Classic 1984 toyota celica gt in Diamond Bar, CA

My brother won the auction at bringstrailer.com for a used 1984 Toyota celica gt with 128k miles at a price of $5900. He waited till the last few seconds and put in the bid and got lucky.
The Toyota Celica is an automobile produced by Toyota from 1970 until 2006. The Celica name derives from the Latin word coelica, meaning heavenly or celestial. In Japan, Celica was exclusive to the Toyota Corolla Store dealer chain. Produced across seven generations, the Celica was powered by various four-cylinder engines, and bodystyles included convertibles, liftbacks, coupés and notchback coupés.
In 1973, Toyota coined the term liftback to describe the Celica fastback hatchback and used the name Liftback GT for the North American market. Like the Ford Mustang, the Celica concept was to attach a coupe body to the chassis and mechanicals from a high volume sedan, in this case the Toyota Carina. Some journalists thought it was based on the Corona due to some shared mechanical parts.
The first three generations of North American market Celicas were powered by variants of Toyota's R series engine. In August 1985, the car's drive layout was changed from rear-wheel drive to front-wheel drive, and all-wheel drive turbocharged models were offered from 1986 to 1999. Variable valve timing came in certain Japanese models starting from December 1997 and became standard in all models from the 2000 model year. In 1986, the six-cylinder Celica Supra variant was spun off as a separate model, becoming simply the Supra. Lightly altered versions of the Celica were also sold through as the Corona Coupé through the Toyopet dealer network in the 1980s and as the Toyota Curren through the Vista network in the 1990s.

[@rafaelbetancourt3551]

Amazed you asked what a 22R-E Engine is, its bullet proof.

[@corvetcoyote443]

That is a gem, you never find original Celiacs anymore even has those great looking alloy wheels I remember seeing them brand new at Reno Toyota alongside those incredible Supras which I still want to this day.

[@tmwong83]

Joe - you acquired a great piece of history for the JDM crowd. keep it on the road!!!

[@raymondchan9802]

Its truely a beautiful car.

[@frankm7707]

I had one of this back in the eighties. Rust built up in the GT logo in the trunk and the automatic antenna stopped working after a few years. I had the premium audio with the equalizer but no alloy wheels.
It looked like the rear bumper was painted with body color on this one .

[@jeanclaudecollin3056]

Beautyfull Celica looks like New 👏👏👏👏😍😍😍😍 grettings 🇧🇪

[@ATuason8000]

Thats a very nice car Tito

[@edtuason5439]

thanks Reza

[@pandanogales1977]

Que belleza de auto

[@user-ps7ui9ux3r]

北米仕様の、トヨタセリカですね!!サンルーフも、付いていてカッコイイですね!!多分、この手のセリカは、日本では、数少なかったと、思います。やっぱり、元祖のトヨタ車は、いつの時代でも、海外でも、カッコイイですね!!

[@tuasonbros]

Vin number starts with J which means Japan

[@erocker78]

Very clean and I love those wheels. ❤

[@gilmartinez1705]

Congratulaciones.

[@markschmitt007]

Looks good

[@Bonzoguy66]

Looks like celica supra

[@lordbuntcake]

They basically share the same body, just a different front end. Regardless, both are stunning

[@frankm7707]

Celica Supra had different engine and seats. It also had the wide body fenders and bigger tires.

[@warrenb8228]

I’ll give you $10,000