Incredible Toyota restoration

[Duke]

Cubic megabucks, no doubt. But wholly cow! What a project.

http://www.mat.fi/project1984toyotacelicaturbo.htm

 

[ceiling_fan]

Compare picture 4 to picture 295. That's INSANE!

 

[superberkut]

Wow.

It is only in projects such as these that the general public understands how amazing the field of car restoration really is.

By the way, did that car go on to race?

 

[Duke]

I doubt it. That's most likely a $250,000 restoration job at least. I doubt the new owner wants to risk it.

 

[Perfect Balance]

Awesome, I wanna see it run.

 

[JCE]

Wow, that is truely amazing. Great work, those guys are obviously professionals. That car looks fantastic.

 

[MistaX]

I went through around 70 pictures thinking "Why bother?" until I realized what it actually was. Well worth the resto in the end. 👍

 

[Keef]

That's probably the most thorough job I've ever seen. That's amazing work. I have no clue what it is beyond a Toyota rally car (I didn't even no they raced rally cars). So what is this thing and why is it so worthy of this huge restoration?

 

[Muzaffar]

*in a state of amusement*
Wow....that is totally sick. I can't believe those guys actually restored the car! I mean at first the car looks like a rust bucket! They did changed almost every part of the car. Amazing job!! But i think money wasn't their problem (saw a lot of expensive cars in the background, even a De Tomasso!)

 

[Azuremen]

I believe it is a 3rd generation Celica, which was used quite a bit for rally.

Toyota has done a fair amount of rallying in its history with various models, notably the Celica, MR2 and Corolla being used at a variety of levels.

 

[MistaX]

Group B. Nuff said.

 

[Flerbizky]

WOW...

And quite an interesting row of cars coming and going

 

[TheCracker]

That's a great restoration. Although the cost to restore it will far outway the actual value of the car - it can't spend the rest of it's life sat in a museum, competition cars are ment to be used!

 

[Race Idiot]

That's a great restoration. Although the cost to restore it will far outway the actual value of the car - it can't spend the rest of it's life sat in a museum, competition cars are ment to be used!

You know I saw this site linked earlier in the year, but I forgot about it. And I swear that it was at Goodwood this year, I mean there can't be many mint looking celica turbo rally cars about.

I need to look through my photos of it or bug the hell out of James to see if he remembers. I know a near identcal car was there though at the toyota history bit.

 

[TheCracker]

Wasn't it a Toyota theme at Goodwood FoS this year?

 

[Race Idiot]

Wasn't it a Toyota theme at Goodwood FoS this year?

I guess, so seeing as they had all those cars suspended waaaaaay up outside the big house part. Tbh the celica was sitting next to a Toyota 7 and a Toyota CanAm (I think) car, so it was a bit overshadowed.

 

[Turbo Lag]

Wow amazing. I looked at the Delta aswell, pretty damn awesome

 

[DQuaN]

Great project.

I love how every nut and bolt is laid out next to it's part all neat and systematic...

...until you get to pic 230!

 

[Roo]

You know I saw this site linked earlier in the year, but I forgot about it. And I swear that it was at Goodwood this year, I mean there can't be many mint looking celica turbo rally cars about.

I need to look through my photos of it or bug the hell out of James to see if he remembers. I know a near identcal car was there though at the toyota history bit.

I doubt it's either of them.

 

[Duke]

It looks identical to the clean one. I'd bet a doughnut it's the same car.

 

[Danny]

But wholly cow! What a project.

This seemed appropriate.

Nah. There needs to be some steel in there. It'd never stay up if it were wholly cow.

But sweet jay-sus, that's a nicely done project.

 

[Gashlycrumb]

It looks identical to the clean one. I'd bet a doughnut it's the same car.

It's got a different number plate and the sign writingis slightly different.

 

[exigeracer]

Looking at the rest of their site, they are a pretty prestigous garage. That Gumpert Apollo is absolutely horendous though.