🚗 2000 Toyota Celica GT – Restoration & Custom Build

Status: Active – Roadworthy & Continuously Evolving
Type: Car Restoration + Custom Modification
Vehicle: 2000 Toyota Celica GT
Built by: Eric Flesher


🔧 Overview

This 2000 Toyota Celica GT started out as a $1,500 gamble — bought during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic from a cabin-dwelling owner in the woods. Dirty, damaged, leaking, and running on only three cylinders, the car needed serious attention. But for me, that was the point.

What began as a rescue mission has turned into a full-on restoration and custom build, one phase at a time.


🛠️ Initial Condition


🔧 Engine & Electrical Repairs


💦 Leak Resolution


🎨 Cosmetic Restoration


🧱 Custom Modifications


🔧 Current Work & Future Plans


💬 Notes from Eric

This project means more than just restoring a car — it represents the same rebuilding mindset that helped me turn my life around. It’s a rolling expression of what’s possible when you don’t give up, even when the work is dirty, frustrating, or full of surprises.

It’s not perfect — and it’s never finished — but that’s what makes it mine.