Tag: my carina

2T-B upgrade: cleanup stage 1

The 2T-B upgrade is progressing slowly. After failing to find an original Celica TA60 2T-B airfilter house I ordered an open airfilter from K&H (part number 56-9138) and will get my second one once The Doctor will find his spare one. 😛 Today I tried to clean the double carburetor setup from all its dirt…




Carina Sightings: my Carina within 5 years?

I was wondering if this white Toyota Carina TA60 I found on autoscout24 is actually my very own Carina within 5 years… On this picture the car looks quite okay: This Carina TA60 could be the brother of mine But when looking more into the details it gets less beautiful: Rust on the right front…




TA40 pedalbox arrived!

The TA40 pedalbox has arrived yesterday! Unfortunately Mark totalled his Celica TA40 and a lot of parts were salvagable. Lucky for me the TA40 pedalbox, master break and clutch cylinders were in perfect condition! I bought the set because when converting from auto I’m in need of a clutch pedal. Since the TA40 and TA60…




Carina hits 75k mark

As you can see: my Carina drove 75000km so far! Actually I didn’t really keep an eye upon the speedo, but while parking the car last sunday I noticed this odd (actually even!) phenomenon. 😉