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Ra23 Road Car !

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thought i might as well start a build on the newest celica to the collection...

spotted it on ebay , turns out it was 5 minutes from home so a short drive over to the guys place to suss the car out , turns out he has had it for the last 16 years and it was his first car . The car has a rebuilt 18rg in it running on 45mm webers and running very sweet !

 

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photos of the car when we got it

 

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notice race seat , was used for some hill climb

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so work begin within minutes on the grey car !

 

started stripping to get rid of the rust and dents .

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even using Japanese newspaper

 

fixing rust in sills and a skim of bog to get them perfect after welding .

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bit sad to see the rust had been filled with bog and painted over :/ so had to pull that all out and weld in some steel.

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also got a rear bob tail spoiler off ian which sets the rear end off nicely !

 

took a day off working on the car to go to classic japan !

heres dads rally car with the gt grill

 

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so spent about 3 weeks on the car getting it ready for primer

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will be painting the car a AMG Mercedes colour known as tenorite grey

 

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so that brings us up to date , have found a rear gt badge and gear knob just need a front gt grill now !

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more photos !!

 

some rust in the doors yay more stuff to fix

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the other ra23

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Nice find Seb,

 

I have to ask ,have you got a celica addiction ???

 

How many have you got?Not that you could have to many ,but wow !!!!

 

Nice shed !!!!

 

cheers rob

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yeah i think we may have an addiction rob :P , between dad and i more then 17 i think hahah

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,ok update time . got a bit more done ..... car is now mostly in primer just trying to get everything perfect before i paint the base coat on ...

 

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also got the freshly restored hotwires on the ra28

 

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Sweet :)

 

You blokes didn't buy the blue one that was on carsales last week did you?!

Nice car, nice progress! That color is going to suit very nicely.

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Thanks guys, no Adam have not brought anymore celicas since this one ...for now haha , hopefully the colour isn't too dark doogs , looks very similar to the Toyota 86 grey , going to go for a red gt stripe to add some highlights to the gretly

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Here is a look at the paint post-17093-0-22131800-1421032782_thumb.jpg

 

Also painted the boot and engine bay

 

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Just a quick paint job under bonnet will repaint one day if the motor ever comes out ...

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Front chin spoiler arrived post-17093-0-45159200-1421299665_thumb.jpg

Spray a panel as a test and see how it comes out, If it's a bit dark try spraying some gloss white down as a base and then spraying over that.

I ended up doing that on my Celica

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thanks for that mate will have to give that a crack

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Primed the chin spoiler and mounted it , also fitted the fender mirrors for a photo post-17093-0-88897500-1421669457_thumb.jpg

 

Also here's a pic of how high it sits

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Will lower it a little more once I get some wheels for it

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Nice work! I just picked my self up one! Any spares let me know! Cheers

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