Needs a hot-rodded 1UZ with quads disguised as Stromberg carbs

Has a nascar engine. Is awesome.

right so, lets play a fun game, called "what car is this"

 

apologies for the crap photo, that makes it even more fun, its a zoom in on photo i snapped while at the traffic lights....

 

i don't think itst toyota, has no badges on it that i can see.

 

it drives around my suburb a bit, and lives here.

 

its a 2 door, with quad headlights simliar to the TA22 celicas, but i don't think its a celica?

 

Looks.like some sort of old Galant Colt.

RA40 Coupe... Has early doors, front bar and round quads (without bezels), but late guards, bonnet and parkers

really?

 

i just googled ra40 coupe and all i find is ugly quad square headlight'd cars....

 

exhibit A:

 

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/36939-ra40-celica-coupe-1980/

 

or are you saing those roundlights arent factory to that particular car?

 

it looks really cool driving along the road, i want it.

RA40 Coupe... Has early doors, front bar and round quads (without bezels), but late guards, bonnet and parkers

 

+1

RA40 Coupe... Has early doors, front bar and round quads (without bezels), but late guards, bonnet and parkers

Almost.

But with one major difference that set it apart from the typical run of the mill RA40's that ran the 1968cc 18R motor. This version ran a 1588cc twin cam, twin carb called the 2T-G.

the car in question had the model code TA40.

so this is a ta40 (awesome looking line over the back wheels (simliar to the TA22), and smaller rear quarter window, and 4 x round lights)

 

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/1/3261/641/8150320021_large.jpg

 

and this is a RA40?

 

(ugly as front end, boring rear quarter window, normal looking rear wheel arch)

 

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/442/98479796.jpg/sr=1

so this is a ta40 (awesome looking line over the back wheels (simliar to the TA22), and smaller rear quarter window, and 4 x round lights)

 

http://carphotos.car...20021_large.jpg

Thats a RA24. Similar to the coke bottle TA22/RA23.

The bumpers are different.

and this is a RA40?

 

(ugly as front end, boring rear quarter window, normal looking rear wheel arch)

 

http://imageshack.us...479796.jpg/sr=1

Yep that the RA40.

and this is the TA40

The red one is a 20 series, the second one pictured is a late RA40.

 

I'm still wagering its an early RA40 with a late front clip, but retaining the early quad round lights. Hard to make out what grille/headlight bezels it has, but the headlight buckets and all the hanging panels are interchangeable between early/late. I actually did this myself many many moons ago.

Edited December 21, 201114 yr by 7shades

so the original photo i put up.

 

is an RA24 with the full chrome bumper? (no plastic engine caps).

 

the original car also has full chrome rear bumper, no plastic end cap.

 

damn never realised there were so many variants.

 

WTB: RA24 with full chrome bumpers.

edit: read 7shades post....

 

hmmm could be a bitsa....

 

if so it takes all the good bits off all the cars, and puts it in one package...

 

quad lights, full chrome non "smile" (ta22) style bumpers.

 

come to think of it the quad lights do look set back a far way in the front end, sort like my old ke70 was with the hacked in quad lights.....

 

i know where it lives now, so ill drop past again this arvo for more photos :P

A mate and I trying out for LMFAO dancers:

 

I don't see anything different Trev... Other than your mate's boxhead looks identical to yours :P