I have been keeping a secret of sorts. Some of you knew, some of you didn't. But here's the story.
About a few months ago, I was scrolling through Facebook on my phone and came across a feeler ad for an 86 Coupe Vic in Texas. I was playing around with the idea to possibly get it. I started talking with the owner and one thing led to another and we ended up agreeing on a price and a date for me to go and pick up the car. After some research I decided that it probably wasn't the best idea to go and drive a 31 year old vehicle back from Wichita Falls, Texas, and found that it was cheaper to have it shipped to me via a carrier. After being dicked around by a shipping company who promised me my car at a (too good to be true) price of 625$, I ended up spending double that to get the car picked up and brought to me. On Saturday the 28th of July, the car was picked up by car carrier to be delivered to me. just a few days later on the 31st, the car was brought to me.
Here are some pictures of the day it arrived. I parked her next to Vicky. One of the first things I did to her was install an NOS hood ornament to replace the missing one. Note the awesome yellowtastic original plastic headlights, and bumper stickers galore!!
The following night, after registering it, took it to work to look over it, fixed a vacuum leak and installed a 3G alternator that I had sitting on an engine.
Attached below are pictures of a few days later where Gadget73 breaks out his Hoppy Headlight aimer and aligns the plastic-tastic headlights. i must say, even in their reduced output, when aligned properly, I can see pretty well. Just imagine when i replace them!
That night, we also fixed the passenger window motor, replaced the passenger speaker, repaired the broken ATC mode select switch, and cleaned the contacts on the radio and the tripminder! No more crackly radio and easy to push tripminder buttons!
About a few months ago, I was scrolling through Facebook on my phone and came across a feeler ad for an 86 Coupe Vic in Texas. I was playing around with the idea to possibly get it. I started talking with the owner and one thing led to another and we ended up agreeing on a price and a date for me to go and pick up the car. After some research I decided that it probably wasn't the best idea to go and drive a 31 year old vehicle back from Wichita Falls, Texas, and found that it was cheaper to have it shipped to me via a carrier. After being dicked around by a shipping company who promised me my car at a (too good to be true) price of 625$, I ended up spending double that to get the car picked up and brought to me. On Saturday the 28th of July, the car was picked up by car carrier to be delivered to me. just a few days later on the 31st, the car was brought to me.
Here are some pictures of the day it arrived. I parked her next to Vicky. One of the first things I did to her was install an NOS hood ornament to replace the missing one. Note the awesome yellowtastic original plastic headlights, and bumper stickers galore!!
The following night, after registering it, took it to work to look over it, fixed a vacuum leak and installed a 3G alternator that I had sitting on an engine.
Attached below are pictures of a few days later where Gadget73 breaks out his Hoppy Headlight aimer and aligns the plastic-tastic headlights. i must say, even in their reduced output, when aligned properly, I can see pretty well. Just imagine when i replace them!
That night, we also fixed the passenger window motor, replaced the passenger speaker, repaired the broken ATC mode select switch, and cleaned the contacts on the radio and the tripminder! No more crackly radio and easy to push tripminder buttons!
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Though if the block is no good, the cam and all of the other parts make up for how much i paid for it.
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