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Hello everyone, new member from Cincinnati. I've got a '77 Celica GT coupe that I was lucky enough to acquire from a trade. I used to have a '98 Honda Civic w/ LSVTEC and an Acura front end, a pretty cool car but man oh man, nothing compares to the RA24. It needs a few things like new shocks, the carb needs to be cleaned/tuned because its idling somewhat rough (but not bad), and the A/C needs to be serviced. Very minor things compared to the heaps of problems I had with the Civic. I also have an FZJ80 '97 Landcruiser so i'm a Toyota guy myself (gotta love 'em!) Anyways, i'm glad to have joined the 1stGenCelica community, the HondaTech community seems to be full of angry yobs who are always looking to argue over the internet. I've noticed that Toyota folks seem to be a lot nicer so i'm looking forward to being an active member of this pretty awesome community. LONG LIVE THE CELICA!! LOL

Here's pics of my RA24




Yes, i've removed the Honda wing that the previous owner had on it. No worries lol


With my brother's ES. Thats about 36 years of Toyota goodness right there!

Here's a pic of the Civic I traded it for




Sorry for the large pics! Looking forward to having an awesome time with my fellow Celica lovers!

Welcome! Nice car, and yes, thanks for taking the wing off! Chuck

Whoa! Looks like a ra21 front bumper on your car! Looks good! If someone here has done that before, I didn't notice. Chuck

RA21 front bumper? See, I didn't know that. I'm really new in the whole 1st Gen Celica world so I had no idea.

Boss welcome.. RA21 is an early version of the celica slant nose. 75-77 celica flat nose or square shape. Those bumpers are from 73-74 celica because of the bolt holes. 71-72 are more smother.

Show us more pics.. looks like shes solid.

Rocky

Hello from Michigan

Welcome! Great resource here!

Welcome!! And you're right, the friendliest car folks on the internet are right here in this forum. Cool car, if you are not busy bring it out to the import Alliance meet at KY speedway this summer. I promise you they will love it!!

Welcome! you're lucky to get those bumpers. even though it's not the correct bumper, I think it's better than the 60 lb ones I have. hahaha

white93mr2 wrote:Welcome!! And you're right, the friendliest car folks on the internet are right here in this forum. Cool car, if you are not busy bring it out to the import Alliance meet at KY speedway this summer. I promise you they will love it!!

Oh I plan on it! Some guy actually contacted me from Craigslist to tell me about Import Alliance and since I've never been, i'm pretty excited to go for the first time. I've got my first question for you guys. I'm looking to do the struts really soon. And i'm also planning on lowering the car just a tad (1.25-1.5 inch). Any tips for the new guy on which struts/spring I should get? I don't plan on racing the car, just the occasional spirited driving. Thanks in advance, you guys. Oh and I gotta post pics of the wheels I'm going to put on here. I got a set of 15x7 Volk Super Fine Mesh for SUPER cheap ($160) and I can't wait to put them on! I just gotta get tires and center caps for them

That guy was me LOL
keep in touch bro we need to have a celica meet up !
Matt

xxcoolrollinxx wrote:That guy was me LOL
keep in touch bro we need to have a celica meet up !
Matt

That's crazy man, small world . We definitely need to have a celica meet up sometime. If anything, MIlford Steak & Shake has a classic car meet every friday, we can try to go to one of those.

Here's an update on the car. My brother is nice enough to bring me a set of wheels from the Philippines. Here's a pic of what they look like.



Unfortunately, the offset is wrong so they're hitting the shock body . I've got some 1.25" spacers on their way but man, I was super excited only to be disappointed lol. It's all good. Soon enough she'll have her new shoes on

Nice car, Im looking for one right now for when I get home to Washington State, I saw a cool blue one rolling around here in Zamboanga City, pi

Recognized the flag figured I would say hi..

Im looking for one that needs a little more work than what you have picked up.. Its half the fun..

Ohh yeah... Magandang umaga po (No im not Filipino just over here working) Tagalog isnt even my second, third or 4th language..

Arabic, Poor Spanish and Poor Italian, but ill be watching TV and understand half of the news... Then ill come out of a trance and realize I only know half of whats going on.. Look around and ask someone who knows tagolog if i think what they are talking about is actually what they are talking about.

What offset are the wheels?