In 1980 Toyota launched a sedan Celica variant and called it the Celica Camry but in essence it was a face-lifted luxurious version of the Carina A40. In some countries it was simply called Toyota Camry and separated two years later into a FWD upmarket sedan and liftback.
But the first generation was still one of the most awesome mid-size sedans made by Toyota because of its engines and optional IRS. The first generation had a GT version of the Celica Camry featuring the 2 liter 18R-GEU DOHC engine (head by Yamaha) with an output of 135hp and nowadays this is the most sought after Celica/Carina of its generation. Imagine how rare this immaculate Celica Camry is:
Super rare Toyota Celica Camry
This picture was taken at the Showa Meeting Ver.2 held in November last year.
Found at [Showa Meeting @ Minkara]
Hi there I’m here in New Zealand this is a very interesting car as it happens I have one mine is 1980 Toyota celica camery it has a 3teu efi with a w55 gear box it’s labeled as a ta57 I’ve hunted for hours on the net to find out information on this do you know of any websites thanks. Jayden
The only English resource I could find about the TA57 is Stepho’s site:
http://members.iinet.com.au/~stepho/carinprd.htm#camry57pr
Apart from that I found this on Minkara:
http://minkara.carview.co.jp/en/userid/271484/car/197386/profile.aspx
And this on drom.ru:
http://forums.drom.ru/retro/t1151291166-p10.html#post1079602241
Hay thanks very much much apresiated
i have a toyota camry celica ta57 3t-eu. sx efi. rustest bucket ever 1982. np6922~ number plate. carjam plate if u want.
Thanks for sharing!
ive put up youtube. my account “SX CAMRY”
~fhat skid in camry
~82 camry
~sx ta57
if u wanna veiw
squirrel with rpg. i think is account pic sure. or black ta57
https://www.youtube.com/user/69squirrel1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2C6pbh23A4