Rear engine Celica project

Just the first steps on what will be quite a long project, to include Ferrari Mythos engine, Celica convertable chop, SAS body kit, SAS brakes and SAS Sparco seats, Etched Sparco seat belts and custom wheels and flared rear arches.
All coments and suggestions welcome
Mark
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Lotusmark2/cov+vs+non-conv.JPG
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Lotusmark2/celica+start.JPG

sweet looking conversion! cant wait to see more progress

looks awsome. Great idea too...

Yeah!

Very creative and cool too!
dont hurry on the mods though and take your time, it might turn out to be a real showstopper.

Keep up the creativity

Olivier

Looks like its off to a running start. This is a great idea. Have you thought about shortening the wheelbase? if you cut out some of the space between the door and the rear wheel arch, you could make it less obvious how far forward the cockpit is, especially in what looks is going to be a two seater. Are you going to do the entire back end from scratch? You could use a Modena, or a Boxster for the nice little bubbles behind the seats, and the glass over the engine (or perhaps the Mythos? I am not familiar with that car). Wow, what a cool build. This is a fantastic idea! I can't wait to see what you do with it. And like bigfrit says, don't hurry. Patience will be key in something this ambitious. Don't rush, because something that isn't right from the start will just frustrate you until you fix it and make the whole thing even more difficult. Wow. Can't wait to see this shape up!!

looks like a great start.

looking forward to this one!!

C O O L idea!
hope to see more of it soon

C O O L idea!
hope to see more of it soon
^ My thoughts exactly

exciting! love to see more

Wow, can't wait to see this one turn out. Good luck and take your time.

Very imaginative! If shortening the wheelbase doesnt appeal to you, you may want to consider just making it a four seater, if there's enough room. Keep us posted on the progress.

Wow !!
Keep the updates coming !!

cool. wicked toyota, I hope to see more of this one.

:eek2: :eek: i hope this comes out the way im picturing it

Thanks for your comments guys.

Willimo: "Have you thought about shortening the wheelbase, if you cut out some of the space between the door and the rear wheel arch, you could make it less obvious how far forward the cockpit is, especially in what looks is going to be a two seater. Are you going to do the entire back end from scratch? You could use a Modena, or a Boxster for the nice little bubbles behind the seats, and the glass over the engine"

There isn't going to be much room once the V12 is in and the engine bay is constructed. It is going to be a 2 seater and I am going to be using the Celica rear end but thanks for the idea on the boxster rear hood, I will have a look around and see how it looks (was going to use the Mythos rear hood but I think the Boxster may be better).

Great Idea !!! wait to see progress !!!

Great Idea !!! wait to see progress !!!


Absolutely, it's gonna be a beauty!

Great idea.
How did you get those pictures? What program did you use?

Great idea.
How did you get those pictures? What program did you use?
All very basic Paul, just a digi picture from the box, touched up with windows paint (a much under rated tool for the quick bodge jobs)

that is one sweet car!!!!

quick update to the rear engine cover. Donor car is gonna be a modified F50 engine cover not a boxster.
Thank you all again for you comments, watch this space

Ferrariest Toyota I've ever seen! Waiting for the result! Sure it won't be politicaly correct!

non pc?
but would it be any different from the real world 355 replica with the mr2 underneath?

anyway, top drawer for trying this.

Just a quick update to show the shape of things to come.
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Lotusmark2/DSCN0607.JPG

looks good so far! is that whole piece sitting on the white styrene going to be a removable trunk to show the engine (or would it be a hood because itsover the engine)

Great concept, looks good!

Hi Justin, the rear is going to be moulded on but the clear engine cover (may become body colour)will be either removable or hinged to show the top of the engine. all the cage will be viewable from under the car as there are no inner arches at the rear.

cool, i like the concept, should look good.

This thing really has me scratching my head. Its quite profound. I dont really like convertables, the only ones I like are Ferrari Modena's. And even those I have somewhat of an issue with.

This project is quite intresting, I am intrested in seeing more. What about other asthetics? Will there be any?

This thing really has me scratching my head. Its quite profound. I dont really like convertables, the only ones I like are Ferrari Modena's. And even those I have somewhat of an issue with.

This project is quite intresting, I am intrested in seeing more. What about other asthetics? Will there be any?

The car is going to have a full SAS body kit and small GT wing, Sparco seats etc.

HHMMMM.. veeeeeeeeeeery interesting. keep with the good work!

Bit of an update on the rear engine cover.
not sure about the size of flared arches I am going to have to fabricate but I shall have a think on that one.
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Lotusmark2/update.JPG

Looking good. I cant believe your putting a V12 in it.

one word :cool!

That's crazy!

Looking good. I cant believe your putting a V12 in it.
Must admit it is a bit of a tight squeeze getting the V12 in to a Toyota, anyone would think the Celica wasn't designed to have a Ferrari engine in it :naughty: :biggrin:

Your a very brave man, looks great too !!!


Later, Mike :biggrin:

I cant believe your putting a V12 in it.
i thought of trying something like that, in a roadster. i was doing some crazy things last night, just figuring a scratch build, putting 5 cars together, getting a modernized roadster.

Damn a V12 in a celica. That is sick. I like the rear cover.

Looks wicked. Have you already shortened the wheel base?

yes the bulk of the chassis work is done, just the custome fire wall to fabricate and the front wheel track to increase the width on. The rest is almost kit standard apart from the Sparco seats.
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Lotusmark2/update2.JPG

thats sooo sweet, awesome idea

yeah that looks very cool!!

Bit of an update on the cabin,
Cab has been converted to a two seater and first seat in place, still loads to do on it but thought I would get some opinions.
PS everything looks much shinier in the pics than in real life.
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/Lotusmark2/Update3.JPG

Damn, your project becomes more and more interesting. The back looks so clean on the pictures. Keep it up!

Its a beast!

wow I love it... keep up the good work...

:iagree:
outstandish!

cheers guys,
Bas: thanks for the comment on the rear cover, it has taken about 10 hours to get it to that stange and its not quite good enough yet.
Not looking forward to choping the front and rear bumpers off and building up the OTT rear arches to house the wider wheel base at the rear

This is phenomenal. Keep at it, I can't wait to see more!

PS. You've been bookmarked!

This is so interesting. :sunglasse

looks awesome. Is it going to be rwd? Plus that hoodscoop doesn't look so functional anymore :D

man thats like 10/90 weight distribution haha i like it

looks awesome. Is it going to be rwd? Plus that hoodscoop doesn't look so functional anymore :D
Yep RWD .

man thats like 10/90 weight distribution haha i like it
Dont forget you will have the fuel tank under the front hood, but yep I'm sure it wound be fun on the road :biggrin:

Very original, nice bit of scratch building, will keep my eye on the progress :smile:

Impressive work! Promises to look killer!

Putting a SAS bodykit on her?

Man that'd be a hella sleeper in real life. Who'd think a Celica could go from a dead stop to ludicrous in about 2 seconds. Nice work.

Putting a SAS bodykit on her?..

that would be sweet, or you could go for the enzo look up front. lol
http://www.toyotacelicaonline.com/celica1/fastest/Ucelica.jpg