In a sport based upon looks and style, this car stands very , very far out from the category. Its fading silver paint job, rusting wheel wells, scuffed bumpers and mismatched rims make this look a car waiting for the scrap heap.
Being said, Colton Burn’s 1985 Celica GT is a relived fresh breath of air out of the popular S chaises cars smog of influence over the pro amateur drifting world.
It’s not very pretty, nor “hella flush”, nor even sorta flush. But it works!
Although it may not be your typical drift car it is certainly one that stands out. In the Spec D drift practices held over here at Castrol raceway, there isn’t any given Thursday where this car wont be in attendance. It’s rare that it is not the first one out either.
This “whip” as Colton likes to refer to it as, doesn’t have nice offset’ed rims, or even that many motor modifications. But it does have a first place finish in the first round of the DMCC pro am competition and a surprisingly consistent follow up fourth place at round 3 in Edmonton.
In my opinion the best part of this car is the inside, what’s left of it. Stock seats are in place to throw you against the bare doors and the grandma style steering wheel helps navigate this beast through the various drifting trials it endures routinely. Accenting the cold and generally unwelcoming interior is a shift knob with a 3 ball attached to it. Symbolic for the 3 cylinders this car usually runs off of.
Still it gets the job done. And while being a sorry sight for the untrained eye, I believe it’s one of the best looking cars in the DMCC pro am field today. This car reflects alot of character just standing near it, riding along is another story. It feels closely to what a half disassembled roller coaster trolley would feel like zipping along the tracks, Fast and fun, but very lose and on the edge.
That’s what makes this car awesome.
-Tony Koch
right fuckin on colton. thats awesome