95 Celica GT "Castrol" Project, Page 14. Interior Project. Options

[CastrolCelica]

The Celica, in particular the Castrol rally car, was my dream car when I was young. The Prius is being passed on to my wife, and I finally purchased a "new" GT. While it won't be a perfect replication, it'll make me happy, and that's all that matters, right? The goal of my goal is to make sure the car DOESN'T become a ricer and stays classy as close to the GT-Four original as I can with my abilities (and my wallet )

The car, including the hood, will all be repainted white as the car is heavily oxidized. Many parts including the air intake hose, radiator, exhaust, ect were replaced. Lots of dry rot, but the car is rust free (except where she was hit a long time ago behind the tail light, which we'll fix). It's been shipped from Texas, so lots of sun damage, no rust. Tomorrow begins the last bit of the repair work (bondo door dings and fix rust) before we get it painted. All that, and then the removal of the ugly country blue pinstripes convinced me to dive head first into this project.

The mods so far:

Castrol decals custom made (a few Sega ones as well, in homage of Sega Rally )
VIS carbon fiber hood (installed)
OEM white allow wheels (refinished in front of the car.. the ones on the car now are horrible steel ones)
Cold air intake and cone filter (the original air intake hose was rotted, so why not upgrade for the health of the car)
New headers
New drilled rotors and brake pads
New spark plugs
New wires and clamps
New performance radiator
25th anniversary seats
DVD/GPS 4" screen player
New speakers
New side mirrors
New paint job
New exhaust
New antenna


Car when I got it for only $2800:












So far (the replacement spoiler came with the mounting holes for the spoiler blocks bondoed closed...yay. Now I'll have the refiberglass the crack in the old spoiler I wasn't planning on using). Most of the car's trim has been stripped.. which is why the doors and headlamps look funky :











I'll take more pics of the body work, and of the engine by Tuesday before it gets sent off to be painted. Of course, stripped, it's ugly right now.. but it'll be nice soon. The Castrol decals I had made will be installed 30 days after the paint job is done. Enjoy guys, updates soon.

This post has been edited by CastrolCelica: Jan 8, 2010 - 10:24 AM

[Nial]

The "Prepared by Toyota Team Europe" stickers on the doors

shouldnt they say

"Powered By Toyota Team Europe"???

Otherwise...looking good...you cant beat a Castrol Celica

This post has been edited by Nial: Nov 9, 2009 - 1:20 PM

[CastrolCelica]

The "Prepared by Toyota Team Europe" stickers on the doors

shouldnt they say

"Powered By Toyota Team Europe"???

Otherwise...looking good...you cant beat a Castrol Celica

I've seen some that say prepared, some that say powered, some that just say Toyota Team Europe... and then some that simply don't have a graphic there.

The designs seem to change per car, and pretty drastically. Even the swooshes are completely different. If you look at the logos used for Castrol even, there are different ones for different cars. Some have the red only Castrol logo over the tire in the front, while others have the red and green box version.

I'm actually kinda curious to see how many types of Castrol Celicas were made. I've even seen ones with other "main" sponsors on them.

Anywho, if you look closely, I've changed a lot more than that anyway because it fits better on this model Celica, or I just found it more aesthetically pleasing. I figure if every Castrol car had big differences, why not carry that on with mine too .

[Nial]

The "Prepared by Toyota Team Europe" stickers on the doors

shouldnt they say

"Powered By Toyota Team Europe"???

Otherwise...looking good...you cant beat a Castrol Celica

I've seen some that say prepared, some that say powered, some that just say Toyota Team Europe... and then some that simply don't have a graphic there.

The designs seem to change per car, and pretty drastically. Even the swooshes are completely different. If you look at the logos used for Castrol even, there are different ones for different cars. Some have the red only Castrol logo over the tire in the front, while others have the red and green box version.

I'm actually kinda curious to see how many types of Castrol Celicas were made. I've even seen ones with other "main" sponsors on them.

Anywho, if you look closely, I've changed a lot more than that anyway because it fits better on this model Celica, or I just found it more aesthetically pleasing. I figure if every Castrol car had big differences, why not carry that on with mine too .

Yea...I think I drew a similar conclusion...there are hundreds of different versions.....I have done the same as you for my corolla.....taken my favourite bits from each design and made up a unique one that suited my taste and the look of the car best.

The Malboro Celicas look cool...stunning in fact, but would require painting as well as stickers to pull off the look.....

I`ve spent many months...if not years researching TTE Celicas...I get the feeling that after every graphics design they started again with a new one for every rally...really annoying when you want to accurately replicate a kit, also there are many non genuine castrol designs about which might be misleading.

Anyway...yours looks very cool...I like it alot