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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 11:53 PM
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the project begins

so today i picked up this for 500 and im going to pull the motor and put it in my 88 gxl drift project hope everything goes well
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 02:05 AM
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so today i picked up this for 500 and im going to pull the motor and put it in my 88 gxl drift project hope everything goes well
Seen that **** on CL for MONTHS!!!

Hope you can get it all figured out!
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 02:10 AM
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ya i saw it for months to told him i would give him 500 for it and drove it home seems to run well but the tranny is toast im hopeing to pull it this weekend and see how it is
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 02:11 AM
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ya i saw it for months to told him i would give him 500 for it and drove it home seems to run well but the tranny is toast im hopeing to pull it this weekend and see how it is
haha that will be a great project!

keep us posted!!
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 02:14 AM
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ya i hope so now im up to 5 fc in the drive way
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 02:15 AM
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Geez you parting anything out or all they all running, Im looking for some interior parts!
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 02:17 AM
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i might have somme interior parts what are you looking for im parting eerything out but the new one and my decent one
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 02:20 AM
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i might have somme interior parts what are you looking for im parting eerything out but the new one and my decent one
Shift Boot, The leather part, and the rubber rings on the inside, and the trim around the Center console (stuff around CD player heater controlls and vents)

PM me if you got anything!

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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 02:28 AM
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Old Jan 28, 2009 | 02:36 AM
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replied thanks!
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 12:42 AM
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so after looking at the car i found out he basicly put everything in there all wrong
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 01:08 AM
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you fix it? what u mean wrong?
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 01:12 AM
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well when i went and looked at it the alt was un pluged and he didnt know why the battery wouldnt charge then he also put the throttle cable on wrong so you have no power and it made it a pain to drive whoever did the swap didnt pay attention at all
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 01:15 AM
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So it runnin good now? Did he have ne paperwork for taht jspec? i wrote the dude too when i saw it, said he had no papers so i was like MEH lol
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 02:02 AM
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its running good now he didnt have paperwork on him
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 02:07 AM
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good deal, look forward to seeing ur project!
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 02:09 AM
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ya thank you hopefully if the weather holds up this weekend i can swap the motors atleast
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 02:38 AM
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ya thank you hopefully if the weather holds up this weekend i can swap the motors atleast
keep us up to date with pictures!!
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 07:27 AM
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yea i was going to pick it up as well but didnt feel like having to deal with not having paper BS again.
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 11:41 AM
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nice to hear you finnally found your project Josh.
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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 11:43 AM
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thanks hows th fb going
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