Used Car of the Day: 1976 Toyota Celica GT
We're going wayback to the '70s for today's UCOTD. Meet this 1976 Toyota Celica GT liftback with a five-speed manual.
The seller says its been restored and well maintained and is mostly stock except for a few "aesthetic" things. Those things appear to be the wheels, the seats, and rear window louvers.
If you wanted to go back from the 15-inch wheels to the 14-inch OEM ones, you can -- the seller can include them. He or she can also include the OEM seats, which does need some upholstery work.
The previous owner appears to have done a lot of work, including paint and repairing rust. Outside of the cold idle being a bit high, apparently the car runs and drives well.
It's based in Texas, has about 65K miles on it, and the asking price is $22,500.
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Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.
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Sweet car.
As I have posited here numerous times; the Hyundai Pony Coupe of 1974 was the most influential sports and, later on, supercar template. This Toyota is a prime example of Hyundai's primal influence upon the design industry. Just look at the years, 1976 > 1974, so the numbers bear Hyundai out and this Toyota is the copy.