RX-2 rescued
 

Check out what I just "rescued" from basically the middle of a forest. Been sitting there for ages. Take a wild guess as to how long.

she's a definite project, anyone got a pressure washer? heh

Mike

I got a pressure washer
 

Hey Mike,

How did you find that, I sure there is a pretty cool story behind it.

For the record, I am going to say 25 years under the tree.

Are you gonna rescue it or part it? Nice find, man.

I think I would start with a leaf blower, before the power washer. Too bad they didn't build a barn around first. Nice find.

please tell me green was the original color of the car.

Yes I'm pretty sure that's the original color.. which I really like, I've only seen a few sedans in that color.

I plan to try getting it running/streetable, would be a shame to part it out as the car is 99% complete & stock, but I am not sure if any wiring or other vital things were chewed through by the local wildlife. It has rat turds strewn throughout the interior, heh.

They told me it has been there 15 years. Reg. tag says 88 so it might even be longer.

Mike

i wish i could find things like that.

Nice find Mike.

Thanks. I'll get some "before & after" pics once we take the pressure washer to it.

Mike

That's a nice little add to the collection.

Congrats! Did you think of any plans for it yet?

Holy Fuznuk! Another lucky bastard! Hell Yeah, RARE original color and white interior.

:bigthumb: Nice find!

Gotta love those sedans...

wow, some people have all the luck, very nice find!

Well, today we performed the actual "rescue/extraction." Man, what a pain. Surprisingly, the tires held air after sitting for so long, but we had to dig/rock the car out of the holes it was sitting in as it was on really soft dirt. After that it was fairly easy, although the ramps on the trailer I rented did give us some resistance.

Then we went off to the spray car wash. Heh, you should have seen the looks on some peoples faces. Moss, dirt, twigs, animals, etc. were flying everywhere. After we pulled the car out there was a mountain of debris about 5" tall. Needless to say the car wash guys were cool, they came over to check out the car and swept up all the crap even after we offered to do it since we made the mess.

Then there's the rats. I'm actually still fighting this battle, there's one hiding in the car right now that I swear is 7" long. I'm no rat expert but that seems like a large bastard. You'd think they would have got the hint after the trailer ride, spray wash, and my constant prodding at all the nests they built under the hood. They also pretty much tore up all the padding on the back seats (probably fronts too, haven't removed them yet), all the padding/rubber/cardboard pieces in the trunk, and some random wiring here and there. Why a rat would want to eat wiring is beyond me. You should see the wiring harness that goes underneath the passenger side rear seat, they knawed right through every wire and like a 8" section is completely gone. Not 100% sure but I think that's the taillight wiring.

So I went to get some rat traps but all they had left were mouse traps. I'm not sure that's going to work on that big mofo, but I put 4 of them throughout the car anyway. Guess we'll see tomorrow.

soo, anyone got any other tips on getting rid of this rat(s)? I think there is only one left, but I want to make sure. It was hilarious, on the trailer ride home I was watching in the side view mirror and all the sudden I see this rat flying through the air doing cartwheels and finally landing on the side of the road and scurrying off into the brush. Guess the relocation was too much to handle, looked like he jumped out from the strut tower. I'm not sure why his pal didn't follow. Then when we got the car here we found another one in the same strut tower, all you could see was this tail hanging down next to the spring. I was tempted to yank it out of there and just hurl it over the fence, but I didn't want to risk being bitten by some wild crazed rat. who knows, maybe they can't do anything if you grab 'em by the tail. Can't say I've tried it before.

anyhow, I think this message is getting too long. Anyone got any decent sedan seats (front & backs) in preferrably white? I may have them redone at an upholstery shop, but that might cost 5x what I could get another set for. The rats really tore things up, so they'd have to be rebuilt from scratch.

I'll put some more pics up here soon as I scale them down. These are actually from the other day.

Mike

I can round up some stray cats for you...
 

Sorry I missed it, would have been fun to have tagged along. I have a rusty red repu that would go great with it. Good luck with it.

Funny you mention cats, I looked out there last night and there were a few cats circling the car trying to get to that rat. I doubt they were successful, but we'll see. I'm about to go check on those traps.

Mike

here's some pics from yesterday, you can see in that one where they chewed through the side of the bottom back seat section. That entire lower back seat section was a huge rats den, heh.

oops forgot there was a max. of 5 pics

I would seriously have to say that is the COOLEST thing I have seen/read today!

I wish I had such encounters.

Watch yourself. Rat turds contain some serious diseases. I'd get some good filtered dust masks.

You got a buddy with a garage and a cat (Not declawed)? Park the car in there, turn the cat loose, and watch your own live National Geographic special.

Either that, or pack the car with bug bombs. They contain nerve toxin, so they'll kill almost anything if the concentration is good enough. Also eliminates any possibility of black widows or brown recluse spiders that may be hiding out somewhere.

Here's pics of the my old 2. I daily drove it for 2 years and never gave me problems.Good luck, nice find.

Nice, thanks guys.

Yeah, I'm worried about weird rat turd diseases. I think all the rats are gone now, as no traps have gone off recently and I displaced all their nests, also haven't seen any 'new' turd piles. It was odd, when I checked the traps I had set the night before I found 3 of them had been triggered, but nothing was in them. Soo, they either went off by themselves (heat maybe?) or the rat sprung them and then just pulled the lever back, heh.. or they missed him completely and just scared him off.

I've also sprayed the entire engine bay down with WD-40 and am letting it sit, can't imagine they'd still want to hang around in there after that. I'm still working on removing all the interior carpets, which unfortunately will go straight to the trash. I don't even want to attempt cleaning that up.

My question now is what's a good method of disinfectant? I was thinking of spraying the whole bottom inside of the car with a bleach/water mix, but am not sure what to do on non metal surfaces though, like the dash area, door panels, seats, headliner, etc. Not that they ever made it to the headliner, but it would still be nice to clean.

Mike

I've always had good luck with Simple Green. It was forced on me in the Army (it's damn near the only thing they use) and the smell still takes me back. It's good stuff, though and isn't too aggressive. Biodegradable too, so just spray it and hose it down.

wow, an rx-2..real nice..i remember when my uncle had an rx-2..always won shows, but he traded it for a 93 r1..wat a guy..lysol works great...or you could even goto a pet store and get those kinds of cleaners, thatll really clean shit up..literally.