"Checkpoint" racer on CL early Celica

Could this be an old stage car? PIctures in the add. It has a roof vent.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/2722487237.html

1975 Toyota Celica Drifter / Race Car - $700 (Kenmore)

Date: 2011-11-26, 11:05PM PST
Reply to: sale-mcynh-2722487237@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]

Up for grabs is my 1975 Celica project car. At one point a few years back it was a full blown checkpoint racer car with a 200hp 20R, now it is engine less but still sporting a tricked out suspension and other random goodies. It has stiff lowering springs all around, poly bushings and a welded rear diff. It also has a full roll cage on the interior among other interior racing mods. There are tires on it that hold air and are good for moving it around, I have 2 mounted and 2 unmounted racing slicks you can have if you ask nicely. Don't come look at this car if you want a good 1st gen Celica to restore, for what it's worth it is amazingly straight (never rolled/crashed while racing), but this car is far past the factory restore point. Do call if you want a lightened out, awesome drift and/or race car platform.
Like I said, no engine, and the exhaust is gone as well. There is a W50 5-speed installed in the car and an OEM clutch you can have. I have a 120,000 mile (i.e, it compression tests perfectly) 20R from a Corona I am willing to sell with the car for the right price and if it will make the deal. Pictures are here: https://picasaweb.google.com/BubbaJohnson/75CelicaDirtTrackRallyCar Note these are old pictures, the car is rather dirty atm from sitting under a maple tree.

So, I'm asking $700 OBO for the car, I would like an additional $250 for my engine. I am willing to negotiate, but not too much. My time is very valuable to me and wasted time talking to un-serious people with no money will make me grumpy and less likely to make a good deal for you. Cash only sale but would consider partial trade for a LSD AE86 rear axle for my 1980 Corolla liftback. No junk axles, it has to work! Call Rich at 206 406 5054, NO CALLS BETWEEN 10PM and 6AM please!!! That is my sleeping time, lol!


Location: Kenmore
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Slow Poke, your density is calling...

200hp out of a 20R? As John likes to say........rotsa ruck round eye.

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Robert.

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Rallymech
200hp out of a 20R? As John likes to say........rotsa ruck round eye.

Shetland hp....counts for about 1/2 of normal hp. Now 200 Clydesdale hp would be something.

That thing never rallied around here in the last 25 years. I would have remembered it. And just what the hell is a "checkpoint racer car?"

kids these days...

wonder if my taco motor will fit in there

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Racinkid13
wonder if my taco motor will fit in there

Look at the pics..I think there is room for several more motors in there.

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Rallymech
200hp out of a 20R? As John likes to say........rotsa ruck round eye.

http://www.toyotacatalog.net/M1WebGear/ProductDetails.aspx?PartUniqueID=5DEBC012-21DC-48AF-A3E8-CF00962D53E1
And its only $0.00! "Add to cart: quantity 7"

A junkyard 2rz would probably fit, with some minor fab miracles.

A stroked 22RE with a custom head casting ain't no 20R!

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Robert.

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Rallymech
A stroked 22RE with a custom head casting ain't no 20R!

Special forged steel crank, bored, 2.6 liter on only barely 200 Beee haitch Peas...

Wonder what these geniuses think that's worth?

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If it were an ae86 I'd grab it without the slightest hesitation. oh well.

one of our drift guys just finished a MK1 Celica and in it rad!! If I had the extra funds that would be in my garage getting slammed on the deck with a 20 valve NA screamer or a supra turbo

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Jay
If it were an ae86 I'd grab it without the slightest hesitation. oh well.

and then what?? Put a Mazda trannie in it???

naw...

it's just that the lexus 4liter v8 weighs almost the same as the 4age, costs a hunnerd bucks, the adapter kit what lets it talk to a w75 supra trans costs about a grand, the shifter comes through the stock floor hole, no sheet metal cutting needed, a set of headers is needed to clear the shock towers, and all that looks like something that would need minimal babysitting. Unlike what I'm currently attempting, this swap has actually been done, and parts are available even to motor mounts if you don't feel like making your own. if I had, you know, money, I'd be shopping for one now.