Super Yooper
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- Apr 30, 2014
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Escanaba,
Michigan
Alright so everybody brace yourself, this is going to be a long post. So since I turned 16 I've been driving an $800 Buick Regal (Gran Sport I might add) that my dad also drove for two years previously. It's been reliable as hell but I've always thought the 2g eclipses were one of the best looking cars out there. So now that I turned 18 I set out with a $5000 budget. I really wanted a gsx but that'd be pushing the budget. So instead I found a 99 gst converted to awd for only $2300!
But there's always a catch. The car has some rust, nothing crazy, but in need of attention. But the rust isn't the problem. The previous owner(s) seems to have known nothing about working on cars in general all DSMs aside. The O2 sensor wires have been cut, as well as the rear marker lights, engine is only partly together and the wiring that is there is questionable at best. There are bolts that don't belong on the suspension and a bolt missing from the strut mount! The car was also painted and while the paint looks pretty good, for some reason it looks like the black parts were over-sprayed on with white. But there is white under all of them! I don't understand why someone would do this but that's how it is. I also found a wrench, socket, and a key to the car under the carpet. Not exactly a rocket scientist. So now here are the pictures.
Found this sharpied under the rear hatch
(magic mystery switch)
My goals for the car are hopefully around 300hp and to fix up the rust and touch up or repaint. Sorry for the long post and hopefully these pictures make some sense. I'll post some more when I'm not so tired and be a little more specific about each area. But for now enjoy! Hopefully it'll run in 2 weeks or so, with my dad's help. It's a first dsm experience for both of us so we'll see what happens.
But there's always a catch. The car has some rust, nothing crazy, but in need of attention. But the rust isn't the problem. The previous owner(s) seems to have known nothing about working on cars in general all DSMs aside. The O2 sensor wires have been cut, as well as the rear marker lights, engine is only partly together and the wiring that is there is questionable at best. There are bolts that don't belong on the suspension and a bolt missing from the strut mount! The car was also painted and while the paint looks pretty good, for some reason it looks like the black parts were over-sprayed on with white. But there is white under all of them! I don't understand why someone would do this but that's how it is. I also found a wrench, socket, and a key to the car under the carpet. Not exactly a rocket scientist. So now here are the pictures.
Found this sharpied under the rear hatch
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