New shed- £700 Celica 190
Discussion
Just bought this today and had it delivered home. It needs a fair bit of work but I took a punt on it as I've always fancied one and there's not much choice locally here in Scotland.
It's been sitting for four years so needs brakes rebuilt and hopefully just a service engine wise. I couldn't drive it as there's no MOT or exhaust on it. I think this is why it got laid up as they are expensive.
Sorry about the photos, my phone is a potato.
It's been sitting for four years so needs brakes rebuilt and hopefully just a service engine wise. I couldn't drive it as there's no MOT or exhaust on it. I think this is why it got laid up as they are expensive.
Sorry about the photos, my phone is a potato.
Ive owned a 140 for the last 5 years as a daily....currently sitting on 135000...
I get it serviced by a good local Indy and have only had a few horror bills.
This year, the rear brake pins were deemed to be rusted beyond and it went in to have these replaced.Sadly, the whole handbrake backplate was found to be rusted beyond repair, and with new backplates being £400 per side from Toyota, some ingenuity was required. Cue a largish bill....c£600 inc service/MOT
Other than needing a new Rad two years ago and a battery last winter, its been the ulimate Jap relaibilty story.
Drives well, corners flat, doesnt understeer terribly and looks ok....
It IS however noisy and not that comfortable, we generally need a break evry two hours or so.
Rust is the biggest issue, and its getting a bit of a hold on the rear suspension now, and I did plan on outing it next spring...
But having now spunked my money on a Caterham, the Celica will have to make it to 200k......
I get it serviced by a good local Indy and have only had a few horror bills.
This year, the rear brake pins were deemed to be rusted beyond and it went in to have these replaced.Sadly, the whole handbrake backplate was found to be rusted beyond repair, and with new backplates being £400 per side from Toyota, some ingenuity was required. Cue a largish bill....c£600 inc service/MOT
Other than needing a new Rad two years ago and a battery last winter, its been the ulimate Jap relaibilty story.
Drives well, corners flat, doesnt understeer terribly and looks ok....
It IS however noisy and not that comfortable, we generally need a break evry two hours or so.
Rust is the biggest issue, and its getting a bit of a hold on the rear suspension now, and I did plan on outing it next spring...
But having now spunked my money on a Caterham, the Celica will have to make it to 200k......
ZX10R NIN said:
A 190 for £700 that seems a great buy.
I hope so but it was a gamble not being able to drive it and there is a bit of expensive work to do. I can do all the work myself so I'm hoping to fix it up on the cheap using used parts.On the plus side there's no rust on the body and the interior looks like new.
It looks like a T sport to me?
Nice choice, I had a high mileage 190 (150k), years ago for road and trackday duties and my wife owned a Sports M some time ago: https://www.pistonheads.com/regulars/ph-carpool/to...
Nice choice, I had a high mileage 190 (150k), years ago for road and trackday duties and my wife owned a Sports M some time ago: https://www.pistonheads.com/regulars/ph-carpool/to...
I loved my 190 back in the day, when all my friends were ploughing money into Integra Type Rs and old e36 325s this was a real peach, super reliable and super cheap whilst providing 90% the performance of the other cars.
Only thing with mine was the brakes - I did have one incident when the pedal went to the floor. They can be quite bad for rust too, mine was a combination of both! They fade easily and they're nothing particularly fancy. Proper (separate) handbrake though so great for er...those kind of shenanigans when it gets greasy or snows!
These also aren't great if you're quite tall, I'm only 5'11 but in the days when the hair product I used was to point it upwards it would rub the headlining even with the seat fully lowered...
Only thing with mine was the brakes - I did have one incident when the pedal went to the floor. They can be quite bad for rust too, mine was a combination of both! They fade easily and they're nothing particularly fancy. Proper (separate) handbrake though so great for er...those kind of shenanigans when it gets greasy or snows!
These also aren't great if you're quite tall, I'm only 5'11 but in the days when the hair product I used was to point it upwards it would rub the headlining even with the seat fully lowered...
I don't seem to have any bother with the headroom and I'm 6'2". I must have a short body or something!
I've been trying to find a secondhand exhaust today as a new one is about £500!
I think the first job I'll get stuck into is rebuilding the front brakes. They look rough as anything...Planning caliper rebuild, new pads and flexi hoses all round.
I've been trying to find a secondhand exhaust today as a new one is about £500!
I think the first job I'll get stuck into is rebuilding the front brakes. They look rough as anything...Planning caliper rebuild, new pads and flexi hoses all round.
They aren't particularly well noise-insulated, so tyre noise and wind noise is prevalent. You hear other cars around you a lot, too. The exhaust is raspy during acceleration but drones a fair bit at cruise. The suspension is fairly hard and the interior plastics are hard, and rattle a lot.
Not my car, it's my son's, but it is a fairly wearing car to drive long-distance. It's a sports car, not a grand tourer. That said, his example is an X-reg (from 2000) so it's now coming up for being 19 years old. His is the 140 HP model.
My previous car (owned at the same time as the Celica) was the Peugeot 406 Coupe, which was quieter, faster, and more comfortable. The cabin of the BMW E60 525i that I drive now is an even quieter place to sit than the 406 was. The Celica feels positively agricultural by comparison.
That said, it is an excellent fun thing to drive down twisty back-roads. It is *very* reliable. Decently-sized hatchback boot, too, so it's even fairly practical. I just wish some of the parts prices were lower.
Not my car, it's my son's, but it is a fairly wearing car to drive long-distance. It's a sports car, not a grand tourer. That said, his example is an X-reg (from 2000) so it's now coming up for being 19 years old. His is the 140 HP model.
My previous car (owned at the same time as the Celica) was the Peugeot 406 Coupe, which was quieter, faster, and more comfortable. The cabin of the BMW E60 525i that I drive now is an even quieter place to sit than the 406 was. The Celica feels positively agricultural by comparison.
That said, it is an excellent fun thing to drive down twisty back-roads. It is *very* reliable. Decently-sized hatchback boot, too, so it's even fairly practical. I just wish some of the parts prices were lower.
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