whoa, i've never seen a quick release negative battery terminal before

 

Right!? A total of $6.00 for both positive & negative cables from the salvage yard, and I bet they spent more than that on the cobbled together positive terminal.

 

I like how yours is going, looks like you keep it really clean.

 

great progress

 

This has been bugging me way more than it should



Found some things I needed in the junkyard, could have had a lot more if no one trashed everything on/in it after it entered......



So I made good use of this shifty Missouri weather, got them sprayed & put on before the rain.

 

Interior is all cleaned mostly back in, turns out the steering wheel is in really good condition upon removing the cover.

 

LOOKIN GOOD!
So you took the cover off to check but then left it on?

 

Awesome progress.

Next on your shopping list:

• Coverlay Mfg| Dash Cover Coverlay 30-408LL-LGR
• https://www.leatherseats.com/home/

 

No these were taken before I busted it off, wheel needs to be cleaned pretty bad though.

 

Decided to replace some motor mounts, it needs all of them lol



None of them are in one piece, it was fidgeting a lot...


New one in, on to the 2nd one.






Then a buddy stopped by to see the progress, I'm a lil jelly..

 

We done always wanted to be professionallls when we was all growed up





The charcoal pipes on this turd were bugging me too, where's the goddamn dremel !!



I'd bet the previous chain-smoking owner's mouth looked the same..

 

nice tips!

 

Lexus mat on the floor?!?!

gotta get one of those Acura ones

 

well done! now get on those headlights!

 

Thanks! When my brother buffs it he'll do those as well, I'm anxious to see how it turns out.

 

I don't have a problem with a Lexus mat on the floor, especially when I forget to put the drip pan under the oil filter when I take it off.

 

heheheh lexus toyota vs acura honda, that lasts since I remember , like cold war

I used turtle wax headlight restoration set which seems to be good choice, but few times Ive seen people who use mothers metal polish
which looks to give even better results.. I have to try it.

Car went thru great transformation, look for the seats in better condition and interior will be greatly done !
good luck in next modds !

 

Nothing you use on the headlights will last unless you get them clear coated with 2k clear from a body shop.
you can probably rattle can but the orange peel of a rattle can will leave you needing to cut and buff which will end up right back at not having protection on them.

 

This is true, with all the innovations of this decade, I'd think headlight haze/cloudiness would have been a thing of the past.

 

back to glass headlights!

 

Blame the damn sun and it's harmful UV rays.

 

Another thing I wish wasn't a part of the past lol

 

plus, when a woman knew her place, amirite?!

 

Why are you jealous? He spent $50K on a Civic, and you spent $200 on a luxury car.

 

Right?! Now it's frowned upon to raise a hand at your dishwasher, times they are a-changin'

That car had more weed in it..

 

As you can see nothing was going on during my days off...


...and the weather was decent, so I made good use of my time before it gets cold again. It needed some basic maintenance we have overlooked to fix the bigger issues, so I caught up on that..








I figure my jack handle & vise grips would suffice as body tools for a bit, and make it look just a little bit less shitty than before with no real improvement. My daughter gave me an f- which was well deserved. Until I find a decently priced fender.


My brother dropped by with an extra dead pedal he had acquired a while ago, I trimmed it up a bit on the backside and it fits!

 

The F- stands for fender

 

Also discovered SPC camber adjusters out back, nice to not see junk stuff.


Found a mud guard & hardware at the junk yard, for the right fender that's busted loose










All buttoned up!

 

My motor mount had been delivered, so I ran home to hopefully beat the rain, but wound up working in it. It's on & the car feels wicked-good.

 

shit yeah...
fender by dali!

 

keep going ! good job !

 

Through a roundabout way I pieced together a pedal set after acquiring the freebie dead pedal, the main reason for doing this was the hole worn through the original brake pedal pad.


Brian had a bitch of a time drilling out the rivets on the brake pedal.


I tackled the gas pedal..



A little more snazzy than before..

 

Looks Great!

 

looks awesome.

 

It's awesome to see some love being put into this car, great work sir- Keep it up

 

niiiiicccceeee, time to race

 

Brian & I are kind of stuck at the moment with this car, the power steering rack mounting bolts have both been busted off at the threads inside the subframe, so it's not the safest idea to be driving it around. While it's been sitting we've fixed the front bumper from the previous owners front impact, causing it to bow out & fit poorly.


Here you can see the driver side bumper mounting tab buckled back


Same on the passenger side, as well as the power steering cooler needing to be straightened.



After

 

WTF did the previous owner hit? Nice works tho keep up the good work.

 

I'm guessing a lot of things lol. Every day is a new day when we'e working on this mess.

 

Autolites

Based on the previous owner of the car, it's likely that a mechanic replaced those plugs. Do they not even look at the shop manual when servicing cars anymore?

Sweet project so far. That's a lot of work. Love your profile pic BTW.