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Originally Posted by wbradley
I love that old Celica! Haven't seen one in the Toronto area for decades! Probably due to our (formerly) harsh winters. When I was a kid in the early 70's my babysitter's brother across the street had one. The shape always reminded me (curiously) of a grain of rice!
I heard that Australia used to get boatloads of fairly recent used cars from Japan due to stringent and costly re-certification rules in Japan after 2 years. Wasn't sure if that was an urban myth. Gotta go there and see for myself. My nephew went to university in Sydney for 6 months recently as part of an exchange program and my brother brought his wife and other kid down for an incredible vacation. It's now on my bucket list.
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Yeah there was a 'grey' imports rule which allowed Japanese cars over 10yrs old (i think) to be privately imported and complianced. So we have a tone of S13 silvias and R32 skylines here etc. The Celicas are mostly original Toyota Australia imports that have survived the last 30 - 40 years. But from what i understand we tend to get cars that are a lot closer to JDM spec than you guys.
Anyway back to the GIRLS!
PM me if you want to know more about early Celicas or the Aussie scene
