Good to be back! ('88 GT Drop Top Content Inside)

The first car I ever bought, was a 1989 ST Coupe when I was 17. Had some fun in it, and drove it my Junior and Senior years of high school. Although I am a new member here, I was a member on 4gcelica.net way back in the day (see: 2004-2005). Funny thing is, I bought that ST as a birthday present to myself.

Fast forward 5 years later, and today I picked up a 1988 GT Convertible for 400$. This one is again a birthday present to myself (it's tomorrow). She definitely needs some TLC; but through some stroke of luck, I still happen to have my coupe still around for parts. So the legacy of my first celica will live on, although this time with some more options and minus a roof.



Here she is (better pictures to come):









Nothing fancy, but she will be an enjoyable summer car when I get done.

P.S. That slushbox will be coming out. My coupe has a 5-spd. in it.

 

More Pictures



Say hello to my missing muffler. :lol:

Who says a ranger can't tow a car?






Here's a good sign, no FRAM orange:


and a not so good of sign:

 

Got some more pics for you guys.

Somehow we made them both fit in the garage:



Not pictured is my roommate's old school tent trailer on the other side of the coupe.

Need a new battery now that I killed this one playing with the top :



The engine in the coupe:



Kind of feeling pretty stupid because I can't get the timing belt off. We're gonna pull the head off the coupe; rebuild it and give it a port and polish, and then its gonna go in the 'vert when we do the head gaskets and whatnot.

Looks like the first pic but something is noticeably gone:



Not bad for an hour's worth of work. Also got some things cleaned up and ready to get put on the 'vert. Since I have a spare Valve Cover and Intake Manifold, I was thinking I might see how much it would cost to get them both powdercoated red to put on the 'vert.

 

I guess my roommate snagged a pic from the outside in:

 

well got her lowered using the springs from my coupe:


The front mud flaps are coming off (a can of brake cleaner won't fit under them lying down):


Another shot showing how it makes my roommate's focus look huge: