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I came across this very nice tuned and lowered Carina Surf:
I must say it is not overdone and these rims fit the car very well!
The Surf is the public version of he Carina Van and came standard with a 1S 1800cc engine and had a solid rear axle (like my TA60). Basically it is the same as the Van, but it is more luxurious.
This car has been tuned with a 20v 4AGE blacktop:
But it still got the originial gauge cluster. Why isn't there a aftermarket revmeter? Perhaps the owner doesn't stress the car??
The car has also a bed in it. Must be really comfortable for all those meetings the owner is attending. ;)
And it is not the only nicely tuned Carina Surf/Van around:
Next to it you can see the famous very lowered Carina Firevan!
Also a strange thing: I can't find the owner of the Carina Firevan. I can only find it in pictures of other people attending meetings. Did anyone else find the owner yet?
Source:
トヨタ カリーナサーフ
I found this 1986 Celica advertisement on Youtube:
It features the TA64 Celica which surprises me: the A6 Celica wasn't sold after 1985, so why advertise with the archaic (in that era of course!) A6 triumphs instead of the new FWD or AWD Celicas, or could it be that the AWD Celicas didn't hit the market by then?
Yesterday evening I mounted the Celica Supra rims on the car!
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As you can see, the offset on the front is good, but on the rear the wheel hides in the fender. This is probably due to the axle being not wide enough for the car. Remember that the solid axle Carinas were featuring the same axle as the AE86 (Corolla) which is less wide than the Carina. I think I need some spacers now. ;)
As you can see I need some lowering springs as well. The front has positive camber (!) and the rear is also a bit too high...
The Celica Supra rims are almost on the car! I dropped them off at the address where the tires were delivered and I could pick them up three hours later (at 20:30) with tires and fully balanced. :)
I didn't have the time yet to put them on the car or even shoot some pictures of the rims, but that will be very soon! Then we're going to see how much the car resembles the Carina GT-R
Edit: now with picture!
Last week I blogged about the Toyota Celica XX advertisement with the ELO (Densha Otoko) theme in it. This week I have a Japanese Celica XX advertisement with Grace Jones!
I can understand why they compare Grace Jones with the Celica XX: both are square muscular superstars but I personally would prefer the Celica XX above Grace Jones. ;)
A nice detail is the mirror shot at 19 seconds: it is a bit the same as the mirror shot of the New Carina catalogue (S59-3):
Same style, same era?
