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Congratulations theastronaut! Great car with a great story!
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I'll throw mine in the red spot!
It's an '88 L I bought at a flea market for $700 bucks after I blew the engine in my two daily drivers. It was supposed to just be cheap transportation until I got the other two fixed, but I found Charlie's "Advance Suspension" topic, did everthing like he did, and I've been crazy about it ever since... enough so that I've bought three others and a Capri XR2 for the g-series transmission. I'll start a dual sidedraft Weber carb'd B6d swap soon.
So far I've put about 24k miles on it with only a few minor issues. I went ahead and redid the brakes when I rebuilt the suspension. I rolled/pulled the fenders so I could fit Escort wheels and 1" adapters. Added a Civic short shifter and did Charlie's shoulder bolt/nylon washer shift bushing trick to tighten up the shifter, a Nardi Classic steering wheel, Cibie driving lights behind the grill, and a Yakima rack.
A few before/after shots:
A shot from Madness 10.
The engine I'm swapping in.
One of the autocrosses I took it to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZUXkn0xFv8
It's an '88 L I bought at a flea market for $700 bucks after I blew the engine in my two daily drivers. It was supposed to just be cheap transportation until I got the other two fixed, but I found Charlie's "Advance Suspension" topic, did everthing like he did, and I've been crazy about it ever since... enough so that I've bought three others and a Capri XR2 for the g-series transmission. I'll start a dual sidedraft Weber carb'd B6d swap soon.
So far I've put about 24k miles on it with only a few minor issues. I went ahead and redid the brakes when I rebuilt the suspension. I rolled/pulled the fenders so I could fit Escort wheels and 1" adapters. Added a Civic short shifter and did Charlie's shoulder bolt/nylon washer shift bushing trick to tighten up the shifter, a Nardi Classic steering wheel, Cibie driving lights behind the grill, and a Yakima rack.
A few before/after shots:
A shot from Madness 10.
The engine I'm swapping in.
One of the autocrosses I took it to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZUXkn0xFv8
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