The reason for my Sunchaser obsession

"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo) 01/05/2019 at 15:23 • Filed to: None

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My wife dug this out of storage, and I have promised it to Oppo in the past. This is me at 18 with my first car, a Sparlingco Celica ST conversion. Oh, how I loved that car. This is the only surviving photo. It was metallic glittery brown, the stripe was orange and yellow, and the wheels were gold. I was so young.

I totaled that car like 3 months after this photo, and have never forgiven myself.

facw > ImmoralMinority 01/05/2019 at 15:46

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If that’s the only photo, I’d recommend taking it out of the frame and getting a good scan of. You hate to lose it and end up with only a photo of photo.

TheRevanchist > ImmoralMinority 01/05/2019 at 16:06

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Reminds of those old rap lyrics.

“I’m n ot regula’ /evil angelica/smooth like a Celica/ not C hevrolet/but I’m the H eartbeat of America”

It wasn’t a popular song.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ImmoralMinority 01/05/2019 at 16:18

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ooo same wheels and everything

nice

interstate366, now In The Industry > ImmoralMinority 01/05/2019 at 16:25

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My reason for Prelude obsession was a red 1991 that lived down the street from me. I ended up owning it for a couple months after I had already had a couple of my own. It was worth it.

The Snowman > ImmoralMinority 01/05/2019 at 18:37

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C for Clovis?

FLmanisback > ImmoralMinority 01/05/2019 at 22:40

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Great first ride for sure! My girlfriend in the early 90s had one of these in the Philly suburbs. Her dad bought it at a police auction. It was kind of dark brown, with a tan interior. We were in our early 20s and I have some great memories for sure, driving to the jersey shore with the top down. I was always a ragtop guy. I had a 75 Grandville convertible at the time. Still have the car. The girl moved on, but we were convertible buddies.

IM, did yours have a manual? Steph’s was a manual and it had some pep. I drove like a grandma back then, but i likes swinging it around the twists of bucks county.