The car is rough, the quarters need to be replaced, none of the panels are perfectly straight, the wiring was a mess, it's way too low, etc... But it ran and drove ok, so I started patching up some of the issues and doing some basic things to it over the first winter that I had it while driving it around town occasionally.
DSE subframe connectors, DSE subframe bushings, put some RX8 seats in it that are actually bolted to the floor, fixed some wiring, and did some maintenance type stuff like control arm bushings, brakes, new steering box and rebuilt column. Then just drove it occasionally. It ran pretty rich in the altitude here and I never felt like smelling like gas all day at work so the driving was limited. Even then, reliability was iffy including a water pump that sprung a leak 20 miles from home.
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The car was stupid loud with these single chamber mufflers, those were quick to go.
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Pulled the doors apart for new hinges and window parts. Cleaned up all the tracks and put new rollers on the glass. Still not happy with the window adjustments and weatherstrip fitment.
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Somehow the trunk latch had been broken, and there was no key for it. So I put an electric trunk latch in its place.
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And the free ride home courtesy of AAA
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