New on 1stgencelica
Posted: April 13th, 2012, 3:09 am
Hi 1stgencelica community, I am a newly proud owner of a 1st gen 1973 celica liftback (RA25).
I had my shares of heartaches and sleeplessness because of my obsession on 1st ten celicas. From where I came from, it is really hard to find one. Its been almost or maybe more 2 years since I've been obsessing with a great classic toyota and quite recently I've spotted 3 of them in the internet classified. The first being a beautiful orange TA27, fully restored with 2TG which cost around 10,000USD (if converted). Another was a blue coupe (not sure of the model/code) which the owner also claims to be fully restored and was asking for almost 5,000USD. But sadly, none of them were budget-permitting. I am only a university student with legal means of getting money. The third was a black RA29 which was also fully restored (as he claims), this one was right on the budget and when I mean right it was enough to deplete my savings. My savings are also time-deposited in a bank per 30 days. Since I could not get my money, my heart was aching since a cannot buy the car that i really wanted which was near my reach. Two weeks later, the RA29 was sold. My heart shattered.
But one day, as I was surfing the net (looking for liftbacks) my dad happened to pass by the living room while I was busy with the laptop. He saw that i was zooming through 1st gen celicas and told me that he saw one halfway through my school which was being used to hang clothes with. I took note and asked him details. And on a different day I went on an adventure (with my girlfriend) and looked for that celica. I found it and saw a mini-convience store just in front of it. I bought snacks and talked to the store-owner to ask if the celica was for sale and to my luck it wasn't. She also told me that it was previously for sale but on an amount that I also cannot afford. My heart was shattered again. But for weeks I kept going back to that same store just buying snacks and talking to the store owner. I was told that it was not really for sale. And during a school day, I thought to myself to see the celica for the purpose of seeing just the car in front of me. I went to the store and to my luck I was introduced to the brother of the store owner (the celica owner), had a chat with him and told me that since I was persistent, he agreed to sell to me the car for a cheap price. I told him that my money will mature in two weeks, i can pay him in two weeks. So he agreed and promised me that it was only for sale for me. Then three days before the maturity of my money three different people came to bid for the celica for a much higher price but since the guy was ever kind. He sold to me the celica and I added extra payment for his hospitality. And as I towed the car from their store, it was both a dramatic moment for us. It had all the sentimental value to him since all his retirement money was put into this. He owned it for 12 years (1 year used only and 11 years stucked). As we bid our farewells his last words to me was "Take car of the car for me and restore it. Promise me you'll go back to show it to me when it's finished" And there, I took on the responsibility of taking car of his Red RA25.
Sorry for the long post, here are the pictures
Thank you.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79018448@N ... otostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79018448@N ... otostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79018448@N ... otostream/
I had my shares of heartaches and sleeplessness because of my obsession on 1st ten celicas. From where I came from, it is really hard to find one. Its been almost or maybe more 2 years since I've been obsessing with a great classic toyota and quite recently I've spotted 3 of them in the internet classified. The first being a beautiful orange TA27, fully restored with 2TG which cost around 10,000USD (if converted). Another was a blue coupe (not sure of the model/code) which the owner also claims to be fully restored and was asking for almost 5,000USD. But sadly, none of them were budget-permitting. I am only a university student with legal means of getting money. The third was a black RA29 which was also fully restored (as he claims), this one was right on the budget and when I mean right it was enough to deplete my savings. My savings are also time-deposited in a bank per 30 days. Since I could not get my money, my heart was aching since a cannot buy the car that i really wanted which was near my reach. Two weeks later, the RA29 was sold. My heart shattered.
But one day, as I was surfing the net (looking for liftbacks) my dad happened to pass by the living room while I was busy with the laptop. He saw that i was zooming through 1st gen celicas and told me that he saw one halfway through my school which was being used to hang clothes with. I took note and asked him details. And on a different day I went on an adventure (with my girlfriend) and looked for that celica. I found it and saw a mini-convience store just in front of it. I bought snacks and talked to the store-owner to ask if the celica was for sale and to my luck it wasn't. She also told me that it was previously for sale but on an amount that I also cannot afford. My heart was shattered again. But for weeks I kept going back to that same store just buying snacks and talking to the store owner. I was told that it was not really for sale. And during a school day, I thought to myself to see the celica for the purpose of seeing just the car in front of me. I went to the store and to my luck I was introduced to the brother of the store owner (the celica owner), had a chat with him and told me that since I was persistent, he agreed to sell to me the car for a cheap price. I told him that my money will mature in two weeks, i can pay him in two weeks. So he agreed and promised me that it was only for sale for me. Then three days before the maturity of my money three different people came to bid for the celica for a much higher price but since the guy was ever kind. He sold to me the celica and I added extra payment for his hospitality. And as I towed the car from their store, it was both a dramatic moment for us. It had all the sentimental value to him since all his retirement money was put into this. He owned it for 12 years (1 year used only and 11 years stucked). As we bid our farewells his last words to me was "Take car of the car for me and restore it. Promise me you'll go back to show it to me when it's finished" And there, I took on the responsibility of taking car of his Red RA25.
Sorry for the long post, here are the pictures
Thank you.http://www.flickr.com/photos/79018448@N ... otostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79018448@N ... otostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79018448@N ... otostream/
