Leeky1

Great work there Sheepers! I need some "peter" or equivalent in my life... Time and money would be nice too.

Nice build thread. And I'd have to say the best looking Celeste i've seen.

Loving this build thread. Looking forward to see your progress.

Since the last update a lot has happened. I had the car shipped back down to chch last Dec. It had a lot of patches and structural stuff done to it while up in Feilding. None of it makes for exciting project updates. I've since bought myself a Mig and various resto toolery. So am still in the process of patching panels and plug welding back on to the car. If anyone is interested I'll take a few pics of the car as it is and of my attempts at fabrication/welding.

Can I have his number? I need a second opinion on saving my Celica's roof.

Quick update. Apparently jacking up the car to take wheels off wasn't a good idea. This last pic is quite epic for me. I'd say it's 20% going back together. Should be finished in another 6 yrs or so!

Wow, impressive car there. It's certainly had some $$$ thrown at it along the way. I've been restoring an RA28 for last couple years and seeing beautiful Celica's like yours keeps me motivated to get it finished one day.

Nice work Sheepers. I'll be picking that issue of pcar up to give me motivation (just so you know, I always read car mags while taking morning dump). On another note; is the right rear guard a replacement? Or did you fill in petrol flap and convert to TA25 filler?

Nice car. I'm surprised I never saw your car on trademe when you got it. I've looked at every Ta/Ra Celica on trademe for the last 6 years. What kind of mirrors are you gonna get?

I'm a big Honda fan from way back. Loving that CRX, man I really want one of those for a track toy one day.(Yes I know you had a race car for sale, but I'm broke ass)/too much on the go). Any reason there's no B16A's in any of these? They must be pretty cheap these days?

That is looking sweeeet! Simmons on Rx's are nice. 21million aussies can't be wrong. joke. I don't mind the chrome either, but if you drive around with the bonnet off your gonna blind other motorists and cause an accident. Loving the seats too.

Ok, you win. Your Celica is clearly rustier than mine. Not by much. Starting to take shape though, not much room for the radiator from the looks.

Yup. Looks like it's got some convex(outey) and concave(inney) curves to it. Would need to be shrunk just right, too much and it'll be a pain in the arse to get to sit down properly. If it's an immaculate show car then you should take the window out if you want as good a job as possible. Othwerwise you gonna have to expect some little specs or the odd small crease.

Actually I was going through all the boxes of parts and realised the 4 pieces of trim that go from head liner down along rear of hatch are pretty poked. Wouldn't have some spares would you? Hey I was reading an old copy of 4&rotaries at work today and yhey mentioned a guy called sleeektoy from toymod.com who reproduced his celica GT badges. Was that you??

Hmm sounds promising, but I think the price to ship from Perth would be astronomical. I think my gaurds aren't beyond saving. Cheers for those mock ups!! Pink doesn't look too bad aye. Maybe with purple sparkle?