The Year is 1974.

[RedE46Bimmer]

The coupes are exponentially greater than the liftbacks.

[Drama]

I enjoy both, but I'd like to own a liftback model sometime.

[RedE46Bimmer]

I'd be driving a 78 GT coupe if my dad's hadn't been stolen, I was gonna buy it from him.

[Drama]

damn that sucks! That definitely would have been nice to have.

[Oxer]

I still cant get over how immaculate this thing is. God I love it so much!

[mojocoggo]

Thanks bros!

Credit for the restoration goes to member "zipppo" from the 1stgencelica forum. He does fantastic work restoring these cars. I actually have some polaroids taken of the car in its original color back in the 90s. Everything I usually do in Photoshop is already done to this car, for example:

front and rear sidemarkers removed
ugly federal bumper guards removed
replaced huge '74 front turn signals with '71-72 signals (which were optional btw!)
'71-72 hood with the larger badass chrome flutes

Has all the original GT badging and grille which to me is really just brownie points but things like the grille can sell for over 300 bucks sometimes.

Here's my own most recent addition:


Went from AM/FM with one speaker to BALLIN G-RIDE with 3 speakers.

[integral]

simply amazing

[RedE46Bimmer]

I don't understand why I keep clicking on this thread...because everytime I do, I immediately cruise the FS section on JapaneseNostalgicCar.com.

Damn you Dylan....damn you.

[Moose]

Cool headunit

[NerdCore]

I love first gen Celica's. I have had 3 7th gens. That car needs moar 1jz IMHO.

[animal]

wow, car looks incredible. nice shots! Too bad about the centerlines, if only you could dial in a lil camber..

[Geschlecht]

I dont want to read the whole thread to see if its been mentioned but that looks almost exactly like a 60s camaro. Just a little smaller.

[mojocoggo]

I don't understand why I keep clicking on this thread...because everytime I do, I immediately cruise the FS section on JapaneseNostalgicCar.com.

Damn you Dylan....damn you.

Haha I've spent so much time in that section. Lots of REALLY nice cars in there.

Cool headunit

o thx bro cool 518i cluster

I love first gen Celica's. I have had 3 7th gens. That car needs moar 1jz IMHO.

The inline sixes only really fit in the liftbacks.

[Oxer]

Screw that! Keep it period specific! Get some triple or quad carbs for it! Haha

[RedE46Bimmer]

^I absolutely agree with that statement.