With the previous owner (Bilal) of this TA23 (famous among folks as BLUE DEVIL), day and time had been decided with the help of Aaqib bhai. As scheduled, I with a friend of mine had arrived at Islamabad on May 13th.
May 14th was the day, we picked up Bilal from G.I.K Instt. and headed towards Peshawar where the TA23 was parked. There were some issues with the car which were later settled. Toyota 4E-FTE powered Blue Devil had some of its exterior parts stolen during its long stay at workshop (for engine swap). It wasn’t in as good condition anymore but the due work was just routine type and maintenance related.
Anyway, the deal- at that time and day- couldn’t be finalized due to some issues and we came back to Islamabad where we had a night stay and left for Peshawar again next morning. Unfortunately, it was Friday and wasn’t a good one for us because the local market use to remain closed on Fridays. Next was the last working day of the week and I had loads stuff to push close at Lahore. After taking a little rest we came back Lahore.
Meanwhile, Bilal had arrived at Lahore too. Today, on May 19th, 2009 I went to him and we mutually settled a good deal. It was nice dealing with Bilal all the way.
On Friday May 22nd, I left for Islamabad, reached late night so left for Peshawar the next morning, brought the beauty along and left it with Aaqib bhai for engine swap.
BTW, the 4E-FTE had a large turbo and was also intercooled, though the differential made a little noise as it was kind of dry but the drive with this engine was awesome too; kept spinning the tail even in the 4th shift!
So, that’s the story behind the purchase of famous BLUE DEVIL 
I will keep updating further details.
Attached you can view some of its famous pictures; right now- its tail lights, both bumpers and left door window’s missing, also now it has different alloy rims but with new and nice tyres:
Blue Devil
Blue Devil
Motorpsycho!!!
n i 4got awsm car man.. jst help me out.. n i wana ask 1 mre thng can i install electrnic shockx in celica??
@Hamza: Thanks dude
Well, everything is possible, it depends on what price the modifications costs to the body/chassis!
Assalam-o-Aliekum
Hey man Omer nice; wheels! 4E-FTE(wat was the stock on this baby?)(not to brag or catch the evil eye!)I have been blessed By Almight Allah since the 31st of Dec 2009; the start of this year!Raab gave me an angel daughter on tat day and alot more past few days; and today the diecovery of this cool model… i m looking for one soon i hope my hunt is over! will let you know surely would share the whole proj pic. if i take them..thou from the reading part from your article i think the bd is not good condition no more.. i planning to breed a bd of my own!!! wish me luck!!!!
May Allah shower His peace and blessings of His Last Messenger and all those who follow him.
Burn rubber not soul!
Hey Ifran
wSalam
I hope this communiqué finds you in the best of health and spirit.
Amen
Thanks for appreciation brother, may Allah bless you with luck and accomplishment as you start your project. Lots of love to your daughter and prayers her way
Well, the baby came stock with 2T, a 1.6L engine. 4EFTE was a swap too. You might come across a couple of such Celicas in Peshawar and two in Lahore, Islamabad also caters around 3-4 but none was observed in as pristine condition as the TA22 (the RedStom) was. But my theory is, where there’s a will, there’s a way and I wish you besta lux with your explorations.
Thanks for dropping by and sharing
hey bro wasup man! i sent you a request on fb too.. accept tat. dude today was my luck day i found 2 of these devils.. i found a 73-74(havent seen the book yet.) that would be done tommorow afternoon hopefully. its in red its a 73 1.6 org dohc. i m going to give the token tommorow. its costing me 150k fully restored stock. but thats for my kid bro.
i m going to start my project “black knight” in a day or too if Allah wills .. for that i need some mp evaluation the guy i m buying he got the eng changed to 82 corolla
secondly he lost one number plate he has the fir and a new book. but the bad part is he not coming down from 75k…. wat should be the least i should offer him… secondly man call me or gve me ur number on my email. need to talk !!! tell me how much did the eng cost you !!!
Peace!Allah hafiz
burn rubber not soul
MIN
what will the cost if i modified 1975 american ford to 650 hp
sir plz modified toyota mark2 1994 model it is perfect for racing
http://www.cars-directory.net/gallery/toyota/mark_ii/1994/toyota_mark_ii_3880604_p.html
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http://www.cars-directory.net/gallery/toyota/mark_ii/1995/toyota_mark_ii_3697302_p.html
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hye brah, nice ride, im buying a TA22 gonna put a 1jz inside it, when the project is finish i posted the detail to ya.. peace
Hey bro…
I know Bilal, and I have seen this car in its darkest days. Anyway, I was just surfing around on the web looking for a ‘74 Celica.. But all i can find are finished projects, a little help on your part required, where do i find a reasonable DO-ABLE Celica, for a good price ofcourse, not more than 80k. ?? Kindly send me details on 0321-5228447 . Other readers may help out too. BTW, Around those days when bilal sold the Celica, he was working on a mini too.. which had a ridiculously large engine Haha. I wonder where did that one end up.