New Member/new owner of a 77 RA29
Posted: July 4th, 2012, 5:00 pm
Hi everyone, my name is Jay and I have a car problem. My newest relapse into project car hell is a 77 celica. This is the oldest car I have taken on yet. Alittle background, I was raised on small euro cars and datsuns, and wasn't really into cars as a passion until I graduated high school. The first car i bought myself was an 84 300zx. I have had over 30 cars since I started driving. I am a Nissan Datsun guy at heart, but the first swapped car I owned was an 88 supra. That was also the first car I did more than performance upgrades to, I made a few little fiberglass pieces for my interior and got a body kit.
Currently I have 2 s13 240sx's, an s14 that burned up a month and a half ago, a mazda b2200, a 74 240z, and the celica. The z is a complete nice condition roller that belonged to a friend of my dads since it was new. I bought it from him when they moved away to retire. I want to do a full showroom job on that car someday, and I plan to learn how using the celica. The end goal of the celica is to have a swapped, spartan, hand built hotrod. I want to do things to this car that actually require custom fabrication, including first restoring the body where its rusty and bondo'ed, replacing the interior(already in progress), building fiberglass fenders, hood, and front and rear bumpers, and then swapping in a straight 6 or nicer turbo I4 and doing a suspension swap from an early supra. I hope to drive it on the road at times and be able to hit the track for cheap too. I have an s13 for track duty now, but it never turns heads like this will. ANyway, I can't wait to learn and share my progress!
Currently I have 2 s13 240sx's, an s14 that burned up a month and a half ago, a mazda b2200, a 74 240z, and the celica. The z is a complete nice condition roller that belonged to a friend of my dads since it was new. I bought it from him when they moved away to retire. I want to do a full showroom job on that car someday, and I plan to learn how using the celica. The end goal of the celica is to have a swapped, spartan, hand built hotrod. I want to do things to this car that actually require custom fabrication, including first restoring the body where its rusty and bondo'ed, replacing the interior(already in progress), building fiberglass fenders, hood, and front and rear bumpers, and then swapping in a straight 6 or nicer turbo I4 and doing a suspension swap from an early supra. I hope to drive it on the road at times and be able to hit the track for cheap too. I have an s13 for track duty now, but it never turns heads like this will. ANyway, I can't wait to learn and share my progress!
