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[calvino]

88Sedan what order on Scott’s list are you? #4? Scott told I was #5....

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Ok thats great to hear. $35 isn’t bad at all.

[calvino]

How much was shipping? I am local as well and asked Scott if I could do local pickup to skip the shipping and risk of damage but he refused.

[calvino]

This seems like an awesome project, curious to see how it progresses. I did not expect the engine to bolt in so easily. Subbed for updates....

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$3200 usd for a crashed bare shell with rust holes ...

[calvino]

OBC should just require the green connector. I have had some OBC where the keypads are dead. I have a spare one if you would be interested.

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Deposit paid

[calvino]

you need to remove the glass, certainly to install the headliner in the new car. Keep in mind the headliner is glued around the sunroof opening. Pulling the glass isn't too hard. Use flat head to carefully...

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I have submitted my order online and gone back and forth with Scott over email regarding tip styles.

[calvino]

That red interior was quite the score, especially with the red carpet!

[calvino]

Back in high school I clayed then hand compounded and polished my first car for the first time and was amazed at the results. As I had decided that I would be taking the car to Radwood Socal this year...

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I was itching to know the actual health of the motor so I decided to do a compression test. I was pleasantly surprised. Not bad for 220000ish miles.





On a less...

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Some more shots from my garage:



Took the car to go get aligned since I winged the front alignment after the Z3 rack replacement. Car looked good up on the lift until the alignment...

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Picked up my freshly repainted cowcatcher and is spoiler up from the body shop. I used the same shop that did the insurance work and they did $350 for both the spoiler and the valence which I thought...

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Before: Crusty!!



After: Clean!!



As a reward for servicing the fuel system, the car rewarded me with having the alternator take a shit.

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Think I'm gonna ditch the date format as it feels too restrictive, posts will remain in rough chronological order.


Took apart the throttle body heater, was disgusting inside. Cover...

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Picking this back up after a little hiatus:

Aug 13, 2023:

Was installing a fire extinguisher bracket from garagistic and I DROPPED the MF EXTINGUISHER on the CAR

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[calvino]

post some more pics, the exterior looks nice, bare minimum to drive it would be a timing belt and water pump, and any other rubber hoses that need replacing. Worth flushing all of the fluids at this point....