Oh man. where do I start? Well after seeing my 240sx convertible, I was out a car, and in some money to throw towards a dime. I wasn't looking for a completed project, I wanted something a little ratty, and definitely something I could continue to learn off of. Well, luckily for me WagDatto's big brother had something right up my alley. He picked up this 2dr from a buddy. saving it from a field, planning to restore it. but when he heard I was in the market, well what a better way to give it a good home, right? and it's not like he wont be watching it come all together?!
needless to say here are pictures of the dime when he got it. Tomorrow it will be dollied to my house where I get to dive right into getting this thing running.
As you can see, a fairly straight body, but it does have some blemishes (surface rust!) but that's nothing a little sanding and TLC can't fix!
Bosch high beams, Euro turn signals. >.<
Euro taillights!
now here's my project :rubs hands together: the car had a little bit of a fire. Needless to say, the damage was done, and here's the extent of it.
The block looks to be fine, as does... well the whole left side of the engine ((FOR THE MOST PART)). the Carb's what went up in flames and needs to be rebuilt and well the whole engine needs new wiring, hoses, belts, gaskets, and random other assortment of items. But it's nothing unfix-able, right?!
I have a little 'list' of everything I need to buy/find to get this running. My goal is to tackle the engine while it's still decent weather out, get it running before I focus on fixing the drivers side floorboard (which needs to be fixed BADLY) and giving the whole interior a quick scrub down so I don't have bugs biting at my ankles. I figure on the days while I can't do anything to the engine I can focus on sanding out some rust, and getting it ready for Primer. No, I don't have any idea what the heck I plan on doing beyond doing a KA24DE swap, but even that is months off. I want to get this thing Daily Drive-able and get it back on the road! It's a lot of work, but I'm fortunate enough to have AMAZING friends and plenty of phone numbers to call when i Get in a pickle!
<3 Tomorrow I'll have pictures of it coming back home and hopefully maybe snagging the engine out of it and putting it on a stand and ready for me to begin pulling apart/polishing.