2 months back I bought myself a birthday present so I wouldn't tear up my DD GTI any worse at track days. I had been searching for a while and finally came across the best lead I had seen yet, https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/cars-sale/89-fox-body-with-ls-swap-save-my-project/153431/page1/. The owner lived right up the highway and drove down for me to take a look, with a couple onlookers to make sure they saw the same car that I did. Later that week I pulled the trigger and brought it home. Work is slow, what with trying to be responsible with my spending and not having a whole lot of time to really dig into the stuff that still needs doing.
Got it home and parked for a bit.
All around, the body is in decent shape. It was love bug season in Florida, so they added their piece. Paint is nothing special, nothing you'd cringe at laying a tool on top of. There is some rust lurking underneath that I haven't tackled yet, I want to do it once and do it right.
The old, grungy headlights. Nearly useless and with a broken adjuster plate on the driver side. We drive to the track rather than trailer so working lights are a must.
What's this? Xmas came early and I didn't get coal this year?!
Not counting the bad hose clamp on the water pump that was letting in air and leading to the po's burping issue, these were the first new parts to go on the car in my possession. You might also note that, at some point in its sordid past, this car was white.
Current plan I'm working on is to hopefully have the car ready for a weekend at Roebling in November, preferably with a trip or 3 to The FIRM beforehand to get on the same page as ole Francine here. Doing that will require me to do a decent amount of welding and some fab work as well as pulling the dash out soon so I can get the defrost working, clean the ducts, and do the behind-the-dash work for future AC.
I am undecided on when I want to buy a couple gallons of Lizard Skin for the floor but there is lots of work to do there before anything pretty goes on it.
More to follow but I thought this was enough pictures for one post.