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Post by evanta22 on Jul 10, 2012 12:06:52 GMT 10
I have found a cheap GT grille on Ebay but the seller won't ship it out of the USA. He also has no contact to find out why. very there is an Ra23/28 GT grille on Ebay to the guy has $169 on it. Bargin for someone with an RA23/28.
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Post by evanta22 on Jul 16, 2012 20:36:35 GMT 10
I have put a bid on another GT Grille I don't have high hopes of getting it.
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Post by toyotallyawesome on Jul 17, 2012 17:11:35 GMT 10
Have u talked to Krem on Toyotas? He did have a gt grill for sale.. Not sure if it was for ta22 or 23 or if there is a difference
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Post by evanta22 on Jul 17, 2012 20:33:02 GMT 10
Yes there is a differce the 23 is longer than the 22. I was out bid in the last second. It went for $510.
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Post by Fusion on Jul 18, 2012 18:42:45 GMT 10
I may be able to get my hands on one Evan. No promises, but i have a mate you knows a bloke with one, but its a bit beat up im told. If he still has it, ill get back to you.
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Post by evanta22 on Jul 18, 2012 20:35:31 GMT 10
I'd be interested in having a look. It might be able to be restored back to new. theres not much to them, the chrome stripes might be harder to bring back to life. Thank fusion.
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Post by evanta22 on Jul 24, 2012 20:20:51 GMT 10
I am in the process of buying this GT Grille. It needs a bit of a clean up and paint but I think it will be ok. This is one of my big wish list items crossed of the list. ;D
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Post by toyotallyawesome on Jul 25, 2012 8:50:06 GMT 10
So did gt celicas all have the honeycomb style with gt badge or were there different styles? I have honeycomb grill but no badge on it
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Post by Stoney on Jul 25, 2012 10:12:11 GMT 10
I have the badge and no grill
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Post by toyotallyawesome on Jul 25, 2012 12:39:49 GMT 10
Mine is a ta23 one Stoney so maybe I should take that off your hands lol
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Post by Stoney on Jul 25, 2012 14:09:22 GMT 10
we might be able to work something out mate i also have the rear gt centre panel
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Post by evanta22 on Jul 25, 2012 19:18:24 GMT 10
most of the Gt Celicas had the Honeycombe grille I think there was a small number that had other styles The badging style changed through the years but they all had badges of some kind. www.1stgencelica.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5686This thread on 1st gen Celica shows all the different badges. Just payed for the Grille. The wait is now on.
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Post by toyotallyawesome on Jul 25, 2012 22:00:04 GMT 10
Thanks for the info Evan, stoney you must have some collection lol, is it a 23 rear centre or is there even a difference at the rear between ta22, ta/ra23?
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Post by Stoney on Jul 26, 2012 8:41:46 GMT 10
It's off a 22 but I reckon it would fit a 23 mate
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Post by evanta22 on Jul 26, 2012 17:11:20 GMT 10
He sent the GT Grille today so not long now.
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Post by evanta22 on Aug 1, 2012 20:07:46 GMT 10
I got the postal message today to collect my GT Grille from the post office. ;D I will pick it up tomorrow and see what condition it in..
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Post by evanta22 on Aug 2, 2012 20:30:02 GMT 10
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Post by Fusion on Aug 4, 2012 20:36:44 GMT 10
FINALLY YOU HAVE ONE. Looks like it will clean up well cobba. Look forward to seeing it on the car mate.
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Post by evanta22 on Aug 4, 2012 20:48:15 GMT 10
Today I started to restore it back to almost new. I have Take all the chrome and badges off (found the missing bolt for the chrome strip inside the chrome strip) stripped All the paint and rust off it back to bare metal. I have bought the primer and Matte black paint just need to paint it and reassemble. The badge I am looking at trying to replace the broken bolt with a new one. Still Thinking how I'm going to go about is, without breaking the badge. This is what it looks like at the moment....... There is a little bit of pitting here where the rust was bad.
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Post by evanta22 on Aug 11, 2012 12:05:45 GMT 10
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