1974 Toyota Celica Gen 1 'TA22'

my old man had a chocolate brown one from new , LRL 727P , had compomotive crosswires and a tan vinyl roof. lovely thing twas. still rate these as one of the prettiest cars of the era.

They just rotted in all the wrong places - but then again so did everything else - thankfully I know that this one is in the right hands and will very much look the part upon completion 

I’m the same. There just weren’t many around during my formative years. I’d love a trip to the Japanese countryside and to the lesser known parts just to check out the old cars!

Any updates on this? 😊

I love these motors.

Before I gear up to start catching up on where the car is at, I thought I'd crack on with the fuel tank. First job, empty it. No not of old fuel but the rust...


Yup there was a quite a bit 

Time to get it on the bench to continue the stripping then


Hmm petrol sender isn't pretty and I'm genuinely surprised was still functioning


The view of the inside tells its own story


Lovely.

So out with the degreaser, warm water and a few stones from the driveway... a few too many it would turn out. So I'm afraid no pics as it was tipping it down and to be honest after shaking the tank around for what seemed like ages with far too many stones in it my arms weren't functioning properly enough to take pictures!

The water that came out looked decidedly grim, so I rinsed the tank through before a second lot of shaking to get the last of the water and stones out that had decided to make their way around the baffle... ahh such fun.

I can't move my arms today...

Time to let everything dry thoroughly before round II

The better way is fasten the tank to the front of a cement mixer  with ratchet straps - then just leave it to go round for an hour - soon gets them nice & shiny inside 

No washing machines were harmed in the making of round II of the degreaser treatment.


A shedload of hot water was used for rinsing out afterwards and then the tank strategically placed by the radiator in the kitchen to keep it warm... that lasted barely 30 mins before the house started to smell of stale fuel and the tank got ejected back to the workshop by her ladyship 

Back to the long game then