is aka Carlos Sainz edition, the homologation special version. I'm guessing it's going to be ridiculously expensive. Car is going to auction at USS Nagoya supposedly. I like this car (ST185) quite a bit, maybe I should find a stateside version.
Pic of what a RC looks like. There is also a rally special version that isn't the RC that is basically a lightweight stripped car that otherwise looks like a regular Alltrac you would find in the US.
I would buy it in a heartbeat. But I love old Toyota. The downside is in the states the replacement parts for the all wheel drive and motor are unicorn.
sounds like you have a good friend 
all-trac's are a true weakness of mine
kanaric wrote:
There is also a rally special version that isn't the RC that is basically a lightweight stripped car that otherwise looks like a regular Alltrac you would find in the US.
The rally actually has the narrow body. And different gear ratios than the rest of the AllTracs.
Just wow!!!!!! 
. I now have a new car on my want list. I always loved that body style Celica. But I had no want for FWD. The awd variant is a bit of a unicorn and parts are tough to come by I have been told but oh would that ever tick all the boxes and them some.
I had a good friend with a black AllTrac that looked quite a bit like the OP's pic. It was in excellent condition, and fully setup for Stock-class autox. I'm an AWD fanboi, but I found it very disappointing to drive. It really didn't do anything exceptionally well - though they may be a blast on non-paved surfaces?
M3Loco
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8/24/16 7:30 p.m.
Thx, I'll watch out for it at auction. My Japanese exporter will handle the rest.. 
petegossett wrote:
I had a good friend with a black AllTrac that looked quite a bit like the OP's pic. It was in excellent condition, and fully setup for Stock-class autox. I'm an AWD fanboi, but I found it very disappointing to drive. It really didn't do anything exceptionally well - though they may be a blast on non-paved surfaces?
I have heard from multiple sources that they are really not that great to drive on dry tarmac.
They need a bit of modding to make into a truly fun car, ie. like a period STI would be. However it's totally possible to do and I think they are the best looking period rally car. The RC is supposed to be better and lighter than the alltrac we got in the US. I think one of these with a better turbo (ct26 maybe) and suspension mods would be fun.
BTW they are guessing it's going to be like a $14k+ auction which will be out of my league right now lol.
These things are radio controlled?
ihayes
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8/24/16 11:31 p.m.
petegossett wrote:
I had a good friend with a black AllTrac that looked quite a bit like the OP's pic. It was in excellent condition, and fully setup for Stock-class autox. I'm an AWD fanboi, but I found it very disappointing to drive. It really didn't do anything exceptionally well - though they may be a blast on non-paved surfaces?
I totally agree after driving the st165. Notchy shifter, heavy and slow. I would assume the st185 is an improvement.. but would take a WRX in a heartbeat over the Celica.
The st205 on the other hand... Which we didn't get stateside...drool!!!
For some reason I thought we got a few ST205s over here....what a sad way to start the day, learning something like that. 
DocV
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8/25/16 9:05 a.m.
