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post Dec 6, 2008 - 6:14 PM
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jmeyer

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A few months back a purchused a 1994 gt that had been in a little fend bender. The kids parents were selling the car because clearly he wasn't ready to drive. I bought it for 800 trailered it home and began to inspect the damage. I got underneath the car and it was clean as can be, something very hard to find in NY. Besides the hood and bumper everything else looked pretty promising. The longer the car sat the more i began thinking about doing a swap, not just the motor though, the whole drivetrain. Doing some research and seeing it was dubbed as nearly impossible i thought why not. I got on the phone with Keith at RPMGarage in Japan and after shooting some number back and forth my dreams are coming true. He was able to hook me up with a WRC front clip, the rear diff, an extra 3sgte motor, recarro seats, and some other parts for an amazing price. The parts were just loaded onto a ship and i was told it's gonna be 4 weeks. I'm just super excited and can't wait to start this project. I'll try to keep stuff up to date and post pics when i can.









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1994 Supra TT
1999 Cadillac Escalade (winter ride/tow truck)
1994 Celica GT-4 Converted
1998 Celica GT-4 Converted
1987 Corolla FX
1986 Corolla AE86 (Next Project)
 
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post Dec 6, 2008 - 8:15 PM
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That is AWESOME!!! you sir are one lucky man, You have one heck of a project going . Bet you can't wait, like a kid at Christmas. I know how you feel, I've been working on my GT4 conversion for over a year now and I'm getting so close. Can't wait too see your project come too life.


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1996 Toyota Celica Convertible GT (My 1st Celi,Owned since 2002)
1995 Toyota Celica Coupe GT 3S-GTE
1994 Toyota Celica Liftback GT-Four (RHD/GT-Four conversion)
1990 Toyota Xcab 1UZ-FE Lexus V8, Solid Axle Swap on 35s geared and locked dual Tcases (Rock Crawler)
1990 Toyota 4Runner 5VZ-FE V6 swap, Solid Axle Swap on 38s (Rock Crawler)
1972 Ford F-350 Crew Cab 4X4 Cummins Turbo Diesel (Tow Rig)
1956 Ford F-100 429 / Automatic
1969 Ford Mustang Fastback 429 Tubbed and Caged (Drag Car)
1967 Ford Mustang Fastback 427W / Automatic
1965 Ford Mustang Fastback 347 / 5-speed

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- jmeyer   Christmans Will be Coming a Little Late This Year   Dec 6, 2008 - 6:14 PM
- - presure2   congrats man, good luck on the conversion.   Dec 6, 2008 - 6:23 PM
- - supershannon77   awesome..Jim and I will have to take a drive and c...   Dec 6, 2008 - 6:46 PM
- - RickJamesBish   You must be the luckiest guy alive...for a little ...   Dec 6, 2008 - 7:34 PM
- - pipes   Awesome man... are you going to do rhd and use the...   Dec 6, 2008 - 7:48 PM
- - BonzaiCelica   wow Jim. haha like guy just thinking about that pm...   Dec 6, 2008 - 8:07 PM
|- - pipes   QUOTE (BonzaiCelica @ Dec 6, 2008 - 9...   Dec 6, 2008 - 8:14 PM
- - TheMadScientist   That is AWESOME!!! you sir are one luc...   Dec 6, 2008 - 8:15 PM
- - njccmd2002   i like projects with pics, like the hoods serving ...   Dec 6, 2008 - 9:57 PM
- - mrgrape   woot congrats man, what color are u gonna paint it...   Dec 6, 2008 - 10:07 PM
- - azian_advanced   looks like the body parts arrived safely... unlike...   Dec 7, 2008 - 1:28 AM
- - CelicaST_CALI   omfg...ANOTHER 3SGTE!!!ENOUGH..u peopl...   Dec 7, 2008 - 1:43 AM
- - trdproven   so you got it...gl on the conversion - you might o...   Dec 7, 2008 - 3:01 AM
- - SoDo   Nice clip. I think that was the clip on ebay that...   Dec 7, 2008 - 5:32 AM
- - 96bluevert   Nice! GL with the project Are u doing the RH...   Dec 7, 2008 - 11:20 AM
- - RickJamesBish   ^ He got the RHD dash, so I would say so.   Dec 7, 2008 - 11:23 AM
- - jmeyer   Thanks for the support guys. My plans were to do a...   Dec 7, 2008 - 12:42 PM
- - RickJamesBish   If you're open to more work, go for something ...   Dec 7, 2008 - 12:51 PM
- - Culpable04   I'd say don't even try to go with Super st...   Dec 7, 2008 - 12:53 PM
- - mrgrape   so to make it AWD, all u need to do is the rear di...   Dec 7, 2008 - 1:06 PM
|- - pipes   QUOTE (mrgrape @ Dec 7, 2008 - 2:06 ...   Dec 7, 2008 - 1:14 PM
||- - mrgrape   QUOTE (pipes @ Dec 7, 2008 - 6:14 PM...   Dec 7, 2008 - 1:16 PM
||- - RickJamesBish   QUOTE (mrgrape @ Dec 7, 2008 - 1:16 ...   Dec 7, 2008 - 1:19 PM
||- - 96bluevert   QUOTE (mrgrape @ Dec 7, 2008 - 10:16...   Dec 8, 2008 - 1:21 PM
|- - 97celiman   QUOTE (mrgrape @ Dec 7, 2008 - 1:06 ...   Dec 10, 2008 - 12:14 AM
- - Culpable04   QUOTE (mrgrape @ Dec 7, 2008 - 2:06 ...   Dec 7, 2008 - 1:13 PM
- - 1Bryce1   YOU ARE SO LUCKY!!! im jealous   Dec 10, 2008 - 6:53 AM
- - creis   Good luck with the project, and funny shipping of ...   Jan 29, 2009 - 10:42 PM
|- - KAOS   QUOTE (creis @ Jan 29, 2009 - 8:42 P...   Jan 30, 2009 - 5:20 PM
- - jmeyer   Everything came in, I'll take pictures when it...   Jan 31, 2009 - 4:56 PM
- - njccmd2002   demand pics now   Feb 1, 2009 - 12:06 PM
- - kmad86   Is the conversion pretty common now-a-days? Back i...   Feb 6, 2009 - 4:43 PM
- - njccmd2002   so where is this at. Are you happy with keith. I...   Jul 1, 2009 - 12:14 PM
- - Culpable04   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Jul 1, 2009 - 12...   Jul 1, 2009 - 1:25 PM


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