Hi thought i should introduce my 'new' project.
i have 3 brothers who are all car nutters, and all of them have retro motors, a mini cooper, mk3 escort rs1600i, mk1 fiesta, and a mk1 astra gte, and me..a 1978 gen 1 celica
my brother Dirk ( digler with the MX5 Mini ) and me are the oldest and have bulit the most cars between us most have been magazine featured and are fairly well known on various forums. also check out www.mcleanbros.com for a look at our mini coopers. we also built 'That Avenger' as it was called at the time, orange 2 door, sold that in 2007
the car itself has been sat for 15-20 years in its current state and as such has quite a few areas that require attention!
its has a fairly interesting story, a local Toyota dealer near to me had aquired this car after is was involved in an accident, they set about the car fitting new wings,front panel, ns chassis leg and it was painted in its original green metalic with a view to display it in the showroom, in the meantime a corona was deemed a better showroom piece and the celica was the put into covered storage,
fast forward 10yrs and this dealer site was deemed to old to be the face of Toyota in our area.
so having lost the franchise the dealer pulled quite a few stored cars from the site and stored them in a few different outside locations.
fast forward to 2012 and i now manage the aftersales dept of the new Toyota dealer in my area, and some of the technicians from the old dealer now work here.
this car was offered to one of my tech's by his old boss, and knowing my love of older motors,subsequently offered to me so here we are, a 1 owner 12000mls ta23, with loads of missing parts, plenty of rust and rot but soild enough in the right areas
a am accumulating parts to complete the build, and my aim is to attend the retro car show next year....
a few pics (if they load!!)
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i have 3 brothers who are all car nutters, and all of them have retro motors, a mini cooper, mk3 escort rs1600i, mk1 fiesta, and a mk1 astra gte, and me..a 1978 gen 1 celica
my brother Dirk ( digler with the MX5 Mini ) and me are the oldest and have bulit the most cars between us most have been magazine featured and are fairly well known on various forums. also check out www.mcleanbros.com for a look at our mini coopers. we also built 'That Avenger' as it was called at the time, orange 2 door, sold that in 2007
the car itself has been sat for 15-20 years in its current state and as such has quite a few areas that require attention!
its has a fairly interesting story, a local Toyota dealer near to me had aquired this car after is was involved in an accident, they set about the car fitting new wings,front panel, ns chassis leg and it was painted in its original green metalic with a view to display it in the showroom, in the meantime a corona was deemed a better showroom piece and the celica was the put into covered storage,
fast forward 10yrs and this dealer site was deemed to old to be the face of Toyota in our area.
so having lost the franchise the dealer pulled quite a few stored cars from the site and stored them in a few different outside locations.
fast forward to 2012 and i now manage the aftersales dept of the new Toyota dealer in my area, and some of the technicians from the old dealer now work here.
this car was offered to one of my tech's by his old boss, and knowing my love of older motors,subsequently offered to me so here we are, a 1 owner 12000mls ta23, with loads of missing parts, plenty of rust and rot but soild enough in the right areas
a am accumulating parts to complete the build, and my aim is to attend the retro car show next year....
a few pics (if they load!!)
sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/181014_10200334506958453_1613136529_n.jpg
sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/480254_10200334507318462_1967222546_n.jpg
fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/536020_10200423690667990_861263200_n.jpg