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1994 Toyota Celica
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The Project

This 1994 Toyota Celica came into our workshop in December 2024 for an underside strip, minor fabrication repairs and then paint. The outer body and panels will also be prepped and painted.

2nd December 2024: Underside sealer has been removed and around the windows have been prepped. Sill lip O/S and N/S showed signs of corrosion, and some fabrication work is to be carried out to repair this. Corrosion on inner quarter panel has been removed with an acid treatment. This will be painted and sealed, then an anti-corrosive protection will be added.

28th January 2025: Underside prep has finished, and an epoxy primer has been applied. Repairs have been carried out on the body and plastics to prepare for final paint. Finally, underneath prep has been finished and seams sealed. Noted fibre washers on bonnet hinges.

4th March 2025: The underside has been painted. Trim/clip locations and masking for paint under body.

> More updates to follow.

The Celica has always been one of the most sensible ways of owning a sporty car. The styling is sleek, yet restrained. The mechanicals are reliable yet high-tech. The interior’s snug, functional and loaded with convenience features, if a little plasticky.

Some might call the Celica somewhat soulless, and, compared to an Italian thoroughbred, they’d have a point. Yet Toyota’s sporty coupe has been attracting loyal buyers again and again over the years. When you consider the no-fuss nature of the car, combined with looks that are always striking, the Celica makes a lot of sense for those who want a sports car without the ownership hassles that many specialist models bring with them.

Toyota’s fifth generation Celica threw away the wrap-around rear glass and much-admired lines of its mid-Eighties predecessor for something totally different. This fifth-generation car sported controversial lines, relying heavily on complex curves seemingly everywhere, for its new look. The heavily-styled wing mirrors and rounded rear, for example, can look decidedly odd from some angles.

Buyers embraced the car, however, which came as either a 2.0-litre GT or the rally-inspired GT Four. This latter model featured four-wheel drive and a turbocharger and was the production version of Toyota’s rally winning Celica. There were two very minor updates which included fog lights as standard on the turbo car in February 1991 and new badging for both models a year later, following the adoption of a new Toyota ‘T’ symbol, formed by two ellipses.

The sixth generation models appeared in March 1994 and can be easily identified by their four large circular headlights. As before, there was a 2.0-litre GT and the turbo 4wd GT-Four. A pretty cabriolet joined the range sixth months later, featuring the non-turbo engine, while a new price-leading 1.8-litre ST coupe arrived in July 1995. The range has remained virtually unchanged ever since, save for the usual special editions (an SR version in 1999 – essentially a 1.8ST with a spoiler, air con and alloys).

A new seventh generation Celica arrived in September 1999 with radical new styling and a 1.8-litre VVTi engine.

1994 Toyota Celica | Classic Car Restoration | Carrosserie
Karen Innes
Friendly, helpful, extremely knowledgeable, patient enough to explain the processes and reasons for doing things and highlighted even more how approachable the team are. They tried to accommodate our needs and requests to get our beloved old riley back on the road as soon as possible despite the ups and downs that were thrown our way and into the teams path! We could not have wished to deal with a more personable company after encountering some other teams that really made a botch of stuff, seemed uncommitted and were not professional at all. Carrosserie as a team were totally the opposite . . would we recommend them ? ABSOLUTELY !!! We would not go anywhere else now, THANK YOU TO Steve, Neil, Graham and Nicola . . Oh and Karen who spilled the beans about the the birthday surprised to my partner (whose car it is ) . but made the experience all the more special when a bottle of wine was presented as well as a treat to Simon for his birthday AND made it all the more worth dealing with the team ! THANK YOU AGAIN !!!
Graeme Phillips
My car was the subject of some body and paint repairs here in Spring 2024, to address corrosion plus some substandard paintwork. An annual service was also carried out. There was good responsive communications, advice, and attention to detail throughout, to ensure a high quality, durable result, with the final paintwork being indistinguishable from factory finish, and easily better than any franchised dealership repairs. If you are invested in your classic car, want to make it last, with an exemplary finish to be proud of, then you need look no further.
Steve
I can't recommend Carrosserie highly enough, the service was exemplary from start to finish and the workmanship is second to none. I highly recommend giving the team a call for any work you need doing to your classic car, no matter what it is, you will not be disappointed!

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