Bought the car last summer, looked like shit, dents all over but guy claimed na accidents... later revealed ... bull shit! ... painted with gray primer, nothing was taped off ... ya ...


was dented in on drivers side and filled with bondo .. which cracked so i did some sheet metal and proper bono work...

15 mins down highway ... car overheats on day of buying. ... call guy back ... no answer ... surprise! ....

called tow truck hauled it home, headgasket bad...

top end gasket set and found the engine had been refurbished recently. and a new timing belt ...
wonder why....

bought gasket from felpro (worst decision ever)

found many many riggs the guy made made up for random stuff



along with some mis threaded bolts. ... needless to say working a couple hours a day it took a month...





got back together... finally ran great! fixed the excess primer issue, on the windows, lights, mirrors, everything.... then brought the car down to the paint booth for some paint... no near professional but looks great compared to primer...




ran it for a few months and then one night .... its always a night too isn't it?
at 134 AM i relized the car was over heating again... about that time it came to a screeching stop.... did i mention 5 spd....


so after another tow truck and ripping it all aprt and finding more rigs... the gasket i bought from felpro ... failed. leaked anitfreeze out, witch made it run hot, leaked anti freeze into the oil, which we know cleans oil off anything... and ruined the whole motor....


so i bought a master rebuild kit... stock parts... high school cant afford the turbo build yet...

sent block to machine shop ... its done i just have not nearly enough money to pay for it yet and advanced auto the "service is our best part" people ...ya who i bought the defective kit from will not give me any type of compensation... and felpro will not even talk to me ...


rawr! so im stuck untill i can afford to pay this bill for the motor... and then finish the rest of the body work and paint ... finally save for the performance part....

random pics...






repainting engine bay

will update with more pics as project continues...
sorry for my stle of typeing and making this really long... newb and from maine ... so yah haha

Ride it hard and put it away wet.

I fix it to abuse it, and abuse it till i find the next weakest link.... my wallet