Here's a sad story: I sent it to get painted at a local college becos labor was free. it sat in there for 1 1/2 years
Then when they were done in July 2008 i took it to the mechanic to transform her into an AWD. But I am now leaving the country to singapore for work for an indefinite period of time.
The car still needs a ST205 fuel tank and the 2 front drive axles
So i'll never get to drive it and experience the AWD =(

If anyone wants to take it off my hands feel free to. if not she'll just be sitting at my mechanic's shop. ( he said he didn't mind me leaving it there)
Please communicate through my email: longsbeans@hotmail.com. since the PM box here is so small

-Bought car from Ryu3x16 in april 2006
-Clean title,
-I know a place to pass smog,
-the 3s has about 50k miles on it
-chassis has about 140k
-whats being installed now: brand new clutch and fly wheel, ST205 rear diff and the whole 9 yards.
-Brand new paint, I only saw it for couple of hours driving from the college to the mechanic.
- I pretty much prepaid for most of the work and parts already

U can see my profile for more the existing mods.
or here is ryu's profile of the car http://www.6gc.net/index.php?action=members&itu=774



*sob*

EDIT#5: dropped the price to $5000. need to sell this...its been too long...someone takeover this baby of mine

EDIT#4: Raymond(and the car) has now moved to 19949 Valley Boulevard, Walnut, CA 91789

EDIT#3: edited price becos its still not finished (fuel tank and front axles). The car's at 2875 South Diamond Bar Boulevard, Diamond Bar, CA 91765-3418

EDIT #2: just added some latest pics i took from the mechanic's shop. The celica's all dusty from the ashes in the air. I posted these pics on page 2 of this thread

EDIT#1: Here's an article on a an engine project by my mechanic Raymond: http://www.superstreetonline.com/featuredv..._sr5/index.html

His facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/db-Au...161478583880746

This post has been edited by longsbeans: Feb 8, 2015 - 11:27 AM

why \ where are you moving?

I'm moving to singapore for work.

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showto...2248&hl=gt4


^ original thread.. it was back in 96'. your car has a different color now? what's wrong with the red?

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Tranny, clutch flywheel are in. whats left is a back ordered piece from toyota japan that secures the rear diff. But Raymond has 2 cars to prepare for a race in Dec so he will finish mine in Jan.

some pics at the mechnics: its all dusty from the fire ashes in the air.






Personally i don't like the gold GT four sign. One of the students at Los angeles trade tech decided t put it there without my consent. I was going to remove it once the car was ready...oh well.. some of you may like it...

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yes when i took it from the school that painted my car, they lost the nut that holds the retaining hooks down. so to steady the batt just for the drive from the school to the mechanic i duct taped it. =)

bumpty bump

is this car finished with the awd?

wow..its so close to me too lol

thread cleaned.
GLWS.
seems like the car has been sitting a long time at this point..has it been started/driven while you were away? are you back now?

Nope it hasn't been started. I am not back but will be for a short holiday sometime this year. hope to sell this car by then.

The AWD is in. the only 2 things left is the front drive axles and the fuel tank. If someone can find these parts and give it to Raymond the mechanic he will finish up the car.

bump

Dam that thing is sweet id love to take it off ur hands only if you would trade me haha goodluck man if u plan to part out let me kno ill defintely buy some stuff

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Ive got a set of gt4 front and rear axles

Hmmm... This might be a better route than me trying to import a GT4 here to the States. I can get the car from you LongsBeans. But I'll need a month. Reason why is because I'm currently deployed in Afghanistan. And my wife lives in Sacramento, CA. Only way for me to do this is to pay you. Then have the shop guy fix it for me while I send him the parts and pay labor. And after that, get a shipping service to send it to my wife. That'll take... another 2 more months after purchase... Hmmmm... What to do. Also, may I get pix of the car send to xcross85@yahoo.com. For some reason, this satellite signal over here isn't letting me load the images. Thanks.

I'm guessing this car isn't available anymore...

The guy hasn't logged in for around a month. Id try PMing him, or emailing him.

Good idea. SupraKid. Thanks.

Still waiting on a reply... This car has been sitting at the mechanics shop for almost 4 years... Does anyone know the mechanic? Anyone able to go see if it's still there and running?

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ooo oh so close!! only 45 minutes away from me.

Just did a google map search....dont see any celica sitting in or around the address...then again there was a purty red MR2 in the parking lot.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

This post has been edited by 3WayStunna: Dec 14, 2011 - 10:04 PM

Unfortunately I'm currently located OUT of the country as of the moment. Idk if there is anyway of contacting the mechanic and the 'friend' that is holding the title for him in UCLA... I might bail out of this one. It's already starting to become a headache and not enough evidence this car still exists or if it's even able to run the fact that it's been sitting since 2008... And also, no point of contacts, names, numbers, etc. to even get this thing going. I'm not in a hurry to get a car either. I got a couple more months before this deployment is over.

EDIT: Just googled the address. That isn't a mechanic shop that sits on that address. It's a food/restaurant named Kim Union... Yeah, I'm bailing now. Thinking this is a scam now.

This post has been edited by FortuneCookie: Dec 15, 2011 - 7:45 AM

WOAH!
that hurts man...comon Los Angeles 6gc'ers, vouch for me! They've all seen my car at the 6GC meets...
I hadn't checked back with my mechanic for some time now. He didn't informed me they moved. will call Raymond this morning. geez
I myself hope the car is still around.....
His shop was part of a 76 gas station but I checked google too...and holy crap its not there. its been demolished

sorry for not checking up on the car before bumping this post FortuneCookie..

Raymond's email is racetoys@att.net
and his number is: 714-815-7551.

This post has been edited by longsbeans: Dec 15, 2011 - 9:23 AM

ok I called him and the car's still with him...... PHEW!

he has moved to 19949 Valley Boulevard, Walnut, CA 91789
and he towed it over.

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I can vouch for the seller, but I have never seen the car. Back when this thread was first created he sold me a pair of 404 replica side skirts.

If you google map the new location you can see the Celica parked up against the building facing the street... - its the one with the car cover bunched up on it on the hood.

This post has been edited by KAOS: Dec 15, 2011 - 10:31 AM

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good eyes! You can see the little circular hood scoop at a particular magnified angle

This post has been edited by longsbeans: Dec 15, 2011 - 12:05 PM

PM sent...

It's alright GarLun. I talked to Raymond... He said the car "should" run after the fuel tank is installed. He said that James owns the car. Idk if you go by James or what not. But I'm sending him an email with more info. So it's whenever you're ready for the transaction longsbeans.