ok..old mechanic here... the losing rev fast phenomenon is due to the lack of a throttle drop delay"valve". there was on the stock carb,a little spring loaded and damped valve that delayed the drop in revs when you let off the throttle. that little valve was used to prevent backfiring and a temporary 'over rich' fuel air condition that would throw off the emission curve and help prevent cat overheating due to said condition. y it also had the added "benefit" of helping to sync the gears on manual transmissions for those not so adept at shifting. you will find that little pain in the butt valve right through to the fuel injection era prior to electronically throttle/idle valve installations on many cars both foreign and domestic. that particular owners installation of the carb featured doesn't have that valve thus the accurate response in throttle management. getting rid of those things were standard fare for those of us who couldn't resist doing anything within our power to sharpen response times and increase,however little, control over the performance of our cars. that and the 'fuck the epa' mentality of us mechanics of the time. needless to say,the cat(s) went too whenever possible. hope that helped.
great explanation. I have a 22r with a webber36 and it drops Revs quickly too. I never did own the stock carb so I didn't know if that was standard performance or not.
That's the crazy thing about cars like this. It doesn't LOOK 42 years old. It doesn't SOUND 42 years old. It doesn't register in your mind clocking in at 42 years old. Hell, the age of the muscle car was around 50 years ago but still only feels to be around 30 years ago. But when you put these next to some other cars from the same period, as you pointed out, while these cars still look decently modern, others present themselves as if they're around the age of grandma after she backed out of the driveway and didn't stop until she hit the neighbor's house 2 streets over.
Muscle cars and Malaise Cars of 70s? Restoration is not even feasible. They clearly were not made to go even close to 60,000mi on the ODO. Scotty Kilmer's Celica GTs eat up 60,000 intervals like potato chips.
@@markhamrick9078 a guy on my block has a 72, I have a 93 z32 vert and it's crazy to compare them. He is a mild restomod(flares, suspension, updated engine work), I'm full street/race suspension, full na build minus cams/porting (240-250hp), widebody whenever it finally gets here(wack shipping), shaved bay, and extra chassis support. Both are very similar performing even down to reliability of both are on Jack's getting new clutches right now. Easily the two most fun generations of Z's when they aren't broke
I love the color and think it would look on many of today’s vehicles. I like to think of it as root beer brown. I’d go a bit darker than this example (think 60’s Mercedes-Benz (root beer brown) Everybody has black, white and silver nowadays and not too much of anything else. Hunter (dark green) would be another gem of a shade on today’s automobiles but almost nobody offers it however Toyota and Lexus are offering it on some newer models I believe.
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There is a guy at my work that has Masaratti money, and he drives one of these, and now I see why. He gets out of the brown Celica, in his $500 suit with a smile, every day.
Stealth wealth. Also people who have alot of money tend to not spend alot of money, cause they know they have nothing to prove to anyone. Most people who buy expensive flashy things are broke, or at least buy well above thier means because they wanna give the perception that they have money because of thier own insecurities.
That guy you know isn't trying to compensate for a 'shortcoming' in his....uh...life:) The guy with that broke ass Maserati, a Ghibli?? ! Can even buy a good exotic.
I rent a house in a pretty well-off neighborhood, and all the dailies are Camrys/ESes in the driveways with G-Wagens, CTSV wagons, and Lotus Evoras in the garages
I own an 81 Celica GT and submitted it to you guys a while ago. I am a long time sub and a huge fan, I am really glad that you got to review the best looking one that they made I am glad to finally hear your take on these gems your review was spot on! Loved every bit of it keep up the great work Mr. Regs and Roman!!! Y'all make my week every late Sunday night!
@@WiscomptonBoys I did find one on ebay for the coupe but somebody else snagged it, besides that I have had a very hard time finding them so I am probably going to make my own.
Dang, that is a beautiful body style. I don't care that it's a copy, it's a great combo. Not really sure I like the wider wheel set on it, but it is what it is.
I remember when the Celica first came out; everyone thought it was a very poor attempt at copying the 240Z. The Celica appealed to women who wanted a "cute" smaller mustang. Toyota & Datsun ("foreign jobbies") had yet to prove their reliability at the time. My first car was 1947 Willys overland wagon; my 2nd car was 1970 Datsun 1200, my 3rd car was a 1972 Mazda RX2. The engine went "hmmmm".
@Tylenol PM possibly a 350, but I wouldnt want a boat anchor to drag the car down too much. (needs to be nimble still) An all aluminium Rover V8 (based on the Buick 215 engine) would be an interesting lighter alternative. Problably would make enough hp to be fun :)
But a two-year-old Celica with 27,000 miles was only $2700. This was the Renaissance of the Car Industry, and Toyota was the light that shined. It's just nobody knew it, yet, just as nobody in the Renaissance knew it was the Renaissance.
This and the other compact cars from Japan and Europe were the change similar to the EV we are experiencing today. The big 3 heading off into more is more in its own market. But average people were buying fitter cars
Cadillac man He’s keeping it stock mostly except for improvements. He’s definitely not a douchebag it’s the guys who cut them up tear up the interiors and claim it’s a drift project when in reality it’s a douchebag project.
I had an 05 XRS with a rotor/pad upgrade and stock suspension. The rear seat not folding down to allow trunk access did wonders for chassis rigidity, and while the steering was a bit light and the seating position was more like sitting ON the car than in it, it handled very well.
Ive... never been compelled to look for ANY 70s Era car.. for S's n Gs... DEFINATELY not a Celica, Corolla... NTM, I just ate. I really dont feel like tossing my cookies.
Not around here. Everything is either spoken for and garaged or has turned into dust years ago. I am happily still holding onto my 5th gen and now those are becoming obsolete
Good luck. I had a '73 as a kid and periodically look for one. They are rare as hen's teeth and are either bombed out or way overpriced. $10k for a clean '73? No.
I've wanted one of these for a while, but I've decided to try an unusual approach to project cars: Instead of having 30 of them and watching them all rot into the ground, I'm gonna stick with just one and finish it. It's a radical new strategy I know, but I'm gonna ride it out and see what happens. Maybe when my Skylark is the road trip car I want it to be, then I'll look into one of these. It's only an overdrive transmission, disc brake conversion, and new shocks away.
Ah the good old "I got this old truck for dirt cheap" days. Only everything has to be repaired ends up costing more than a new one in the first place and still pos
I loved the styling on those first-generation Celica's, especially the fastback. Yes, it did look like a miniature 69-70 Mustang in the fastback version, but that's what I loved about it. My dad had one.
I went from a 74 Firebird to the 77 Toyota Celica GT and never looked back! I LOVED that car. It was so solid, so much fun to drive. My Celica was the same color as in the video. Best car ever!!!!
Interesting... I suppose if you are into light, zippy, nimble cars like an MG B and FIAT spider then this, no argument, best in class :) I am more of a full-size sedan person myself (so I would prefer a Mustang over it) but it is an excellent car.
This year range of Celica was my dad's first car in highschool. He tells me stories of taking it down onto the beach, putting sharks he fished out of the surf in the trunk and forgetting them, jumping small sand dunes. My first car was a 2003 celica, and I've had two others. I drive an STi now, but Celicas are in our blood. He and I have talked at length about trying to find him a Celica like his that needs work, so he has a project to work on while he's getting older. Maybe swap a 1UZ, maybe not.
When I was a teen, I had three Celicas in Australia - two x TA22's from the early 70's and an RA23 from the late 70's. Tuned them with re-jetted Weber 40mils on 2T-G's and cammed 3T blocks on flowed and ported 2T-G heads and mandrel bent exhausts. The T18 in Australia was a great donor car for the block and there was no shortage of parts for the "Lica". They were good for up to 200hp. Was never a fan of the Mustang RA28 hatch but I did enjoy kicking the crap out of V8 Commodores and Falcons in a straight line and absolutely crucifying them through the hills when things got twisty. Good times. Good luck finding decent examples for less than $20k these days. 20 years ago, they were selling for $2k to $3k. Absolutely love this era of Celica.
What is the 2TG? I'm familiar with the 2TC and 2TB. *Heads to Wikipedia. Shit, didn't know about those. Maybe NA had a different selection, or I was just ignorant because Corolla guy.
I like this Celica looks like what a game company would use for a muscle car without using a American muscle car just replacing the I4 for a big block V8.
The first generation Celica was massively ahead of its time. So much so that it kept pretty much the same chassis for the second generation and still used some of the same tech into the third. It only really changed when Toyota bought out the fourth gen, the first front-wheel drive Celica. It was a hell of a car, a huge amount of fun to drive even it totally standard, and by the '90s often rather worn out, form. And modern suspension technology and tyres have only really made them better. OK, the recirculating ball steering may not be quite as good as a good rack-and-pinion set up but otherwise it's all pretty well up to standards. And, for those lucky enough to get them, the proper Celica GT with the twin-cam engine was an utter delight and genuinely rapid, even by pretty modern standards. It's really not hard to see why these were THE cars to beat for some time in lower classes of rallying. And the semi-Mustang styling of the liftback really was genuinely pretty and the closest that a lot of people would have ever got to seeing a fastback Mustang at the time. There was a lot to love about the cars and, apart from their prodigious ability to rust like pretty much all Japanese cars of the period, they were about as painless to own as a car got, and they still are due to Toyota's habit of carrying engine designs over into many models, and generations, of vehicles...
I have a 1973 celica. Wanted the 77 liftback so much but at the time couldn't afford a new car. Both great cars. The liftback still looks great to this day.
This was my first new car when I was 20. It was so much fun. I bought a special model off of the showroom that was black with gold stripes. It had window louvers on the liftback.
I'd say the current Camry is one of the coolest "regular cars" on the road right now.. Civic probably beats it in actual driving but the Camry makes me pretty wet when i look at it.
@@CyanRiver Sure, they get points for having the GT86 and MK5 Supra in their lineup, but the GT86 is more Subaru than Toyota, and the Supra is more BMW. When you look back at the 90's, they had the Celica GT-4, MR-2, and Supra in their lineup simultaneously which were all really exciting mid-priced sports cars. Correct me if I'm wrong, as I'm just going by my own recollection of the U.S. Toyota market, but the MR-S was kind of Toyota's last hurrah for an entirely in-house cheap sports car, and then they kind of hung up their hat. There were a few decent cars here and there, like the 03 Corolla XRS, but I don't think I'd put the XRS on the same level as even the MR-S for it's sports potential. I'm a huge Toyota fanboy, and I own a Toyota, but ingusmant hit the nail on the head, they're just not as 'cool' as they used to be.
@@K31TH3R Most companies aren't. Look at Honda. Gone are the days of screaming 100hp/L vtec engines, S2000s, and NSXs. Its the nature of the game. Average people don't want cool cars; they want appliances. I love the MR-S btw, very underrated car. I'd love to see a new MR2 hit the lineup either as a car above the Supra or one in-between the 86 and Supra. I don't think it'll happen though.
I had this car up until about 10 years ago, I sold it because I didn't have a place to store it and it was going to waste. My parents bought it new in 1977, it was the first car I drove and got my license in.
Invidious Ignoramus exactly. My base 2007 corolla is a bit over 2500 lbs and has 126 hp but the auto box and tuning makes it pretty slushy. Handling isn’t too bad though.
It's more fun because this Celica has a 2.2 liter engine compared to the Fit's 1.5 liter. Area under the curve, not peak power, dictate how an engine "feels". The Celica makes 122 lbs*ft at 2400 RPM, while the Fit makes 114 lbs*ft, but up at 4800 RPM. Likely the Fit is making 90% of peak torque at 2400 RPM, resulting in a 20 lbs*ft difference between the engines at cruising speeds. Look at how Regular drives in his reviews (average RPM), then look at those torque figures again. The Celica is giving him the feel of the engine pulling as hard as it can when he puts his foot down, and the Fit feels like it's barely waking up.
had one.Same color same interior. Went to Dallas from Detroit in 86' to buy one and drove back. Owned it 4 years sold it and went to Florida and bought an 80' Celica GT manual. rock solid reliable and fun. Currently driving a 94' 300ZX manual. This vid really jogged my memory
Is he that dude that tried to tell people theres nothing wrong with getting into your freezing cold car in the winter and driving it directly onto the highway?
@@1598hi Scotty is right. I live in western Canada. When it's -35C degrees, I start my car every morning and it gets no more than 30-60 seconds of warmup and I'm on my way. 250k miles on the engine. No oil burning. Good oil pressure. No issues. Did it with my previous car too, and so do most other people. Engine failure is no more common here than elsewhere. I use a block heater sometimes, but sometimes not. Once the oil is circulating, the best thing for the engine is to warm up quickly, which it does by driving it.
@@captain150 not true and you can do your own homework on that. It's less of a consequence than before but you take apart your 250k engine and compare it to my 20 year old 325k engine and that'll show you why. Not to mention the hell you give your crank case when all the air gets forced past the our of tolerance rings. The only unfair thing in our comparison would be that if you have a newer vehicle its engine will be made of aluminum which is junk. My cast iron block is more durable and takes far longer to score, warp or wear in any way
The LCR in the Glovebox :D Alhough someone who keeps a car like this in this good of condition probably had a Colt snake gun they paid $500 back in the day that is now worth over $3K.
You guys don't have the chest hair for that kind of revolver; you need to be body-rugging, like Chuck Norris in Way of the Dragon.... The perfect weapon for this car would be a nice, understated yet easily one of the best, Browning/FN High Power.
@@travishabursky4362 But do you have the aviators and the shoulder-length bowl cut? Also, the button-up shirt with the top few buttons unbuttoned to truly show off that magnificent rug? Also, an Opel GT goes better with an Uzi, I think, or a Calico M900... The 70's aesthetic "lightly borrowed" from the more prolific Camaro/Mustang that is the '77 Corolla is far more reminiscent of the High Power's 1911-esque styling... (And yes, I know the BHP was basically an evolution of the 1911 by John Browning). :P
This is what I learned to drive stick in! In 1988 my dad bought one to use as a commuter car, Ours was a tan '76 but it had the pouvers on the rear window and a set of 15" Cragar slot mags. It was a delightful car. When I was a kid there were lots of clean ones here in CA. Now I can't remember the last time I saw one in person. Thanks for the awesome content!!!
I had a yellow one. with a lighten flywheel, 22r block with 20r head for 10:1 compression, dual valve springs in the head, 308 cam, Doug thorley header, dual 44 mikuni carbs, with a 85 corrola lsd rear end. I would spank mildly modded 80's fox body mustangs on a daily. wish I still had it
I suppose the front end bears more similarity to the Torino, but quite honestly I feel the sole inspiration for this design was the 1969 Mustang (high beams were inside the grille area). Absolutely can't see any resemblance to the Camaro in the front end.
Japanese cars were inspired by many American characteristics and applied randoms of those to one car making a sort of different look, but of course we can see they were inspired by American cars. It's no mystery.
Yes also ha. We had a ‘68 Torino GT as a kid, red with standard blackout and a HO 390. Would take on all comers! Steel belted radials helped control the wild burnouts lol.
i agree with your comments. early 90's had a 1979 gt coupe with sun roof/5 speed. 22r was very peppy - best part i only paid $75.00 for it. a dad surprised his daughter with it (who never drove a stick before) and she hated it. after she went into a ditch and dented up the drivers side front she refused to drive it anymore.
That was epic. A dealer near my office had on in white the last year of manufacture. I seriously debated selling my kidney for it. World Rally Homologation specials are ... very special.
I appreciate that you said that modern cars all blend together. When I owned a silver 2009 Volkswagen Jetta, I walked up to the wrong car so many times that I put a red steering wheel cover on it to see it. When I'm looking for my friend's 2020 Subaru Outback I can't tell the difference between that or the Honda or the Nissan that all look exactly the same in general body styling.
That divorcée, LCR, Tucks bit is fantastic comedy. Not just for RCR, not just for car vids, nor not only for YT or media at large. That was good shit bro. Bravo.
I'm totally with you on modern cars being generic. I saw a Cadillac commercial the other day, and literally thought they were advertising a Nissan or Hyundai or something. Maybe every car looking the same wouldn't piss me off as much if the look weren't the ugliest cars on the road, or if you didn't need to spend $60,000 to get something that's new and doesn't try to look angry and angular despite having the profile of a plastic alien egg. Automotive styling has been shitting it's pants more every year since the 90's, and anything made after 2000 I wouldn't even consider owning for free, unless it's something special, like a Viper, or a Challenger, or a souped up Mustang, and even with those examples, older equals better.
Cars of every generation are like that. You just dont realize it when they are old because they become cool. Look a traffic photos from the 50s and 60s etc. All the cars look the same, or are styled in a similar manner.
The reason they all look the same is because everyone's wind tunnel results have come up the same, combined with impact protection with the high beltlines and such. Beyond that, it's just gimmicks and motorized seats and adaptive headlights and funky stereo knobs. I don't know how Benz can even compete anymore.
I remember back in 1975 (in SoCal) my next door neighbor debbie blevins(A good looker she was 2yrs older than me) bought a new 1974 celica gt for 4 grand with a 4 speed AND it had a FM radio! 25mpg WAS unheard of!
You're spot on with the first project. I just bought a 77 liftback from California and had it trailered to Illinois. My first project and I'm literally learning manual on this thing. Whether I bring it to a classic car show or a alley tuner meet, everyone loves it and I couldn't have asked for a better car. The jdm smile bumpers are a must.
One of the girls I hung out with in junior high lived in a house with a 4 car garage and her parents had one of these and it was amazing ! All black interior and a beautiful , amazing flawless black paint job ! I loved that car !!!
In answer to the "name a car from the 70s" question... 75 - 77 VW Rabbit 75 - 79 VW Scirocco Alfa Romeo Guilia 72-74 Opel Manta Datsun 510 Mazda RX-3 73-76 Mitsubishi Galant FIAT 131
OH, YEA! I owned a "74 AND a "77 Toyota Celica GT, both w/5 speed manuals, one right after the other. The "74 was a total POS, rusted everywhere, made ALL sorts of noises ALL the time, but was not short on power (@ over 85K miles) & was bulletproof. . . until it started knocking on the way home from work & then JUST made the U-turn into my parking lot. Loved my "74 so much that I jumped on a "77 to replace it the very next week after it died. THAT Celica GT got some second-hand peformance parts, like springs/shocks/struts, sway bar bushings, & steering components, along with wider, more aggressive tires. I was driving the "77 to & from work ~20 miles each way on the Interstate & made her corner so well that I was passing others on the ramps every day. It was a BLAST to drive. Thanks for the memories.
You need to get behind the wheel of a first-gen (1978-1985) RX-7. The first-gen RX-7 is an underrated gem that was all the competitor to this Celica that you want. Easily transformed with mods, even lighter, reliable (yes, the first-gen 7’s were reliable), simple and with an insanely high-and-fast revving engine for it’s day.
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rx7 reliable? like how many miles before it needs a "rebuild" not hating I love the rx7 but I'm just worried about if I ever owned one, it might do something I don't know how to fix
Tam Ago - The first-gens, specifically the carbureted 12A-powered cars, have gone as far as 300K miles before rebuilds, provided they are well taken care of. Mine is at 171K on the original engine. Still going strong as my daily driver. I love everything about it. A great car. Apart from the fuel consumption that is, but fuel is cheap where I live. Finding a good one is the tricky part though. There are a lot of clunkers. Not many know how to take care of a rotary and a lot of aspects of the rotary engine go against common knowledge of piston engine care. But if you find a good one and care for it as they require; rotaries are not the monsters the internet would have you believe.
@@rucarnuts13 "not many know how to take care of a rotary" because of this, they ARE the monsters the internet would have you believe they are. finding an RX7 that was properly taken care of is trying to find a unicorn. it is possible to find it but you really shouldn't place your bets on it. If you are going to buy a rotary car, you really should rebuild it the second you get it home. in short, they're unreliable until they are made to be reliable.
sproly born - Finding one is hard but not impossible. Just take a compression tester, a refrigerator magnet, a flashlight and some know-how. I’ve found quite a number of first-gens and second-gens that were properly maintained. All were on the cheaper side as prices go, all had good motors, gearboxes, electronics and all only needed minor bodywork and the odd repair here and there - but no more than any other car. The trick is being patient. A good amount of people did their due diligence and maintained them properly (it wad the 80’s after all, and car maintenance was still something most households were accustomed to), but a lot didn’t. Just gotta be patient and be smart when it comes to Mazda’s rotary cars. Finding a good one is harder than finding a bad one - but a good one is well worth finding. I’ve owned numerous RX cars. I could not live without them. They’re bloody fantastic when you get a good one. :D
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@@rucarnuts13 anytips for long term maintenance if it's used as a daily?
Had a '78 model when I lived in Japan. The bumpers on the Japanese version are more flush and give it much better styling. I put double Solex carbs on mine.. When I came back stateside, I bought an 1988 GTS liftback. That was a sweet car.
Great video. I live in the UK and back in 1977 my friend had a metallic blue Celica. We pronounced it Celeeeka! and were jealous, it was out of our price range as we were Steel Workers driving Ford Escorts and Vauxhall Vivas or even worse Austin Allegros. I was luck enough to travel with him in his Celica on numerous occasions and it seemed so exotic. I can't tell for sure but what we value in car culture in the UK seems much different than the States if Scotty Kilmer is anything to go by Lol!
My first car was 75 Celica hatchback. Sadly, and ironically, it was totaled by a tow truck. And yes, that same tow truck towed it away. My third car was an 80 Celica that my aunt gave me. She used it to commute to NYC for years. It had 283,000 miles on it, a bad head gasket, and the exhaust was almost rusted out. But it started up every morning without fail and ran great. Toyotas really do last forever. My mother’s 80 Celica (She bought one at the same time my aunt did) is sitting in my brother’s garage. She drove it up to a few years ago until she started having problems getting in and out of it because it was too low to the ground.
visibly-old-but-clean is my favorite automotive aesthetic
mm my aesthetic
Not my favorite but it's what I'm on right now..... mostly because I'm poor but still drive an old car.
Dirty on the outside and spotless interior.
Old cars just have a really clean aesthetic that you can't get with modern aero and pedestrian safety standards. They're great.
a e s t h e t i c
Japanese engineering with American styling. It's like a Big Mac made with wagyu beef.
That's the Japanese McDonald's.
Green Giant oh no
Kobe
So it’s perfection 😂
Spot on! Haha! Beautiful car.
ok..old mechanic here...
the losing rev fast phenomenon is due to the lack of a throttle drop delay"valve". there was on the stock carb,a little spring loaded and damped valve that delayed the drop in revs when you let off the throttle. that little valve was used to prevent backfiring and a temporary 'over rich' fuel air condition that would throw off the emission curve and help prevent cat overheating due to said condition. y it also had the added "benefit" of helping to sync the gears on manual transmissions for those not so adept at shifting. you will find that little pain in the butt valve right through to the fuel injection era prior to electronically throttle/idle valve installations on many cars both foreign and domestic. that particular owners installation of the carb featured doesn't have that valve thus the accurate response in throttle management. getting rid of those things were standard fare for those of us who couldn't resist doing anything within our power to sharpen response times and increase,however little, control over the performance of our cars. that and the 'fuck the epa' mentality of us mechanics of the time. needless to say,the cat(s) went too whenever possible.
hope that helped.
Thanks for the explanation 👍
I have something similar on my 1981 Toyota Cresta with 1G-EU engine. After I remove radiator fan, revs drops very slowly.
glad to be of help. :-)
I had an MGB and MIdget that popped between shifts cuz I was using WD40 in the dash pots....I didn't know any better.
Huh you learn something new every day. 👍
great explanation. I have a 22r with a webber36 and it drops Revs quickly too. I never did own the stock carb so I didn't know if that was standard performance or not.
77 Celica liftback...my first car outta highschool in '82. Just picked up another one to restore when I retire in a few months. Life is good......
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nice. make a video :)
What a beautiful story :')
hector rodriguez Mine was a 1980 Celica in ‘93 lol. I loved that car though
Nice did you get the manual or the lazy automatic
Vintage Toyota’s and Nissans are so nice man.
Florida Bhoy yes they were
Vintage Toyota’s and Nissans are so RICE man
My friend has a 1974 datsun and it’s horrible
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Why did you apostrophise Toyota but not Nissan?
Scotty Kilmer
**Heavy Breathing** OwO
XD
Lol
Scotty will definitely ring the bell on this one. Miss Kilmer is on couch patrol tonight.
Wait until he reviews a 94 model!
Scotty definitely had an orgasm after this vid
That's the crazy thing about cars like this. It doesn't LOOK 42 years old. It doesn't SOUND 42 years old. It doesn't register in your mind clocking in at 42 years old. Hell, the age of the muscle car was around 50 years ago but still only feels to be around 30 years ago. But when you put these next to some other cars from the same period, as you pointed out, while these cars still look decently modern, others present themselves as if they're around the age of grandma after she backed out of the driveway and didn't stop until she hit the neighbor's house 2 streets over.
You should see the NSU Ro80
George Gountzas that's a good one. Looks almost like the late 70s and early 90s had a baby.
Muscle cars and Malaise Cars of 70s? Restoration is not even feasible. They clearly were not made to go even close to 60,000mi on the ODO. Scotty Kilmer's Celica GTs eat up 60,000 intervals like potato chips.
nagasako7 thank god for restomodding then. Although you can make anything keep going with a enough funding, I suppose.
@@nagasako7 , who the fuck cares what you, or he, thinks?
This is probably my favorite Toyota.
It's what the Mustang II wanted to be.
The 240Z is my favorite Datsun/Nissan.
Exactly how I feel!
Mustang II? You mean pinto
@cv 67 Yeah, my friend had a 73 w/ some mods. Nice ride!👍
@@markhamrick9078 a guy on my block has a 72, I have a 93 z32 vert and it's crazy to compare them. He is a mild restomod(flares, suspension, updated engine work), I'm full street/race suspension, full na build minus cams/porting (240-250hp), widebody whenever it finally gets here(wack shipping), shaved bay, and extra chassis support. Both are very similar performing even down to reliability of both are on Jack's getting new clutches right now. Easily the two most fun generations of Z's when they aren't broke
@@dekhunter148 😁👍
Poop brown on a sports car can only look good one one of late 70's vintage. As it does here.
Always seemed there were plenty of brown ones
I remember reading in Road and Track that car colors were picked based on whatever colors were popular with fashion designers in any particular year.
I love the color and think it would look on many of today’s vehicles.
I like to think of it as root beer brown.
I’d go a bit darker than this example (think 60’s Mercedes-Benz (root beer brown)
Everybody has black, white and silver nowadays and not too much of anything else.
Hunter (dark green) would be another gem of a shade on today’s automobiles but almost nobody offers it however Toyota and Lexus are offering it on some newer models I believe.
Naw it looks good on allot of modern cars. Its rare
A Brown Tesla works at my office. Any brown non-truck is just odd.
I owned one. Mine was a 5 speed. A blast to drive. Sadly in 1982 I drove it off a 80 foot cliff in Montana. I barely survived, but Celica did not.
Why'd you decide to do that
Charles Bronson must have been chasing you
How many seats really are there?
My mom has a similar story for her 70's Celica
@@mrjohnnyk I guess Celica's like to fly......
It's like, how much more brown could this be? and the answer is none. None more brown.
I see what you did there...
CranfordPark and we appreciate it sincerely. This review went to 11.
maprow Shit Sandwich
(just the brown, and the reference; the car is rad)
Last week we got brown too.
could probably replace those mirrors with brown.
I see a red door and I want it painted Ｂ Ｒ Ｏ Ｗ Ｎ
No colors anymore I want them to turn Ｂ Ｒ Ｏ Ｗ Ｎ
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my Ｂ Ｒ Ｏ Ｗ Ｎness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted Ｂ Ｒ Ｏ Ｗ Ｎ
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day
I look inside myself and see my heart is Ｂ Ｒ Ｏ Ｗ Ｎ
I see my red door I must have it painted Ｂ Ｒ Ｏ Ｗ Ｎ
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up, when your whole world is Ｂ Ｒ Ｏ Ｗ Ｎ
No more will my Ｂ Ｒ Ｏ Ｗ Ｎ sea go turn a deeper Ｂ Ｒ Ｏ Ｗ Ｎ
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin' comes
I see a red door and I want it painted Ｂ Ｒ Ｏ Ｗ Ｎ
No colors anymore I want them to turn Ｂ Ｒ Ｏ Ｗ Ｎ
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
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Ｂ Ｒ Ｏ Ｗ Ｎ as night, Ｂ Ｒ Ｏ Ｗ Ｎ as coal
I want to see the sun, blotted out from the sky
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Nice
Have my babies
Masterful...please make a music video.
thank u
This is my old car, so cool it ended up on here...
I just love the front of this thing. The way the wheels are so exposed makes it look aggressive as hell.
My first car was a 77 Celica ST (5 speed), same color in/out.
Never broke for the years I owned it.
What a dream car.
There is a guy at my work that has Masaratti money, and he drives one of these, and now I see why. He gets out of the brown Celica, in his $500 suit with a smile, every day.
If you have a ton of money don't use it to buy something expensive. Use it to buy something that will make you happy to own it.
Stealth wealth. Also people who have alot of money tend to not spend alot of money, cause they know they have nothing to prove to anyone. Most people who buy expensive flashy things are broke, or at least buy well above thier means because they wanna give the perception that they have money because of thier own insecurities.
Hell yeah I'd buy one of these too.
That guy you know isn't trying to compensate for a 'shortcoming' in his....uh...life:) The guy with that broke ass Maserati, a Ghibli?? ! Can even buy a good exotic.
I rent a house in a pretty well-off neighborhood, and all the dailies are Camrys/ESes in the driveways with G-Wagens, CTSV wagons, and Lotus Evoras in the garages
I own an 81 Celica GT and submitted it to you guys a while ago. I am a long time sub and a huge fan,
I am really glad that you got to review the best looking one that they made I am glad to finally hear your take on these gems your review was spot on! Loved every bit of it keep up the great work Mr. Regs and Roman!!! Y'all make my week every late Sunday night!
But has it got louvers?
@@edwardrokman4958 Not yet haha once I get spacers/new wheels and fenderovers that is the plan!
@@Wrifriesey nice
So hard to find for a 2nd gen coupe, though. I've decided I'm never going to find a set for mine, say days lol.
@@WiscomptonBoys I did find one on ebay for the coupe but somebody else snagged it, besides that I have had a very hard time finding them so I am probably going to make my own.
Dang, that is a beautiful body style. I don't care that it's a copy, it's a great combo. Not really sure I like the wider wheel set on it, but it is what it is.
Yes, I really like that baby pony car look.
I'll admit that what I'd want most is one with a (relatively small) v8 though :)
This thing would be wicked with a 3sge BEAMS
I remember when the Celica first came out; everyone thought it was a very poor attempt at copying the 240Z.
The Celica appealed to women who wanted a "cute" smaller mustang.
Toyota & Datsun ("foreign jobbies") had yet to prove their reliability at the time.
My first car was 1947 Willys overland wagon; my 2nd car was 1970 Datsun 1200, my 3rd car was a 1972 Mazda RX2. The engine went "hmmmm".
@Tylenol PM possibly a 350, but I wouldnt want a boat anchor to drag the car down too much. (needs to be nimble still)
An all aluminium Rover V8 (based on the Buick 215 engine) would be an interesting lighter alternative. Problably would make enough hp to be fun :)
@Tylenol PM 350 is chevy. magnum is dodge. Stop talking.
I had that same car! She was lovingly named the Brown Streak. It was a solid driver for sure!
thats pretty disgusting. I love it
*scotty Kilmer wants to know your location*
MSRP for this was ~$5200. A Gremlin cost ~$3000. You get what you pay for.
In 77 you could buy a Pinto for $3500 too. Was the Celica 1.7x better car? Yes, yes it was
But a two-year-old Celica with 27,000 miles was only $2700. This was the Renaissance of the Car Industry, and Toyota was the light that shined. It's just nobody knew it, yet, just as nobody in the Renaissance knew it was the Renaissance.
This and the other compact cars from Japan and Europe were the change similar to the EV we are experiencing today. The big 3 heading off into more is more in its own market. But average people were buying fitter cars
@@paulsotrop814 that... was... beautiful ;O;
AKA "The Japanese Boss Mustang".
Mustang, AKA "the American Volvo P1800"
At least the owner doesn’t want to turn it into a “drift” project like every other douchebag on UA-cam. Thank you sir!!!
You calling that dude in blue a douchebag ?
Cadillac man
He’s keeping it stock mostly except for improvements. He’s definitely not a douchebag it’s the guys who cut them up tear up the interiors and claim it’s a drift project when in reality it’s a douchebag project.
@@pnwvibes_ yes hes a douche
@@pnwvibes_ go back to english class
Praise be! A 5 spd MANUAL! And Toyota made 'em sweet.
Vintage/Classic Toyota’s, Honda’s, and Nissan’s were groundbreaking cars of their era
Those first 3 generations of Celicas (the rwd ones) were something special
the 7th gen was kinda cool if you got the GT-S trim also another hot Toyota of the 2000's was the Corolla XRS
@@Esdeath_0001 looks, that's about it. No idea how well does it handle compared to its corolla counterpart...
@@RickTrajan the 2005 to 2006 Corolla XRS was always planted to the pavement
I had an 05 XRS with a rotor/pad upgrade and stock suspension. The rear seat not folding down to allow trunk access did wonders for chassis rigidity, and while the steering was a bit light and the seating position was more like sitting ON the car than in it, it handled very well.
The 7gc is a great platform with the 2zzge. Try one and experience lift
Who else is headed straight to Craigslist now.. you know, just to "look"
I do every week or so haha
Ive... never been compelled to look for ANY 70s Era car.. for S's n Gs...
DEFINATELY not a Celica, Corolla...
NTM, I just ate. I really dont feel like tossing my cookies.
Not around here. Everything is either spoken for and garaged or has turned into dust years ago. I am happily still holding onto my 5th gen and now those are becoming obsolete
Good luck. I had a '73 as a kid and periodically look for one. They are rare as hen's teeth and are either bombed out or way overpriced. $10k for a clean '73? No.
I've wanted one of these for a while, but I've decided to try an unusual approach to project cars: Instead of having 30 of them and watching them all rot into the ground, I'm gonna stick with just one and finish it. It's a radical new strategy I know, but I'm gonna ride it out and see what happens. Maybe when my Skylark is the road trip car I want it to be, then I'll look into one of these. It's only an overdrive transmission, disc brake conversion, and new shocks away.
everyone says this when they start
Ah the good old "I got this old truck for dirt cheap" days. Only everything has to be repaired ends up costing more than a new one in the first place and still pos
dammit.
Haha!
You be finding "Parts cars" everywhere and buying all of them dirt cheap until the wife or your own common sense says "NO MORE!"
@@kennethj1956 get a truck and trailer to haul home all the "impossible to pass up, once in a lifetime opportunity cars"
I loved the styling on those first-generation Celica's, especially the fastback. Yes, it did look like a miniature 69-70 Mustang in the fastback version, but that's what I loved about it. My dad had one.
I went from a 74 Firebird to the 77 Toyota Celica GT and never looked back! I LOVED that car. It was so solid, so much fun to drive. My Celica was the same color as in the video. Best car ever!!!!
Looks like a muscle car.
Toyota attempted to evoke the american patriotism back then to get sales
95 horsepower muscle car
Japanese engineering
Murican styling
Who said perfect due doesn't exist?
No...
@crookback No V8 = not a muscle car.
I'd take this over a Mustang any day.
@Machi Mawen yes
@Machi Mawen yes
@Machi Mawen yes
Interesting... I suppose if you are into light, zippy, nimble cars like an MG B and FIAT spider then this, no argument, best in class :) I am more of a full-size sedan person myself (so I would prefer a Mustang over it) but it is an excellent car.
YES!
Rev up your Celicas
Scotty is approved. And my dad friend have this car and still have it to this day and running
You beat me to it.
that sound brings me back to my 77 celica.. 25 years ago.
This year range of Celica was my dad's first car in highschool. He tells me stories of taking it down onto the beach, putting sharks he fished out of the surf in the trunk and forgetting them, jumping small sand dunes. My first car was a 2003 celica, and I've had two others. I drive an STi now, but Celicas are in our blood. He and I have talked at length about trying to find him a Celica like his that needs work, so he has a project to work on while he's getting older. Maybe swap a 1UZ, maybe not.
When I was a teen, I had three Celicas in Australia - two x TA22's from the early 70's and an RA23 from the late 70's. Tuned them with re-jetted Weber 40mils on 2T-G's and cammed 3T blocks on flowed and ported 2T-G heads and mandrel bent exhausts. The T18 in Australia was a great donor car for the block and there was no shortage of parts for the "Lica".
They were good for up to 200hp. Was never a fan of the Mustang RA28 hatch but I did enjoy kicking the crap out of V8 Commodores and Falcons in a straight line and absolutely crucifying them through the hills when things got twisty.
Good times. Good luck finding decent examples for less than $20k these days. 20 years ago, they were selling for $2k to $3k.
Absolutely love this era of Celica.
@ - I've lived in Japan for 14 years.
What is the 2TG? I'm familiar with the 2TC and 2TB.
*Heads to Wikipedia.
Shit, didn't know about those. Maybe NA had a different selection, or I was just ignorant because Corolla guy.
Dave Kohfeld Incidentally, the TE27 Corolla from the early 70’s also had that engine.
@@zildog Hmm, now I know. I'm a TE51 (75-79) kinda guy.
I like this Celica looks like what a game company would use for a muscle car without using a American muscle car just replacing the I4 for a big block V8.
The first generation Celica was massively ahead of its time. So much so that it kept pretty much the same chassis for the second generation and still used some of the same tech into the third. It only really changed when Toyota bought out the fourth gen, the first front-wheel drive Celica. It was a hell of a car, a huge amount of fun to drive even it totally standard, and by the '90s often rather worn out, form. And modern suspension technology and tyres have only really made them better. OK, the recirculating ball steering may not be quite as good as a good rack-and-pinion set up but otherwise it's all pretty well up to standards. And, for those lucky enough to get them, the proper Celica GT with the twin-cam engine was an utter delight and genuinely rapid, even by pretty modern standards. It's really not hard to see why these were THE cars to beat for some time in lower classes of rallying. And the semi-Mustang styling of the liftback really was genuinely pretty and the closest that a lot of people would have ever got to seeing a fastback Mustang at the time. There was a lot to love about the cars and, apart from their prodigious ability to rust like pretty much all Japanese cars of the period, they were about as painless to own as a car got, and they still are due to Toyota's habit of carrying engine designs over into many models, and generations, of vehicles...
I have a 1973 celica. Wanted the 77 liftback so much but at the time couldn't afford a new car. Both great cars. The liftback still looks great to this day.
Old guy here. I was second owner of a stock blue 77 GT. Got it at 15 in 1984. Love of my life. Thank you, mom.
This was my first new car when I was 20. It was so much fun. I bought a special model off of the showroom that was black with gold stripes. It had window louvers on the liftback.
What happened Toyota? You used to be cool
I'd say the current Camry is one of the coolest "regular cars" on the road right now.. Civic probably beats it in actual driving but the Camry makes me pretty wet when i look at it.
Eventually we'll say that about all car manufacturers if the sub and cuv keep flooding the roads.
idk man the gt86 and new supra seem pretty fun.
@@CyanRiver Sure, they get points for having the GT86 and MK5 Supra in their lineup, but the GT86 is more Subaru than Toyota, and the Supra is more BMW. When you look back at the 90's, they had the Celica GT-4, MR-2, and Supra in their lineup simultaneously which were all really exciting mid-priced sports cars. Correct me if I'm wrong, as I'm just going by my own recollection of the U.S. Toyota market, but the MR-S was kind of Toyota's last hurrah for an entirely in-house cheap sports car, and then they kind of hung up their hat. There were a few decent cars here and there, like the 03 Corolla XRS, but I don't think I'd put the XRS on the same level as even the MR-S for it's sports potential. I'm a huge Toyota fanboy, and I own a Toyota, but ingusmant hit the nail on the head, they're just not as 'cool' as they used to be.
@@K31TH3R Most companies aren't. Look at Honda. Gone are the days of screaming 100hp/L vtec engines, S2000s, and NSXs. Its the nature of the game. Average people don't want cool cars; they want appliances.
I love the MR-S btw, very underrated car. I'd love to see a new MR2 hit the lineup either as a car above the Supra or one in-between the 86 and Supra. I don't think it'll happen though.
Being up at 3 am has its perks I guess
tfw 10am
Chris Armor OH BOY 3 AM
BRO IS THAT A SUPRA??!!?!?
*sprays glass with Cleanex
BRO IS THAT A SUPRAA??
A couple generations after this it was.
Technically Supra's Granddad
TOYOTA SUPRA BOOST 💪💪💪💪™️
"Not yet"
This reminds me of why I am so glad to have my 76 Civic.
I had this car up until about 10 years ago, I sold it because I didn't have a place to store it and it was going to waste. My parents bought it new in 1977, it was the first car I drove and got my license in.
Lol all these people saying they stayed up for the video.... it's 11 am here :D
Glorious GMT+2
Jup here too, but I just woke up😅
lmao n1
It’s 8:30pm where I am
1977
This is the car scotty wishes he had
Yeah, but it's not gonna be $300....
Wasn’t this called the ‘Mustang’ Celica since it had rear window louvers and brake lights really similar to the early 70s Mustang?
Love the louvers...had them on my diesel Rabbit!!! Man I miss those louvers...why dosen't anyone make them for hatchbacks anymore???
It does look like a mustang ||
Ford should be proud they are being imitated, highest form of flattery. Those early Mustang were the only ones I liked.
I have tint on all my cars and trucks,from 1981 till today. AND when louvers were around I had those as well...its called privacy!@Scott Martin
Thank you for letting us see your Celica . Brings back memories . Enjoy it .
It looks like a mini Chevelle, and I LOVE IT!
I just realized my dream car is an old toyota
Same mines is the ae86
Welcome, they become an addiction.
Rathanak's Life i want the corolla ae100
Wanted a ponyback Celica or a Mk2 Supra, wound up with an AE86 Levin with a 4AGZE.
If you want an old Celica 85 and below for rear wheel, 86 and above for front wheel.
One of my dream cars. I'll get the coupe though. Celica for life!
First car was the Liftback version. A '78.
god I've been looking for a 76-77 coupe around my area for 3 years now, guess I'll have to buy one out of state lol, gotta have that flat nose
coupe with jdm bumpers! my dad had 2 of them in the 80/90's I drove one them in 1991 for a couple of weeks
I had a '73 coupe for a couple years. If I knew then what I know now, I would have hung onto it.
That celica's engine is slightly less powerful than my 4 cylinder ranger from 96... damn
I have a 94 ranger 4 cylinder...I know exactly what you mean 😢
So this 2,500lb 95HP is considered fun?
Why is a 2,513lb Fit with 130HP considered slow?
Transmission tuning and emissions power curve. You can't look at raw similar numbers and just assume they're equivalent.
Invidious Ignoramus exactly. My base 2007 corolla is a bit over 2500 lbs and has 126 hp but the auto box and tuning makes it pretty slushy. Handling isn’t too bad though.
@@Mountain4 Yeah, they handle decent for an economy car.
It's more fun because this Celica has a 2.2 liter engine compared to the Fit's 1.5 liter. Area under the curve, not peak power, dictate how an engine "feels".
The Celica makes 122 lbs*ft at 2400 RPM, while the Fit makes 114 lbs*ft, but up at 4800 RPM. Likely the Fit is making 90% of peak torque at 2400 RPM, resulting in a 20 lbs*ft difference between the engines at cruising speeds.
Look at how Regular drives in his reviews (average RPM), then look at those torque figures again. The Celica is giving him the feel of the engine pulling as hard as it can when he puts his foot down, and the Fit feels like it's barely waking up.
bro, its the 13lbs extra, weighs the car down..lol
had one.Same color same interior. Went to Dallas from Detroit in 86' to buy one and drove back. Owned it 4 years sold it and went to Florida and bought an 80' Celica GT manual. rock solid reliable and fun. Currently driving a 94' 300ZX manual. This vid really jogged my memory
It's all B R O W N IIIIIINSIDE AND OOOOOUUT HNNNNNNG
Scotty Kilmer has joined the chat.
Is he that dude that tried to tell people theres nothing wrong with getting into your freezing cold car in the winter and driving it directly onto the highway?
ReNegaDe-SpitFire yes and he’s correct
@@iluvmyeski not true. 2 main reasons for engine rebuilds are 10k+ oil changes and driving in extreme cold without allowing the vehicle to build temp.
@@1598hi Scotty is right. I live in western Canada. When it's -35C degrees, I start my car every morning and it gets no more than 30-60 seconds of warmup and I'm on my way. 250k miles on the engine. No oil burning. Good oil pressure. No issues. Did it with my previous car too, and so do most other people. Engine failure is no more common here than elsewhere. I use a block heater sometimes, but sometimes not. Once the oil is circulating, the best thing for the engine is to warm up quickly, which it does by driving it.
@@captain150 not true and you can do your own homework on that. It's less of a consequence than before but you take apart your 250k engine and compare it to my 20 year old 325k engine and that'll show you why. Not to mention the hell you give your crank case when all the air gets forced past the our of tolerance rings. The only unfair thing in our comparison would be that if you have a newer vehicle its engine will be made of aluminum which is junk. My cast iron block is more durable and takes far longer to score, warp or wear in any way
Lol Winga Dinga. I'm gonna use that for myself now. And that Toyota is badass, and I don't say that about import brands often
Your narrating skills are awesome, and the analogies are unprecedented, and yes the Celica is a bad ass piece of history... subscribed.👍🏼
this is my Dream car, straight up
i will feel completely fulfilled once I get my hands on one of these
It's so...
*BROWN*
I'm more of a Galant GTO guy myself but those early Celicas are cool.
The LCR in the Glovebox :D Alhough someone who keeps a car like this in this good of condition probably had a Colt snake gun they paid $500 back in the day that is now worth over $3K.
That's the gun I'd keep in that car. Perfect weapon for the glove box.
You guys don't have the chest hair for that kind of revolver; you need to be body-rugging, like Chuck Norris in Way of the Dragon....
The perfect weapon for this car would be a nice, understated yet easily one of the best, Browning/FN High Power.
I think a Hi-Power would be more of an Opel GT match...
A high power and Opel GT would go together like black coffee and angst.
Who says I’m not a walking carpet already?
@@travishabursky4362 But do you have the aviators and the shoulder-length bowl cut? Also, the button-up shirt with the top few buttons unbuttoned to truly show off that magnificent rug?
Also, an Opel GT goes better with an Uzi, I think, or a Calico M900...
The 70's aesthetic "lightly borrowed" from the more prolific Camaro/Mustang that is the '77 Corolla is far more reminiscent of the High Power's 1911-esque styling... (And yes, I know the BHP was basically an evolution of the 1911 by John Browning). :P
This is what I learned to drive stick in! In 1988 my dad bought one to use as a commuter car, Ours was a tan '76 but it had the pouvers on the rear window and a set of 15" Cragar slot mags. It was a delightful car. When I was a kid there were lots of clean ones here in CA. Now I can't remember the last time I saw one in person. Thanks for the awesome content!!!
I had a yellow one.
with a lighten flywheel, 22r block with 20r head for 10:1 compression, dual valve springs in the head, 308 cam, Doug thorley header, dual 44 mikuni carbs, with a 85 corrola lsd rear end.
I would spank mildly modded 80's fox body mustangs on a daily.
wish I still had it
damian flores
I've always thought the front of the Celica looked more like the Torino GT than Camaro
True. A "mini-me" Torino GT! LOL!
I suppose the front end bears more similarity to the Torino, but quite honestly I feel the sole inspiration for this design was the 1969 Mustang (high beams were inside the grille area). Absolutely can't see any resemblance to the Camaro in the front end.
Japanese cars were inspired by many American characteristics and applied randoms of those to one car making a sort of different look, but of course we can see they were inspired by American cars. It's no mystery.
Yes also ha. We had a ‘68 Torino GT as a kid, red with standard blackout and a HO 390. Would take on all comers! Steel belted radials helped control the wild burnouts lol.
@@Porsche996driver Would take on all comers....but not all corners :P
i agree with your comments.
early 90's had a 1979 gt coupe with sun roof/5 speed.
22r was very peppy - best part i only paid $75.00 for it. a dad surprised his daughter with it (who never drove a stick before) and she hated it. after she went into a ditch and dented up the drivers side front she refused to drive it anymore.
The sexiest Celica ever created aside from the GT-Four
That was epic. A dealer near my office had on in white the last year of manufacture. I seriously debated selling my kidney for it. World Rally Homologation specials are ... very special.
stephane matis I would love to own one and 1jz swap it that thing is sick
I saw one in black with the louvers. It looked so damn good.
I had a 77 coupe. Loved it. Red on Black, beautiful. I miss it. Totalled by a carload of teens running a red light.
I appreciate that you said that modern cars all blend together. When I owned a silver 2009 Volkswagen Jetta, I walked up to the wrong car so many times that I put a red steering wheel cover on it to see it. When I'm looking for my friend's 2020 Subaru Outback I can't tell the difference between that or the Honda or the Nissan that all look exactly the same in general body styling.
The things I'd do for a 70s Japanese car...
🥒💦👄
Sell your body
🍆🍆🍆🍆🍆
"suckin dicks for a foreign car"
@@captainfreedom3649 no
Pfft, Vintage Toyota drivers don't glove box carry a Ruger LCR...
Obviously, Baby Nambu only.
(Haha!)
Nah more like a colt detective special or a smith and wesson 36 snub nose.
I went with a mildly obscure Japanese carry for a mildly rare Japanese car. Can't forget the POW flag in the rear window.
@@ALAPINO No Yankee doodle American of the generation would carry a Japanese gun XX.
@@ALAPINO A much rarer carry gun if your going on the Japanese theme would be a type 26 revolver.
That is a good point.
That's a lucky man, right there. I would love a first gem Celica!
That divorcée, LCR, Tucks bit is fantastic comedy. Not just for RCR, not just for car vids, nor not only for YT or media at large. That was good shit bro. Bravo.
Even if you don’t care about great cars, this is arguably one of the best channels on YT .
I'm totally with you on modern cars being generic. I saw a Cadillac commercial the other day, and literally thought they were advertising a Nissan or Hyundai or something. Maybe every car looking the same wouldn't piss me off as much if the look weren't the ugliest cars on the road, or if you didn't need to spend $60,000 to get something that's new and doesn't try to look angry and angular despite having the profile of a plastic alien egg. Automotive styling has been shitting it's pants more every year since the 90's, and anything made after 2000 I wouldn't even consider owning for free, unless it's something special, like a Viper, or a Challenger, or a souped up Mustang, and even with those examples, older equals better.
Cars of every generation are like that. You just dont realize it when they are old because they become cool. Look a traffic photos from the 50s and 60s etc. All the cars look the same, or are styled in a similar manner.
safety and aerodynamic standards have had their way with car design and there's no going back
2000s pontiacs really stand out actually, and after 04 their styling really cleaned up and came into its own
Doug demuro would disagree
The reason they all look the same is because everyone's wind tunnel results have come up the same, combined with impact protection with the high beltlines and such. Beyond that, it's just gimmicks and motorized seats and adaptive headlights and funky stereo knobs. I don't know how Benz can even compete anymore.
I remember back in 1975 (in SoCal) my next door neighbor debbie blevins(A good looker she was 2yrs older than me) bought a new 1974 celica gt for 4 grand with a 4 speed AND it had a FM radio! 25mpg WAS unheard of!
did you take her out?
I had one in the late 80s.
I loved that car
This is the old car I want the most. They are just so cool.
My uncle had the exact model and color, and I loved it. Way ahead of its time.
Couldn’t decide between a Celica and Z car - now I have both 🙈✌🏻♥️
Scotty would be proud...
There’s literally not one of these within 500 miles of me for sale
You're spot on with the first project. I just bought a 77 liftback from California and had it trailered to Illinois. My first project and I'm literally learning manual on this thing. Whether I bring it to a classic car show or a alley tuner meet, everyone loves it and I couldn't have asked for a better car. The jdm smile bumpers are a must.
One of the girls I hung out with in junior high lived in a house with a 4 car garage and her parents had one of these and it was amazing ! All black interior and a beautiful , amazing flawless black paint job ! I loved that car !!!
In answer to the "name a car from the 70s" question...
75 - 77 VW Rabbit
75 - 79 VW Scirocco
Alfa Romeo Guilia
72-74 Opel Manta
Datsun 510
Mazda RX-3
73-76 Mitsubishi Galant
FIAT 131
You forgot the BMW 2002.
the most beautiful chocolate ever.
I had that one. 5 speed, same brown, Wood grain dash.
Was one of my favorite cars.
📻🙂
How many seats does it have?
Jobert Enriquez 4
OH, YEA! I owned a "74 AND a "77 Toyota Celica GT, both w/5 speed manuals, one right after the other. The "74 was a total POS, rusted everywhere, made ALL sorts of noises ALL the time, but was not short on power (@ over 85K miles) & was bulletproof. . . until it started knocking on the way home from work & then JUST made the U-turn into my parking lot.
Loved my "74 so much that I jumped on a "77 to replace it the very next week after it died. THAT Celica GT got some second-hand peformance parts, like springs/shocks/struts, sway bar bushings, & steering components, along with wider, more aggressive tires. I was driving the "77 to & from work ~20 miles each way on the Interstate & made her corner so well that I was passing others on the ramps every day. It was a BLAST to drive.
Thanks for the memories.
This is my favorite end song Roman has ever done. Also your vocals have gotten AMAZING! :)
Ahh Toyota’s version of a mustang.
One of the few great cars of the 70’s.
Had an 84 celicia, I loved it I miss it!
I feel like scotty Kilmer is holding you hostage as you make this video
You need to get behind the wheel of a first-gen (1978-1985) RX-7.
The first-gen RX-7 is an underrated gem that was all the competitor to this Celica that you want. Easily transformed with mods, even lighter, reliable (yes, the first-gen 7’s were reliable), simple and with an insanely high-and-fast revving engine for it’s day.
rx7 reliable? like how many miles before it needs a "rebuild"
not hating I love the rx7 but I'm just worried about if I ever owned one, it might do something I don't know how to fix
Tam Ago - The first-gens, specifically the carbureted 12A-powered cars, have gone as far as 300K miles before rebuilds, provided they are well taken care of.
Mine is at 171K on the original engine. Still going strong as my daily driver. I love everything about it. A great car.
Apart from the fuel consumption that is, but fuel is cheap where I live.
Finding a good one is the tricky part though. There are a lot of clunkers. Not many know how to take care of a rotary and a lot of aspects of the rotary engine go against common knowledge of piston engine care.
But if you find a good one and care for it as they require; rotaries are not the monsters the internet would have you believe.
@@rucarnuts13 "not many know how to take care of a rotary" because of this, they ARE the monsters the internet would have you believe they are. finding an RX7 that was properly taken care of is trying to find a unicorn. it is possible to find it but you really shouldn't place your bets on it. If you are going to buy a rotary car, you really should rebuild it the second you get it home. in short, they're unreliable until they are made to be reliable.
sproly born - Finding one is hard but not impossible. Just take a compression tester, a refrigerator magnet, a flashlight and some know-how.
I’ve found quite a number of first-gens and second-gens that were properly maintained.
All were on the cheaper side as prices go, all had good motors, gearboxes, electronics and all only needed minor bodywork and the odd repair here and there - but no more than any other car.
The trick is being patient. A good amount of people did their due diligence and maintained them properly (it wad the 80’s after all, and car maintenance was still something most households were accustomed to), but a lot didn’t.
Just gotta be patient and be smart when it comes to Mazda’s rotary cars.
Finding a good one is harder than finding a bad one - but a good one is well worth finding.
I’ve owned numerous RX cars. I could not live without them. They’re bloody fantastic when you get a good one. :D
@@rucarnuts13 anytips for long term maintenance if it's used as a daily?
Had a '78 model when I lived in Japan. The bumpers on the Japanese version are more flush and give it much better styling. I put double Solex carbs on mine.. When I came back stateside, I bought an 1988 GTS liftback. That was a sweet car.
Great video. I live in the UK and back in 1977 my friend had a metallic blue Celica. We pronounced it Celeeeka! and were jealous, it was out of our price range as we were Steel Workers driving Ford Escorts and Vauxhall Vivas or even worse Austin Allegros. I was luck enough to travel with him in his Celica on numerous occasions and it seemed so exotic. I can't tell for sure but what we value in car culture in the UK seems much different than the States if Scotty Kilmer is anything to go by Lol!
Love it. Love these old Celicas. Gimme gimme gimme.
The car, Mr. R and the owner for some reason brings me scenes of the gran torino movie.
This was the beginning of Toyota Golden age!
Great video. Thanks for taking me down memory lane. In 1977, drove my bride to the wedding night hotel, just a great car.
My first car was 75 Celica hatchback. Sadly, and ironically, it was totaled by a tow truck. And yes, that same tow truck towed it away. My third car was an 80 Celica that my aunt gave me. She used it to commute to NYC for years. It had 283,000 miles on it, a bad head gasket, and the exhaust was almost rusted out. But it started up every morning without fail and ran great. Toyotas really do last forever. My mother’s 80 Celica (She bought one at the same time my aunt did) is sitting in my brother’s garage. She drove it up to a few years ago until she started having problems getting in and out of it because it was too low to the ground.