Classic Celica

[Super7]

good news for you: road tax surcharge for old cars max at 150% of ordinary rd tx.... eg my celica has reached max on the 5th year of 10% surcharge per year... now i am paying 150% of its original rd tax ..... insurance cheap cheap because i can only insure it for 3rd party.... only thing is i really need to drive sensibly and avoid damaging my car.... not cat .... can use non-original parts to some extent because of non-availability of original ones

 

my favourite older (90s) cars are:-

supra (last gen), celica (90-92 model), mr2 (mini ferrari), RX7 (current gen), gtr (all generations, thank you), Legacy GTB (previous gen), Maseratis BiTurbo , Subaru SVX coupe, prelude (92- 96 and one gen before that ), interga (all gens except the new one), civic (early mid 90s one), 3 series / M3 (the last squarish one), Volvo 850/v70 R series , Jag XJR V12 supercharge

 

cheers

[Super7]

the paintwork is only 2 weeks old

 

the actual colour is kind of red-purple.... slightly different from what we see in the pics.... its my buddy's car and he's a real cool guy... one day you'll meet him

 

my celica is in silver-lilac (at least that's what i selected from the colour mix, but the finished work is abit off ).... the pics are too large now (about 6000kb++), will reduce it before posting

 

watch this space

[Rx7_lover]

same taste basically except some of the cars I never see this side of the world.

 

anyways I also like the silva and some others ^^;;

[Rx7_lover]

maybe. Anyways I didn't know about the road tax rule, cos they said somewhere it increases 10% per annum past 10 so I thought would go up so high lor.

[Super7]

i bet they did think of having it increased yearly at 10% with no cap, so that they could milk more $ from us.... luckily for us they have the good sense not to do it

 

the Silvia (nissan 200SX here or nissan 240SX in north America) in the early 90s still look cool even today

 

cheers

Edited September 12, 2002 by Ysfoo

[Rx7_lover]

agreed. but in US it is detuned and the body is diff from the ones in japan.

 

NSX is nice too but the tail light abit ugly.

[Guyver]

yep.

 

but that is why I said sorry first lor. In case I offend him ma.

 

"Wisdom, u've acquire, apprentice young!!" Done well, my son..... respect, learnt you.... This one sure kena suan by Renegade man.....

[Seansene]

Very nice paint job!

[Freemason]

WAHLAU!!!!!

 

YS dude!!! that's the car i've been looking for!!!!!

 

but i cant find it wanted to buy this car, but no one selling

 

that is 1 rad car

[Freemason]

here's a pic of my previous car. it doesnt have what it takes to look like a celica, but it did just fine for me

[Yttrium]

That's one cool car!

 

And I thought they had all but disappeared from our roads. Thought of getting one some time back but hardly see anyone selling it anymore. My friend will be thrilled to see this!

[Super7]

thanks for the komplimen, it belongs to my celica kaki, and it's the benchmark look i'm aiming to do with mine which is not exactly the same standard right now...

 

i like the classic curves/bulges giving a hint of mini-muscle car....

[Super7]

hey dude.... you've got the nicest flame paint work in town man .... did you custom paint it or stick-on (i doubt so).... which paintshop did it, i wanna to talk to them, please... in fact, my kaki is gonna respray his classic celica (not the one in the pics) soon, he's always keen on flame..... Wow

 

for those who may be looking for a classic celica, i saw one for sale at Katong area (with 5-year renewed COE, good interior and engine, well loved by current owner)...

 

owner is friend of one of the celica kaki i know... all in there are about only 6-7 celicas left in town

 

cheers

Edited September 12, 2002 by Ysfoo

[Yttrium]

Yup it does indeed have the curves of an American muscle car... just a lot smaller..

what's the performance like? Gotta get a ride one day

[Super7]

performance is kinda hard to gauge becasue once i sit in it, my whole mindset goes back to the good'Ol 70s' and expectations also shift backward 29 years ... but being a twin-carburator setup with full extractor, she keeps pace with most 1600cc cars quite effortlessly.... planning to do a 0-100 sprint and time it manually.... anyone has the G-tech or something like that to test the 0-100 thing?

 

cheers

Edited September 12, 2002 by Ysfoo

[Yttrium]

Hmm 70s eh.. reminds me of my family's first car from the same era. the corolla...

Is this one really a '74? That would make it the same age as me man...

Edited September 12, 2002 by Yttrium

[Super7]

you young and restless: yes it's same age as you

[Freemason]

 

thanks, actually its just some stoopid home made paintwork done by me and another 2 of my friends. yes, the flames are sprayed on, while the background of the whole car is painted by using ICI matt paint.

 

i do not know if our local paintshop does flames, but i can help out a lil bit by asking ard

 

sigh, if i havent got myself a car now, i would definitely go for the celica