old school JDM?

[rota wheels wrx]

Kai buo ka na.

If I'm not mistaken, the plastic covers are Toyota TOSCO items.

I dont know if Jojo still has his dad's old Celica race car. Last time I saw it, It was in the Edge Corporation building in Pasong Tamo. That car was a TOSCO prepeared Celica complete with the Group N2 2TG, Girling brakes, TOSCO flares and airdam. If you can persuade Jojo to sell it to you. That would be a perfect project with history to boot.

[hungryalien]

shhh.. not so loud mic hehe the others might get ahead of me hahaha

but maybe not right now.. need to fix up a budget for it. am sure jojo wont sell the car cheap considering the "historical" value the car has..  :notworthy:

[djmondortiz]

Would you guys consider the 87 Maxima SGX as a classic old school JDM as a project? KAsya ba ang SR20DE sa Maxima SGX?

[hungryalien]

Would you guys consider the 87 Maxima SGX as a classic old school JDM as a project? KAsya ba ang SR20DE sa Maxima SGX?

mon, depende sa iyo eh.. for me, its not "old" enough yet.. maybe an older bluebird, or datsun 510, coupe.. 240z.. or maybe even the datsun 180B, the laurel, cedric..

the 87 maxima isnt there yet

[Leepu Awlia]

ganda nacho! btw, where you gonna get the plastic headlight covers? thats how i want my celica to be too hehe  :thumbsup:

The plastic headlight cover is the most difficult piece to get. The original one Ive seen on somebody elses car had TRD printed on it but Im not sure about the accuracy of it.  Im scouring through japanese auction sites and local clubs over here for it. The car is for my 14yo son. I plan to have it ready by the time he turns 16. The car that Im restoring is an ex-Toysport (So Cal Toyota tuner) car with TRD suspension and a close ratio 5 speed gearbox.

[Leepu Awlia]

Heres a NY Times article on the "collectability" status of older Japanese cars:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/25/automobiles/collectibles/25TOYOTA.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&oref=slogin

[djmondortiz]

mon, depende sa iyo eh.. for me, its not "old" enough yet.. maybe an older bluebird, or datsun 510, coupe.. 240z.. or maybe even the datsun 180B, the laurel, cedric..

the 87 maxima isnt there yet

BTW, I saw this beat up bar-type Lancer in our neighbors garage. Im so tempted to ask about it

[hungryalien]

my all time fav old school jdm.. the kpgc10 skyline. yun nga lang, like all skylines gtr (except r35), puro RHD lang meron..

the this:

1st gen celica

and

240z or the rare 240ZG

mon:

[hungryalien]

any advice for an old isuzu gemini? ung 2 doors na gemini

not 2dr.. but 4dr rally car set-up. 

[rota wheels wrx]

Because of this thread, I am seriously thinking of looking for and old school car. My short list includes a L type Lancer, Box Type Lancer, KP61 Starlet. TE27 Corolla and whatever comes to mind

Thing is, I'm really a purist at heart and I imagine that parts will be hard to come by nowadays. If I get a L type, I want it to be full JDM 1600 GSR spec. It has to have a C3 engine to be period. Since the L type was never offered as a GSR locally, finding the bits to make it a GSR will surely be a task. Box type, it has to be the 1800 GSR Intercooler Turbo. You may still find the exterior trim locally like the air dam, intercooler turbo rubber strips but the Turbo seats with the matching sidings may be hard to come by.

Same goes with both Toyotas, a lot of old school Toyotas locally are a mix of JDM parts that dont go together, A good example are cars with Levin front ends, Trueno tail lights combo.

I'm even tempted to just build a Nissan Sunny B120 pick up, slap an SR20DET in it and pray that I dont wrap it into a pole somewhere. Not so much trim items to worry about, cheap and will surely be fast. Or another alternative, against my principles, is to get the Sunny pick up and drop a 4AGE blacktop in it

[rota wheels wrx]

not 2dr.. but 4dr rally car set-up. 

The 2 door fastback actually was sold by GM Phils with the G180 1800 gas engine which was pretty potent in its time. A harder task is to make it into a Gemini LSG with the DOHC version of the G180. Again, JDM spec!!!

[rota wheels wrx]

The plastic headlight cover is the most difficult piece to get. The original one Ive seen on somebody elses car had TRD printed on it but Im not sure about the accuracy of it.  Im scouring through japanese auction sites and local clubs over here for it. The car is for my 14yo son. I plan to have it ready by the time he turns 16. The car that Im restoring is an ex-Toysport (So Cal Toyota tuner) car with TRD suspension and a close ratio 5 speed gearbox.

The latter covers may have been TRD branded. In the mid 70's, TOSCO (Toyota Sport Company / Toyota Sport Corner) was renamed Toyota Technocraft with TRD as brand name for the parts.

[hungryalien]

mic buo ka na!!

my choices were actually ta22, ke25 and kp61.. the ae86 is almost impossible to find (at cheap price).. but some of the current celica owners are telling me not to go into celica.. parts are very hard to find and very expensive.

i've already seen a few for sale.. but none of them have at least a complete dashboard, which am particular about.

[hungryalien]

1600 gsr in african safri rally trim.


lancer 2000 EX turbo

[Agent J]

any advice for an old isuzu gemini? ung 2 doors na gemini

for you fj,
http://autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&A=0692

the wheels and tire size could be better though..