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Our 1973 TA22 Celica "Race Car"

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#1 _toranarama_

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 06:45 AM

Our '73 Celica started off as a FREEBIE from Mt Gravatt BUT we saw there was potential in the old girl yet !

THESE PICS FOLLOW A 6 WEEK BUILD TIME !

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Was sad n tired & just needed some love

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WHEW...

Gave the bracing the heave ho !

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37 years worth of paint + re-sprays had to go

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Next came some fun with a '76 grille to fit into a 73

Overlaying it with an LT one

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Trace a line

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A few seconds with angle grinder

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And BAM

Next on the list was fitting a S13 Silvia brace ($65) in

Get a fabrication shop to make custom plates ($100) & good to go

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Yes I know it's upside down - lol

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And this is why they call it a "strut brace"

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Without & it's waaaaaay too much camber !

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Have had this assembled front end under the house for years

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4WD height

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Proposed height if not lower

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Chippies aren't just guys who play with wood !

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Starting to make sense now & all stickered up like "back in the day"
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Picked these up (new) s/h for $40

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Some cut n shut

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Looking respectable in their new home

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NOW THE REAL FUN BEGINS

Barn find? - Barrow find!, reco'd 2T with cam that came with another 22

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New HD clutch off another motor = FREEBIE

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Andrews learning the ropes

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Wheel stands with no motor !

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Side Daft goodness on a 2T

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Genie extractors that came with the car
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Panel work begins

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Andrews 1st go with a spray gun

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Me helping out old school style...

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Prepped now paint - Should have let Andrew do this (DOH) = Bad Dad

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Paint 101 - Edges 1st

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Next was some serious ride height reduction !
Discliamer: Not for "road use", built for dirt sprints

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Original thickness of Kings spring vs thickness off HD Kings spring that were "lowered" via grinder

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Note that the HD springs are 15/20% thicker than the standard lowered springs

I'm a firm believer of fish oil & Tectyl to prevent rust
Spay it, brush it ECERYWHERE

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Removed all door glass for lightness

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Encase trunk/boot area for fire hazard

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Who said '70s flares are out ?

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Put in a SW-20 MR2 seat

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Start taping it all back up !

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Stickered up

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Start taping it all back up !

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Stickered up

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DONE... :clap:

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Finally got off my arse & put the seats in today = More racey (not ricey) I hope

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Group pic at IWMAC

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#2 _toranarama_

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 06:51 AM

Youtube clip of its 1st start up - 7500rpm

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=QGBd4qrMjSk

Youtube clip of a walk around it - 7800rpm

http://www.youtube.c...m2Lg3DHwi0&NR=1

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#3 _toranarama_

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 06:57 AM

Will edit the pic problem when my hand is better

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Group pic at the IWMAC dirt sprint track at Queensland Raceway Q.R

Edited by toranarama, 02 November 2011 - 06:58 AM.

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#4 _toranarama_

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 07:05 AM

If a really really nice "Mod" would care to edit my pic posting problem that'd be GREAT !

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#5 _Leakey_

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 07:55 AM

Great thread and build. Is my favourite Celica too, a part from the hatch model.

Great job.

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#6 _toranarama_

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 08:23 AM

Cheers, was the quickest errrrr... "resto" I think anyone's ever done - LOL :driving:

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#7 _stretchlc_

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 02:35 PM

God I hope that wasnt the first time you had started that poor engine before launching it into a 7,800 rpm free rev.

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#8 _toranarama_

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 05:16 PM

I'm 49 n NOT that silly - Silly as but not quite - LOL

She was statically run in & at the first race peaked 8900/9000ish

Tacho only goes to 8000, so it's guess work past then

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#9 _toranarama_

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 05:48 PM

Hey thanks for the effort there Tiny but were you drinking a few?

Lulz, you double posted n mixed things around !

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#10 Toranamat69

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 06:13 PM

Do you know any of the history of that TA22? I used to share house with a mate who was into these and had several of them when we lived at Holland park back between about 1998 and 2000.

He sold a blue one that looks exactly the same colour as the front bumpers and some of the panels you show- I don't think that was an original celica colour either. He sold it without the blue bonnet as he kept that for another car - that would be freaky if it was the same one.

I would even have some pics of it around here when it happened to be in the background of photos of my Torana.

Matt

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#11 Tiny

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 06:25 PM

Yeah... got interupted half way through!!

Problem is that you tried to post too many pictures in one thread!!

I'll do my best to help

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 06:33 PM

New HD clutch off another motor = FREEBIE

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Andrews learning the ropes

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Wheel stands with no motor !

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Side Daft goodness on a 2T

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Genie extractors that came with the car
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Panel work begins

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Andrews 1st go with a spray gun

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Me helping out old school style...

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Prepped now paint - Should have let Andrew do this (DOH) = Bad Dad

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Paint 101 - Edges 1st

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CHRIST!!!!

Fixing this is a nightmare!!!

Anyway.... Getting there!!

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#13 Tiny

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 06:38 PM

Next was some serious ride height reduction !
Discliamer: Not for "road use", built for dirt sprints

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Original thickness of Kings spring vs thickness off HD Kings spring that were "lowered" via grinder

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Note that the HD springs are 15/20% thicker than the standard lowered springs

I'm a firm believer of fish oil & Tectyl to prevent rust
Spay it, brush it ECERYWHERE

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Removed all door glass for lightness

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Encase trunk/boot area for fire hazard

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Who said '70s flares are out ?

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Put in a SW-20 MR2 seat

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Start taping it all back up !

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#14 Tiny

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 06:44 PM

Stickered up

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Start taping it all back up !

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Stickered up

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DONE...

Finally got off my arse & put the seats in today = More racey (not ricey) I hope

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Group pic at IWMAC

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#15 _Rob 5000_

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 06:45 PM

great read, I have a soft spot for the old Celica's. I had one too with twin solexs and a Wade camshaft. I raced it a Winton a few times.

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#16 Tiny

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 06:46 PM

OK!!

*PHEW*

I *THINK* I've gotten it all back in order *AND* not missed any images!!

NOW i'll go have a drink!!

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#17 _toranarama_

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 07:29 PM

nope, still doubled up the images at the end >chuckle<

Can I have some of whatever you're on Tiny? :stirpot:

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#18 Toranamat69

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 07:46 PM

If it is the same blue one, I helped him pick it up from somewhere up at Gatton - it had a 2TGUE in it with a microtech controller - geesus christ it was fun and geez that was a long time ago.

I have cut and welded more rusted lower guards and sills out of TA22s than I care to remember back in the early nineties. Once those weatherstrips go on them, that's it the rust has them in no time.

Talk about a challenge welding those thin panels.

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#19 _toranarama_

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 07:55 PM

Do you know any of the history of that TA22? I used to share house with a mate who was into these and had several of them when we lived at Holland park back between about 1998 and 2000.

He sold a blue one that looks exactly the same colour as the front bumpers and some of the panels you show- I don't think that was an original celica colour either. He sold it without the blue bonnet as he kept that for another car - that would be freaky if it was the same one.

I would even have some pics of it around here when it happened to be in the background of photos of my Torana.

Matt

Matt,
The easiest way to determine whoever owned this car is that EVERYWHERE inside door panels / jams / engine bay

was either painted with that anti stone chip paint / solution or some knuckle head thought it was a good "idea" to add SAND to the paint !

Would've taken a team of 6 sand blasters a month to remove it all - We didn't

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#20 Tiny

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 08:24 PM

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#21 _wblje_

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 08:26 PM

love it. where and what type of racing do u do

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#22 _toranarama_

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 09:00 PM

The Celica was intentionally built for my Son to gain (race) wheel time up at the IWMAC dirt sprint track at Queensland Raceway.

Then with "experience" he was to move on to Lakeside, Morgan Park etc...

Due to youthful enthusiasm in his 5th(?) time around the circuit that day he was coming out of the last r/h bend,

down changed to 3rd @ about 80 MPH and hit the go pedal ! :driving:

The open diff made the r/h wheel grab, he over corrected left (still accelerating) :driving:

, then over corrected right :driving:

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He spun the car 180 and hit the only thing on that part of the track of course...

A tyre bundle / wall squarely sideways at about 60 MPH

He sustained left to right whiplash & that screwed him for the next 6 + mths...

Car is now sitting forlornly here awaiting a new driver / buyer as I type :(

Not a lot of panel damage as such but I bet his neck in 25 years will be as nearly as manky as mine...

BTW, on the day he REFUSED to wear his racing neck support I bought :furious:

as he said it was "uncomfortable" :wtf:

He did get a trophy though, just not the one he wanted ! :nopity:

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#23 _toranarama_

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 09:13 PM

Built by me in '05 for him, this was his daily drive until (?10mths) ago...

It was a bloody accident / car magnet & is now under the house 9/10ths ready to prime & paint again >sigh...<

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They're 225/60/13s under there too ! :bliss:

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#24 _toranarama_

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 09:22 PM

Andrew fanging around the Q.R. IWMAC dirt circuit a month or so before the race car was done.

Shortly after we pulled his car off the road & now it resides under my house lookin' for some lurv :<_<: