Neat. I have a 1984 GT-S convertible in red - it shines, but has a teeny bit of body damage in the rear that I never bothered fixing where a previous owner blew out a tire and it slapped the quarter panel behind the tire. Got new fender flares and everything, since the one is cracked, just never took it to the shop and spent the money. Also needs a top, but it doesn’t go as easily as a Miata, and I was going to let the body shop (or classic car shop with experience) handle it too whenever I got around to taking it somewhere and spending the money. It’s on hand too lol. Car just stays in a garage all the time so I never worried about it.

Anyway, around 140k miles here, and that 22RE starts up every time no matter how long it’s been since I started it last, and usually is the quickest engine to fire and run out of everything I own. Multiple Hondas, Mazdas, a Chevy pickup, they all turn over several times and then fire. That fucking Celica fires on the first 360 degree rotation of the engine, I swear.

Never thought to ask in a group like this but I doubt my comment will be seen anyway - I don’t see any of these old Celicas, ever, but has anyone here ever seen one of the handful of convertibles (in person) that exist?