1972 Toyota Celica Reviews, Pricing & Specs

My Celica was the first car I owned, and I loved it. I paid $3000 for it brand new. Drove it for 150K, no joke, before it blew an oil seal and died. Farewell, old friend...I drove it from Chicago to Georgia when I was in the Army, then from there to SC, Ft Bragg in NC. When I was discharged, I drove my roommate home to upstate NY, then drove it from there to Ohio, then from there to Chicago. I noticed it had been a little hard to shift leaving Cleveland but I didn't think anything of it. When I turned into my parents' driveway, i couldn't back it up. The clutch died. it got me home safe and sound before it broke down! Had the clutch gone out on the road, I was a woman driving alone and that wouldn't have been cool. But I did have my trusty pistol in the glove compartment but didn't want to have to use it. My fiancee (then husband) drove it forever. He used to have to keep extra points and a feeler gauge in the car all the time. But it ran like a champ for years afterword. The engine was in beautiful shape even then: when I first bought it I misunderstood the manual and changed the oil and filter every six weeks like clockwork. Talk about true love!May 29, 2011