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Looking at getting rid of my first car, this 1980 Toyota Celica - it seems a shame to just have the thing picked up and taken away for scrap metal, so does anyone have any suggestions as to what to do with this car (I don't really want to spend money on advertising it for sale if I'm just gonna make $50 on it).

I'd like to get something for it, but I'm more interested in it going to a good home and being fixed up if it is worth it (it's down a cylinder and has some minor rust after sitting on the side of my house, neglected, since the end of last year). It does have a fuel catalyst, so it can run on unleaded or premium (preferably the latter).

Is anyone interested in taking this off my hands? (located on the Sunshine Coast)

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(Mods feel free to move this thread if you feel it should be elsewhere - I was using this thread in an attempt to get suggestions, not really for the purposes of selling it.)

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It ran extremely well for a '80 model car until about mid-year last year, then it started stalling at lights. I had a compression test done, and it showed that one of the cylinders was running extremely low.

Other than that, the gearbox was fine (it is an auto by the way), electrically it was fine, the interior was almost perfect, and it only had minor rust. It now has about 7 months more rust, but that's about it.

I did actually get my hands on another '80 Celica with the intention of doing an engine swap (which is all that it needed), but I subsequently found out that the second Celica had been used for paddock-bashing in it's later years, and the results of a compression test on that car weren't that much better, so I got rid of the other car.

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hrm, i'd be interested in coming and having a look at it at some stage.... pm me what sort of figure you are after, as i need something to drive to work... i'm getting too paranoid to leave the skyline out and about any more...

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Last call - I'll be having this car picked up and taken to the wreckers on Wednesday (8/11) if no one wants it. I'm moving house this week and the car can't come with me, so let me know if you're interested in saving this poor old Celica from death!

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