Project car
Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185
A Celica GT-Four ST185 getting a full nut-and-bolt restoration, documented episode by episode on YouTube.
The Celica GT-Four ST185 is the car that took Toyota to the top of the World Rally Championship in the early nineties – and this one is getting a second life. The goal is simple: strip it to a bare shell, fix everything that’s wrong and put it back together properly, then drive it the way it was meant to be driven.
The plan
The goal is OEM+. From the outside it should look like an ST185 that just rolled out of a Toyota showroom – but underneath, everything is a little better than the factory made it: a stronger engine, a modern dual-clutch gearbox, better materials and upgrades that look like they could have come from Toyota itself. No wild body kits, no shortcuts – just the car done properly.
Every step ends up on YouTube – the wins, the seized bolts and the “well, that’s more rust than expected” moments.
Why an ST185?
I fell in love with the Celica through the AT180, then the ST182 – and owning an ST185 GT-Four was always the dream. Now it’s in my garage.