time to show off my duce
10-11-2007, 11:48 PM
#1
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The plan for my duce are a nice turbo 2 and a gt35 powered by an EllV2.
Will post more pic as i find or take them.
The first day after saving her from the crusher, sat in junk yard for 7 years
The gutting and cleaning. I had pics of the interior after I got it, but the hard drive they were on crashed and I have not recovered them yet.
Test fit dash
The dash
A bit of painting
Will post more pic as i find or take them.
The first day after saving her from the crusher, sat in junk yard for 7 years
The gutting and cleaning. I had pics of the interior after I got it, but the hard drive they were on crashed and I have not recovered them yet.
Test fit dash
The dash
A bit of painting
10-11-2007, 11:56 PM
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Location: reno nv
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rear suspension and all new polly bushings
QA1 shocks and 95 pound 14" springs GSL pumpkin and Respeed disk break adapters
first gen struts ground control coil overs and Tokico struts
custom brace LOL
respeed camber plates
10-12-2007, 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Crit' post='885252' date='Oct 12 2007, 06:15 AM
Why did you put a cross-bar behind your control arm pickups? Are you going to hang something off of it, or looking to add support somehow?
10-12-2007, 12:50 PM
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Yeah, I never liked that they're cantilevered out there in single-shear, but I've got a thru-hole in the threads for a castle nut. If I had room to slip something else on, I might too. So what are your next plans for the car?
10-12-2007, 01:22 PM
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First impression:
Early California blue plate car (adds about $2K value to an RX-2 Coupe), clean, healthy, and all original floors with factory sound deadening, nice paint in engine compartment. A real survivor. Great find!
Second impression:
Nice paint in engine compartment destroyed and same blacked out (takes away about $2K from the value of an RX-2 Coupe) . . . then I started crying and couldn't keep on looking.
All the best for your project. Another one that's not being restored but customized. Can't even imagine how scarce original RX-2 Coupes will be in just a few years from now . . . and how valuable . . .
Early California blue plate car (adds about $2K value to an RX-2 Coupe), clean, healthy, and all original floors with factory sound deadening, nice paint in engine compartment. A real survivor. Great find!
Second impression:
Nice paint in engine compartment destroyed and same blacked out (takes away about $2K from the value of an RX-2 Coupe) . . . then I started crying and couldn't keep on looking.
All the best for your project. Another one that's not being restored but customized. Can't even imagine how scarce original RX-2 Coupes will be in just a few years from now . . . and how valuable . . .
10-12-2007, 07:07 PM
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First impression:
Early California blue plate car (adds about $2K value to an RX-2 Coupe), clean, healthy, and all original floors with factory sound deadening, nice paint in engine compartment. A real survivor. Great find!
Second impression:
Nice paint in engine compartment destroyed and same blacked out (takes away about $2K from the value of an RX-2 Coupe) . . . then I started crying and couldn't keep on looking.
All the best for your project. Another one that's not being restored but customized. Can't even imagine how scarce original RX-2 Coupes will be in just a few years from now . . . and how valuable . . .
Early California blue plate car (adds about $2K value to an RX-2 Coupe), clean, healthy, and all original floors with factory sound deadening, nice paint in engine compartment. A real survivor. Great find!
Second impression:
Nice paint in engine compartment destroyed and same blacked out (takes away about $2K from the value of an RX-2 Coupe) . . . then I started crying and couldn't keep on looking.
All the best for your project. Another one that's not being restored but customized. Can't even imagine how scarce original RX-2 Coupes will be in just a few years from now . . . and how valuable . . .
For my next duce I will restore it.
10-13-2007, 01:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Crit' post='885318' date='Oct 13 2007, 01:33 AM
Sound like a race car, then. Cage it and drive it like hell! I've been looking for an RX-2 to ball up (that's already toasted, mind you) because they'd make fun race cars.