A Non-Intersting College Budget '91 Calypso Coupe

[lambo]

#copycat

[Zreberlcoe]

Hey Mr St1glet made me a wood shift knob so he's endorsing all of this.

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[Zreberlcoe]

Got my St1g official wood shift knob on today


Also got some used spark plugs for now to get rid of the old blue ones. Also found a BMW plastic rail for the plugs as well.
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[325ix]

You ever see a black four door Dodge Dakota at Mesa? Oakley sticker on the back?

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[Zreberlcoe]

Maybe, I'll keep an eye out.

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[325ix]

It's my little brother. Hell prolly be running something over for fun.

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[Zreberlcoe]

Oh no shit?

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[325ix]

Yeah, pretty big blondish guy.

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[Zreberlcoe]

Got all new bushings and cable for the throttle and throttle pedal today.

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[Zreberlcoe]

Well the worst happened. I parked next to my roommates lifted diesel the night before and came out to a phone call and disappointment the next day





Luckily there seems to be no impact damage as you can see the radiator support is straight and as the top of the fender kept its line. Seems that his 37" tire just put a big dent in the fender/Valence and tore the bumper in half.


He's down to pay for it all but I'm not sure what route I want to go. I'm thinking of having him pay for the parts and paint for the damage he did, then I get the rear quarter panel pulled out and straightened to get the whole car painted. Also thinking of doing euro trim all around and saving for Abraham motorsports IS side skirts. This will be a slow moving project but it will get there.

[2mAn]

Wow man, its like the E30s need to get tucked away in winter because of all the idiots out there. If I was in your shoes (and I just had a similar problem) this is what I would do:

-diesel guy buys new bumper, fender, and euro trim (OEM trim will probably get a similar cost)
-price out the cost to paint the bumper and fender and apply that to the other parts you want (iS skirts). This way he isnt paying for a few parts to get painted, then you pay for paint again
-Get a good repaint on the whole car with all the new parts and enjoy it the car again.

[Zreberlcoe]

That's my plan. My driver's quarter needs straightened so there's that issue before getting the whole car resprayed. The paint is in alright condition and would most likely respond well to a respray.

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[Zreberlcoe]

Here we go, the beginning.

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[ST1G]

Can you paint my Zender front end?

[Zreberlcoe]

Can you paint my Zender front end?

If I get to keep it.

My very talented friend has agreed to helping me with repainting the car (for a fee, of course). Without messing around today we tackled the biggest job, fixing the rear quarter. I sent the car into a ditch a while back and never fixed it and has ever since been a monkey I've needed to get off my back. The pictures dont do a justice for how gnarled up I got it. Here's what we are up against:



We hooked a couple of come-alongs to the frame of the S10 beside my car and pulled on the fender while hammering out the crease.



Getting somewhere



The whole fender has been bent in due to my mess up, as a result there was a crack in the paint. I chipped at it only to reveal the quarter panel being repaired once before.


Apparently gingers are a thing around this house.


Since this isn't going to be a down to metal full repaint we are going to repair where the bondo split. I know that the car could use the love, but it is just out of my budget at this point, I'll make it up to her someday.



That's all for today, more is to be done on the portion above the exhaust but we need to get some wire to weld up the small holes from what seems like a spot weld puller. More work should be done this weekend, and maybe a start on the wheels as well!