so a good amount of time has passed, and not a hell of a lot has been accomplished. I've found myself rather staved for cash, and not getting all that much done with the excel.
Here's the engine bay as it stands right now... empty, and in need of some sandblasting and fresh black paint.
I've got a few parts collected for once i have the damn engine... but they really don't help at the moment...
SRT-4 I/C, boost controller, A/F gauge, boost gauge, and the faceplate for my kenwood deck... woo.
For anybody who remembers the "Death of a Hyundai" video I posted a while back... we found the cause of it's demise...
Unfortunately, that's really all I have as an update on the excel... the cougar still sucks, but even more. Littered with electrical problems, i am seriously contemplating blowing the POS up.
HOWEVER, something else that came about over the last little bit...
This car was purchased brand new in 1973 by my grandmother. She drove it every day to get groceries, took one trip halfway across canada and back, and accumulated all of 48,000 miles until 1998. At that time, the speedometer cable broke, and she decided to park it in the garage rather than fix it.
And there it sat until this year when she decided she wanted it out ASAP. She had many offers, but nobody ever came through with cash. Ultimately, she decided to tow it to a wrecker for $200. There was no way in hell I was going to let that happen.
She gifted it to my parents, and I had it insured in my name. I cleaned the hell out of it for a day, drove around a few days, won some prizes in a car show I just showed up to on one sunday, then put up some for sale signs in it.
No more than 2 days later, I had an offer from my supervisor at work for $1800 cash, and he said he'd have it the next day.
for the week and a half I had the car, soooooooo fun to drive... but i think i was getting somewhere around the neighbourhood of 4-5 MPG? :lol:
some larger pictures...
(larger versions of first two above)
http://www.deviantart.com/view/34797785/
http://www.deviantart.com/view/34797721/
back seat at night
http://www.deviantart.com/view/35397548/
my favorite shot
http://www.deviantart.com/view/35398159/
I would have kept the car... but I am struggling financially as it is, gas would be rediculous, and there was nowhere to park the damn thing... so big.
