by "Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder" (pabuuu4)
Published 08/25/2017 at 17:44
by "Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder" (pabuuu4)
Published 08/25/2017 at 17:44
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Last week I took a little drive across one of my country’s more interesting roads: the Afsluitdijk.
A 30 something km road on a dyke seperating the ijsselmeer lake with the ocean.
It is quite a sight the first time you drive on this long stretch of road between all that water.
Then later on in the weekend we pulled into a parking garage in the lovely town of Sneek, upon entry, the angle of the ramp was steeper than I anticipated. so I slammed the front bumper, hard... #stancelyfe #stocksuspensiontho???
anyways, all that was rectified by the eye candy that was parked in said garage:
The Celica made the 400-500 km round trip without skipping a beat, and it still only plays 80's music without sounding too awful. On the way back, just as I parked, I hit a new milestone:
And to this day, about 3 years into ownership of this car, my first car, a true barnfind, it has never let me down or has left me stranded. (knocks on wood)
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
08/25/2017 at 18:06, STARS: 1
A deux chevaux and a GTO can you find a pair of cars that contrast more than those? Cool garage find.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
08/25/2017 at 18:11, STARS: 1
That front bumper makes the Celica look 67% sexier. Also coupe, also brown!
"promoted by the color red" (whenindoubtflatout)
08/25/2017 at 18:27, STARS: 1
Call me crazy, but I’ve always been fascinated by Euro-spec Japanese cars. I’m not talking grey imports, but the ones you buy at your local dealership.
I like seeing the little differences between them and their US/JDM counterparts.
"Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder" (pabuuu4)
08/25/2017 at 18:49, STARS: 0
In Japan, my car would have been the Corona Coupe, this:
The big difference being the fixed headlights instead of the pop-up headlights.
Mine is not the most original Euro-spec Celica out there, because mine has some tuner parts from the late 80's installed (I bought it like that)
a German front bumper (Richter), British side skirts (Silver Knight) and Austrian (FHC) spoiler, its a real mishmash of euro tuner parts..
What makes mine more rare is that it is a coupe instead of a more common liftback. (liftbacks are more desireable with the 2.0 instead of the 1.6 mine has)
"Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder" (pabuuu4)
08/25/2017 at 19:06, STARS: 0
Actually the front bumper is a Postert, not a Richter!
"Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder" (pabuuu4)
08/25/2017 at 19:11, STARS: 0
It is from Postert. Made in Germany, apparantly it was a dealer option I just found out! I don’t think mine was, seeing as it has some other mishmashed tuner parts on it.