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Last summer down In dawlish. Few changes this year. Stoked to get out in the car now the weathers picking up!

Blossom over the Easter weekend

One from the archive , my old TA23 i owned from 2005 to 2009

There are just 2 car spaces left on the JDM Combe (Castle Combe Circuit) club stand for Sat 30th May. Sign up as soon as possible to secure one if you wish to attend. There are quite a few spaces available for JapShow (Santa Pod) Sun 10th May, but again, please sign up to take advantage of being on our club stand as soon as possible. A new show for our club is JDM Jam at Donington Park, Monday 25th May. Plenty of spaces currently. Details for these meetings are in the Meetings Forum.

You'll have to tell Beaulieu that you wish to be on the Celica Club stand. This then means Celica Club will be allocated the stand space.

Hi, I have bought my tickets for Simply Japanese at Beaulieu. Would there be room for me and my 1988 Celica Convertible on yhe club stand please? Thank you Chris Rowland chrisr1412@gmail.com

If you would like to take your car to one of the prestigious national car shows and display it on our stand, take a look at the various shows coming up this year at which we will be present. There are two coming up in May and we would love you to sign up as soon as possible so that we secure the maximum number of display vehicles. Your car does not have to be immaculate by any stretch of the imagination!!! Your presence, company and car make for a fun day 😊 JapShow at SantaPod Sun 10th May JDM Combe at Castle Combe Circuit Sat 30th May Take a look in Meetings forum https://www.celica-club.co.uk/forum/index.php?/forum/3-meetings/

It was an HB and I owned it from 1976 to 2018 (42 years). It shows up as SORN and I've tried to find out who has it; I have loads of spares for it. I now have my Gen7 and my Rover 620, both get through MoTs without advisories and I plan to keep both of them.

@Sherv - how are you getting on with your lift? I'm about ready to get one now so starting to take a serious look at options.

I still have my 31 year old fiesta sitting on my driveway. Won't part with it since no one will look after it as well as I will. Needs bit of welding done so iv bought myself a welder and learning to do the job myself.

Was it an HB or HC? I've owned 3 HBs, two in the late 70s, and one in 1989 I first one written off after collision with another HB Viva, my fault too, both totalled 🫤 However for the double accomplishment i received an award of merit for highway clunker removal 🏆

I sold a much-cherished car about 10 years ago, and lived to deeply regret it. It was a 1970 Vauxhall Viva, my very first car. This idea of selling cars on to people who will "look after them" doesn't always work 🙁.

Yeah, that includes me! 🫣

if its rusted up and will be an mot issue next time round then be lucky to get a grand for it. these days people dont want to put up with the high road tax and repair bills.

I fear 3k maybe too optimistic 😐 The MOT rust advisories are emblazoned upon the history for all to see, and maybe regardless to if i get it repaired or not it will indeed put folk off, or want to hard bargain for it. It's difficult to value these cars with so many on the market in all kinds of condition at all kinds of asking price. I suspect nearly all of these remaining Gen 7s have rust bucket undersides. This Celica is a wonderful car to drive, if i needed to go to John O Groats, and then to Lands End, and then back home again, it would do so without missing a beat. However the rust is going to kill it in a year or two without appropriate rescue...

Is £3k about right? There has to be an amount that makes you nod your head and say, yeah that's enough. We've been in a similar situation selling our MR2, we got a lot less than wanted for it, but it got to the point we were having to take it out, just to use it. As for the welding, it will put some off. But others who do their own welding will see it as an opertunity to add their own value to the car.

Would be interesting to get peoples advice upon how to go about selling on my 2004 Celica 140 Red Edition (Red leather interior) There is no urgency in the decision but due to reasons of no longer wanting to commit to the upkeep of a 20+ year old car, it would be nice to pass it on to someone keen. Also, for what i use it for; going to Tesco once a week, and one other 25 mile round trip a week, a Yaris would work fine and be more economical in all running costs. It passed the MOT last November, but with advisories about rust that will need attention most probably before the next MOT. My MOT guy is a straight shooter, he's been MOT checking out my Celica over the past decade and he really likes it and considered a bit of welding underside is well worth doing. (i got no idea how much this work would cost tho'). It drives really well with no issues, excellent F1 Eagle tyres, custom SS exhaust, a few years ago suspension & brake overhaul, plus new rad, A/C condenser, alpine speaker upgrade, low milage at genuine 76k miles with engine that doesn't burn any oil. Plus i'm only the second owner, first one 10 years me 11. Everything works, upper bodywork is far from perfection but looks respectable for year, the only one big issue is rust as mentioned on the MOT advisory. Is it really better to get the welding done before putting on the market? Or sell for less and let the keen new owner take up the challenge? Or perhaps simply trade the car in when buying a Yaris? (i know the answer to this - probably not...) Anyway, thoughts would be nice to hear thanks in advance. Plus an honest evaluation figure would be helpful cos i have absolutely no clue as to what i should be asking for (?) ...not street wise me 🤔

Well done both of you for making the trip of a lifetime. Sounds like a fantastic experience!

Incredible! I was there from 7th October to the 22nd. We even rented the exact same Supra 😄

It seems I missed you by only a few weeks, did close to the same itinerary the first 3 weeks of October 25. Cannot agree with N-Seven enough though, Japan is truly life changing

Monkey Boy 1 - your new challenge please??

Every year we attend a number of brilliant national car shows and have a Celica Club stand for members to display their cars. There is info about several of these shows for you to sign up to in the Meetings Forum section https://www.celica-club.co.uk/forum/index.php?/forum/3-meetings/ The tickets for JapShow and JapShow Finale are available for Club Members to buy at the heavily discounted Winter Saver price until 31st January - so don't delay if you want to save some money!! Club Display tickets will still be available after this date, but costing a bit more.