I have recently come across an 86 project that is just got me going in circles. Just around the corner from me I've been seeing an 86 LX sitting in a driveway just fadding away. So today I approached the owner....what I've confirmed to date, paint is original fadded 86 and she's STRAIGHT, rust is not there at all and the body gaps are just right. Now for the wierd parts....car is caged and sporting some serious SFC underneath, interior is quite mediocre and soso complete BUT the car is a 4 banger converted to a 4banger turbo. Apparently the old owner had high hopes of a turbo car but things went as things go....it never went.
Anyhow here I sit looking at a completely clean with the exterior complete, 86 car that would exclude me from emissions, be a new project that would IMO be a little more original and different than my present 88.
Plan would be to pull the drivetrain from my little girl and install the 88 with another stock 302 and 10holes off the 86 (really really nice set), take half the $$$ to restore/complete the 86 to how I would want it and put the other half of the $$$ into babies bank account.
So far just a thought I'm throwing around...oh by the way I can drive the 86 home for under a grand...so I'm thiking pretty hard.
Anyhow here I sit looking at a completely clean with the exterior complete, 86 car that would exclude me from emissions, be a new project that would IMO be a little more original and different than my present 88.
Plan would be to pull the drivetrain from my little girl and install the 88 with another stock 302 and 10holes off the 86 (really really nice set), take half the $$$ to restore/complete the 86 to how I would want it and put the other half of the $$$ into babies bank account.
So far just a thought I'm throwing around...oh by the way I can drive the 86 home for under a grand...so I'm thiking pretty hard.