Topic: Find of the Week: 1988 Toyota Celica

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[Sir Osis of Liver]

IIRC that was a convertible conversion done for Toyota by American Sunroof Corporation (ASC). Even with the added bracing, the chassis was pretty "willowy". 

Not many still around.

[Shorlaw]

They were a pretty bad convertible from what I recall.  I absolutely loved my 88 Celica GT with the trunk not hatchback, white with blue velour interior and even complete with rear window louvers!  Sadly I was right in the middle of a multi car pile up and that was the end of that

[Arthur Dent]

I like convertibles, I like this generation of Celica. The combination of both is somehow less than the sum of the parts.

[Shorlaw]

I like convertibles, I like this generation of Celica. The combination of both is somehow less than the sum of the parts.

I agree with you and am a huge convertible fan, but test driving the Celica changed that for me, and I almost fell for it again a couple more times with the 300ZX and RX7 converts...it becomes very apparent that chopping the top was an after thought and really killed the driving experience.  I was so on the fence with all 3 of them because I loved the looks and wanted it to work, but it just didn't for me.  Too much cowl shake, buffeting and rattling to enjoy it, and the top`s designs seemed questionable at best

oh shoot, just remembered to add a convert 240SX to that list of another I almost bought!

[Ex-airbalancer]

Saw one drive by me yesterday while I was walking the dog

[quadzilla]

Would be more interested in one of these.

[Fobroader]

Would be more interested in one of these.

Well yeah....the Alltrac was a great piece of kit.

[Arthur Dent]

I saw a shabby JDM All Trac yesterday.

[dirtyjeffer]

i had an 81 Celica back in the day...loved that car...it was a stick too. 

[Brig]

i had an 81 Celica back in the day...loved that car...it was a stick too. 

I learned to drive on an '82 GT with a stick!  In a horrible shade of brown, just like this one:

[dkaz]

I almost bought a 79 about eight years ago. Stupid emissions testing stopped me from doing so. 

[CanuckS2K]

Wow, I honestly don't recall that gen Celica being available in a vert. 

[dirtyjeffer]

i had an 81 Celica back in the day...loved that car...it was a stick too. 

I learned to drive on an '82 GT with a stick!  In a horrible shade of brown, just like this one:

1982 must be the first year of the next gen...mine looked like this:

[conwelpic]

this thread brings back memories of when I used to sell Toyota's in the mid-seventies.  Here is a new '78 Celica GT that just arrived at the dealership

[Blueprint]

These are pretty rare with a stick, and bonus points for the black interior too! Price seems fair.

Two corrections: this gen came up for model year 1986, '85 was still the boxy rwd generation. Also, the GT made 115 hp, the GT-S 135, so 125 is a typo / error.

My first "real" car was a 1986 GT liftback, with the one-yr only 8 valve 97 hp 2 litre four, white with blue velour interior. Loved that car, bought it in 1989 and sold it when I got my first new car in 1995. I still have its Tamiya GT-S "mini-me".

[dirtyjeffer]

this thread brings back memories of when I used to sell Toyota's in the mid-seventies.  Here is a new '78 Celica GT that just arrived at the dealership

i want that.

[Weels]

this thread brings back memories of when I used to sell Toyota's in the mid-seventies.  Here is a new '78 Celica GT that just arrived at the dealership

i want that.

Yep.
I was 10-11 at the time.  That car loving kid LOVED this car.

[Gurgie]

My favorite was the 3rd gen... especially the "Celica Supra", before the Supra went on it's own

[dirtyjeffer]

My favorite was the 3rd gen... especially the "Celica Supra", before the Supra went on it's own

yea, those were sweet too...so many cool cars from that era.