Well for a little back ground i bought the car last summer to be my winter beater pretty much. I got it for 1800 hundred bucks and about 400 miles away form home 
It had been sitting for 3 years but owner said he started it occasionally. I understood it had quarter size hole of rust in both fenders and a little surface rust on the trunk. When i got the car home i started looking close and found both foot wells were gone as well as the bottoms of the fenders. The tunnel also had one large hole on the passenger side and both rear trunk quarters were gone. So that was my first project to get he car road legal for the winter.
-picking the car up
- one dirty ass engine bay :(
- passenger floor
-one side patched :p
I also did the w/p and timing belt and all that good stuff and after i did that i never could get the air out of the cooling system. At a stop sing the car would lose the hot air for the cabin and the temp would rise unless i held the rmp to 1k than it would stay cool and give my heat inside. i did this for like 3 month haha :D But it started getting worse and building air pockets and over heating while driving to i knew it was time for the head gasket to be done.
Tore it all apart Friday and had it together for Monday. and with the extensive cleaning
-Christmas time in summer
-cleaner engine bay
This was were i ended last year
Even though this car has given my soooo much trouble and so many headaches and still some how i love it and want to finish it.
As of right now the car is running better than ever, it has never idled and still has a bad hesitation but besides that the motor pulls very hard and i even manege around 24mpg with 3.91's.
So these are the winter plans.
*fix remaining rust
*fix my wet floor problem (Probably sun roof drains )
*rhino-line the floor, truck, and all patches
*fix all dents
*repaint :D (most important part)
*replace strut top hats and and shock mounts
*front and rear sway bar links
*all four springs with h&r's
*rear sub-frame bushings and a-arm bushings
* braided steal brake lines
*clutch master cylinder, slave cylinder, and braided steal line
*replace rear cv boots
*possibly do all wheel bearings just for the hell of it.
That's all i can think of for now but i know more will come up.
And as it sits now
time to start the project
- two small rust spots on wheel arch
- i put one coat of primer on just to stop it from rusting until i get to the body filler step.
It had been sitting for 3 years but owner said he started it occasionally. I understood it had quarter size hole of rust in both fenders and a little surface rust on the trunk. When i got the car home i started looking close and found both foot wells were gone as well as the bottoms of the fenders. The tunnel also had one large hole on the passenger side and both rear trunk quarters were gone. So that was my first project to get he car road legal for the winter. -picking the car up
- one dirty ass engine bay :(
- passenger floor
-one side patched :p
I also did the w/p and timing belt and all that good stuff and after i did that i never could get the air out of the cooling system. At a stop sing the car would lose the hot air for the cabin and the temp would rise unless i held the rmp to 1k than it would stay cool and give my heat inside. i did this for like 3 month haha :D But it started getting worse and building air pockets and over heating while driving to i knew it was time for the head gasket to be done.
Tore it all apart Friday and had it together for Monday. and with the extensive cleaning
-Christmas time in summer
-cleaner engine bay
This was were i ended last year
Even though this car has given my soooo much trouble and so many headaches and still some how i love it and want to finish it.
As of right now the car is running better than ever, it has never idled and still has a bad hesitation but besides that the motor pulls very hard and i even manege around 24mpg with 3.91's.
So these are the winter plans.
*fix remaining rust
*fix my wet floor problem (Probably sun roof drains )
*rhino-line the floor, truck, and all patches
*fix all dents
*repaint :D (most important part)
*replace strut top hats and and shock mounts
*front and rear sway bar links
*all four springs with h&r's
*rear sub-frame bushings and a-arm bushings
* braided steal brake lines
*clutch master cylinder, slave cylinder, and braided steal line
*replace rear cv boots
*possibly do all wheel bearings just for the hell of it.
That's all i can think of for now but i know more will come up.
And as it sits now
time to start the project
- two small rust spots on wheel arch
- i put one coat of primer on just to stop it from rusting until i get to the body filler step.
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