Project 1997 Celica ST Options

[Detox]

Hey guys, long time follower finally back in a 6g. My brother just picked this Celi up about a week ago. Nothing special and in pretty bad shape , but it runs. He finally got his license but his impulse buy got him this and well at this point we're just gonna put this one back to stock as much as we can but at the same time we'd like to get involved into Auto X so we'll see where it goes. The shell isn't the best so we don't expect to put really invest to much into it.







Carbon fiber hood is broken since previous owner didn't close the hood right and it flew open and bent and also bent the fenders so those are garbage. Both bumpers (fiberglass) are all cracked and held together by duck tape, plus it's a Vader kit which we've never been a fan of so garbage regardless. Has a fart can, we plan to remove but he cut and weld the pipping all the way to the cat which he also cut and welded so we need a whole exhaust system with cat from headers back, if anyone happens to have it locally please let me know. Interior is trashed. Has its good amount of rust but since my brother picked it up for $600 , he gets what he gets.

Anyway, let's see how this goes.

[antoine64]

the hood latch in your picture is in the right spot but is missing a bolt. there is a cable that should be connected to the bottom that goes in under the dash to a lever that pops the hood. If that was not working your hood latch wouldn't release.


Your project is ambitious. A year ago I bought a car like this where most of the customizing was badly done and a ton of stuff was broken. I've fixed almost everything and my car's wonderful now but it cost me tons of money and time. So it can be done. Lots of Celicas in junkyards to pull parts from. Good Luck!