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HISTORY
I bought the celica in 2003 with a loan from my Dad. It was in good condition and I was stoked with the car and started the 'Mods' with a pioneer cd player and 6x9's.

The paint was a champaigne silver with a hint of pink. Actually looked very classy but had some doddgy repairs/ paint matches. The engine finally gave up after 270,000km of use and taking every gear out to the redline didnt help either. I sold my beloved dirt bike to pay for the rebuild, only to crash the car 2months later :( Thank God for the side intrusion bars.

I wanted to have the car back on the road as soon as possible so I went to the wreckers not long after to purchase the new panels to repair it. [More on page 2]

Whilst striping back the body for repairs I found the rust was worse than first thought [More on page 3]. I then began to think about a whole respray and maybe a colour change...

THE PROJECT
Of course like most car projects, they take a lot longer and cost alot more than you think. It took 3 years of working in my holidays to get to this stage. My dad is a spray painter and did an excelent job weilding the spray gun.

This is the celica just after the body had been p2000 sanded then buffed.

Unfortunately the head gasket didnt like sitting for years and had to be replaced. I am used to shelling out rediculous amounts of money for this car. Over $11,000AU spent already, mostly on repairs.
The paint is Ford XR6 Envy Green. Its a PPG mica -very pricey but looks very good.

The roof and pillars of the car were painted black to tie in the windows neatly and to give it that jap-drifter look.

A year after the paintjob has been finished the car is covered with scuff and chip marks. but there is nothing you can do when its a daily driver.

The original muffler is stainless so I decided to polish it. came up better than expected

Painted the rocker cover when the engine was in pieces

This is the latest edition to the car. makes a huge difference looks. 17" RSGT's

Before you ask, the bodykit is from fibre sports. They are located in sydney but ship worldwide. http://www.awcinfo.com/secureshop/category.php?cat_id=201
Costs $1100AU un-painted minus the rear wing

When the car is finished it also have:
- 2" Lower springs and sports shocks.
- 2.5" sports exaust with cannon muffler.
- Tinted windows.
- Good sound system. Probably pioneer head unit, splits and sub
- New tan leather interior.
- Front grill painted black and tailights smoked.
- Fog lamps to fill the lower part of the bodykit.
- Perhaps a gen2 3SGTE and a camry geabox.

More detailed build up photos on page 2