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post Jun 21, 2010 - 12:55 AM
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so i've been car shopping for maybe a year now, not too serious at first but as time went on, my searches had more of a purpose. so my question to you, the people of 6gc.net, with all the help you've given me so far is this: if the plan now is to get my fathers truck, but i still want a celica, should i still try and find a whole celica with little to no problems that is close and cheap, or start a project car and buy parts over-time to make a whole celica? or just find a whole new car in general? i appreciate any and all answers and also any leads for buying anything to help!
thanks everyone!!!
 
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post Jun 21, 2010 - 5:54 AM
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its always good to have something that runs first this way theres incentive to upgrade. for me if the car didnt run i would probably start fixing it but then it would just sit forever incomplete. it also helps when determining everything that actually needs to be done and what items to priortize, example, wont know just how bad the wheel bearings are till its rolling down the street under its weight. anyway thats my 2c i'm sure others will have differing opinions

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post Jun 21, 2010 - 9:57 AM
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i bought a non-running GT in fair shape, but my main purpose was to swap it. AND i had a running ST already so get something reliable, and then a project. thats ur safest bet


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post Jun 23, 2010 - 6:29 PM
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Buy one that runs. It's much easier to fix problems as they come up than it is to be overwhelmed with the problems of a car that doesn't run at all. Think of it like this.. Buy a car that doesn't run. Buy a motor- it has unknown problems. Spend time and money sorting that out. Once the car is running, you find out that 2 of the 4 brake calipers are sticking. More time and money sorting that out. Get the car rolling again, find out that 3 of the rims are bent. Replace those. Drive the car around for a few weeks, you find out that your struts are blown very badly. Now your tires are shot. New tires. Drive around a little while longer, you find out that the car has a very serious electrical problem somewhere. More time and money spent trying to get that fixed. There might be a lot more problems after that. Or there might not be any problems with it at all. You just never know. But with a car that runs, you at least have a good general idea of what problems the car might have.


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post Jun 23, 2010 - 9:03 PM
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For projects I prefer to start with a running car with high mileage, or with a lot of specific problems that cause the price to be low. My old Miata, for example, I bought for $1600. It only had 90k on it, but everything that was bad on it was something I planned on replacing anyways. All the struts were blown, exhaust was rusted out, couple bent wheels, bad stereo, etc.

I'd keep your eyes peeled for a very inexpensive Celica that is running and driveable. For example, this would be a good start:
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