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Small update

-Took what was left of my headliner down lol..
-Figured out why my dome light wasn't working and also why my sunroof only kind of works.
(burnt wires) Guess the motor got really hot or something and burnt them. I think the one in the junkyard had this
little sunroof/dome light panel.
-Cleaned interior some more, pulled apart the whole dash and cleaned. Couldn't get middle console out. Must be something I'm missing so I just didn't mess with it right now. The plan was to disassemble the shifter and clean but couldn't get that console out.
-Repainted some interior pieces that were stained/faded etc. Then realized after I painted them that it was the wrong color.
Either mine's sunfaded or its just a dark charcoal color instead of black. I went with duplicolor. Looks great otherwise lol..
I need to get more anyway to do engine bay plastics. Interior's looking sharp now!
-Sanded and painted battery tray. It was solid except rust colored. Figured it'd be worth it to protect it with paint until I can get the whole car painted.

So some mini progress but I backtracked a little bit ha. Oh well, there's always snags.

Few random pics

Burn mark on sunroof panel wires


The button for my lightbulb was broken so couldn't use my dome light.


Goodbye old friend


Prepped and ready to paint. Too bad I picked the wrong color. I'll upload after shot when I repaint.

Amazing work and attention to detail! My favorite mods are the seat warmers and various switches you added just because haha. I love that kind of stuff. It's the little things that make the all difference.

Sorry to hear about your clutch, that has to be annoying. Hope it's back on the road soon!
Definitely looking forward to more updates on the gas filler relocation. Will your tail light actually pop out
like a hinge or something? Very neat.

Yeah that's the beauty of living in florida. Rust free cars (typically) haha. My 83 vw rabbit that's lived all it's life in florida has less rust than my celica lol.

This is car porn and should be in a magazine haha. Terrific work. I like that you have taken your time to calculate everything and focused more on the engine rather than body mods. Can't wait to see it finished!! Also you need to upload video so I can hear this thing pur when you're all done.

Keep up the good work.

Hmm.. I'm guessing it's the same until you get towards the back. Wonder if I can't just trim the back to fit. I knew it wasn't gonna work lol.. That'd be too easy.

And thanks for the welcome guys! Mileage is kinda high but I can't complain for the price. 197,xxx
I'm with you guys on the color. It's not a bad color on other vehicles but I think it's crap for celicas.

On the agenda next is to do some more detailing in both interior and engine bay; Repainting faded plastics, etc.
Anyone know which vinyl paint is a close match to the black interior? Duplicolor, SEM?

Oh and @ Ted95, I'll take a further look underneath but from what I can tell it's all solid underneath.
The back was probably a result of a fender bender and the top cancer I assume was from her parking under an orange tree.
Apparently the acidity took a toll on this baby over the years lol..

Definitely most of that list will be happening ha. Maybe not the engine swap or lowering though Ha we'll see, that'd be way way later. Fixing the cancer is definitely a priority but right now I'm just enjoying driving it.

Went to a junkyard today looking for little interior bits I'm missing like the door tweeter cover on the pass. side and shift boot but no luck. I did find a headliner though. It is for the gt coupe though and have to make sure it will fit in the hatch.

Nice vert! Looking forward to more updates.

Beautiful celica man. Ha, I'm a bit late to the party but oh well. Inspiring

Hey guys

New to the forum and just picked up a 95 GT a couple weeks ago. Been having a lot of fun driving it thus far.
It's pretty much all stock. Has a few quirks that need fixing but runs pretty good. It's a 5 speed, topaz metallic paint, and has a little body work needing addressed but I picked it up pretty cheap ($950)

I've always had a thing for black/silver celicas so new paint is definitely on the list.
Other than that, I just want to restore it back to it's glory. Also, some new wheels are in order in future.

Here are pics I took today. Haven't done much to it thus far. Just did a tune up, cap, bosch wires, ngk plugs, filters, lucas oil treatment, castrol oil, and few odds and ends.

Here she is





Previous owner had her friend put a kill switch in because her battery was being drained by something :lol: That's gotta go.





Crusty spots Eh, I've seen worse.



Also was wondering what originally went down here. Fog lights?


Very roughly photoshopped what my vision was. Nothing wild lol. Was supposed to be more black but my PS skills aren't the best.