The original sin.....
She's rough, but my daughter saw it on a parts run and fell in love with it. I had never seen one before, and to be honest, I thought it was a super cool car to.
Those pics show it with a temporary hodge podge rear axle under it so it would be a "roller". The po happened to have the original rear end that was under it, but after getting it home and tearing into it, I found it was shot. So, this car had no engine, Trans, or rear end. After a quick once over and "cleanup" I think she is worth saving.
So the search for a donor began. The lady across the street from me had a little nissan pickup with a z24 in it, so I asked her about it. She said she would sell it to me for $100, and I immediately said yes. Bought it, loaded it up and drug it home. It's actually a pretty straight little truck considering how long it has set up.
I was almost upset about using it for a donor instead of just fixing it up. And then I did some further reading and realized this was not an ideal donor. So, that truck will probably be seen in the background some.
And then, I saw someone posted another 69 2000 for sale right at the edge of my search area. I messaged him and immediately went to look at it. It was rougher than I would have liked, but it had a complete drive train, a hard top, and most of the body panels I need, it seemed to have in reasonable condition. Also, it came with extra body parts inside.
So, needless to say, I bought it. Didn't give full price because of the issues it had, but I still feel like it was a little on the high end considering what I got. Eh, the things we do for our children
Anyways, this will be the beginning of mine and her project. It appears it'll be a learning experience for the both of us. And hopefully a good bonding experience. I had to leave to come back to work today and will be here for about 3 weeks or so, but that's not a terrible thing. It'll give us both time to do some research and brainstorming. When I go home we will have a solid 2 weeks to work on it and to be quite honest.... im super excited!
Any suggestions, advice, criticism, or disassembly instructions are welcome. I figure the best first step is to get the donor drive train running and moving under its own power to verify that it's all good. If a rebuild is needed, I'd rather know now. And then once I know I have enough for a full car, start disassembly on both, and pick out my best parts. Then cleanup, rust repair, and sheet metal work to get it all presentable.
Just as a side note, I have never been a purist when it comes to my vehicles. I am going to try and keep this as true to the original as possible, but you have to understand that this thing is going to be for her first car. I will be making some changes along the way for reliability and safety sake. My little girl will be driving it after all. On the other hand.... I won't be putting the ridiculous amenities in it such as ac, power windows, auto trans.... things of that nature.... She picked an old roadster afterall, it should feel like one
