Time for a build post.
This was my car back in 1999 or so after a quick paint job.
I drove it until I hit 2 deer going 80mph back in 2002. I know, a stupid thing to do but hey, I was a kid. Too bad I did not take any pics then. After that the car sat inside my garage until last year. I started to do a little work on it here and there. I was going to just do a quick clean up and get it back on the road. But then I found a running 82zxt for $400. I now have all the goodies to make my car a turbo.
Due to financial constraints (MBA way of saying poor), I am just doing the swap with no major upgrades right now. I am cleaning up everything and getting ready to get into the engine work soon. But first I have a few cancer spots to fix on my Z. It is pretty clean for being an IL car for all of its life but it still has rust under the battery. I started my stock Z engine for the last time today (I recorded it) then I pulled the engine.
As of right now this is what I have finished.
1 - Interior is in good shape - seats recovered and repaired - door panels repaired
2 - floor pans replaced
3 - most major body work completed (remember, I hit 2 deer)
4 - cleaned / painted most engine components
Next step(s)
1 - fix the cancer under the battery
2 - clean up engine bay and paint it
3 - engine work - top to bottom
That is enough to do for now. If you care to see some of my cleaned up parts check out my flickr or photobucket page. I am no longer posting any new pics to flickr. At the very bottom is a walk around video of the car last year.
Flickr reworked parts pics
Photobucket (I will be adding more here)
2009 Z video