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Old 10-09-2014, 02:16 PM
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I love the final turn on the first video- excellent "drifting" skills
Can't wait to see more of this car!
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Old 10-12-2014, 05:01 PM
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Excited for you, as most people sell off their cars as "life happens" and time goes by. The hand painted pin striping is epic, and brings back a lot of memories for me. Keep us updated, and oh yeah, welcome to Lateral-G!
Thanks! It was done as a favor shortly after I painted it. Sadly, you don't see much pinstriping any more.

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Welcome to the site. Great story about the car. Glad to know you're planning to revive it and drive the snot out of it. Good luck!
Thanks! And yes, I plan to flog it.

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I love the final turn on the first video- excellent "drifting" skills
Can't wait to see more of this car!
Thanks! You can see from recent in-car footage, my technique has not improved after all these years.

http://youtu.be/lXKuar8a8Io

http://youtu.be/7nLEKvN_cRs

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Old 10-12-2014, 08:16 PM
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I've been puttering in the evenings - mostly accessing the situation. Spoiler alert: It ain't good.

Pulled the motor:



Got it on the stand:



Stripped enough covers off to get a look inside. I put fresh oil in it and primed it with an electric drill, put a little oil in the spark plug holes and turned it over several times. Then performed a leak-down test. Sorry for the flash, but as you can see, the needles are pointed at each other - 20over80! For those that don't know, that's really, really bad. And that is one of the better cylinders.



I wouldn't expect 10% leakdown like a fresh motor at operating temperature, but I pretty bummed about 80% leakdown. It appears the rings are just as stuck as the valves were.

I'll need some time to regroup and figure out my next move.

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Old 10-12-2014, 09:01 PM
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Awesome. Can't wait to see the progress
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+ another one for the great story, I look forward to the updates!
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Old 10-13-2014, 10:21 PM
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Looking forward to where you go with this! Looking great so far
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