Gday Fellas,
As i have sold my gemini, which was a sad moment, I decided i needed something that will eventually replace my BA fairmont as a daily. Had to have curves etc. and rwd. So I was after a 70s car that was manual and a 4 banger. $500 later i had purchased this:
At some stage it was reupholsted pity its got stacks of cigarette burns and its faded..
This shows the fading...
And this is the Heart of the beast.
3T SOHC - but alas... no twin carbs... maybe later
It needs some work obviously but she ticks over alrite considering it hadnt been touched/started since 2005.
Il be updating it when I make progress at present i have just been refreshing fuel lines and radiator hoses, rust repair is probably next on the agenda.
So thats pretty much my bomb!
Dave.
My 74 TA22 Celica
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BA Fairmont - boring to drive no class not fun. (I like old cars new cars just lack.... connection between driver and car)hotgemi wrote:i dont get it,
why do you replace a ba as a dialy with a 70's model car?
and sell a gemini to buy a celica n post it on ozgem???
holy confused...
why sell the gem to begin with
i post it on Ozgemini - because this is the other cars gallery - which you would assume a celica falls under that category
Why sell the gem? - it was dieing and would have cost as much as the car was worth to fix.
Dont get me wrong i loved my gemi thats why i have a need to drive old cars around...
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Poor gem but went to an enthusiastic mechanic so itll be looked after. As for engine i'm just wanting to get the thing on the road...hotgemi wrote: poor gem.
well good luck with the celica then.
good shell for a 2j???......
i know what ya mean about the ba, i have a wagon company car, if i could put it in the lake across the road i would
Yer im even considering swapping tha ba over (Suzuki Jimny for some fun )
there are worse cars to replace a gem with... my 2cents is you should have kept the gem and got the celica. That exact model Celica is what I wanted before falling in love with gemini's, hadn't even heard of a gemini and stumbled across a TF wagon for $900 10yrs ago... now I own several .
I know theres plenty of inspiration online but theres a guy on www.oldschool.co.nz that owns 2 very tasty examples, a sedan back like yours with a 2JZ and he is currently doing a fastback with a 1UZ... awesome vehicles imo... he has build threads for both in the Members Projects category.
I know theres plenty of inspiration online but theres a guy on www.oldschool.co.nz that owns 2 very tasty examples, a sedan back like yours with a 2JZ and he is currently doing a fastback with a 1UZ... awesome vehicles imo... he has build threads for both in the Members Projects category.
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