mickeyfinn
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Way back in 1989, my best friends mom bought a used 1986 Toyota Celica GTS.
I was smitten. It was the coolest car I had ever seen! It was the first Twin CAM 16V EFI car I had know of,and it seemed most cars were still carbureted at the time.
My friend and I drove that thing everywhere the last year of high school. Many, many fond memories. That car changed my life.
A couple years later, I purchased a 1987 Celica GT with a 3SFE Engine. I was a great car, and a had it for a couple years. But it never was a GTS, and never would be. The Celica turbo alltrac came to my attention, and became my dream car, but it was way out of my price range for where I was in life at the time.
For many years I occasionally remembered the ST165 alltrac and always dreamed of finding one. Mostly though, the car was hard to find, and the ones I did, were so beat, it wouldn't be worth it. I wanted one that was in tip/top shape.
I August of 2018, after many years of looking, I finally found my dream car from a great guy in Minnesota, (I'm in Utah). I couldn't believe my luck! After talking to the guy on the phone for a bit, I flew out to see the car, purchased it, and shipped it back home.
I'm going to document and share my story...
Here's a couple pics of it when I arrived to look at the car.
I was smitten. It was the coolest car I had ever seen! It was the first Twin CAM 16V EFI car I had know of,and it seemed most cars were still carbureted at the time.
My friend and I drove that thing everywhere the last year of high school. Many, many fond memories. That car changed my life.
A couple years later, I purchased a 1987 Celica GT with a 3SFE Engine. I was a great car, and a had it for a couple years. But it never was a GTS, and never would be. The Celica turbo alltrac came to my attention, and became my dream car, but it was way out of my price range for where I was in life at the time.
For many years I occasionally remembered the ST165 alltrac and always dreamed of finding one. Mostly though, the car was hard to find, and the ones I did, were so beat, it wouldn't be worth it. I wanted one that was in tip/top shape.
I August of 2018, after many years of looking, I finally found my dream car from a great guy in Minnesota, (I'm in Utah). I couldn't believe my luck! After talking to the guy on the phone for a bit, I flew out to see the car, purchased it, and shipped it back home.
I'm going to document and share my story...
Here's a couple pics of it when I arrived to look at the car.