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That one got away from me! Oh, my. . . but your work on her was a true inspiration for me and I intend to carry on in honor of the high quality rehab you did on her. I am ready to look for one that had an owner deliver similar TLC to drive while I am rebuilding mine.

BTW: after doing all that wheel work on Betsy (brakes, wheel bearings, all new parts), we drove her to Blacksburg last weekend. The decrease in wheel friction made her engine WANT to ride along at 70, when she used to complain about going 65. Same 7A-FE engine with 299,256 miles on it. Now, I've got to overhaul that engine, and do what you did to her underside (even started reading up on air compressors for sand blasting). Thanks to you for giving me the courage to even imagine doing that.

njccmd2002: Back in the 1990s when I was in college, my first car was a 1974 Celica ST. i bought from a friend of mine very cheap. It came with 18RC with 4 speed manual. I loved that car and worked on it. Every weekend when everyone else was in bars and chasing girls, I would hit the local U-Pull It and get parts to update my 74. I still miss that car. I end up replacing rings and pistons and installed a 5-speed gearbox from a 1976 ST. This was way before the internet forum time and I had to rely on my own skills or ask a few friends who knew how to repair cars.

Your 1977GT reminded me of my 74 ST.

This post has been edited by msk59: Aug 31, 2014 - 8:16 PM

thanks, it will ride someday