I've been a long time fan of the early Celicas. My first car was a 1972 Celica that was a hand me down from my grandparents, with only 30,000 original miles. The car from my grandparents was rusted out real bad, so my dad bought a clean 72 body and we swapped the drivetrain into it. (this was in 1989). Then I used the rusted car as a parts car. I wish I still had both those cars today! I have many fond memories of learning to work on cars with my dad and my friends on the Celica.
My original yellow parts car ended up in a junk yard in Moss Landing, CA area in the late 90's. The red car was sold to an individual where I lost track of it. I think we heard this also ended up in a junk yard somewhere in the same area. Maybe one of you have seen them or own them now? If so I have a lot of history on them obviously.
1974 GT I just bought, as found in San Jose:
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/tXqAzbB.jpg)
1974 GT pic 2:
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/0bBooTl.jpg)
1974 GT pic 3:
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/Nl5CEPw.jpg)
My original 1972 Celica, second body with 30K drivetrain, before I had it painted (circa 1991):
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/stV409h.jpg?1)
My original 1972 Celica after painting red (circa 1994):
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/irmI9c4.jpg?1)
Original 1972 celica pic 2 (circa 1994):
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/R4DcQGD.jpg?2)
Original rusted car with 30,000 drivetrain, turned into parts car (circa 1994):
![Image](http://i.imgur.com/wbNeloM.jpg?1)
(Ouch! Makes me sick. I wish I still had this. Little did I know these would become rare and the parts hard to find).
Anyways, glad to be part of the 1stgencelica community!
-Colby