ST162-7254182 "Dirty Deeds" Edited

ST162-7254182 "Dirty Deeds"

Well I haven't got a name for this one yet so for now its going by its original factory
designation ST162-7254182. Overall its pretty complete, the only things missing are the
cargo cover & the right rear speaker cover but I have spares for both of those.


looks like I have to trouble shoot the headlight


Yay .........RUST


Ah the infamous side quarter window leakage problem leading to the built in spare tire swimming pool


Do you think the poor Celica is shaking in its boots knowing the camry beside it which is 4
years newer is toast. You can just barely see my All Trac behind the camry.


Stay of execution......hopefully its feeling a little better now that it has made its way into
the garage.


Afyer many modifications

 

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Well other than being gutted it was in pretty decent shape. A bit of work on the rear whel wells and behind them and replace the hood and drivers door and the body would be practically new. But I didn't have enough room for 4 cars and a boat so something had to go.

 

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Well the horror story begins. I was hopeing to not have to sandblast the interior but ......
That sucks cause now I'm going to have to pull the dash and all the crap behind it, or I'll be cleaning sand out
of it for the next 10 years. But I guess thats really okay because I know theirs alot of unprotected metal
behind the dash that has started to rust from the humidity it has encountered in the last 21 years.


The drivers side is actually better than the passenger side.


One big hole and a couple of smaller holes and alot of surface rust after the sound deadening material was removed


Another swimming pool........the drivers side rear speaker wasn't performing optimally


This is not the way to fix a hole. It was glued and screwed in place.


At least whoever did this repair also put a second piece of sheet metal on the underside of the car and sealed it pretty well.
So I'll give them a 7/10 for their efforts.


Passenger side in the hatch


Passenger side rear strut tower front bottom


Passenger side rear strut tower front top


Passenger side rear strut tower back top


Passenger side rear seat swimming pool


Well I've seen better but I've also seen worse. Nothing I can't fix.....so the fun begins.

 

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And now the dash is out.

If your going to work on anything under the dash I highly recommend removing the dash
instead of trying to turn yourself into a pretzel so you can work from underneath

It takes about an hour to remove. I'll post a how to in the interior forum HOW TO Remove Your Dash
You can also see in this pic some of the unprotected metal pieces that humidity has not been kind to.

 

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Gotta work fast I want to have my Trac in the garage by the end of the month.

 

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Nope not in Ontario/Quebec Canada. They use ridiculous amounts of salt on our roads in the winter.
This is one of only 2 I have seen for sale so far this year. Most of them rusted away long ago and have allready been recycled into new vehicles.

I know of 1 coupe for sale
1987 Toyota Celica GT Coupe


but if I get my hands on a coupe I'm hacking it appart to make 1 of these



And it would be ashame to hack that coupe appart.