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ClarenceTE72

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Hello 2002 Community,

My name is Clarence Trinidad. I'm new to the 2002 community but I've been an automotive/motorsports enthusiast since I was a 2 years old ( I have old photos for proof, ahah).

I do come from the japanese side of automotive motorsports. I competed in a pro-am series of topdrift about 2 years ago here in California.

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As much as I loved racing and competing. Growing up is inevitable. Qualifying well was very satisfying but lack of funding/sponsorships and a crew can take a toll. Certain situations led me to retiring and finishing school. So here I am now.

My main experiences a geared towards toyotas(anything 1987 or earlier and RWD).

Here are some of the car's I've owned/built it the past..

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Though I've learned a lot about them and car's in general, I decided that I wanted something different and unique (which somewhat reflects my personality) and also something Non-smog since california has very strict emissions laws.

I had my eye on some 2002's because they were affordable and I really liked how much character the car has ( aside from its history).

So I've aquired my first 2002 looking at a hemmings ad book while at a Barne's and Nobles bookstore. The ad had no pictures and a very brief description.

After I emailed and chatted with the owner, who was pretty particular on who he wanted to sell the car to. He sent some pictures and I was pretty happy with what I saw.

He has owned the car since the late 80's and did a resto-mod on the car around the 90's from what he told me. He had reciepts to include with the car that dated back from the early 80's from his previous owner.

We were able to make the deal happen and I was pretty excited.

I've owned the car now for several months so this introduction is late but I'll start with how the car looked first when I first got it from him.

I will slowly updated with what I've done to the car now. My goal is to build a fairly agressive driver that can make an impression with newer cars (on back canyon roads and track).

While keeping a subtle modern-classic look with a hint of japanese inspiration

Enjoy!

Here are first pictures of the car when he owned it.

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And now in my garage

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The car is in very decent shape with only a little bit of surface rust here and there but the trunk area and undercarriage is pretty rust free.

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