Commercial time: Jumping beater Celica A60

March 23, 2013 in Commerical time

What better way to promote your auto parts shop than by jumping a beater Celica A60?
Flying Toyota Celica RA64!

Shortly before it jumps you can see it is the facelifted model. video on the next page!

Thrilling Celica RA40 at Bathurst in 1980

January 9, 2013 in video

Just saw this video being posted on Facebook by Thomas Delien on the TACN Facebook page and it is a thrilling 5 minutes of footage from Peter Williamson’s Celica in the 1980 Bathurst race:
Celica RA40 at Bathurst in 1980
Peter Williamson was doing live footage for the Australian Channel 7.

Video can be found on the next page…

Picture of the Week: Celica M-300 by HKS

November 13, 2012 in picture of the week

Found these Celica M-500 pictures on Tumbler:
Toyota Celica M-500 by HKS Power
Haven’t found any info on this HKS Power Celica M-500…

But I do know that it is powered by a twin turbo 5M-GTE: Read the rest of this entry →

ITT2012: loose ends

July 24, 2012 in Events

My final ITT 2012 post and after that I’m done with the interesting photos from this great festival. ;)

So first of all there was a large German delegation from the Toyota Oldies site where the owner brought his rare Toyota Tercel Snow 4WD (AL25):
ITT: Toyota Tercel Snow 4WD

I just love the snow branding on the Tercel: Read the rest of this entry →

WTF: Nissan copied the Toyota RV-1?

June 28, 2012 in WTF

In 1971 at the Tokyo Motor Show Toyota revealed the Toyota RV-1:
Toyota RV-1 in 1971
It clearly is based upon the (back then) new Celica TA22 and got is rear extended with the gullwing windows.

At the same time the bumper, engine hood and headlights look a bit familiar: Read the rest of this entry →