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Re: RA25 GT2000 (1973 model)	Wed, 08 September 2004 04:49

Last time I saw that Celica GT was at the Melbourne Showgrounds at the end of the 1978 Repco rally. I am sure it was in private hands at that stage as both it and the GT Corona stablemate were coaxed out of AMI, who saw them as a diversion from the perceived market. I was thrown the keys to mine and told to keep it out of sight..I think the Celica GT it was owned by an official of the LCCA who came up and introduced himself. The story behind the GT was that Bill Owbridge CEO of AMI gave it to his wife to drive but the LSD was a handful and she used to do 180's when turning the corner at the lights. Like its stable mate the GT104 Corona (yuk I hate that name) both cars were 200k capable and the Toyota Heads allowed a high comp ratio of 9.7:1. Mine got out because Steve Baird, (Wes Nalder Stawell Toyota and Noel Richards HDT manager)'s rally mechanic traded it in on a Sandman!!! I heard it was coming down to Melbourne so I went out to the Holden Dealers in Sydney road and signed the contract of sale for $3900 sight unseen. When the sales rep came to Melbourne they spewed and tried to wheezle out of the sale but I stuck it out, even was cheeky enough to ask for a full tank of fuel. My old classic has TRD headers and the original BWA Wheels ex Italy/EU Toyota weighing just 5kg each. If I parked outside AMI in Elizabeth street I was asked to take it out of sight please, we dont want to answer questions as to why we don't import these gt's. All my spares came from Peter and Erin Malone's Toyota Port Vila, New Hebrides and I still have gears, timing chains, valves, and head gaskets that I brought back by air. In Vila and Noumea you could drive around in 2TGT celicas in those days (1979)...In 1995.. I got my carbies rebuilt by Shaun Maloney in Melbourne (03) 9428 5277 for $395.00. In return I gave him a complete set of four types of valve shims... The car has 242,000 km still on original engine but topped. Comps are 175, one is 155 and a bit wheezy. It hates the recent fuels and it is up on blocks since 1995 in statsis. I may donate it to Nagoya who don't have one. Isn't it nice to reminiss and the stories grow like reg Hunts fishing tales. Mine had a full page centre spread in Modern Motor 1974 June Volume 21 no 1 and shares the pages with BMW 3.2's and jensen Interceptors gasp shock horro, oh and the 4 cylinder Torana. . http://members.datafast.net.au/~sg4/CORONAGT.htm Both the Celica GT and my Corona ran at the Golden Mile one tree hill Hill-Climb at Ararat in 1976 just before I bought it in December 1976. I have some slides of the GT and will be able to get the original plate number which i think was LUO830 in that series as the word was they just sent details of the latests acquisitions including a Toyota Corona Station wagon 19784 model down to Port melbourne Police station. None of the cars had compliance plates.. Mine still does not have an ADR plate fitted and I still show the original number plates LUO833. [Updated on: Mon, 13 September 2004 23:04] [Report message to a moderator]

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