My new project,

[lozz]

Picked a car up the otherday, project and runabout realy,
got it for £280.
it was in a sad state, ive spent 2 and half days cleaning it but shes getting there

sorry about the bad quality pics

[lozz]

iwill take some more in day light,
My old nokia phone is crap camera wise

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[FarmerPug]

at that money its a bargain.
what sort of engine is it?

[lozz]

its a 1.8 vvti lump ithink, there implanted in Corolas,
its pretty sharp and Grunty on Acelaration, very impressive for a 1.8 lump,

it was an old man that owned it so its been treated with some Respect, one of the reasons why igot it as normaly the Celica is abit of a boyraces car and they get Thrashed,

been after one for awhile as project and this one was a good one to start with me thinks,

the old man kept on top of the service etc on the car but never washed it or polished it,
he got fed up and gave up with the car as the local chavs where jumping on the car and kicking footballs at it
not nice realy but somepeople have no Respect for old people,
iwouid of loved to have batterd the little bastards but the law is on the wrong side these days

[sirwiggum]

Looks great, red is always the best colour.

My car was similar where it was owned by some old fella to potter about it, so I knew it wasn't ruined by the boy racers.

Shame about the chavs, they have respect for nobody or nothing.

[FarmerPug]

seems like a good bit of fun a nice revvy petrol engine and being toyota it should be reliable.
by the way is that a carina beside it

[sirwiggum]

She's a 3 litre Toyota Carina, and she's chipped! You've no chance in hell!

[FarmerPug]

after my dads old non turbo diesel carina i believed strongly that the carina was the slowest car in the world, but after driving a petrol one they are not as slow as i once thought.
One thing about john joe is there was never a 3.0 version, the fastest engine was the 2.0 gti.

[sirwiggum]

Exactly. They fitted 3.0 to the Supra and Camry models. Must've got confused!
Or maybe out in the sticks they perform such beastly experiments as putting a straight 6 in a Carina

[FarmerPug]

it would be an odd experiment, i dont know if an old carina could handle all the power, they are more suited as a taxi.

[lozz]

seems like a good bit of fun a nice revvy petrol engine and being toyota it should be reliable.
by the way is that a carina beside it

Yes mate, thats a very old carina,
its not mine tho lol,

its Mywifes friends we let her park it here as she lives on a busy main Road,
its an ugly car but its uber reliable shes had it yonks its not been cleaned in 5 years looks like its just come out of a scrapyard
but under all the Ming theres a tidy and un rusty carina maybe the Ming as protected it there normaly Rust buckets

[FarmerPug]

i remember my dads, from the hi spec audi to the ugly basic carina but it never gave any trouble and is still up at my uncles farm he reversed a trailer into it but the engine still runs and the wheels still rotate.

[lozz]

Got the car finished now, its looking pretty good,
spent about £14 on it so far no too bad,

trouble is ive got bored now theres nowt left to do on it,
My son is moaning for the car now so imight let him have it and il have have to grab sumat else,
im not allowed nothing these days,

Ah well im on the look out now for something a bit bigger possibly a Fto me thinks

[ToddM]

You'll definitely have a lot to do on an FTO.. How about a 406 coupe?

[lozz]

Nah mate, idont fancy a pug coupe tbh, dont know why but id prefare a jap coupe,
been looking at some Fto s on the Evil bay, they look abit out my league no rear seats if any,
the Celica at least as some Rears seat plenty of room for 2 small children But adults wouid have to Walk,
there cheap for parts, just seen another one on ebay its alot older but imight just grab that one for my son and keep this one,

atleast with having the celica people have stopped asking me for a lift,got a valid excuse now No room Sorry get a taxi ,
had alot of people using me as a Taxi service when ihad the 406. inlaws sort of took the piss abit there,
coupe isnt Roomy like the 406 but its good fun