Bought the car about a month ago, and finally brought it home on my last turn around. This will be a very slow build, because well... the s2k comes first. It's very close to being "complete" though. This was offered to me by Jesse (my local shop owner). He knew I was looking for something a bit older to tinker on. I was actually looking for a 510 or a Z, but Jesse knew of this thing, and well here are.

The goal:
A reliable, fun, not so over-powered car that doesn't scare the living shit out of me if it rains/snows, 3 season daily driver. A car that's comfortable/reliable enough to take on road trips, and has a little bit of character. 100% of the work must be done by myself. (Obviously machining doesn't count)

Enough of the chit chat, the day I brought her home...


Lets see what's under those god awful spoke wheels. I was actually pretty stoked to find this!

The car came with 2 sets of wheels, but only 1 had tires. And they were pretty dried out and cracked... so I stole Tylers starlet "wantanabes" that were just sitting in a corner of the garage for the time being.

Dropped this thing off at the paint shop this past monday...

So the celica gets to hang out with the starlet in the garage while the S is at the paint shop.

You can kinda see the second set of wheels that came with the car in this pic, they could use a really good polishing. (bottom right corner)

The 18-RC in all of her 97HP of glory... when it decideds to go I'll have a F swap of some sorts ready for it.



So far, the plan for the car is as follows before we get too deep into anything.
The car has been in Canada since 2008, but was never imported or registered. So priority #1 was finding out who the last owner was in the states (not that hard actually), and sending them a affidavit for the title for the car. With that I can get my form 1 from canadian customs, then a out of province inspection, and finally registration!
So now I play the waiting game on hearing back from the previous owner from the states. I should hear back from her within the next 2 weeks. If she obliges to handing the title over to me, it should be a fairly simple and easy process. If she doesn't respond... I get to wait 3 years before I can acquire the title... fingers crossed that she obliges and sends that back.

 

Nice, I love the old school rides and it looks great with those wheels!

 

omg yesss <3 <3

 

Effing awesome!
I've had a sudden fascination with OG classics lately.
Good Luck!

 

I was sold on the first picture! Awesome find!

 

So cool!

 

Very nice find. Looking forward to seeing the progress of this build.

 

Thanks for all the kind words guys, I am really pumped to get this thing registered and just enjoy it for a bit before I start rebuilding. I am extremely torn between a F swap, or a 18RG swap at the moment but there is plenty of time to figure things out and there will be no rush for this project. If anyone in western canada knows of a good S2K with a salvage title, let me know. (preferably 00-05)

 

Love this.