I'm pretty sure he just bought a cheap Celica, took the engine, sold a few bits and scrapped the chassis.
He had a lot of space to do that though.
It's a lot of hassle but you could buy a car in Ireland and export it. You get a tax rebate when you unregister it in Ireland. I got €750 back when I exported my e39 520i msport 2 years ago, I'm sure you'd get something back if you exported a Celica that would offset the cost. Lot of hassle and you'd probably spend the savings on driving it back.
The issue I'm having is finding as car that is too good to scrap. Feels wrong to scrap a decent car. Then rebuilding a buggered engine I will get in to the relms of wanting a tough engine that will have all the go faster bits. Then it will go past the point of being cheap speed.
I'm pretty sure he just bought a cheap Celica, took the engine, sold a few bits and scrapped the chassis.
He had a lot of space to do that though.
It's a lot of hassle but you could buy a car in Ireland and export it. You get a tax rebate when you unregister it in Ireland. I got €750 back when I exported my e39 520i msport 2 years ago, I'm sure you'd get something back if you exported a Celica that would offset the cost. Lot of hassle and you'd probably spend the savings on driving it back.