Thanks guys! I'm pretty sure i'm going to put it on the Prostars first until I get my fenders rolled. Then, Ill put the 03s on.
I messed with the GT all day today. I had some people look it over, and everyone thinks its best to part it out. So, I AM going to be building the LX, not just fixing the GT. The real dealbreaker is the cowl panel. It's pushed back really good. So, I cleaned up my garage so that I can fit the GT in there and have plenty of room to strip it. I got a decent start I think to have only spent 2 hours actually working on it.
Heres what it looked like when I started.
I got it to this point.
I also got the gas tank out. I didn't have any fuel line disconnect tools, so I will have to get some tomorrow. The only PITA I have ran into was one of the lug nuts. It was rusted pretty badly. I was very lucky to have gotten it off. Also, the car was absolutely INFESTED with ants. I probably vacuumed up over 1,000 ants today.
My parts pile. The red pieces are going in the LX. Personally, I really like it. Later on, I will probably put some black pieces in it. But for now it will do.
The seats look like butt now, but I have big cleaning plans for them. They should come out about like new with enough time.
Heres how the fenderwells look like now on the LX.
I got a radiator and an alternator from a buddy today also.
The calipers aren't very visable behind the Prostars
Time for a price breakdown of everythin thus far!!! Remember, I was trying to stick to a budget of $2500 on this car.
LX body- $200
5 lug setup- $700
GT parts car- $1150
Total this far- $2050.
Stuff I still need to buy-
Ball joints- $40
Water pump- $40
Alt. bracket- $40 probably
Struts- $85
Cluster- $100
Total- $305
Main goal for the car is- To have working AC. I hate that my coupe doesn't have it, but for some reason I couldn't ever get the vents to blow.
GRAND TOTAL- $2355. Not too shabby in my book. Of course, I'm sure I will have $100 or so in other odds and ends, but I will have a decent little High School beater when all is said and done. The best part of it all is I will be able to say that I have done EVERYTHING MYSELF.