I'm a firm believer in new starts. Everyone around me saw a 98 rs that was hacked in some of the worst ways, They told me I was absolutely wasting my time and money (they were right though). However i didn't see what was there, instead i saw what could be...

I was young and dumb (and still not much wiser today :p )
I bought a 98 rs with 100k on it, it Started really hard, ran rough and overheated 10 mins into the 50 mile trip home.

Blown Head gasket. Damn...


http://s1048.photobucket.com/user/driverx08/media/ffafcde7.jpg.html


So I fixed the head gasket, then one of my friends at the time convinced me to "just fill in the dents and paint this B*tch."

and so we did.... (dumb idea)


She looked good ... at first
Until the first winter in Maine when the large layers of bondo cracked, and rust was underneath. By the way, before it went in the garage for the winter i had blown the motor... ops

So my uncle told me to either sell the car completely, or pull my head outa my arse and do the car right so i could be proud of it.

so i took his advise and my wallet has been very ill since.

We only panels not replaced on the entire car are the two doors and the roof.

All of the parts with the exception of the front bumper, and two floor panels in the trunk were sourced from local mitsubishi dealer.
Car was brought down to bare metal, stripped of quarters doors and interior, fixed any and all rust areas. and reassembly began. I am proud to say that NO body filler of any type (other then primer) was used ANYWHERE on this car!

some photos







That would be one of my uncles.


























New wheels arriving next week and hopefully reworking the suspension next.
then of course i start down the boosted path.

hope some of you members enjoyed my long post and actually made it to the end.

Shout out to my favorite uncle and the rest of the boys at Bruces Garage in Salem NH.