Project 'Coyote Ugly'

[gtsfirefighter]

So how did you get the clear lenses back? They look good.

 

[Facime]

Seeing your car making such nice progress is making me Jones for my own. Im keeping my eye out for justthe right one. If you know of any 84-early86's around for sale let me know. (if you arent interested yourself that is )

 

[johnathan1]

Nice progress! Looks like you just have little things to take care of!

 

[NashMan]

hey tanya i see that yuor in wastion state now hummm i do have some left over stuff form old red shitty

in fact i have mint front end aka cu the front end off wiht saw's all offer me some thign really dumb for it and ship it to you

 

[JustAnotherVictim]

Offer him a steak Tanya....

 

[NashMan]

steak ummmm no not that dumb

 

[Tanya]

So the part out party this weekend got me some great stuff to fix my brat with. I pretty much got the whole front end of this car for CHEAP CHEAP.


Here's my stash..

core support to replace the ugliness on CU

header panel with pretty nose badge

both fenders

bumper

strut rods, swaybar and brackets

about 500 miles of engine harnesses, LOL

and a nice set of wheels

all 4 tires have awesome tread left

Looks like I'll be learning how to cut and weld a car back together soon

 

[BlackMKIII]

Looks like quite a haul. Good luck sorting out the wiring!

 

[Supra469]

WOW!

 

[Tanya]

Well, the front end of my car is all taken apart as of tonight. She's up on jackstands, no fenders, no bumper, no headlights, header panel, etc. Tomorrow I'll start working on taking stuff out of the engine bay in preparation for some major surgery.

Sorry no pix of the raping tonight.

 

[upgradedsupra]

Looks like a LOT of work :aigo: but as you should know already things like this take time.

I tried to get a hold of you so PM me would ya

Duane

 

[Tanya]

Coyote Ugly looks like this as of today...

And to refresh everyone's memories, this is why the car is getting a new front end...

Also took care of some surface rust issues

....aaaaand my new exhaust that I got not long ago. 2.5" HKS midpipe to another 2.5" pipe Chimpy made for me and a Magnaflow muffler.

 

[BlackMKIII]

RUST! :aigo:

 

[johnathan1]

Wow! Make sure you coat the new front end with something to keep the rust away!! :aigo:

And what did you use on the small rust spots? Car will be awesome when done!

 

[LilMissMkIII]

I love progress!!! WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Tanya]

Wow! Make sure you coat the new front end with something to keep the rust away!! :aigo:

And what did you use on the small rust spots? Car will be awesome when done!

The rust that you see didn't just happen, it was corrosion caused by a battery leak or explosion, whatever. The rest of the car is in very good condition in terms of rust, it was just this one area. Thanks previous owner/idiot!

 

[suprahero]

Looking good Tanya, oh and your car is too.............:love:

I love this thread, it has LilMiss and Tanya in it all at the same time............Now if I could just get Vixen to stop by............:naughty:

Did I say all of that outloud?..................:aigo:

 

[Jaguar_5]

Nice progress you're making there Tanya!

It was nice to meet you this weekend

We're muffler buddies! I have the exact same muffler, on 3" cooleze pipes, hooked up on my n/a now just for shits n' giggles til I get the beast running :biglaugh:

imo, the muffler sounds very badass even on my n/a, can't wait to hear it on the MkII

 

[Tanya]

Looking good Tanya, oh and your car is too.............:love:

LOL! How does the car "look good" all tore apart? You guys are weird!


Anyway, The differential is almost out, 4 bolts to go (mk2s have 10 bolts total plus the axle bolts). I'm swapping the stock 4.30s for 4.10s.

Should start on removing the engine/tranny this weekend. Tranny needs to be swapped anyway, and I figure it'd be easier to cut/weld the front end with the engine out.

Waiting on Chimpy to get back so he can teach me to hack off the front of the car and weld it back together.

 

[Big Wang Bandit]

Quite a project Tanya!