"I'm in IT, not a car mechanic Jim!"

"zeontestpilot" (zeontestpilot)
10/05/2019 at 17:10 • Filed to: None

I did the best I could while focusing on functional aspects. Namely you cant drive with one headlight at nighttime around here, so i spent $25 at the junkyard for the plastic bracket that holds both lights, then slowly reconstructed the front end to be close to the original. I still need to do something about the hood, just haven’t got a friend to help me to remove it and straighten it out.

It’s not too bad, imho. Especially with someone with little to no prior experience with this kind of thing.

DISCUSSION (30)

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > zeontestpilot
10/05/2019 at 17:14

Not bad! I'd look at row52 or a similar junkyard database for yards that have a car in the same color you can snag parts from.

jimz > zeontestpilot
10/05/2019 at 17:14

What? I didn’t say anything?

Maxima Speed > zeontestpilot
10/05/2019 at 17:19

As an IT technician and a frequent repairer of junk cars. The principles of troubleshooting, prep, and being methodical still apply.

VincentMalamute-Kim > zeontestpilot
10/05/2019 at 17:26

Paint the zipties red?

Urambo Tauro > zeontestpilot
10/05/2019 at 17:40

Battle scars!

WilliamsSW > zeontestpilot
10/05/2019 at 18:06

Considering the before shot from the other day, I’d say that looks damn good.

zeontestpilot > Maxima Speed
10/05/2019 at 18:09

I think of it as just multi ple parts bolted together. Therefore it’s not as overwhelming as it first appears.

zeontestpilot > jimz
10/05/2019 at 18:09

But you thought it Jim, which is just as bad.

zeontestpilot > VincentMalamute-Kim
10/05/2019 at 18:11

I have black zipties ready to replace the white ones, I just need to drill larger holes to do so. The temperature dropped like 30 degrees from earlier in the week. I just did the bare minimum for now.

zeontestpilot > WilliamsSW
10/05/2019 at 18:13

Didn’t expect it, but the plastic bumper bracket (which shattered before), gave the front bumper it’s form. It was just a matter of aligning everything up and putting in the screws.

vondon302 > zeontestpilot
10/05/2019 at 18:17

Not bad I’ve driven worse. Impressed the hood stays closed.

zeontestpilot > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
10/05/2019 at 18:18

Local junkyard just happened to have the exact color car with the parts needed on it too. But it came down to funds. I know RockAuto, pricing it out for all new parts, would be about $300~. I think first I’m going to see if I can bend the hood back , see if that is salvageable.

zeontestpilot > vondon302
10/05/2019 at 18:20

I’m surprised too. Really surprised. Also super impressed by the beating this car takes. Once this one dies (err, when I let it die), I might look into getting a second one. For the price and the features, it isn’t a bad deal.

zeontestpilot > Urambo Tauro
10/05/2019 at 18:21

A face only a mother could love.