From trash to ?
 

Well I'll start off saying I probably shouldn't have bought this car in the first place and probably over payed haha but it is what it is but it is a clean title car with 58k miles. So I have another FD that I bought as way more of a basketcase I was building, after pricing out what I would need to get it on the road I decided paying more and buying a car that's pretty much complete would be a better idea financially. So I ended up with this, fortunately it has a Pettit built large street port motor, big single, etc, big injectors, etc unfortunately it was on stock ecu so the car barely made it on the trailer lol. The paint sucked on the car, and it had a sunroof, which I hate, the interior was swapped to black (besides tan door panels), but literally thrown into the car, lots of loose hose clamps, missing bolts, etc, but everything is there.

It's dark but the paint was WAY worse than it looks in the pictures.

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roof

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out with the old


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Swapped another better hood I had since the one on it had some dents and a nicer bumper I had since the one on it was all wavy
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Motor (needs alot of tidying I know lol)

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Been going through and also restoring all the interior dash plastics and door panel plastics since they all always look like crap, trying to get body work finished up so it can go into paint within a week or so right now.

You like punishment huh? :)

WHat are the goals for the car?

I enjoy the builds lol, this is cake work compared some others Im building. Basically just building a clean full interior street car, going to put AC back in it as well (Florida is hot haha), goals are around 450hp, something to drive to dinner in the evenings, etc, not really trying to build a race car or anything of the sort.

Nice job on the roof swap!

Thanks! Was a fair amount of work, but definitely worth it!

Sweet man, what part of Florida? Haha

Hudson, north of Tampa

Well I haven't really kept up with the progress pictures lol but well here she is now, ALOT of work to get to this point, I've done literally 100% of everything myself, no friends help, nothing, all body work myself, etc, paid to have a glass company come out and put a new windshield in, that was it.

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veal molding, when it came in yesterday it was the wrong part and they said they can't get a new one so gotta get an aftermarket one I guess, drove it for the first time today, besides needing a tune drive really well

This looks really good. The white really sets it off.

Vince

CW look so good.

nice work, any updates?

It's actually had alot of changes, unfortunately due to the hurricane internet still isnt working well or Id post some current pics, been slowly piece together any interior piece that were either missing or damaged Ive replaced right down to factory spare and jack. As soon as internet comes up I'll post a buncha new pictures since no one wants to read a buncha crap I write anyways lol pictures are better.

Nice restoration, looks like a good job you've done there :icon_tup:.

I'd like a similar project for next year.

Drooling over the new roof... Love me some brand new parts from the factory.