OK, I admit that it looks like I did a lot more than work on the car for a couple of hours... my friend Stéphane gave me a bumper beam from his Civic track car and that was what I had been waiting for to install the fenders, headlights, bumper cover and grille. The result is what appears to be (but is not in fact) a complete car.
It looks like a Civic, although one with a jacked up front end, since there is no engine or transmission compressing the springs. Although the job was relatively easy, there was some unanticipated work: there were three broken bolts among the 10 for mounting the fenders. I had to clean the threads on the bumper bolt holes, and almost every other hole. The hood spacers used by the previous owner took almost an hour to remove, because I rounded the heads of 2 of the 4 bolts holding the hood to the hinges. I noticed a crack in the windshield, I don't know if it was there before, but anyway, I have a spare from the crashed car. I have to figure out what to do with the hole in the hood and decide whether I want to paint the doors myself with a rattle can. The fenders are primed in satin black, so technically, I should also paint them gloss black. I showed Choo photos of my progress, and he suggested I start installing the wiring harness... this would be new to me. I'm not sure I know how to do this. I will focus on the interior for now, cleaning it up and painting the floor with grey Tremclad. I think I managed to repair the driver's seat mount, which had a bend in a small part that was preventing one of the sliders from locking. To be continued...
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| I often see this car, and I like it in this colour |
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| Not my favourite spec F430, but still cool |
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| Mean looking GD Subaru |
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| Police horses on my street... I heard them before I saw them. |
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| Cool retro camper-van |
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| Grand-Prix Cycliste on Camilien-Houde |
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| Even uphill, they were fast. |
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| Nice GT4 |
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| Beige and black wrapped RS6 |
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| Charger Hellcat wide-body version |
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| RS4 with Porsche calipers |
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| Clean Miata with a good strategy for protecting the roof |
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| Red on red E46 M3 with a child seat |
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| 997 is aging very well |
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| More subtle colour for the M4 |
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| Cool JDM camper-van |
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| Challenger Hellcat |
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| Strange SUV-flavoured Taycan? |
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| Nismo 370Z still looks good |
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| Elantra N |
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| ... much more rare: Ioniq 5 N, first one I've seen up close |
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| It's rare to see a WRX with a bigger wing than the STi one |
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| Modern Ferrari |
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| Rare wheels on this Fit, I think they are the ones from the 2003 or so Honda Michelin Challenge series |
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