BoostMe's 1975 Toyota Celica :D

[BoostMe]

I went ahead and made the deal to get the wheels. Such a hard to find rare wheel these days to pass them up.

....and they look damn sexy. I will be having the barrels polished out and centers powdercoated immediately. Also trying to track down some new hardware. I did already find a set of original center caps.

Realistically the engine will not be done until the end of this year. I am in no rush and it will be out in full force for the 2013 season. Sucks to put it off but I want it done right the first time.

[JC.]

Watanabes <33333

[BoostMe]

Well sadly I passed on the wheels. The magnesium issues kept making me question things and he also is considering keeping them so we are both still happy.

Time to get back to the engine build!

[ShadowWabbit]

Sux about the wheels but mag wheels are only nice till they catch fire. Now lets see the sr-elica come to life already.

[BoostMe]

Got the Celica all lined up for some major fab work. Gets picked up next Saturday by Mr. Yoder to perform his magic!

[NorCalFocus]

Glad the deal on the wheels worked out for the best. Now get some powa in da beast!

[Slezo]

Excellent.

[mshriver]

Great work man! Im not feeling the black vinyl on the hood but other than that the car looks amazing!

[axelillo_PR]

Glad you passed on the wheels, watanabes should be deep dish like this

[BoostMe]

No big updates yet. Celica goes to the FAB shop next weekend for a big transformation.

I did pick up the new read end today.

8.8 31 spline 4:10 with trac lok and disc brakes

[BoostMe]

Well Chuck has been sick and I will have to wait a few more weeks to get the fab work done. In the meantime she will continue to collect dust.

[PaxtonSaxton]

i love these old celicas! you're doing a good job so far man bud i agree with keeping it all 'yota. anyways i was wondering how you turned the interior black?

[BoostMe]

Well after buying another car for the bumpers i realized they werent the bumpers i wanted. The 73-74 bumpers which i had acquired have several holes in them for additional safety rubbers and structural mounting. Something told me if i was going to do it to do it right so i have been tracking down some earlier 71-72 bumpers which are completely smooth. These are extremely rare and can run $1k-$1500 a set, so for now I just got a rear and will later track down a front. It still has to be sent off for some minor repair and rechroming but i did take some time tonight for a mockup. To make the rear bumper fit new tail light grilles have to be added along with relocating the license plate.



With new tail light grills (dirty)


Looks much better than the massive stock bumpers.

[BoostMe]

I now have the 71 rear bumper installed. I am sticking with the 73 tails and center garnish though. Turned out great. Still have to send off the bumper for repair and chrome. Also have to clean up the tails. Here is a pic

Bumper mounted


Tails in

[BoostMe]

Spent all day cleaning the new tails and then painting them. Here is the final result installed on the car.