JESSE DUNLOP 1990 TOYOTA CELICA

“I AM the lucky owner of this Celica GT-R! It’s equipped with a four-wheel steering system from the factory, and it’s a Japanese import that arrived in Australia in 2002. Since then, it has been engine-swapped with a Gen 4 3S-GTE four-cylinder. I have repaired the paint and panel, and when I resprayed it I added in a little bit of a colour-shift pearl in the clearcoat. Right now I’m waiting for the paint to harden before facing it off and polishing. The idea is for it to be an unexpected little sleeper and handle like a weapon on the track. If drag racing was to come back to Tasmania, I would love to work towards getting the car into the 11-second zone; I currently don’t know what it is capable of over the quarter.”