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It really wasn't too hard at all. Seemed to be a pretty simple carburetor. geek The worst part is making sure you label everything right including all the damn vaccum lines. And remember there's a lot of little pieces. Make sure you have a clean table to work on. I did all the work on a kitchen tabl...

What took me so long? Mostly money, and finding a coupe for a reasonable price. I was actually looking around for a project car for my college courses, and I figured it was perfect. I'd learn to fix cars on the same car I learned to drive with. I love these Celicas! Got a lot of great memories drivi...

I'm thinking I'll call her "Rust on Wheels" for now. :nonono: Rust has got to be the worst part to any restoration, but check out what I'm dealing with here. This is the Driver side shock tower. :banghead: http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/mathewm522/Celica%20Project/Photo0559.jpg Thi...

So... I've rebuilt the carburetor and the car fired right up and ran on the first shot. :ohyeah: I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to carburetors :doh: so I'm not really even sure why it was spitting out fuel in the first place. :huh: Point is, I replaced all the available parts and gaskets f...

Am I wasting my time with this one? Is that why there's no replies to the pics?
Come on guys you can be honest. I can handle it.
My major concern with the body is the strut towers on the front end.

I wish the '76 I just picked up had a body in that shape. Oh well... I need to learn to weld anyway.
My interior is in excellent shape other than the rear seats having a couple tears.
Just needs alot of rust repair being from Northern Utah.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c128/mathewm522/Celica%20Project/Photo0496.jpg Well.. I got it home. What a joke. I could have drove it the whole way if the carb would have stayed alive. As it is I couldn't even get enough rpms to drive it up the ramp. I had to have a couple of truckers help get ...

Hey everyone my name is Mathew. I'm new to this forum, and I believe it will be a valubale tool for me in my restoration project. And hopefully I'll be able to help some others as well. I used to own a '77 GT. It was my first car when I was sixteen. I bought this car from my father who was the origi...