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post Oct 2, 2017 - 11:55 AM
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cheela



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When life hands you lemon, you make lemonade.
but what happens when life hands you a '96 5 speed celica ST, aka Freelica???

so, this thing just kinda almost literally fell into my hands. Thursday night my uncle hits me up on facepage and was like, "hey, i got this sitting in my yard, you interested?"

I'm like "swching! yea!" (but i didn't say the swching part)

so details are it was my cousin's car, they were driving heard a big noise? in the general engine bay/engine area and then it died. got it towed to my uncle's and it sat for 3 years. possibly spun bearings but we'll see once i dig into it some more.

Friday comes around, I'm like ok cool another celica would be nice to have to work on but I'm still kinda broke so i'll let it simmer for now. then my cousin was like, "eh yo, if nobody's interested, I'm junking it today!"

so I hit her up and was all like, "ey ho, i'm interested yo, how much ya want for it?"

she was like "free fiddy!" and I'm like free fiddy?, she's like yeah free dollars and fiddy. you just gotta tow it out and it's yours.
so she left the title with my uncle but forgot the key so that will be mailed to me.

so for the price of towing, i got me a freelica. smile.gif

onto pick chars.

the pix my uncle sent me:





of course, first thing i do when it got dropped off was line up my green celi with it for a photoshoot. lol



then proceeded to clean the crap out of it.
BEFORE:

seats are trashed. had various smells of old pets and smoke.



seems to have taken a slight hit here. tail light's cracked and pushed in a bit...

came with a half torn apart system? lol

doors are typical of a midwest car. but seems to be the only bad rust i see on the body so far.

rear quarters looks surprisingly ok. this is the worst of it.


AFTER
gave it a quick wash to see what's left of the paint. hood's been spray canned and they didn't bother to mask anything so i had to spend some time scraping black overspray from the headlights and windshield....
she looks good from 30 maybe 20 ft. laugh.gif



dash cleaned up REALLY well. aside from the torn leather steering wheel (i have my stock one and a 3post to replace) and shifter, everything looks in relatively good shape.



I believe I should have an extra door panel to replace this if needed. there's dimples everywhere.

seats, I'll most likely trash. aside from having various stains and rips. the ever present smell of cigarettes just doesn't cut it for me and I still have my tan seats from my green one when I did the 7th gen interior swap.


overall, it only takes a bit of loving to make it able to sit next to my green one. smile.gif they're both pretty happy I'd say


This post has been edited by cheela: Aug 27, 2019 - 12:03 PM


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*1997 Celica ST - 3SGE Greytop BEAMS
*1977 Celica RA29 - Classic Cruiser
*2005 Matrix AWD - dedded but still hanging around like a ghost
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Posts in this topic
- cheela   Freelica   Oct 2, 2017 - 11:55 AM
- - cheela   got underneath freelica to check out what I gotta ...   Apr 30, 2018 - 1:12 PM
- - cheela   ok, don't know why those first few photos are ...   Apr 30, 2018 - 1:23 PM
- - Box   Booooo rust! As far as axles go, based on Roc...   Apr 30, 2018 - 4:17 PM
- - navseal345   Ya progress!   Apr 30, 2018 - 8:58 PM
- - cheela   kinda... lol   May 1, 2018 - 9:22 AM
- - cheela   had some time this weekend. took out the starter, ...   Jun 4, 2018 - 8:00 AM
- - SwissFerdi   I hate snapped bolts...been fighting a t-stat stud...   Jun 4, 2018 - 12:37 PM
- - cheela   I'm thinking about dumping a gallon of penetra...   Jun 4, 2018 - 1:03 PM
- - richee3   Huge pictures are huge. Rust sucks too. At least y...   Jun 4, 2018 - 1:39 PM
- - cheela   Well I just want you guys to get the full experien...   Jun 4, 2018 - 1:51 PM
- - SwissFerdi   Hopefully you have better skills and luck than me....   Jun 4, 2018 - 4:17 PM
- - cheela   well, living in the midwest here, this skill is al...   Jun 4, 2018 - 10:26 PM
- - bloodMoney   Tack weld a nut to the top and spin it out.   Jun 5, 2018 - 8:26 AM
- - cheela   yeah, there's enough of it sticking out that i...   Jun 5, 2018 - 8:41 AM
- - njccmd2002   dont tack it, weld it. Make sure it gets real hot...   Jun 6, 2018 - 7:27 AM
- - cheela   well, it's a good thing I have this parts car.   Jun 6, 2018 - 8:02 AM
- - bloodMoney   RE: Freelica   Jun 6, 2018 - 8:38 AM
- - njccmd2002   so did you tack your nut?   Jun 6, 2018 - 12:42 PM
- - cheela   haven't touched it yet. rain yesterday, and ra...   Jun 6, 2018 - 12:58 PM
- - cheela   this past weekend, the weather turned out pretty g...   Jun 11, 2018 - 11:20 AM
- - TimeslideZ   Creative w/ taking the axle out. But DAMN is the r...   Jun 11, 2018 - 8:37 PM
- - njccmd2002   dam thats a lot of rust in the undercarriage, how ...   Jun 18, 2018 - 9:50 PM
- - cheela   yeah, it looks pretty nasty doesn't it? the bo...   Jun 19, 2018 - 7:53 AM
|- - CoolZeen   QUOTE (cheela @ Jun 19, 2018 - 7:53 ...   Jun 19, 2018 - 11:36 AM
- - cheela   bleh.... ugh...   Jul 10, 2018 - 9:20 AM
- - navseal345   Well... it doesn't look that bad.   Jul 10, 2018 - 12:56 PM
- - cheela   that's the problem.... nothing's broken re...   Jul 10, 2018 - 1:54 PM
- - navseal345   What was the issue again?   Jul 11, 2018 - 6:59 AM
|- - cheela   QUOTE (navseal345 @ Jul 11, 2018 - 6...   Jul 11, 2018 - 8:44 AM
- - navseal345   Maybe see if you can try turning the trans either ...   Jul 11, 2018 - 12:37 PM
- - cheela   I'll mess with it and see. If not, I'm eit...   Jul 11, 2018 - 2:25 PM
- - NgoFcukinWay   part out.   Jul 11, 2018 - 3:02 PM
- - cheela   You're a part out.   Jul 11, 2018 - 3:13 PM
- - NgoFcukinWay   Feels like it 90% of the time.   Jul 11, 2018 - 5:09 PM
- - njccmd2002   lol, could it be seized? i would soak the transmi...   Jul 12, 2018 - 6:21 PM
- - cheela   yeah, trans might be shot. Tried turning the input...   Jul 18, 2018 - 8:06 AM
- - njccmd2002   dont see why not, you can go auto. I have a auto ...   Jul 24, 2018 - 10:08 PM
- - NgoFcukinWay   put in a power glide or a dog box. lol   Jul 25, 2018 - 6:57 AM
- - cheela   Imma do it. but if I do, Imma have to go 1uz.   Jul 25, 2018 - 8:58 AM
- - njccmd2002   send the car to me, ill make it into a toaster ove...   Jul 25, 2018 - 6:25 PM
- - Box   If Toyota gearboxes are like Nissan gearboxes then...   Jul 26, 2018 - 3:46 AM
- - cheela   well Freelica's got a trans finally... Only it...   Mar 4, 2019 - 10:38 AM
- - TimeslideZ   Dude that blue one actually seems pretty clean ove...   Mar 4, 2019 - 2:04 PM
- - cheela   It's pretty rusty too. midwest cars... lol It ...   Mar 4, 2019 - 2:11 PM
- - njccmd2002   Car killer thread for sure Is the castle nut avai...   Mar 4, 2019 - 8:30 PM
- - cheela   lol. I'm going to revive Freelica. have some f...   Mar 5, 2019 - 12:03 PM
- - cheela   swapped hoods a while back because the black hood ...   May 10, 2019 - 1:57 PM
- - Box   You can doooo itttt!   May 10, 2019 - 2:46 PM
- - ngrome   So if you get a rusty Celica, is it called a Rusti...   May 13, 2019 - 9:32 AM
|- - cheela   QUOTE (ngrome @ May 13, 2019 - 9:32 ...   May 20, 2019 - 8:17 AM
- - cheela   Been a while since I've updated this. I'm ...   Aug 7, 2019 - 10:30 PM
- - NgoFcukinWay   Send me the double din radio panel and the fog lig...   Aug 7, 2019 - 11:21 PM
- - bloodMoney   You should've put your chainmail and a snorkel...   Aug 8, 2019 - 7:34 AM
- - cheela   QUOTE (NgoFcukinWay @ Aug 7, 2019 - 11...   Aug 8, 2019 - 8:44 AM
- - bloodMoney   Yea... Despite your comments in the TOTD thread, I...   Aug 8, 2019 - 10:41 AM
- - Box   See but if you get struck by lightning and live th...   Aug 8, 2019 - 2:20 PM
- - cheela   QUOTE (bloodMoney @ Aug 8, 2019 - 10...   Aug 8, 2019 - 2:28 PM
|- - Bitter   QUOTE (cheela @ Aug 8, 2019 - 2:28 P...   Aug 10, 2019 - 10:12 AM
- - navseal345   Chee accept the help.   Aug 10, 2019 - 5:26 PM
- - Bitter   Will work for food and can sleep anywhere.   Aug 10, 2019 - 6:03 PM
|- - navseal345   QUOTE (Bitter @ Aug 10, 2019 - 6:03 ...   Aug 10, 2019 - 6:36 PM
- - cheela   I welcome the help. It's just me, I don't ...   Aug 12, 2019 - 8:06 AM
|- - CoolZeen   QUOTE (cheela @ Aug 12, 2019 - 8:06 ...   Aug 13, 2019 - 9:45 AM
|- - cheela   QUOTE (CoolZeen @ Aug 13, 2019 - 9:4...   Aug 13, 2019 - 11:24 AM
|- - enderswift   QUOTE (cheela @ Aug 13, 2019 - 11:24...   Aug 13, 2019 - 5:59 PM
- - Box   Well think on the bright side, at least you're...   Aug 12, 2019 - 2:58 PM
- - Bitter   I know the feeling. Also, I help you fix the car ...   Aug 12, 2019 - 7:05 PM
- - cheela   QUOTE (Box @ Aug 12, 2019 - 2:58 PM)...   Aug 13, 2019 - 8:33 AM
- - Box   QUOTE (cheela @ Aug 13, 2019 - 8:33 ...   Aug 13, 2019 - 12:25 PM
- - Bitter   Sounds good to me as well, we come, we fix, we eat...   Aug 13, 2019 - 8:04 PM
- - NgoFcukinWay   send me the gauge cluster pigtails please. kthx.   Aug 13, 2019 - 9:46 PM
- - Box   I'll even show up to stand around and be prett...   Aug 13, 2019 - 9:58 PM
- - navseal345   Breakfast egg rolls, lunch egg rolls, dinner egg r...   Aug 13, 2019 - 10:01 PM
|- - Box   QUOTE (navseal345 @ Aug 13, 2019 - 10...   Aug 13, 2019 - 10:43 PM
|- - NgoFcukinWay   QUOTE (Box @ Aug 13, 2019 - 10:43 PM...   Aug 13, 2019 - 10:59 PM
- - cheela   QUOTE (enderswift @ Aug 13, 2019 - 5...   Aug 14, 2019 - 7:29 AM
- - bloodMoney   At this point, my car will be back up before yours...   Aug 14, 2019 - 8:43 AM
- - CoolZeen   so i guess that instead of "garage rescue...   Aug 14, 2019 - 9:51 AM
- - cheela   yeah, yours probably will be back up before mine C...   Aug 14, 2019 - 11:11 AM
|- - narly_charley   QUOTE (cheela @ Aug 14, 2019 - 11:11...   Aug 14, 2019 - 2:43 PM
- - cheela   ^ LOL Looks like September is pretty open if you...   Aug 15, 2019 - 11:38 AM
- - enderswift   Sweet. I'll start packing my crane, engine sta...   Aug 15, 2019 - 12:21 PM
|- - narly_charley   QUOTE (enderswift @ Aug 15, 2019 - 12...   Aug 15, 2019 - 2:01 PM
|- - cheela   QUOTE (enderswift @ Aug 15, 2019 - 12...   Aug 15, 2019 - 4:43 PM
|- - Bitter   QUOTE (cheela @ Aug 15, 2019 - 4:43 ...   Aug 15, 2019 - 10:11 PM
|- - narly_charley   QUOTE (Bitter @ Aug 15, 2019 - 10:11...   Aug 16, 2019 - 7:11 AM
|- - Bitter   QUOTE (narly_charley @ Aug 16, 2019 - 6...   Aug 16, 2019 - 10:21 AM
- - TimeslideZ   What's this? Fall meet at Cheela's house?   Aug 16, 2019 - 1:49 PM
|- - cheela   QUOTE (TimeslideZ @ Aug 16, 2019 - 1...   Aug 16, 2019 - 3:33 PM
- - Box   Liftbacks are the best, shame they all pretty much...   Aug 16, 2019 - 2:14 PM
- - TimeslideZ   QUOTE (cheela @ Aug 16, 2019 - 3:33 ...   Aug 18, 2019 - 12:16 PM
- - cheela   UPDATE We've got motion!! Spent the l...   Aug 22, 2019 - 12:01 AM
- - navseal345   👍👍   Aug 22, 2019 - 6:39 AM
- - bloodMoney   1 down, 1 to go!   Aug 22, 2019 - 8:14 AM
- - Box   Can get the parts car running, but not the car you...   Aug 22, 2019 - 1:42 PM
- - cheela   Yea, it was the easier of the two and the wife wan...   Aug 22, 2019 - 3:15 PM
- - Bitter   Run that 7A HARD man lol. Is that the adjustable d...   Aug 22, 2019 - 7:44 PM
- - Box   Feel the(lack of) power!   Aug 22, 2019 - 9:14 PM
- - cheela   You bet I am. Sounds pretty awwwwwwful with no exh...   Aug 22, 2019 - 9:24 PM
- - narly_charley   QUOTE (cheela @ Aug 22, 2019 - 10:24...   Aug 23, 2019 - 7:11 AM
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