Project : 83, i dunno why i get my self into these things Options

[Valo666]

So, i decided to put a bit of a project on my self. My gf of almost 2 year's b-day is coming up at the end of the month. So i decided, her car needs some work, and she loves it, so why dont i spend some time and fix her up. So, right now, the gf is at the cottage untill the weekend and i have wensday, thursday and saturday off. So, i figured, hey, why waiste my time sittin around when i can spend some good alone time workin on her car. So my plan is to get her car all fixed up, get her a new hatch, new fuel pump and get the car pretty much ready for paint by her b-day, and maybe if i can, get it painted by her b-day (30th). So heres what im dealing with.

1983 Toyota Celica GT, 2.4L 22REC engine, solid rear axel, 5spd tranny, owned by the original owner since 1983. Good part : well maintained and low km. Bad parts, some minor rust, and some original parts from 1983 on it.









So, ive already tackeled most of the rust work. Now, i have to remove the rocker moulding because its all rotten, take all the plugs out of the door from where the OEM side moulding was (had to remove it, it was all rotten and falling apart), fill the plug holes, fix the rust around the antenna, put in the new antenna, buy a new hatch, buy a new fuel pump because hers leaks, fix all the trim peices/re-paint them, and clean up the engine bay, aswell as replace some ignition parts. The other day i put a cone filter in instead of the gian restrictive OEM airbox and i noticed that her engine bay is really really clean under all the under coating, and i also noticed that she has the original spark plug wires from 1983 still in the car!!! So, gonna change the wires, plugs, distriubtor cap, rotor, pop her valve cover off and clean it up, clean up her exhaust manifold heat sheild, and re-dye her interior carpet. It was suppost to be black...but 23 years of sunlight has turned it green. I have wayyy to much stuff to do, but oh well, thats the price of love huh?

oh..i forgot to mention, im doing all of this without her knowing. I told her im gonna bring it to my house to finish the rust work and thats it.

also, her brother who is a pretty crazy airbrusher is gonna help me detail the car and is gonna airbrush the "22RE" logo back on the valve cover.

Ill keep posting pics as i go. Wish me luck, im gonna need it.

[Valo666]

Day 2: Well, i had a bit of a late night last night hangin out with Nader and Paul(behindthesmile) at the local toyota meet. Then went home had me a cup of coffee, stayed up talking to and old friend i havent talked to in 3 months. Went to bed..lets say..late. So i woke up this morning, my back was killing me because i slept weird and i have a bad back, and i felt like crap from all the sun the day b4. So i really didnt work on the car..at all today. I had to tape a plastic bag to the car around the giant gapping hole where the antenna is suppost to be because we were expecting rain today. Other than that, i got the new wires in at my work, picked up em, put em on..and holy crap does the thing run 1000x better. Shows what you get when you change the Original stuff out of the car. So, i work tomorrow, but after that, im gonna put in the new fan clutch, and saturday after work im gonna hopefully weld in some new metal where the antenna is suppost to go. Sunday is gonna be the work day though. Even though the GF gets home Saturday Night, she isnt gonna see her car untill Sunday afternoon. Ill keep updating as i go.