I have 89 celica and 2 days ago went to a junk yard and found one the same color like this one you show us with everything, I took everything I needed and right now I'm working on my car. Soon I'm going to upload a video
Haters gonna hate , it’s old and shows some innovations ahead of her time. Seats were very nice and the dash was perfect, unlike some other cars we see all the time. Keep them Coming
Whoa Nelley, GT-S was the best. This was a decent generation of Celica. They sold well and they had Toyota reliability. The engine was the 2.0L four cylinder 3S-GE. As others pointed out the turbo version was the 3S-GTE. Yes, the "GT Four" was the AWD/4WD version of these. No VIN (too far away), we can't win, but I can make out "K" for the 10th digit which is 1989 model year and "T" which is Tahara, Aichi Japan assembly where they were made. Exterior paint is code "3H4" Medium Red Pearl. Nothing wrong with these as they were easy on gas, reliable, good to drive and very well put together. Nothing in its class came close to being made as well as these were. An American car of this vintage and size class likely wouldn't have hit 170k like this one did and that engine is probably living on in something else by now. I'd take one of these, without a doubt. Whoa Nelley, made in Japan and soon to be ready for the trash can. Hard hit and that's it, time to quit. Going to be flat and that's that. A crash made it into trash. GT-S is a big mess. "Oh what a feeling" (their motto at one time), and this one leaves you reeling. 3S-GE and it's over for thee. 2.0 and gotta go. GT-(S) and the Google Man is a fan. It's going to get squished and believe it or not, many here along with the Google Man are going to be quite pissed.
i believe the usdm versions for the awd ones were called GTS All-tracs. saw one of these same generatios in my local junkyard, an '88, still had the rear diff in it too. Glad i posted in my local groups about it, as i had come back and the only thing left was the lower door frames, and the firewall. people went to town stripping every bone off of the thing to save from the squish.
Oh man a GT-s its actually has pretty rare engine for here in the states. the 3S-ge the one in that celica if I remember correctly have variable intake runners toyota also put alot of effort into making these engines good looking, sculpting and painting the cam covers. This car was the only car built for the US market that didn't have a turbo. You could get the turbo engine in the AWD version of the Celica and the second gen MR2. When I was in the salvage business we actually got one in on the "Texas air check" program that ran perfect and didn't have a scratch on it. We had people begging us to sell it but we couldn't state said it had to be destroyed. Sad day if you like these things.
And if anyone was wondering what the "Texas air check" program was it was the prototype for the Infamous "Cash for Clunkers" program. I'm sure CRS remembers that mess. Basically if you lived in texas and lived in an emissions controlled county and your car wouldn't pass smog the state would grant you a certain ammount of money to fix it...and if the cost exceded that then the state would give you...I think it was $2500 or $3500 if you traded it in on a new car. The Dealership then had to give it...yes for free to a Salvage yard for it to be destroyed. We weren't allowed to sell the engines and were supposed to paint everything under the hood yellow or white with spray paint. Sell what body panels or suspension we could off the car and then crush it. We got ALOT of cars that had no business being in that program...and I thought it was the biggest waste of tax payer money until they rolled out the Cash for clunkers...
@@falconman9554 Agreed. Those programs never, ever, ever, ever, work and do not solve the "air quality" problem. I believe we need more practical solutions than just scrapping everything in sight.
@@googleusergp Yea I know, I remember when we first got into that program, we were expecting to get one or two cars a week...we ended up getting 20-25 cars a day... the boss had to end up buying another property just to store the damn things. And we were getting pretty nice cars too. It was a shame really. It had slowed down alot though when I got out of the business...I wonder if that program is still going on.
@@falconman9554 In NYS for several years, we had dyno emissions inspections. That was going to "get rid of the gross polluters". I remember one time we ran my Delta 88 and it came back "Gross Polluter". The guy reran the inspection and the car passed with flying colors. Go figure.
@@googleusergp Crazy, I know down here in Texas they do tailpipe testing and only in high population areas like Dallas/Ft Worth, Austin, Houston...the rest of the state its just a saftey inspection. There is only like..mabey half a dozen counties that do emissions testing I think
That front damage is a shame. The interior looks really good for 33 years old. Please show more of the old imports. They add some flavor to the disco land yachts.
@@josephwatson2711 By 1989, Toyota's reliability record was well established. You knew you'd easily get over 100K out of their power trains without a problem. The optician I went to yesterday has a 2007 Camry hybrid with 270K on the clock. He bought a new Dodge Charger just for the heck of it, but he plans to keep the Camry.
Got two 1990 Celicas as summer car project + one spare without engine. 2 liter japan/europe versions. Just can't wait to finish that nicer one. Excellent condition with moonroof. All liftbacks! 😃 They are rare day by day! This one looks almost like my spare one, but mine are ST182 and this is ST162 in video.
