This is a 3500 FD on a good day including any and all parts.

DJ just sold a very clean 93 touring VR (approx 60k miles on it) for 10,500 with a newly rebuilt engine and a free rebuild down the road if and when the current engine blows. Will be selling a SSM Base for 10k. Allrotor93 just sold a nice VR r1 for 9500 (he paid 6k and it needed some work) and has and will have several more for around the same price. FDs don't SELL for 14k anymore unless they are single turbo cars with lots of mods in good running condition or rare/r2s etc....BUT 14k will get you a damn good FD if you know what you're looking for.

Key word in the above paragraph is SELL I'll say it again for folks that have not been looking for cars or selling cars, it's a brutal BRUTAL market right now for sports cars. I live in Charlottesville VA a university town with a large service and professional job market and we are seeing close to 8% unemployment which is probably a 25 year high. Here's a little blog from last april and unemployment has gone up another point. http://realcville.blogspot.com/2009/...omic-data.html

So with that said if this is a financial decision you'd be better off taking it to the dump and buying a nicely built FD for 14k than continuing to throw good money after bad into it. If you don't have 12 or 14k than you should part it which will allow you to get everything you can back out of it and buy something more affordable.

 

i don't know how many miles are on the car someone told me that it has 80k but the gauge cluster in it says it has 33k so i'm not sure. i only need to buy about 500 in more parts i need a new set of twins and an intake i have everything to complete it.

 

Sounds to me like it's probably worth around 7k in parts so just do the math. Parting out is a lot of work and a major PIA so that's certainly something to consider and IF you have the connections to git her done in an economical fashion go for it. However for me it would cost 5k just for a nice paint job so it would 100% be a parts car with just that as my only consideration.

 

Just start putting it together. It's a lot more fun to work on something that "look" like a car

 

Some things in life, money can't buy. Satisfaction of a job well done is one of them. If you have the time, can follow the list that someone else advised you assemble, and aren't in bad financial straits, sticking with it and doing a good job on it will be one of your most satisfying experiences of your life. At least I've found that to be true several times, and believe wholeheartedly that some people choose careers solely based on such uplifting moments. I chose my career for the $, women and fame. (kidding, but I wish I had!)

Years ago, I had one looking about as forlorn as yours. Including some moments of despair and a fair amount of blood loss, I created something unique and special -- in my eyes, it was the most beautiful FD, and one of the most beautiful cars, on the planet. (see photo)

If you're not emotionally attached, then dump it -- Fritz is right and if you complete it, you'll probably earn $2-$3/hour for your efforts. However, if you've a pride in it and remember fondly the decisions that led you to making it something special, then see it through and gain religion from the experience.

Good luck. I hope to see you standing beside it at a car show in a year.

 

turboIIrotary I don't mean to be a jerk but your car is not a car. Its a stripped chassis. you obviously made this thread because deep down you know you got way over your head. Paint job alone is probably going to run you $2,000 dollar minimum. I don't want to even think about all the work you need to re installing all that wiring all around the body.

If my car looked like that I wouldn't think twice on getting rid of it,Bite the bullet. You can get an FD for about the same price it will cost you to put that (THING) you got sitting in your garage back together.

 

If you really have all the parts then quite wasting time here on the forum and get your *** in gear re-assembling it. Otherwise sell off the parts you have with the shell and buy a car that is in one piece.

I've let more than one project go. It's not the end of the world.

 

I agree with everyone here.

This car for pennies on a dollar is a dime a dozen now (thats FS on this forum etc).

You're wayyyy better off selling what you got and buying a running FD.

 

There are two kinds of car guys, those that like to build their cars, and those that like to buy their cars. If you truly enjoy building them this guy had some really great advice.

When I was putting mine back together it seemed like there was just a never ending list of things to do (granted it was a MUCH shorter list than yours). What helped me was to draw up a general list of what needed to be done (assemble engine, install single turbo, etc, etc, etc). Then under each of those I would put smaller tasks, I.E. get accessories mounted, install clutch, install cooling system, etc, etc, etc. This really helped me feel like things were being accomplished. When I could check off an entire list of things that had been done it made me really look forward to moving onto the next set of tasks. I think it put blinders on, instead of stepping back and looking at how much more needed to be done I would step back and look at how much I had already accomplished. Once you over come that mental hurdle it will start looking up and you'll appreciate each little thing you do that much more.

This is all assuming you actually want to put it all back together though, if you don't have the time/money/will power for this job you definitely need to cut your losses now, sell what you have, and buy a car that's already together.

 

i think i'm going to keep it i already put tons of time into it why not more. i'm a painter so a paint job for me is the cost of paint which i already have. my car use to look exactly like RPM's in its hayday maybe i can find a pic somewhere.

 

I'm doing a similer project. And at the end of it all you'll take more pride in knowing you built it and are driving it. Ride it out