72 Celica St, Original Paint, Nice Overall Cond. Drive Anywhere! on 2040-cars
Kalispell, Montana, United States
Engine:8R
Body Type:Coupe
Vehicle Title:Clear
Mileage: 130,000
Make: Toyota
Exterior Color: White
Model: Celica
Interior Color: Black
Trim: ST
Drive Type: Rwd
This Celica is easily the most solid, rust-free example I've seen in 30 plus years of owning and working on these cars. I caught the bug when I was 17, and have owned 8 of the 71-77 Celicas. When I went to look at this car, I could not believe the absence of rust and major damage. I suppose it's because it was parked before they started using salt on the roads here in Montana.
After I got the car home it was easy to decide not to part the car out, instead I would preserve the awesome body pretty much as I found it, go through all systems on the car to make sure it was road worthy, and do some minor projects to make it look better. The motor was shot, so I installed a good running 8R from a 71 Celica I had parted out. Clutch is good, trans. shifts smoothly. Changed the trans. and rear diff. fluid, didn't note any hints of trouble in the old lube. Installed a good used center bearing since the old one was shot. Checked the brake pads on all four corners and changed the master cylinder and fluid. Installed newer front strut cartridges since the originals were seized. Changed out the pitman arm, idler arm and tie rod ends for some nice tight ones from my parts pile. The wheels and tires got "borrowed" from my son's 75 Celica. The tires are less than 2 years old with maybe 2 thousand miles on them. The car runs and drives well.
The dash was cracked badly, I put cap on it. All lights and gauges work, heater works great and I think the a/c would with a recharge. New speaker for the AM radio. Seats are fair, rear have a couple sun blisters. Headliner is torn 2 places but doesn't sag. Carpet is poor. Door panels are nice, have small crack behind window cranks. Yes, all windows roll down and back up! Front and rear windshield are good. Replaced seals between quarter glass and door glass as well seals along roof line.
The floor is rock solid with cracked sound deadener and a couple minor dents from a trailer, I think. Rockers are good, trunk perfect, quarters perfect. Small rust through near bottom of front fenders, easy fix. The car has dents distributed evenly over it with a double dose on the hood. I gave it NICE bumpers. I think the best thing about the car is that it has no secrets!
Thanks for reading all this.(if you did)
Chuck
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