1989 Celica White Lightning (rare) St162

[dezza]

Hey guys, just wondering who else out there has a car like mine??

i know many of you guys would have the full st162 1989 models and stuff, but like. .Anyone else got the White Lightening model??

I read that there were only ever 100 of them produced in Australia ;)

i guess that makes my car nice and rare.. hehe

Problem is, it has a brand new motor, like literally 1km maybe on it lol.. and it aint getting used :(

All it needs is a wheel alignment, maybe a tune up in the front end as it has a new motor and maybe a few tires i guess.. But yeh, no rego...

Im in Year 12 doing my hsc and i have like $0 so it sucks to see it sitting down there unused...

Kinding wondering if i should sell it for a fair bit as its very rare then buy something cheaper with rego..

Anyone got any ideas??

[dezza]

forgot to mention its a Manual, has electric windows, sunroof, liftback all that jazz lol.

umm here are a few pics, ordinary quality lol..

the car is abit dirty, haha

[Calisto]

This was the car that made me fall in love with Celica's. THE GEN 4 .......it then took me a few years to find one and they were not in the best condition so then I fell for the gen 5 Celica

We do have them over here but they are few and far between but I have not seen the lightning model

I know a few TOC members that would love to have one of theses cars!!!!!

She looks very much loved and its nice to know she is super rare!!! Try and keep her, you wont be a student for ever!!!!!!!

Good luck!

And welcome to the club!!!!

[dezza]

yeh, well ill most likely be a student for another 4 years cause ill be going to Uni to become a school teacher..

so yeh, thats a fair chunk of wasted time on it..

Anyone interested in buying this rare beast????lol

how much do you guys think its worth??

[Calisto]

yeh, well ill most likely be a student for another 4 years cause ill be going to Uni to become a school teacher..

so yeh, thats a fair chunk of wasted time on it..

Anyone interested in buying this rare beast????lol

how much do you guys think its worth??

Are u going to ship it over ??????

[dezza]

haha depends one what your offer is :P

what do you think its worth to you

[dezza]

anyone else got some comments on the car?

[Boro Sera]

Great looking car mate,

( unfortunately White Lightning is a cheap alcohol over here, popular with the underage drinkers that hang round the shops ! )

Keep it if you're able, and be a cool teacher !

[angelbird]

i know this is an old topic from back in November....but look what i have owned for the past 2 years

as with all cars...they do have there faults and because of there age parts are hard to get hold of, but if they are kept well they seem to run forever

[Calisto]

They are great looking cars imo!!!!!

Just wish there were more around!

[angelbird]

i have seen 1 other in this area but thats it :( IMHO...this 1 is the best shaped 1 out of them all....i dont like the other generations 'except' the GT4

[Steven7393]

i have seen 1 other in this area but thats it :( IMHO...this 1 is the best shaped 1 out of them all....i dont like the other generations 'except' the GT4

Im the same, I bought mine off Gumtree and was expecting the G reg new style (gt4 style) and when I first saw my future car i was a bit hesitant, but gave it a full wash over and polish, spent a lot of TLC on it and learnt about the engine etc and now absolutely love it.

I think its fantastic that ive only ever seen one on the road in the UK (in edinburgh) and apart from that it seems to be as rare as rocking horse doo dah.

What amazes me though is the longevity of the vehicle and the lack of rust and durability of all the components. 18 years down the line, its lost very few horses from the BHP, everythings running as it should, the last 6 MOTs have passed with flying colours and the only rust I can find on the whole car is a bit on the sunroof (which is common) and its easy for me to take the sunroof out, dremel the rust off, fill it in and pop it back in with 4 screws!

Gushing a little? Maybe, but owning a Gen 4 I think its warranted :P

[Ant-Val]

That sure is an interesting model. Love to see all the nice Celicas around the world other than here in the US.

Is that an "All Trac" or "turbo" model?

[angelbird]

no its the toyota 2000 twin-cam 16V ( Exact same engine as the MR2)...FWD....no turbo...but soon to be super charged!

[Dan_Q]

Its a similar engine to the MR2 mk2- not the same, its an earlier variant :)

Never driven a Gen4, I'd love to have a go in one :)

[Ant-Val]

Oh the Gen4 has something to it that I'm just addicted to. Maybe it's got a little bit of primitive nature to it in that you can really feel (with the seatbelt tight) how the car is responding in turns. This one is like a big go-kart and just as fun (for me).

I guess what I meant to say is you can feel when you're pushing the car to its limits. When you pull a sharp turn you can sense somehow what the limit is going to be and not cut it too tight, as opposed to just going in hard and then losing traction from overdoing it. I don't know if this is just a Gen4 thing or something that comes with owning a car for years and driving it hard enough to respect where it's limits are.

I couldn't quite get the same level of feedback from a Gen6 I had, but it may be because I drove it completely stock, and the seats were softer.

[dezza]

hey guys im asking for around 5k ONO selling it very soon

I live in Lismore NSW FNC Australia

[dezza]

4k ONO now:P

[angelbird]

well considering i bought mine for £148 <_<

[trefel]

Hey guys, just wondering who else out there has a car like mine??

i know many of you guys would have the full st162 1989 models and stuff, but like. .Anyone else got the White Lightening model??

I read that there were only ever 100 of them produced in Australia ;)

i guess that makes my car nice and rare.. hehe

Problem is, it has a brand new motor, like literally 1km maybe on it lol.. and it aint getting used :(

All it needs is a wheel alignment, maybe a tune up in the front end as it has a new motor and maybe a few tires i guess.. But yeh, no rego...

Im in Year 12 doing my hsc and i have like $0 so it sucks to see it sitting down there unused...

Kinding wondering if i should sell it for a fair bit as its very rare then buy something cheaper with rego..

Anyone got any ideas??

[trefel]

hi guys i also have a 1989 celica white lightning that i purchased a couple of weeks ago and i have found out some information that may help.only 150 were produced they were the last batch made before the new shape came out.they were $34,400 AU to buy in 89 $1500 AU more than standard SX.the S3-GE motor produced 135hp or 105 k/watts hope that helps you guys

Hey guys, just wondering who else out there has a car like mine??

i know many of you guys would have the full st162 1989 models and stuff, but like. .Anyone else got the White Lightening model??

I read that there were only ever 100 of them produced in Australia ;)

i guess that makes my car nice and rare.. hehe

Problem is, it has a brand new motor, like literally 1km maybe on it lol.. and it aint getting used :(

All it needs is a wheel alignment, maybe a tune up in the front end as it has a new motor and maybe a few tires i guess.. But yeh, no rego...

Im in Year 12 doing my hsc and i have like $0 so it sucks to see it sitting down there unused...

Kinding wondering if i should sell it for a fair bit as its very rare then buy something cheaper with rego..

Anyone got any ideas??

[trefel]

hi guys i also have a 1989 celica white lightning that i purchased a couple of weeks ago and i have found out some information that may help.only 150 were produced they were the last batch made before the new shape came out.they were $34,400 AU to buy in 89 $1500 AU more than standard SX.the S3-GE motor produced 135hp or 105 k/watts hope that helps you guys

[Ant Farm]

Thanks for the information. I also have a White Lightning Celica that I just bought a month ago. I was also wondering would you know what other differences the white lightning has different? thanks.

[white lightning]

1989 toyota celica st162 sx white lightning

gona pick mine up this week. just wanna no anything good or bad really. so yeh i took it for a test drive great car flys! everything is electric windows, sunroof etc etc got cruise control. the car is in imaculate condition brand new engine, raidiator pretty much everything in the engine bay was just recently replaced with new. any mods u reconmend for it cuz im only a P plater so yeh cant do heaps.

Badge White Lightning SX

Series: ST162

Body: Liftback

No. Doors: 3

Seat Capacitiy: 4

Transmission: Automatic

Drive: Front Wheel Drive

Engine Size (cc): 1998

Cam: Double Overhead Cam

Cylinders: 4

Power: 103kW

like i said please say any comments on it good bad or indifferent. thx

[white lightning]

i bought it had it for a few months now. its got 65K on the engine. brand new gear box last week extractors heaps of gear! will get pics up soon!