Friday 25 April 2014

ST165

Nice example of a fourth gen Toyota Celica - the top of the line ST165 GT-Four.

This car is an '87 build, which while was two years into a four year production run for this generation of Celica, was only the second year for the 3S-GTE powered AWD GT-Four model...

Always interesting these aren't more popular. A twin-cam turbo four, AWD, and proper Group-A racing pedigree... whats not to like?
The styling? Negative associations with the first generation of FWD Celica's?
Interestingly, for what was a thoroughly 80's production run; there's barely a straight edge on these things. Would have looked fresh in 1985..!

This car is sitting on some awesome colour-matched Tom's Aero wheels...

...With a matching Tom's three-spoke wheel, sans horn-pad.
Always wanted one of these wheels, and always keep an eye out for a complete neat black one. Still yet to own one.. <_<
Standard shift knob has been replaced with a popular TRD item. I still think these look far too big, despite having purchased and currently running one in my own car. I'd change this one for a matching Tom's item in a heartbeat..


Otherwise, the rest of this interior is beautifully clean, with the black leather/velour combination seats in great shape. seriously.. look at those drivers bolsters - this is a 28 year old car with over 100,000km!

..and one last pic, as I love the 80's Hi-Fi-ness that is this era of car audio. This double din unit is particularly great.



Done. Would drive.


3 comments:

  1. Dude your blog is awesome! Love seeing all these rare 80s Japanese cars.

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    1. ..I genuinely appreciate that..! :)

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  2. I was only just thinking about these recently, very rare in Australia. There's a fascinating video on YouTube explaining how the All-Trac AWD system works for these - early models had open diffs with a Centre Diff Lock button and the later models had (I think optional) viscous centre diffs. The OEM fog lights are very cool and the interior is sensational - look at those HVAC controls!

    I'm also seriously loving this blog, keep it coming!

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