My 2002's resurrection - 56k go die

[Justin B]

Updates are coming James. However, over the last couple of weeks we have been hard at work all day every day trying to get our shop ready for production. Trying to organize mountains of parts and building a new monstrous table saw. A lot of this work was not expected, but absolutely required. Specifically the fabrication of a new saw. There will be a post elsewhere in the forums (from Luke) in a couple of days detailing our move and work we have accomplished up to finishing the saw. It is nearly complete now.

My car and parts are still 12 hours away in storage, and honestly there is not enough time (or room!) to go get them until we have things a little more situated. My storage bill is due again, too.

The three of us here at G.A.S. are going to be driving to Gig Harbor and possibly further North to take care of some errands, so I'll have plenty of time to talk on the phone with my parents about how and when we plan to move a lot of my crap from there to here.

Once the table saw is finished in the next day or two, and some sub boxes to sell and cabinets have been banged out for storage, getting my 02 is next on the priority list. It's nearly $230 every month, essentially for me to have zero access to my car.

I can only think that if we had not had to build a saw from the ground up (this thing is a beast, we call it Tablesaw-Rex), I may have had my stuff up here by now, but it is what it is, and I'll have it very soon.

As far as an update on one of my cars, although not good, the e28 runs like complete ass. While we have been building the saw I have had no time or extra money (everything is already earmarked for rent at this point) to maintain it. It has sat most of the time we have been at this house.

I could see getting my parts and 2002 up here would take 4-7 days between driving time and packing/unloading. It is a major consideration when we must use every minute wisely. In fact, this is the first time I have sat in front of the computer on R3v in almost two weeks.

Updates are just that much closer, but that is what we have been up to...

[jimjim69]

Update us !!!

[deutschman]

Nice

[German Audio Specialties]

Same number you have. We'll be getting Verizon for internet out there, by adding two lines and a wireless access point to my plan. Ill be keeping my same number.

-Justin

[deutschman]

Ill be up at my sisters this summer. Do you still have the same cell phone number? Other wise Ill just PM you when I am visiting.

[Justin B]

Right on Jeremy! You gotta come up some time and check this place out. I expect that some time this year when the weather isn't TOO shitty, the first annual GASFest with a chilli cookoff, camping and bonfires will happen. The area is big and driveway long. No parking on the grass, but we could still get a solid number of cars parked.

That picture of the house was about halfway up the driveway.

[deutschman]

Im happy to see that things are finely coming together for you man! My sister lives in Everett. I like Washington a lot and plan on moving up there within the next few years.

[Justin B]

Ill have pics of everything, even loading all of my crap in a trailer from Cali. I've had this car for 14 years (!!!), I NEED to get working on it with serious intent on ACTUALLY finishing it rather than finding more stuff to do lol. It should be up in WA along with all my parts and tools within the month for sure.

Stay tuned!

[dandan1]

Excellent project, keep the pics coming!

[Justin B]

Ok, so I've finally gotten a place where I can live and work on my project in a comfortable environment. It also happens to be the new home of German Audio Specialties. There's a post in the general forum about our move.

Basically since I've moved out of the shop, I've been paying ~220 a month for storage to keep my 2002 shell and a whole bunch of parts/random crap. I need to free up that money every month and get all my belongings up to Washington with the quickness. As in, the next couple of weeks probably.

[deutschman]

Nice! Game on.

[Justin B]

What have I got here my friends? The two "last" pieces of body work sections I need. They seem pretty straight, doesn't look or feel like much filler in them either, but almost anything is better than whats on the car now...


200 for both, and I get to figure out how to detach them safely from the car because they aer cut around the body panel lines. Basically just like not removed from the car, just missing the car :)

[Justin B]

O.k after hour of reading the 2002 resurrection.

I was sad to here this part.
Why Martin is a very good Buddy of mine.
So I call Martin to ask more about this 2002 .

I could tell Martin was NOT HAPPY TO HEAR ME ASK.



This Martin utube work.http://youtu.be/uS3DZTbQMyo


James

Yup! I recall him mentioning you, all I recall is that there was some friend of his in AZ doing some crazy projects. That youtube video is actually of my e30 in my sig below.

[Justin B]

My 2002 is on the first back burner, it sucks but I'm waiting currently to find a suitable location in WA where I have enough room to work on it. Timeline this year started out with my vert being totaled in January by another driver; I had planned to start the major 02 bodywork surgery literally the next day. I was super fuckin' pissed off to say the least. That started my e30 project in my sig, because I needed a car to drive. I finished right before the e30 picnic and it broke down just before Portland. Went to the picnic, flew home, drove back to Portland to pick up my car with my dad (alternator died in his truck on the way too.. omgwtfbbq) then went to James' house and crashed there for like a month and a half. Mostly waiting for headlights to arrive that never did, from Germany. On my way up both of my e30 smiley's lights were destroyed on my driver side by an errant piece of bark kicked up by the e30 I was travelling with from CA. Came back to CA to remove all my shit from the shop with Martin, and throw it in a storage unit then continue back and look for employment in WA. Well, that's where I'm at now and looking for somewhere I can put my things and bang out my 02 with a vengance to completion.

I do need two all metal (no filler) quarter panels with zero rot cut from the middle of the C pillars though still.

I know it sounds like endless excuses, and it honestly feels like it to myself. Heartbreaking really that I haven't started the metalwork. It's the biggest hurdle and I have to absolutely get it done perfectly. Kind of hard without quarters yet, though. Harder without room, but that's what I'm back in the hunt again for. Such random incidents have delayed progress. It's pathetic.

[jimjim69]

Martin did the welding On the 2002

Sorry guys, I have been really busy doing other things than working on my car and for a while there I wasn't even getting online for r3v. No substantial updates other than my friend Martin boxed my rear arms with a connecting tube, and my front arms are also boxed in and stitch welded. I've been trying to get some shop space with Martin lately and are almost ready to move all our shit into the shop then this will take off, no questions asked. I am also paying off my debt that I buried myself with in this project.

O.k after hour of reading the 2002 resurrection.

I was sad to here this part.
Why Martin is a very good Buddy of mine.
So I call Martin to ask more about this 2002 .

I could tell Martin was NOT HAPPY TO HEAR ME ASK.



This Martin utube work.http://youtu.be/uS3DZTbQMyo



James