Hey there, I've been lurking around the forums for awhile and decided to finally introduce myself! I live in Corvallis, OR and recently bought a 1976 RA24 from a guy in Washougal, WA (of course I had to go out of state to find it). I'm young and new to celicas and the entire auto scene all together, but I'm fairly educated and eager to learn! I've never seen a 1st gen celica around town, until now!
Anyway, when I bought the car I had to have it towed down here because it ran, but it skipped a tooth on the timing chain. So I replaced the timing cover gaskets (it had a major oil leak

) and retimed it, then after I started it up again the front main oil seal was bad! I'm not sure if I did something wrong or if I scratched the oil pump surface but it was slinging oil all over the place. So I just bought a new crank seal and I'm waiting for some good weather to slap that guy in.
He gave me all sorts of extra parts for sale with the car (rear differential, drums, front and rear springs, exhaust manifold, slave cylinder, etc.) including a 20r and w40 out of his other celica. All of these I'm looking to sell soon, I'll post an ad sometime, but it'd be really great if someone in the area was interested? Yeah right, oh well.
My plans for the car is a daily driver, with some kick to it

but not a all track car obviously. The car has a 21ru in it currently, and I really want to get rid of it ASAP. Not a big fan of it, and its inconvenient to find parts for. I've been interested in the 7mge swap and I've really been reading up on speedfreak426's write up. But for now, it's scrounging up funds and fixing minor issues with the interior/exterior (its CRAP). Pictures soon to come! Thats all for now, thanks alot guys and I'm looking forward to being an "official" member of 1st Gen Celica!
