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22 Oct 2007, 09:04 (Ref:2047552)
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1984 Toyota Celica Turbo restored
I came across this link on another forum and Fred Gallgher thought it would be of interest on here.
http://www.mat.fi/project1984toyotacelicaturbo.htm The workmanship involved looks amazing. Good to see a piece of rallying history restored  Hope this is the right part of the forum. |
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22 Oct 2007, 09:26 (Ref:2047576)
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Blimey I thought my IROC project was a bit daunting but compared to that car originally its like showroom spec! Fabulous job but I must say they replaced so much of the rotten original would it not have been as well to have just started with a sound shell from scratch there must be absolutly thousands of pounds invested in that are they really worth that sort of money (I honestly dont know) or am I being an old Phillistine here?
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23 Oct 2007, 09:05 (Ref:2048776)
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It was a stunning car, probably because it was rear wheel drive which was not what Ove Andersson wanted but Japan insisted. It won 5 WRC events in all. I think very few remain so it was worth the effort.
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23 Oct 2007, 10:12 (Ref:2048851)
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My God that's an incredible restoration. As Al says it probably would have been easier to build a brand new car from scratch with a tidier shell, but then it wouldn't carry the provenance of that original rally car. A totally stunning job. How long did it take to do... and how much did it cost ?
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23 Oct 2007, 16:57 (Ref:2049365)
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This must have cos hundreds of thousand to do, I am imagining that it must be one of teh cars from Juhas provate collection?
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2 Nov 2007, 20:07 (Ref:2058157)
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If I understand correctly they are about to restore a second one..:
http://www.mat.fi/projects3.htm |
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