What I love about my RA65 Toyota Celica GTS
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- This is my RA65 Toyota Celica GT-S. It's awesome. It's the car that got me back into cars after I had fallen out of love with automobiles. It's one of the rare early cars with a carburated 22R and solid rear axle. It has a lot of motor work, a lightened flywheel, good stiff springs from King Motorsports. It's as old as I am and just a simple analog joy to drive!
i love me some RWD Celica, got one as well!
Grabbed one of these bc I am obsessed with the shape. Felt an emotional attachment as soon as I saw the body.
Would love to talk to you at length about restoring mine and the process you went through.
My mom had a 1982 Celica GT 5spd hatch back in college. Ever since she told me what car she had, I've been looking into videos on them, see if I can get her nostalgic for one again. Great video!
my father just bought this exact car a few months ago. 22r carb with the solid rear axle, but full gts package with louvers, seats and flares, etc. from what ive gathered, they are still RA64 as gt models, but i know the first few years were overly confusing as there are exceptions to this all the time. Love what youve done to yours, awesome stuff.
I got a CA car all papers from new. Love it but Live in Sweden so cant get parts.. Missing windshield and alternator. Been in coold storage 4 to long now thou. Love the Celica
oh oh oh OH whatta feeling to drive , toyota !
Picked up an 85 Coupe GT-S - Know what you mean! Great timeless cars!
Terrence LP the act of driving it makes me feel young but talking about it makes me feel old "you kids just don't know what cars really were!"
Devenish Wines I'm 41, and check out my other Toyota on my channel. I love driving time machines with a little bit of modern technology
they are amazing cars
i wanna do a Rally style build on mine
I've had this car it was my 1st car I bought on my own, super super fun, no doubt and a 91 Nardi limited edition brg Miata, both were fun, miata was way more fun. What's even more fun is the Model S I drive now. Other than that no gas car is more fun than a fully tuned LE Miata
I actually have a 96 Miata as well and while I really enjoy it I prefer the rawness of the Celica. However the Celica is pretty built and the Miata is pretty stock so there's a difference there. I actually like the solid rear axle in the Celica. It's not the best for handling but it is great for burnouts.
@@nedicusmaximus7813 completely understandable, it's very cool to know of someone else , who's into business , and had/has a Celica GT and a miata. :) I guess I'm in the opposite my Celica was stock, (she was my 1st lol) all others were my father's handle downs. Miata was tuned out, by the factory. Since we both had the opposite vehicle stock, it all makes sense now. :) thanks for the video makes my good memories come back. Try a tesla model S ,.sometime I know you'll like it (Any model actually.) The S make a me feel like I'm in a totl tuned supra! I test dr9ve so many 89 supra and loved them so much.
@@kjaxky I will! Electric cars fascinate me. The fastest car i ever rode in was a 650 hp electric cobra kit car. Driving an electric car would help make up for the environmental impact of my 450 hp WRX...
When I find my Celica I probably do you same mods, thank you
Guarionex A did you ever find it?
Sir with a mustache like that you could sell me pixie dust!
Miss my 83 GT..
Still really tempted to garage turbo my '85 RA64 to get basically get the same power.
I'm refreshing the suspension to only slightly stiffer than stock.
Really looking forward to installing my T3 4-link kit and panhard.
Have you thought about those to tighten up the rear end?
My pops had one with a sun shade kit on the rear window
That's awesome. I think I'm going to pull the rear hatch to fix the rust on it this winter and then replace the window with lexan. Maybe I'll put a sun shade kit on that to disguise it
You mention the car was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro. I was wondering where you got this information. It looks like his design, but I havent been able to confirm it anywhere. Toyota says it was a team of internal designers, and its not listed on Giorgetto Giugiaro's wiki page.
Im not trying to start a beef, I'm truly interested because I have another Giugiaro with my mk1 VW Scirocco.
The ae86 was the small rwd drivers car lol. I feel like the celica was supposed to be the bigger, cushier brother to the 86.
I miss mine!
Back when Toyota built drivers cars, between this and later the AW11, Toyota had it ALL right.
I have had 3 aw11s lol. One with a 20v 4age swap too. They feel amazing to drive. They dont make em like they used to
I have a Brown on Brown 02/82 GT with 210K miles, Solid Rear Axel, GTS interior, GTS flares, A/C and Power steering. It’s called the Sport package.
I have the original road flares from 82, a privacy shade that’s leather and doesn’t roll out, Louvers too
Ooh, brown on brown!
Mine got hit by a woman running a light and now I need to find a new rear flare
Might know where to locate a set.
Tempting, but my plan at this point is to weld/bolt a Tesla subframe in the back. In which case my tires will stick out 5 inches per side. So I'm going to need to fabricate my own flares anyway. I'm going to just stick with this aspirational goal ...
I do appreciate the offer of help though!
Very nice
I just got a 1983 celica and I’m wondering what to start with, it has the 22r-ec and I’m looking for tips.
What wheel and tire size were you running on it in this video?
very nice
i like
Update video on the Celica
I have a 85 GTS coupe, only thing is... do you put in a modern engine? 22re is a lost cause once it's done.
What do you mean?
@@johnnyloveee just my opinion but the 22re is an old design, the investment in a more modern engine pays off in many ways.
You dont know much about 22res then. Which is fine, but dont spread misinformation. Motor is reliable, and cheap. If you want more power, i get it but you cant knock a truck motor for not having power
@@okaydudes misinformation it's a f****** truck engine in a sports car, enough said move on 🤘🍋. If we're going to stay. Correct I would have just dropped a 7M GTE and call it a day.
@@TerrenceLP nah. That motor has headgasket problems. If it was available in 83 the 4age would be amazing
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Fix the rust. It is worse than it looks. Been there.