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Enthusiast ![]() Joined Sep 5, '04 From Quebec, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) ![]() |
The first car i have ever bought with my own money was a 1994 Celica GT when i was 20 years old. That was a pretty cool car and brought me to the car modification world where I installed a set of wheels, dropped it, big wing etc. That was a little before F&F 1 so yeah I am a little old.
Sold it 2 years later and kept on buying bigger and bigger cars, rx-7, supra, nsx, viper, Porsche turbo, t-rex, etc. Once I was pretty much done with changing cars, I wanted something that would give me fun while not costing a fortune. Obviously when you own a car you always dream of the bigger model available. So I now had the chance to buy the car I wish I had when I was 20, a GT-Four. I bought it with the intention of swapping it to lhd since I had driven a couple of rhd cars and didn’t really like it. I wanted to do a quick swap and make a driver, didn’t want something fancy. But, as time went and while I have the part in my hand, might as well clean it and paint it so I ended up doing a complete restoration instead. The whole project took a full 2 years from start to finish working on it part time in my garage. I didn’t plan on making something fancy so I didn’t take a lot of pictures during the process, now I regret it but it’s too late so you guys can see what I have even if it’s not much. So here it is This is the GT-Four when I bought it, in the pic the engine is already out. The car had been completely painted with spray cans and it had a whole lot of dings on it. It was really leaky and the previous owner didn’t take care of it at all. ![]() Picture wasn’t for that but It gives an idea of how dirty the engine bay was ![]() Pressure washed engine bay, at least we can see something ![]() This is the lhd car I bought, it was a little rusty but my only criteria were a clean interior for the parts and a good firewall. Car was also painted with spray can but this one I didn’t mind. ![]() Engine bay of the 2,2 which I sold for cheap ![]() I was able to sell the back of the car so all I was left with is this. At least it took a lot less space in the garage. ![]() Now let’s start buffing all the spot welds around the firewall, a whole LOT of these. ![]() And ended up with a big hole in the car ![]() ![]() ![]() Now let’s do the same process for the lhd and you are left with this ![]() Yeah I now have a lhd firewall in a rhd car ![]() ![]() Welded in place ![]() Temporary paint booth for the engine bay and the inside, I’ll go black in the engine bay in case I decide down the road to change color, my main objective for now is for a white car. ![]() Primer and seam sealer ![]() ![]() And paint, might as well do the whole frame while I am at it ![]() ![]() ![]() Reassembly slowly begins ![]() ![]() ![]() It is now time to attack the engine, just wanted to clean it to find the leaks but oh well, might as well rebuilt it with new seals and rings everywhere. ![]() Turbo before the aesthetic rebuild ![]() Head ![]() Block ![]() A whole lot cleaner now ![]() ![]() ![]() Engine back in the hole ![]() Here is a picture when we were about to shoot it, lots of work had to be done on all the parts to bring them back straight. ![]() Primer ![]() I thought about reusing the brakes but after inspection I think I should change them ![]() Under side of the car before cleaning ![]() After cleaning ![]() After paint ![]() ![]() Fuel cell restoration ![]() ![]() ![]() New brakes, you can start to see the color of the car ![]() ![]() And then I stopped taking pictures of the progress so all that is left is the final product, enjoy! Those are Scion FRS seats by the way, they are a pain to fit in there and they are still not 100% to my taste but they’ll do for now. You can also see the Kamikazeshop rear seat cover, armrest and shift boot. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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nice work!
glad to see you come around full circle after going through all those cars to end back up with a 6gc. ![]() looks great and bet it's a blast to drive. -------------------- ![]() *1997 Celica ST - 3SGE Greytop BEAMS *1977 Celica RA29 - Classic Cruiser *2005 Matrix AWD - dedded but still hanging around like a ghost 2019 Rav4 XLE Premium - Sports mode is fun. |
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