.Heres another vote for Celica’s of the 1970s mini-mustang variety.
Back in the 80s I had no less than 4 Celica’s. The one that I was most fond of was a tweaked up 1978 2000 GT twin-cam Liftback (RA-28), pushing out around 220bhp in a car that weighed less than a Fiat Punto. Besides considerable engine mods, it also had uprated brakes, an LSD, fatter tyres, lowered this that and the other and would see off contemporary 911’s (well, I was young ..). It even went round bends noticeably better than stock. It was such a hoot to drive that I kept it for years and years whilst other cars came and went.
The one lasting problem was due to experimenting with various exhaust systems and manifolds ending up with an incredibly loud twin-bore slash cut pair of pipes sticking out the back, that had less than 1 silencer. It sounded amazing, but according to the doc, its this which probably caused my Tinnitus !!
I eventually sold it to my best mates brother who continued driving it until the mid 90’s before stacking it into a tree. It then had a big v-shaped dent right in the front so he painted a big yellow zig-zag explosion type image on it, and ran it for a while longer until it failed the MOT . . . due to the front wheels being a bit closer together than they should have been
He then put it in his shed planning to one day restore it, but I suspect its turned into a giant pyramid shaped pile of Fe2O3.nH2O by now !
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