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General Category => The Chill Out Room => Topic started by: magpie on November 18, 2007, 09:56:04 pm

Title: Sold the Grey celica have now bought a caldina
Post by: magpie on November 18, 2007, 09:56:04 pm

just for those not on the oc thought you might like to see my new car

its a 1997 ST215 Caldina GT-T and I feel a worthy replacement for my 185

anyway here are a few pics


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/gt4play2000/ccoils.jpg)


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/gt4play2000/cturbo.jpg)


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/gt4play2000/cdash.jpg)


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/gt4play2000/cfront.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/gt4play2000/cbadge.jpg)


(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/gt4play2000/cengine.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/gt4play2000/cthrottle.jpg)

drove it back from london to blackpool is a lovely car for distance work and goes well too.

if your looking for a four replcement that still goes and suits family commitments this is the car.

Title: Re: Sold the Grey celica have now bought a caldina
Post by: madgaz on November 18, 2007, 10:14:28 pm

Looking good John  ;)

Title: Re: Sold the Grey celica have now bought a caldina
Post by: Coyoteboy on November 19, 2007, 12:33:29 am

That looks the mutts nutts mate, cant wait to come and see it!

Title: Re: Sold the Grey celica have now bought a caldina
Post by: paul_gt4 on November 19, 2007, 10:15:35 am

yeah kinda have a soft spot for these, if one day i settle down but if and when that happens i'll be getting classic insurance on these

Title: Re: Sold the Grey celica have now bought a caldina
Post by: Coyoteboy on November 19, 2007, 10:23:34 am

I have to say though, that radiator looks like it has the usual four-radiator-rot.

Title: Re: Sold the Grey celica have now bought a caldina
Post by: magpie on November 19, 2007, 11:02:54 am

yes james feel free to pop over sometime just give me a bell first.

spotted the rad in the ebay pic but thought sod it they can last a while even when they have turned the tan colour of death :-)

tis probably only a faff radiator anyway so easy to obtain

Title: Re: Sold the Grey celica have now bought a caldina
Post by: Gary ST165 on November 19, 2007, 11:29:55 am

yeah. good buy 8). lot of car for the money. are you going to start faffing/  caldinaffing >>> fmic on the horizon?


what are the brakes like/ size / 4 pots?