BrianGT

If the engine was seized, when you tried to bump start it would have locked the wheels.

Although mine is a different model I had something very similar. One day, out of the blue, it just wouldn't turn over and I got a click from the starter motor. As the starter motor was 40 years old I changed it for a known working one (on the bench anyway) and got the same fault. I knew the battery was good as it was fairly new so I checked the voltage to the starter through the main thick cable. I had 12 volts at the battery terminal and 1 volt at the starter! The cable had deteriorated over the years and was creating a huge resistance to flow. Changing it cured the problem. This also happens to earth cables! Hope this helps.

I was hoping you would see the Fiat! It looked superb!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=785016074925639 I posted this video in "Motorsport" but it will get more views here and I am sure the younger Celica drivers will appreciate it no matter what Generation they drive! 3:30.......AWESOME......and on nobbly tyres! Mods: please feel free to delete this thread I just thought the youngsters would see it in here and enjoy it.

Legend Jan! Enjoy and milk the moment! Edit: Jan, when anyone from work mentions your car to you just voice very subtly " Yeah....it's ok but I might need to change the tyres.....when I push it and get in a 4 wheel drift I can't get it back on the steering......I have to use the throttle and a bit of left foot braking".....nonchalantly.......you won't have to make a cup of tea again!!! Legend!

Yeah!!! Your post fired me up!! If you are in my way......move over or I drive over the top of you!

I'm 62, drive a first generation with lot's of boy racer stickers and go faster stripes and I'm a full time HOOLIGAN!

Solid decals really take some thinking about and some pre-planning. As you say, you have to think about where to place them in relation to where parts of it will end up. Splinters are almost abstract and because of that they totally work for me.

Here's mine but it's not really for the road! It's based on an old Celica I had that was based on the works cars....

I used to do that with guitars!!!! I would buy a new guitar and put it under the bed where I kept a few. Then when the missus came in I would pull it from under the bed and start playing it! "Is that a new guitar???!!!" "No dear.........it's the red one. You know, the red one I have." Worked for years until a mate dropped me in it!

"Honestly Dear.......I haven't spent a penny on this old car. I just get the parts out of the shed.........."