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| bogs | Mar 17 2010, 02:50 AM Post #16 |
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Duct tape heals all wounds
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Looks like he got a lot for his money though, always makes me glad to see
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| wikityler | Mar 19 2010, 01:34 AM Post #17 |
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A little update: I did some basic clean up of the interior. Removed 1 1/2 large bags of garbage. I was removing peach cigarillos by the (gloved) handful. Found a rotting bag of tater tots under the drivers seat, and under the passenger's foot mat were probably a dozen dead maggots. Sprayed everything with Spray Nine to do some disinfecting and cut down on the smell. I do have good news too. In amongst all that filth was $13.14 in change. The alternator I've discovered is a nearly new Bosch AL4501X that's still shiny and clean. Rock auto price: $113.79. ![]()
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| bogs | Mar 19 2010, 07:32 AM Post #18 |
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Whoa, now THAT is nice to hear So, after a little math, we have a purchase price of $75. - $13.14 which equals $61.86 for the car, minus a $113.79 part that you may or may not have needed, it looks like you made $51.93 buying this car ![]() Can I clean out the next used car you buy?
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| Coche Blanco | Mar 19 2010, 10:08 AM Post #19 |
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Troll Certified
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Did it come with an Asian lady in the trunk to meet your every desire? Good deal on the dang car. |
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| Ogener | Mar 19 2010, 06:32 PM Post #20 |
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Is that some pesos in that change pile? Neat! and good find |
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| wikityler | Mar 19 2010, 06:32 PM Post #21 |
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No, just a single shoe and a box of melted chocolates. |
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| wikityler | Mar 19 2010, 06:46 PM Post #22 |
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Those are toonies: |
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| Bad Bent | Mar 19 2010, 10:40 PM Post #23 |
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Facetious Educated Donkey
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Not Photoshop.
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| bogs | Mar 19 2010, 10:43 PM Post #24 |
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Duct tape heals all wounds
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Yah, those are toonies. Tell them about loonies now
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| wikityler | Apr 21 2010, 02:06 AM Post #25 |
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So it's been a month now and I have an update. Rather than using the car for parts, I've decided to completely restore it. I have removed the engine and dissembled it completely. The block is on the stand waiting for other parts to be cleaned. Meanwhile I've been gutting the interior since it was so disgusting. Here is the motor before being pulled: ![]() Here is the interior condition when I bought it: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Here are some of the rear panels, and the seats, removed: ![]() And then the carpet came out, and got washed. After three hours of shampooing, pressure washing, and shop-vacuuming this is the result: ![]() Here's the interior now, as I start to remove the dash: ![]() ![]() ![]() There's more pics, and these ones in full size, on my flickr. |
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| Johnny Mullet | Apr 21 2010, 05:49 AM Post #26 |
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Fear the Mullet
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Wow dude! No wonder the car was only $75.00. I would be ashamed if the inside of my car looked like that. Glad you decided to restore it
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| nerys | Apr 21 2010, 08:22 AM Post #27 |
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Grr
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yeah - how is the rust? it "seems" pretty clean from the pics! |
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| wikityler | Apr 21 2010, 06:52 PM Post #28 |
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The interior is rust free. The exterior has some surface rust in some places of the body, nowhere serious. |
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| bogs | Apr 21 2010, 07:25 PM Post #29 |
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Duct tape heals all wounds
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Glad to see the pics got posted after all
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| zippy | Apr 21 2010, 09:44 PM Post #30 |
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i "inherited" my 93 metro and my interior is almost as bad. havent gotten around to pulling it all out and cleaning it, since i have bigger problems. glad it came clean! good find |
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