Should I?

"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo) 04/22/2018 at 14:56 • Filed to: None

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I like my car stock. As some of you know, I had a bad experience with a restoration shop, a major part of which was THEY LOST STOCK PARTS FROM MY RARE VINTAGE CAR!!!!! Whew...ok...sorry...I still have some residual issues. One by one, I have been correcting these issues. I bought a stock hood prop rod from a Celica friend on Facebook. I bought the plastic cover for the inside of the passenger mirror from my best Sunchaser parts source.

Now, I find this:.

Some guy has been dumping Celica parts that match my car on eBay over the last week, and I have found some things I have been looking for. I already bought the passenger side door latch. This one intrigues me.

When I got my car back from the restoration shop, I was given some bullshit reasons why my hood release cable had been lost and replaced with one from a ...er..gulp......Honda. I was pissed, but it worked, and what was I going to do. Don’t get me wrong. 80s Hondas are great. But they should keep their parts to themselves, and out of my Toyota. It feels wrong every time I open the hood.

But 50 bucks? It seems like a lot for something no one but me will ever notice. Is my obsession with stock justified, or should I pass and be happy with the working (Honda) part that I have?

Have a stock cassette deck from 1981 for your time:

daender > ImmoralMinority 04/22/2018 at 15:16

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Do what makes you happy. I’ll keep an eye out if a vintage Celica lands in a local junkyard and let you know about it in case you need hard to find parts.

KevlarRx7 > ImmoralMinority 04/22/2018 at 15:18

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Buy it of course, but interesting that the parts you’re missing keep appearing on eBay.....

LOREM IPSUM > ImmoralMinority 04/22/2018 at 15:30

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Can you sell the Honda one for $50? If so...

fintail > ImmoralMinority 04/22/2018 at 15:36

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It sounds like the mental anguish of the incorrect replacement part is worth more than $50. Go for it.

My bird IS the word > ImmoralMinority 04/22/2018 at 17:03

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That depends entirely on you. You shouldt be worried about some collector after you because that is a rabbit hole you don’t want to go down.

InFierority Complex > ImmoralMinority 04/22/2018 at 17:21

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It seems strange that they couldn’t have at least sourced a Toyota part in the first place.

Teh Penguin of Doom > ImmoralMinority 04/22/2018 at 17:54

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I initially saw

TEH CASSETTE STEREO

Teh Penguin of Doom > ImmoralMinority 04/22/2018 at 17:57

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The non stock hood cable would bother me enough to replace it. Also I’m guessing it’s slightly too long or too short and one day won’t give you full release when you most need it.

pip bip - choose Corrour > ImmoralMinority 04/23/2018 at 05:59

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buy it