WellSomewhere in the middle of this thread he ditched the LX hatch and picked up this 85' coupe and transferred parts over. Good move IMO.
That explains why I missed it. I was on hiatus.Short thank to the helicopter ride, haha. Got home the 26th of June, home for a few days, vacation in the Dominican Republic for a week and now on to this:
It's an '85 coupe, clean, clean, clean (read: no rust or damage) 4 cyl car with associated parts. Despite pouring its ass off, we got it loaded on the trailer. It is so light that me and the guy I bought it from pulled it on the trailer with a rope with minimal effort. For $750 with a clean TX title, I couldnt say no.
So now Im a multi-fox family. The ol' lady isn't sure about it, but I promised her its cheaper in the big picture.
I just cant decide if I want to swap all the 4 cyl parts on to the '87 and sell it as a roller, or part it and scrap the shell. Input?
@tannerc91gt Here's the 'make the bastard live list' and why it seemed like a better idea to buy a new 5.0:
MS II, harness, relay board
sensors
couple couplings
radiator/hoses/fans
fuel line
starter
down pipe
oil feed/drain lines
Just these few items are $1k or better. But even then, I still can't drive it without a convertor, shifter, trans cooler,
driveshaft/yoke, brake lines, body wiring harnesses, etc. Probably another $1500. It's not a lot of money, but it's going to be a while before I can get that last "to drive" list together.
Most of this was just a ploy to get my wife to let me get a new 5.0 as a DD and it fell on it's face. Im still not decided on keeping this, gonna wait a few more days and see what comes up.
And there's no way to accurately forecast the end of the project cost until you're down to the true nitty gritty. I just said a week ago on my "blog" that I was down to my last 1k, and now I'm looking at that from behind.MS II, harness, relay board ($600?)
sensors $200-250 (see my thread on why not to cheap on these)
couple couplings
radiator/hoses/fans (stock LS stuff is best in terms of simplicity, can grab it all for $200)
fuel lineshrug: mine was $10/ft)
starter ($100, but I'd really look at doing the ford solenoid conversion, I know mine will die soon)
down pipe (out the bumper!!!)
oil feed/drain lines (PITA)
It's nice to be down to the "little" stuff but these are all a pain to track down, AN fittings suck.
Hard to be that close and not follow through though. And this coming from a huge project flake like myself
Well I spoke to my grandma this morning about selling their '55 Pontiac that they gave me. I hate to do it, but I have $0 invested in it, so as opposed to losing my arse with this car, Ill let the indian car go into better hands and (hopefully) be able to keep this rolling.I think you should get your old job working on a slow boat to China, so you can afford to build your slow boat to China car.
Pictures of the Pontiac??
Surface rust, yes, but not much rotNo rust?
Just the way the dumb Hack Monkey's like it, Patina. Slap some wheels on that, put some clear over the existing surface and flip it for profit. Where's my beer assistant!!:drink:
That's the plan. It's DD capable, just needs a couple simple fixes that would take an afternoon. It's clean inside and out, and has A/C.This is some advice from a fish looking in from the outside.
Whatever you buy, do yourself a favor and buy a car that runs.
Then do yourself another favor, and do not dismantle it past the point of only taking a few hours to get it running again.
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